Oct
05
Today’s breakfast was Eggs Benedict with Smoked Salmon. It was an English muffin topped with Costco’s Kirkland Smoked Salmon, a poached egg, Trader Joe’s Hollandaise sauce, green onions, and some pepper. I enjoyed every bite of it and it’s one of the greatest breakfasts I have had recently.
Sep
01
Today’s lunch was mini-pizzas. I made the bread with some active dry yeast I picked up at Costco. The sauce was made with Ragu, onions, garlic, ground turkey, and some Charles Shaw Cabernet Sauvignon. Toppings were mozzarella cheese, basil, salame, and capocollo.
Aug
19
Today’s dinner was a side of eggplant with ground beef and miso and hickory smoked pork with mole and Spanish rice. The eggplant was sautéed with ground beef, miso, sugar, sake, garlic, green onions, and chili oil. It’s not as sweet as our favorite nasu miso dish at Honda-ya (Yelp), but the ground beef does make the …
Aug
18
Today’s lunch was Chile Relleno, courtesy of Trader Joe’s. Ever since I had a Chile Relleno at Speedy Zapatos (Yelp) (which is THE best dish I’ve ever had there) in Fresno, CA, my eyes have been opened to how much I like them. I made Spanish rice and served up the baked relleno side by …
Aug
17
Today’s lunch was Teriyaki Salmon. It was basically a salmon steak marinated in sake and brushed with Yoshida Sauce.
Aug
16
Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of the Joy of Cooking and other recipes in my collection. I decided to celebrate my freedom this Monday by making myself a poached egg breakfast. This is the second time I’ve ever make a poached egg and I learned from the first time that you need to be …
Mar
25
Back in January 2008, I made some Hainanese Chicken from scratch, and it came out delicious. The chicken is uniquely cooked by boiling chicken broth, turning off the heat, and dunking the chicken in the hot broth for 8 minutes, repeat 2 more times. I wasn’t sure what kind of dark sauce they use, so …