still searching for my cooking mojo.....(sigh)

Wed Jul 28:
* tonkatsu (instant shaker type tonkatsu coating!)
* mashed potato
* carrots sauteed in maple syrup and butter
* asparagus spears
* white bread
*

Thurs Jul 29:
* squid and vege stir fry in oyster sauce
* tofu
* rice
* ししとう
* gyoza

Fri Jul 30:
* fried rice (I seem to be eating less rice, so we are having leftovers every night again even though I only make 2go of rice....the freezer is getting overloaded with rice!!)
* mabo nasu
* left over squid vege stir fry
* salad

beating the heat

Sun 25th - an early unagi eating fest at home with JAPANESE eel (wow, going all out! talk about breaking the bank) and shijimi miso soup. a 定番 menu to beat the 夏ばて (I hope)

Mon 26th - chicken, red capsicum, green beans and mushroom alfredo sauce (out of a jar) pasta with brown bread (homemade). Had to russle up something quick after not getting home until after 5pm after picing up L's passport, and taking K to a trial ballet lesson (that she looooooved, even tho she did all the moves from the sideline right beside me ;)

Tues 27th - goya champuru AGAIN!!!!!
(got another 2 goya from PIL over the weekend. was gonna make goya soup or deep-fried goya, but by the time I got my arse into gear, I really couldnt be bothered!still have a whole goya left to make something with later this week anyways) and 牛蒡金平 which I havent made in ages (wonder if the gobo eaten this wasy is as good for me as making tea out of it - apparently the new wonder diet, just saw it on "The music hour" tv program, of course (!?!?), miso soup using new miso, differnt to what we always buy, and after I made it I found out that it doesnt have the dashi already in it (like the one we usually buy) so it was very tasteless, lol. Only K and I had this as J was late home, so I resurected it with dashi b4 he had dinner.

Wed 28th

This week in review

Tues 21st: 肉じゃが　
Wed 22nd: eggplant and mushrooms with salted salmon steaks on the side, rice, salad, wakame soup
Thurs 24th: curry rice (all from the freezer - how easy!!) and salad
Fri 25th: will be goya chanpuru (had to buy the atsu-age for this otherwise frugal dish), and shirasu-tofu. Cool and summery, just what we need on another hot day.

twas a frugal friday

* shirasu (those teeny tiny little white-bait fish), ate them for calcium
* tofu
* wakame miso soup
* vege stir-fry (eggplant, zucchini, green beans. yellow caps, 2 types of mushrooms, onion)
* rice
* natto
and a cleaned out fridge!

midweek eats

Wed night dinner -

アジの干物

potato salad with tuna and brocolli

ゆば

side salad

rice

miso soup with nameko

pickles

and I feel like there was more, cos the table was pretty chock a block, but cant remember what it was....


Tonight -

mushrooms (have about 3 diff types to maybe ホイル焼き？) ＊ended up making this in the oven toaster with the shiitake - was pretty yum too!

somen (topped with shiso leaves)

bok choi in oyster sauce

salad

and left over thai curry.
Sounds like an easy way to get out of tonight's cooking!!

Thai food

tonight: Pad thai, with 小籠包, and side salad.
tomorrow night: is gonna be thai green curry. got the eggplant and zucchini aaaaallllllllll ready for it, yum!

getting hotter every day

Tues June 29th - can't remember but J was out with clients, so it wouldn't have been anything special, that's for sure!!

Wed June 30th - hot pasta salad (zucchini, button mushrooms, sausages, onion, tomato sauce) with french bread

Thurs July 1st - butter grilled cod, rice, tofu, salad

Fri July 2nd - hmmm, got rice, veges (asparagus - grilled, serve with mayo?, pak choi - in oyster sauce?), will probably do a nira-tama to use up some eggs, age-dashi tofu, and just found some salmon and squid in theh freezer, so grilled squid, and salmon sashimi or carpacio to go with it. Sounds almost like a feast?!? haha

***J actually commented that maybe I should have ditched one of the dishes as too MUCh food tonight. Ended up going with:
rice, grilled asparagus, nira-tama, atu-age tofu in nira-tama sauce, avocado, s+p grilled pumpkin (forgot about that one in the fridge), marinated squid, salmon sashimi, and shijimi miso soup. And poor J ended up having to cook up half of it since L woke up just as J rang to say he was on his way home, so I got nothing done (although had actually prepped most of it tho, as K had already eaten..)