still trying to think of simple meals to cook during the "witching hours", lol
Tues: brown rice with oyakodon. My first attempt ever. It went very well if I do say so myself!!
Wed: Lasagna (after making it last Fri for friends who came over for lunch, I am a bit addicted again. And the fact that I only had one small piece then, and it was all gone so J didnt even get any meant that I could make it again in such a short turn around without feeling bad about cooking the same ol thing again ;)
And of course, L just LOVES his lasagna ;)
Thurs: Thai stir fry veges, and gyoza. Followed this recipe, however realised half way into it that we only had one tbs of nam pla left, so substitued with soy, AND we had NO garlic!! Arrgh. Still it worked out quite nice, so I must try it again with all ingredients accounted for, lol!
Fri: tonight is going to be "wa" our Friday night frugality. Rice with sanma (the lovely Pacific saury), still have plenty of chinese cabbage so something with that in it, and whatever I can scrape together at the 11th hour. My goal is to NOT give in and go shopping for "just that one extra ingredient" to make dinner.
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Friday, January 14, 2011
Monday, January 10, 2011
八宝菜
Took R for a walk yesterday afternoon, past the chinese joint we went to 4 weeks in a row when we first moved in here, and havent been to since, and saw their sign for happosai so decided that was what I wanted for dinner. And since K and J were sick, our pre-decided dominos pizza night seemed like a waste (best saved for more genki times).
Didnt have any pork or squid, but in a pinch we made it with all the chinese cabbage, carrot, snow peas, kikurage (dried), prawns (frozen) and eringi mushrooms we had around. Oh an I keep a stock of quail eggs just for these occasions, so it was pretty yummy!
I miss getting chinese chuka-don from sukiya (in both our last 2 apartments we lived really close to sukuiya)but now that I have made it quite a few times myself, as long as we have the veges, it is super easy and just as yummy homemade too ;)
Didnt have any pork or squid, but in a pinch we made it with all the chinese cabbage, carrot, snow peas, kikurage (dried), prawns (frozen) and eringi mushrooms we had around. Oh an I keep a stock of quail eggs just for these occasions, so it was pretty yummy!
I miss getting chinese chuka-don from sukiya (in both our last 2 apartments we lived really close to sukuiya)but now that I have made it quite a few times myself, as long as we have the veges, it is super easy and just as yummy homemade too ;)
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
soup, pasta and chicken
J is not a fan of chicken breast, so he wasn't so impressed with dinner. Bugger him, I ENJOYED it immensly, thank you very much! And enough pasta salad and soup and chicken left for lunch!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Kinda back into it
There was not much to post about while J was gone - lots of scraping things together. Although, looking over what we have had since he was back, there is not much to post about here either (lol)
Sat night - Kura sushi (J's request after a week in China!)
Sun lunch - ramen
Sun dinner - big spulrge out at "Red Lobster" on the way home from Olympic shopping for dog food for R.
Mon night - curry, using up the suji from Hanamasa, which was pathetic, like bits of skin, won't be buying that again (prob wouldn't anyway as Hanamasa is a fair way away)
Tues night - fish (sawara) fried in butter, served with brocolli and atsuage and moyashi in nam pla (Thai fish sauce), some miso soup with CABBAGE (pre-cooked in seasame oil), pickles, lotus root stuffed with mince (leftovers to clear out the freezer) and natto, and half brown half white rice - last of the white rice until it gets delivered Thurs, (so tomorrow night is gonna be a pasta.) I quite enjoyed the brocolli/atsuage in nam pla, ttytt, but J was not that impressed.
Sat night - Kura sushi (J's request after a week in China!)
Sun lunch - ramen
Sun dinner - big spulrge out at "Red Lobster" on the way home from Olympic shopping for dog food for R.
Mon night - curry, using up the suji from Hanamasa, which was pathetic, like bits of skin, won't be buying that again (prob wouldn't anyway as Hanamasa is a fair way away)
Tues night - fish (sawara) fried in butter, served with brocolli and atsuage and moyashi in nam pla (Thai fish sauce), some miso soup with CABBAGE (pre-cooked in seasame oil), pickles, lotus root stuffed with mince (leftovers to clear out the freezer) and natto, and half brown half white rice - last of the white rice until it gets delivered Thurs, (so tomorrow night is gonna be a pasta.) I quite enjoyed the brocolli/atsuage in nam pla, ttytt, but J was not that impressed.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Chinese night (big rant included)
I decided to make 八宝菜 to use up the cabbage (I am gonna get a dig in at J every time I use the word cabbage in a post, lol) and make a chinese night of it. Of course it is a night when J is gonna be late home. Not sure what time yet, but K has already eaten anyway now. oh and now my feet are aching from standing in the kitchen for so long doing all the prep , again, I repeat "CHINESE TAKES SO MUCH TIME" I don't think I am gonna make it again anytime soon......
