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March in LA. Time to open the grill again. All grill dinner: sockeye salmon, asparagus, garnet yams. A little teriyaki on the salmon, shaved Parmesan on the asparagus, and some butter for the yam. Simple and good.
Heuer left me at home with the simple request to cook the birds and not kill him in the process.
I am happy to say, while I started off not knowing WTF I was going to do, I pulled it together and put together a damn tasty meal.
Documenting this feat as it rarely happens.
Jen spent over a day in the kitchen preparing Thanksgiving dinner at home. Cornish game hens, fresh green bean casserole (with onions and mushrooms), creamed corn, rolls, and mixed greens (with mandarin oranges and walnuts). Not pictured, homemade pumpkin pie (with homemade crust).
Here's the broth after the chicken was cooked for an hour. After the chicken was cut up, it was added back and brought to a boil to add the dumplings
On a recent visit to Sacramento we ate at a Vietnamese vegetarian restaurant and had a dish similar to this. There was nothing obviously Vietnamese about it. The Vietnamese lady who owned the restaurant had spent some time in Tibet and it was there that she was inspired to make her restaurant vegetarian. In my opinion, the food was much like Chinese vegetarian food. It was better than what we had at the restaurant! Here is what the cook says:
I made a filling of tofu, cellophane noodles, chopped dried mushroom, ginger and green onion, half an egg white, and a spoonful of powdered dried shrimp. (not pure vegetarian here)
Cut 2 sheets of nori into the shape of the fish, brush lightly with egg, pile on the stuffing, and fry lightly in oil.
The photo was taken before I put on a sweet, hot sauce and garnished with cilantro.
ok, so I have been trying to stick to the Paleo train of thought for about 3 months now, or maybe more I lost track. I do miss baking though. I was getting so good at it too! So this is what prompted me to try and make these muffins.
I do indulge in grains and sugary things sometimes, but of course the less naughty one can be, the better hey. :) This is pretty important to me because I am trying to control a stomach condition I have with diet rather than prescribed meds. It's a shame wheat flour has such a bloody high inflammation factor - which is something I really need to avoid consuming on a daily basis.
nutritiondata.self.com/facts/cereal-grains-and-pasta/5828/2
So here's my recipe for berry and dark chocolate muffins with 57% of the flour replaced for almond flour and coconut flour. :)
Makes 12 muffins:
Heat the oven to 180 while you measure out the following:
-155g plain wheat flour
-120g almond flour (blanched)
-85g coconut flour (total flours are 360g - you can try changing the ratios of these three flours and see how you go!)
-2 eggs
-120g butter - melted
-120g sugar (you can out up to 180g/1 part sugar. But I wanted to keep this low)
-2 level teaspoons baking powder
-Pinch of salt
-120g mixed berries
-50g chocolate of your choosing. roughly chopped.
-360ml-400ml buttermilk (start with 360ml and if the batter feels a little think add some more buttermilk)
In one bowl:
Put all the dry ingredients
In another bowl:
The buttermilk, eggs and melted butter together and mixed until combined.
Pour the wet bowl contents into the dry and mix until combined.
Spoon half of the batter into the muffin cases.
Add berries and chocolate.
Spoon over more batter.
Bake for 30 mins.
Cool on wire rack and enjoy!
Tip for changes - these muffins were yummy, but because I reduced the sugar, some may prefer to use milk chocolate or add more sugar or honey. But personally, I really liked them and could eat them for breakfast every day!
For dinner tonight I cooked cod fish loins, dusted in Hungarian Hot Paprika and cooked in a little lemon juice.
For Dinner tonight I tried my hand at making a calzone (with what I had available in the house). I made a simple pizza dough. For the filling I used low fat ricotta cheese, Parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, oregano, olive oil, minced anchovies, chopped pastrami, and a little pasta sauce.
Here is the entire calzone - I went square because I used a square cookie sheet to stretch to dough in.
Turkey burger sandwiched between grilled portobello mushrooms with caramelized onions, oyster mushrooms, hothouse tomatoes and gala apple slices.
Too much cake and too much alcohol = too much schmish.... For the past couple of weeks, I've been challenging myself by eating out less and eating a lot healthier, but still having tasty and appetizing meals that don't scream "DIET!"
See blog post at The Food Pornographer: www.thefoodpornographer.com/2011/06/08/product-review-phi...
Not that I made the noodles by hand, nor make the dipping sauce, but...um. Um. Uh.
Cooking was involved. Boiling noodles is easy. I made more vegetable-mash than what's in this photo. Vegetables consisted of kale, onion, and fennel in some lemon juice and salt and pepper (cos THAT'S WHAT I HAPPENED TO HAVE).
Ever since I spotted this in the cookbook my aunt bought me recently, I have been salivating after it. My grandmother used to cook this when I was a young girl. She planted quite a bit of herbs in our garden and would quickly pick some basil leaves when I asked for this. Ended up visiting a night market to pick up the ingredients to whip up this dish.
Stir-fried Aubergines with Basil 茄子炒九层塔
600g aubergines/brinjals/terung
20g dried shrimps
1 tbsp minced garlic
50ml water
20g basil
salt to taste
1 tsp sesame oil
Chop up aubergines into bite-sized pieces and soak in salt water for approx. 10 mins (to retain lustre of skin). Then, stir-fry brinjals in heated wok with oil briefly. Remove to drain.
Heat up more cooking oil, fry minced garlic till fragrant before adding dried shrimps. Fry further before adding aubergines, and water. Drizzle in the sesame oil after adding the salt. When the aubergines are almost done, mix in basils and fry briefly before dishing up to serve.
See blog post at The Food Pornographer: www.thefoodpornographer.com/2011/06/08/product-review-phi...
Halibut was poached in water with lemon and shallot slices. Cucumber slices were tossed in light sour cream, salt, and fresh dill.
The halibut was a "captain's cut" fillet that was on sale, and the fishmonger was really helpful in giving me cooking tips as well!
- boiled bamboo shoots marinated in ume sauce
- simmered beef and potatoes
- cucumber, turnip, carrot
- turnip's leaf miso soup
- rice
- simmered okara and root vegetables
- vinegared daikon radish and carrot
- boiled spinach
- sweetened red kidney beans
- daikon and myoga ginger miso soup
- rice
First thing cooked in my new kitchen using the new cooker (cup a soup, salads and raw food are exluded): Pad Thai! And like the cat, also from Siam.
I think the noodles are too thin, I used some glassy looking Vietnamese vermicelli. The noodles don't need to be cooked though, just soaked in hot water. The only thing missing: coriander, chilli, and some hot Thai weather (oh, and a couple of days off)
I took the gazpacho (and some homemade dumplings) to a friend's potluck lunch. It was a searing hot afternoon, so the gazpacho made a very refreshing starter. Other contributions from friends: curry udon, pan-fried porgy, mapo tofu, braised beef, and for dessert a green tea cake and homemade ice cream. Needless to say, we were stuffed.
Inspired by sweet Sammy
Made with a burrito size tortilla, pizza sauce, a crumbled up turkey burger and mozzarella cheese.