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updates Thursday, February 4, 2010 |

So sorry for the lack of updates, I am still cooking away, but sometimes the desire to eat my food overtakes my desire to take a picture of it. :) I'll try to show a little more restraint so you have more to enjoy. Here are some recent dinners I haven't been able to upload till now. Enjoy!

round 2: Seared Tuna, ginger broccoli, cilantro lime rice |


The tuna had gone over so good the other night that Amber went out and bought it again the very next day for me to cook again. She said some simple sides like broccoli with butter and potatoes would be fine. I had some different ideas running around so I avoided the simple and went for the bigger flavors. So the tuna was done just like the night before, but then we have some big beautiful florets of organic broccoli that were cooked with soy, brown sugar, ginger and sesame oil all of which are sitting on a bed or jasmine rice that was mixed with a blend of cilantro, lime, onion, salt and olive oil. And of course to top it all off I brought out some of that leftover wasabi soy mix to drizzle over top the tuna. I'll say it again, I LOOOOOOVVVVVEEEE Tuna!

Seared Tuna, Wasabi Soy Cabbage Salad |


Tuna is just soooooo good. This was really a fun and simple dish to make. I simply seasoned and seared the tuna on each side for 1 1/2 minutes and then shredded some fresh napa cabbage, tossed in some chopped romaine, celery, red peppers, & avocado. I toasted some bashed up ramen noodles and sesame seeds and sprinkled them over the top and then I finished it all with a wasabi soy dressing. This is most definitely a new favorite.

Chicken Fried Rice |

This is what we call comfort food for asians. The south has its fried chicken, but we have our fried rice. This is a very standard version, no added frills which has not been my style thus far s0 I tried to dress it up a bit. Its sitting atop some h0t sauce and steamed and marinated bak choy.

char siu pork Sunday, December 13, 2009 |


So I've had this char siu pork marinating for a good 24 hours and me being the dummy that I am have been snacking all day and wasn't really that hungry, but I had to cook this anyway and Im glad I did. I got some nice charred black bits on it and the sauce brought me right back to my days in malaysia eating at the noodle house. I steamed a little bak choy to go with it and called it a night.

turkey day! Friday, November 27, 2009 |



Happy Thanksgiving everyone. So for our thanksgiving dinner I went all out and made a honey brined mesquite smoked turkey, gravy (not from a packet), cinnamon & brown sugar sweet potatoes with marshmallows, garlic butter mashed potatoes, and a vegan style green bean casserole. Im not vegan or anything but I cant do the dairy in a normal casserole so I used fresh mushrooms and soy creamer to substitute. Overall it all turned out to be pretty fantastic and I hope you all had a great time too.

honey mustard chicken & bacon wrapped asparagus Thursday, November 19, 2009 |

First off I apologize for the poor picture, I'm starting to realize my camera limitations. Anyway last night I did a homemade honey mustard sauce (Mayo, dijon, steak sauce, honey) and marinated the chicken for an hour and did a little bbq on the grill. The Asparagus is wrapped in some nice thick bacon and topped with salt, pepper & olive oil. So simple and so tasty. Lastly to contrast the heat of the mustard I did a cucumber strips in a mayo, olive oil, lemon, pepper & mint. Admittedly the sauce would be amazing if I used yogurt, but Im allergic and had to substitute. I made it work though.

pork tonkatsu Monday, November 16, 2009 |


Tonights dinner was a panko breaded pork cutlet with homemade tonkatsu sauce and steamed napa cabbage with a sweet soy dressing. I was a little worried at first about having the two sauces on the same plate but the sweet soy dressing really helped play off the bite of the tonkatsu sauce. For the Tonkatsu sauce I used ketchup, worcestershire sauce, mirin, sugar, garlic & ginger. And for the cabbage dressing a simple soy, seasame oil, honey and pepper combination.

Chicken Katsu Thursday, November 12, 2009 |

So tonight I did a play on the traditional hawaiian plate lunch. I have Chicken katsu, two blocks (scoops) of rice and salad. I opted for the healthier type of salad. The chicken was marinated in soy sauce, sesame oil, honey & red pepper flakes. then coated with panko bread crumbs and fried. The salad is organic spinach, roma tomatoes, yellow peppers and onions and both the salad and rice were drizzled in a soy, sesame oil, mirin and black pepper dressing. Its almost like being back in Hawaii.

Pork Chops w/ Pumpkin Butter Glaze Wednesday, November 11, 2009 |


This is a seared and roasted pork chop with a pumpkin butter glaze, steamed green beans & sauteed potatoes. The beans were seasoned and then steamed, but I did add in some thyme for some aromatics. The pork chops were seared and then put in a roasting pan with a cup of apple juice in it. I topped it with a glaze made from pumpkin butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and ground clove and finished it in the oven.

Penne & Meatballs Sunday, November 8, 2009 |



This is a simple penne pasta with a roasted garlic red sauce with some parmesan and fresh chopped parsley with a olive oil and balsamic dressing. The meatballs though I made from scratch and they turned out awesome.
Meatball Recipe:
Ground Sirloin
Chopped sun-dried Tomatoes
Chopped Chicken & Apple Sausage
Steak Seasoning
Fresh Chopped Basil


Eggs & Toast Wednesday, November 4, 2009 |




This is scrambled eggs cooked up with garlic, ham, red peppers and finished with some organic spinach at the end all served on top of a nice piece of Texas toast. Pretty basic but I did add a little smoked paprika to the eggs to make it a little interesting.

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