Anyway,waiting to be finished off when J rings to say he is on his way is:
* chicken and cashew nuts with celery (can't find my usual recipe, oh no! so borrowing from the internet, hope it comes out ok)
* broccoli in a garlic-oyster-y sauce thing (just regular as no chinese broccolli, and J bought 2 heads of broccoli on the weekend too, dig, dig!)
* fried rice (although I am tempted to just wait until J gets home as I made it for K, and it was average - J def. makes a better fried rice....
* spinach egg drop soup
* and of course the happosai
and tapioca in coconut milk for desert - if we ever get to eat dinner, that is.
***edit****
Again, why the hell do I try to make Chinese, and so many different dishes at that, with only 3 hotplates to balance the pots and pans on. As it turns out, J came home as K was on the loo, then nutted out because that is what she does lately when J gets home (as in tanty time erupts), then J found the moulding ponkan and started to get into me about how did that happen (maybe if he didn't buy double of everything they would get eaten before going off,..although they were only there for 4 days, so it was a bit wierd ttytt) and then got into me about why I "let" K play with r's water dispenser. Because of course standing in the kitchen for over an hour and a half preparing chinese, getting K's dinner ready first, then going back to cook up the rest for J so he has a freshly made hot meal on the table when he gets home means that I "let" her do these things, as oppsed to maybe I can't SEE her when I have my head over the IH!! END RANT
So we flagged the fried rice and just had regular rice with it, eating in around a very tense table until I cooled off. But I swear I must remember not to make Chinese again until the kids are at least in college and I can concentrate. If only I was more multi-functional in the kitchen, but alas I am not, therefore I will focus on slightly simpler meals from now on.
And it was all because I KNOW that I was out of my league, trying to juggle so many chinese dishes, and was just buggered by the time J got home, so my patience was wearing thin, and I was tired and cranky. Sorry J. Better luck tomorrow, I guess
Anyway,waiting to be finished off when J rings to say he is on his way is:
* chicken and cashew nuts with celery (can't find my usual recipe, oh no! so borrowing from the internet, hope it comes out ok)
* broccoli in a garlic-oyster-y sauce thing (just regular as no chinese broccolli, and J bought 2 heads of broccoli on the weekend too, dig, dig!)
* fried rice (although I am tempted to just wait until J gets home as I made it for K, and it was average - J def. makes a better fried rice....
* spinach egg drop soup
* and of course the happosai
and tapioca in coconut milk for desert - if we ever get to eat dinner, that is.
***edit****
Again, why the hell do I try to make Chinese, and so many different dishes at that, with only 3 hotplates to balance the pots and pans on. As it turns out, J came home as K was on the loo, then nutted out because that is what she does lately when J gets home (as in tanty time erupts), then J found the moulding ponkan and started to get into me about how did that happen (maybe if he didn't buy double of everything they would get eaten before going off,..although they were only there for 4 days, so it was a bit wierd ttytt) and then got into me about why I "let" K play with r's water dispenser. Because of course standing in the kitchen for over an hour and a half preparing chinese, getting K's dinner ready first, then going back to cook up the rest for J so he has a freshly made hot meal on the table when he gets home means that I "let" her do these things, as oppsed to maybe I can't SEE her when I have my head over the IH!! END RANT
So we flagged the fried rice and just had regular rice with it, eating in around a very tense table until I cooled off. But I swear I must remember not to make Chinese again until the kids are at least in college and I can concentrate. If only I was more multi-functional in the kitchen, but alas I am not, therefore I will focus on slightly simpler meals from now on.
And it was all because I KNOW that I was out of my league, trying to juggle so many chinese dishes, and was just buggered by the time J got home, so my patience was wearing thin, and I was tired and cranky. Sorry J. Better luck tomorrow, I guess
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Wa repeating itself
Thursday night dinner (the first real cooked meal in a while in the TJKR household, but still simple since trying to use up what I can in the house coming to the end of the month (=the end of the monthly money!),lol)
* 金目代の干物
* 牛蒡きんぴら
* ふわふわ egg roll
* salad (lettuce, sweet corn and tomato)
* natto
Friday night
* mandarin style marinated chicken drumsticks, with a bit of asparagus, eringi mushrooms and 長ネギ
* なめこ汁 (can of nameko, so really really slimey! lol)
* leftover fish
* かぼちゃのカレーミルク煮 (recipe from Kel's blog - this WAS yummy! thanks!!)
* カニクリームクロッケ with shredded cabbage
Saturday - out shopping in the morning (my suitcase wheels broke while J was using it on his business trip, so had to get a new suitcase) so stopped by the Ringer Hut for lunch ー ちゃんぽん！
Dinner at PIL for ひなまつり - yummy!!
Sunday- lunch at Kura-sushi...I made the mistake of asking J what HE wants ;( Although the tempura whiting and squid they have there is quite tasty (I still would have preferred pizza, lol!!)
