Sunday brunch

French toast, seasoned with balsamic vinegar, with a cream cheese filling. I only had two eggs left, so I only used one of them. It needed the other egg, though.

Happy Thanksgiving

Sorry, I can't cook a turkey.

Lamb chops (shoulder blade cut): very stringy, not buying that again. Marinated in italian spices and parsley flakes, along with the usual, and balsamic vinegar. Balsamic vinaigrette made with balsamic vinegar and beef stock.

A Balanced Meal

Fried tofu with soy sauce

Sticky Peanut Sauce Chicken and Onion

Salad: cucumber, onion, tofu, celery, avocado

Salad Dressing: lemon juice, sesame oil, sweet chili sauce, S&P

Monday lunch

Tamago:

Jap dinner Day 2

Oyako don - chicken and fluffy egg on rice, delicious!

Monday dinner

Tonkatsu Pork with deep fried carrots

中国菜

Ma po tofu: Diced firm tofu, chili garlic sauce, onion, somewhat shredded pork chops
Bok choy braised with garlic and oyster sauce

Monday dinner

Sesame chicken: chicken, onion and garlic sauteed and then simmered in chicken broth with soy sauce and sesame paste added.

Monday lunch

I thought I'd treat myself in honour of... the last month of school.

Panfried udon with carrots and corn in a tom yum spicy sour beef veloute sauce. Topped with two soft-boiled eggs.

saturday dinner

Sauce pork chops: boneless pork chops pan fried, brown onion chopped and sauteed, add can chicken mushroom soup and 1/2 cup ketchup, stir until mixed, add pork chops, cover and cook for 5 min 很好吃

sunday Lunch

Pork (pounded to oblivion) dipped in egg and milk and breaded in breadcrumbs seasoned heavily with paprika and cajun seasoning. Topped with cheese.

Terrible picture. Really, it looked much better than this. The sauce is a tomato basil cream sauce. I cooked it too long on too high heat, so the evaporated milk began to denaturize...

mac and cheese

Baked, 3 or 4 cheese (depends if you count pre-grated marble cheese as 1 or 2), with carrots, green onion, cilantro, topped with bread crumbs

East meets West

Black bean cream sauce on pasta, with chicken, cauliflower, and carrots

Smiling Pork Chop

Finally figured out why my food all looks blue. Camera's white balance was on the wrong setting.

Leftover pork chop from the other night (middle of the plate).

Roasted potato medallions and tomato slices make the eyes and face. Mixed with oil, parsley flakes, onion and garlic powder, S&P, topped with paprika and grated cheese before going in the oven. Oven set to 450, 20 min.

Next time I would...

Use less oil on the tomatoes and potatoes.

Cut the tomato into thicker slices so it's easier to take them off the foil-lined baking pan.

Put breadcrumbs on top of the potato medallions.

Try making a napoleon with cream cheese as the filler.

Pork Chop Dinner

My new signature dish:

Pork Chops in Apple Sage Monterey Jack Cheese Sauce with Roasted Paprika Potatoes

Pre-Sauce

Post-Sauce

Japan Fever

Went to Little Tokyo yesterday, had Daikokuya for lunch (popular ramen place).

Salad: Really good. I'm not sure what's in the dressing, but it's very unique and tasty.

The Ramen (Kattori flavour broth-some Tonkatsu variant) - I would have liked a more flavourful soup, and the pork was a little lackluster. Very big bowl, though

Tuna Sashimi mini-don - It was ok. Not the best fish, but not fishy-smelling either.

No trip to Little Tokyo would be complete without a complete unnecessary purchase.

My first attempt at making sushi. I need a lot less rice and a lot more fillings.

Tuesday night dinner

Sunshine "Steak" on a bed of romaine lettuce with oven-roasted lemon roast potatoes

Monday evening dinner

Steamed broccoli (steamed too much)

Roast potatoes in lemon, oil, paprika

Ground beef with onions, garlic, tomatoes, ketchup, chili powder

It's been a while...

Another version of my dry-rub many spice chicken. It was a bit salty, but the pan was a lot hotter, which is why the colour is so much darker. The vegetables are tomatoes, celery, onion and carrots stir-fried first, and then simmered in golden cooking wine with sugar and salt. Yummy!

Desert made at Vivian's. Apple and peach panfried in butter with sugar and cocoa powder. Once soft, I added caramel-cinnamon dipping sauce and milk to make a nice sauce, and let it sit on low heat for a while to thicken up.

Crappy picture, but great curry. Made with potatoes, apples, carrots, onion, garlic, beef sirloin tips cut thinly, and coconut milk. It was a bit too apple-y for me, I won't but them in until near the end or something next time.

Monday night dinner

Vegetables: Braised romaine lettuce with green onion, minced garlic, and oyster sauce

Many-spice Chicken: All the spices in my cupboard and cornstarch, dry-rubbed onto chicken breasts, pan-fried in oil

Things to improve on: more vegetables (they sure wilt a lot), more salt in the dry rub, mix the chicken with the dry rub better, and more dry rub to coat the chicken better

Pasta Night

Friday dinner:

Macaroni with Tomato meat sauce (garlic, onions, carrots, celery, fresh tomatoes, ketchup, canned pasta sauce)

Can you say juicy and delicious?

Teriyaki steak (medium rare): Top strip loin marinated for 4 hours in teriyaki sauce, italian seasoning, and garlic powder. Teriyaki sauce made with teriyaki sauce (duh), garlic, margarine and some water, reduced in the pan after panfrying the steak.

Back from Big Bear Dinner

General's Spicy Chicken and Clean out the fridge Fried Rice

Who this general is, I have no idea. But his chicken sure is good.

Diced chicken, two cloves of garlic (minced), 2 green onions in big pieces

Sauce: Soy sauce, sushi rice vinegar, chili bean sauce, sesame oil, sugar, hoisin sauce

Fried rice:

Rice, 1 egg, carrots, celery, enoki mushrooms, tom yum paste

They call it delicious...

-ly simple.

Black bean chicken: Chicken, mustard greens, green peppers, celery, corn, black bean garlic sauce.

Saturday night Dinner

Some sort of Jap-inspired Beef stew:

Beef sirloin tip (.75 lbs), 4 carrots, 4 white rose potatoes, one onion chopped, two cloves of garlic, enoki mushrooms, 2 green onions

Saturday Baking

Duncan Hines Red Velvet cake mix

With Betty Crocker Butter Cream frosting on top!

Monday night dinner

Macaroni, carrots, broccoli, chicken, green onions, cheese. It looks yellower than this in real life.

Sunday night dinner

Japanese Curry with Broccoli, Enoki mushrooms, Carrots, Green Peppers, White Rose Potatoes, Chicken, Onion, Garlic

Sunday Dinner

Dinner: Steamed carrots, ground beef (seasoned with salt, pepper, basil, oregano, sesame oil, soy sauce), celery and onion, rice.

Next time: steam carrots longer, cut celery smaller, cook celery longer, watch out for unpeeled onion skins

Meals from Week 1

Dinner: Sunny-side up eggs, Edamame, Noodles with hoisin sauce, Frozen broccoli a la microwave

Lunch and Dinner: Fried noodles with scrambled egg

Dinner: Steamed (kinda) broccoli, rice, Lemon chicken with green onion

Day 1 - Cheese Omelette

Lunch: