Kitchen Shenanigans

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Sunday, August 15, 2021

Ordering in to save money

Last night we ordered in Chinese dinner: lemon chicken, bbq pork and vegetables, and two large hot'n'sour soups. The two dishes were quite enough, even without eating the rice--sent that home with Charlie! But I always get the extra soup. This morning I had some of that soup with some of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Teriyaki!

I've always really liked the /salt/sour/sweetof teriyaki, and today I have some prawns marinating in one bowl, and some beef strips in another. The first has Yoshida sauce, some rice vinegar flavored with a hint of toasted sesame, and powdered ginger. The beef is in Yoshida with garlic powder and... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, August 6, 2021

Finding a better chicken

Yesterday was BBQ Thursday, a regular thing this summer, weather permitting, that Charlie has been doing with friends who game with him, and/or work-out. And me, too. We all bring what we want to eat, often in shareable amounts. Yesterday I contributed some chicken. Not your every day stuff, but... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, August 2, 2021

Not my kitchen!

I am watching more of that Australian cooking show, My Kitchen Rules. It's a home-cooking competition that starts with each of the teams of two cooks hosting a dinner in their home--an 'instant restaurant.' The diners are all the other contestants who will vote on the quality of the meal. Some are... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 29, 2021

Swai!

If you haven't seen it around, it's a big fish... well, compared to tilapia. I get frozen fillets and today I thawed a couple and baked them with a bit of teriyaki and garlic, and slices of onion on top. They went in for 30 minutes at 375 F and came out very tasty! It's a fairly mild white fish,... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, July 25, 2021

Hot'n'Sour

I love a good hot'n'sour soup: I will try it every time I am in a new-to-me Asian restaurant. But there are different styles from different countries. Chinese is pretty basic, often just highly-peppered with a bit of tofu in a chicken broth base, a little thickened. Thai, on the other hand, is rich... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 15, 2021

BLTT w/ avocado

Bacon Lettuce Tomato Taco! Not doing sliced bread these days, but I did have a couple of ~8 inch diameter whole-grain tortillas on hand, and three chubby pieces of bacon. No flat lettuce, but a bag of chopped salad. So while the bacon fried (slowly on medium heat), I mixed the chopped salad--cabbage... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Revisiting chili

Back in March I reminisced here about my first attempt at making chili, and today found a new comment on that post, and that inspired this post! Canned chili... There are many brands, many recipes available. My mom favored Hormel, so that was the one I grew up with, and chose for a long time. But... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 6, 2021

baconbaconbaconbaconBACON...!

Since getting on the keto diet that trades energy from carbs for energy from fats, I have been enjoying bacon again. It was the thick-cut stuff, fried to not-quite-crisp, and very tasty, but I have found something even better. It's a regular thin-cut, less-sodium bacon. It cooks up much quicker to... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 1, 2021

Picking watermelons

https://www.facebook.com/leafingout/photos/a.616149945207441/1927711857384570/ If that link doesn't work for you--and if you don't have Facebook, it probably won't--here are the basics: Choose one that shows webbing: It means bees were busy fertilizing this one as a flower, and that makes the fruit... Sign in to see full entry.

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