Sun Dinner - J rang up after the gym to ask if I needed anything from the supermarket, like milk, so I said, yeh grab some milk....he came home with 3 shopping bags. I couldn't control myself and blew up, saying that if he had bought another cabbage I WOULD shoot him. Low and behold, a friggin cabbage appears. (there is still half a regular cabage, and about 1/3 chinese cabbage in the fridge.) I was this close to shoving the cabbage where the sun don't shine....all this time I am trying to 節約 and be frugal using up food we have first....ok, so we just weren't on the same page, but I think after my ranting and raving last night, we are finally close to the same page at least, lol (and I doubt J will be buying any cabbage anytime soon).
Anyway, Sunday night dinner, courtesy of J was:
* 親子丼 (I used to eat this all the time at a Japanese take away in Bris, so to me it is actually 懐かしい - I never think to make it myself though)
* cabbage (lol) and potato miso soup
* natto and spinach
and strawberries, banana and apple for dessert.
* 金目代の干物
* 牛蒡きんぴら
* ふわふわ egg roll
* salad (lettuce, sweet corn and tomato)
* natto
Friday night
* mandarin style marinated chicken drumsticks, with a bit of asparagus, eringi mushrooms and 長ネギ
* なめこ汁 (can of nameko, so really really slimey! lol)
* leftover fish
* かぼちゃのカレーミルク煮 (recipe from Kel's blog - this WAS yummy! thanks!!)
* カニクリームクロッケ with shredded cabbage
Saturday - out shopping in the morning (my suitcase wheels broke while J was using it on his business trip, so had to get a new suitcase) so stopped by the Ringer Hut for lunch ー ちゃんぽん！
Dinner at PIL for ひなまつり - yummy!!
Sunday- lunch at Kura-sushi...I made the mistake of asking J what HE wants ;( Although the tempura whiting and squid they have there is quite tasty (I still would have preferred pizza, lol!!)
Sun Dinner - J rang up after the gym to ask if I needed anything from the supermarket, like milk, so I said, yeh grab some milk....he came home with 3 shopping bags. I couldn't control myself and blew up, saying that if he had bought another cabbage I WOULD shoot him. Low and behold, a friggin cabbage appears. (there is still half a regular cabage, and about 1/3 chinese cabbage in the fridge.) I was this close to shoving the cabbage where the sun don't shine....all this time I am trying to 節約 and be frugal using up food we have first....ok, so we just weren't on the same page, but I think after my ranting and raving last night, we are finally close to the same page at least, lol (and I doubt J will be buying any cabbage anytime soon).
Anyway, Sunday night dinner, courtesy of J was:
* 親子丼 (I used to eat this all the time at a Japanese take away in Bris, so to me it is actually 懐かしい - I never think to make it myself though)
* cabbage (lol) and potato miso soup
* natto and spinach
and strawberries, banana and apple for dessert.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
洋 baby, yo!
I have had these baby potatoes sitting around for a while now, just waiting for the perfect opportunity to be boiled up and teamed with a lovely, regular, western meal. So it goes:
♦ grilled pork chops(seasoned with s+p), served with apple sauce
♦ boiled baby potatoes, served with butter
♦ honey glazed carrots
♦ green bean amandine
♦ pumpkin
♦ steamed cabbage
I would have had some nice fresh bread with it, but fell asleep putting K down for her afternoon nap, and then didn't have enough time to set the bread maker to be ready before dinner, oops. And wouldn't you know it, the first thing J asks when he sits down "isn't there any bread?? where are the carbs?" (doh- whacha call potatoes, dahhhhling?)
The green beans done in almond were absolutely delish! What a find, will be making this again for sure!
♦ grilled pork chops(seasoned with s+p), served with apple sauce
♦ boiled baby potatoes, served with butter
♦ honey glazed carrots
♦ green bean amandine
♦ pumpkin
♦ steamed cabbage
I would have had some nice fresh bread with it, but fell asleep putting K down for her afternoon nap, and then didn't have enough time to set the bread maker to be ready before dinner, oops. And wouldn't you know it, the first thing J asks when he sits down "isn't there any bread?? where are the carbs?" (doh- whacha call potatoes, dahhhhling?)
The green beans done in almond were absolutely delish! What a find, will be making this again for sure!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
bits and pieces maketh the meal
★ もやしのナムールレモン炒め
★ minestrone (type) soup with 大根、京にんじん(leftovers from NY)、cabbage, onion.
★ 肉じゃが (there was a lot of it, lol)
★ かにクリームクロッケ (市販のもの）, served with shredded cabbage
★ 冷奴 topped withしらす and konbuつゆ
★ egg roll, very ふわふわ, very nice! even got a comment from J about how ふわふわ it is,lol
★ rice, leftover chicken and 長ネギ, 塩辛
(yes, we have ANOTHER head of cabbage - J bought it. I actually almost ate half of it while prepping tonight, very sweet! I can see it gracing our table for a few more nights yet, tho)
and I actually had this post written last night, but couldn't publish as the photos was not uploaded - why? because I remember now to take photos, but then leave the camera on the dining table. Which is NOT beside the computer. So when I sit (flake out) on the lounge to blog, I can't be bothered getting up to get the camera to upload the photo. How lazy is THAT!
Monday, November 30, 2009
a sharp sword to swallow...
and of course a cupcake for dessert ;)
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