Asian
Spicy Coconut Rice Noodles and Chicken Soup
December 9, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment
This Thai inspired soup is crunchy, smooth, sweet and spicy at the same time. This is from Noodles Every Day: Delicious Asian Recipes from Ramen to Rice Sticks. It’s the first recipe I’ve tried from it and if the rest of the recipes are half as good as this one, it’s a real winner! I, [...]
Baked 5 Spice Chicken Legs
December 9, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment
This delicious chicken is from HapaBento’s 5 Spice Baked Chicken. I don’t pack proper Bentos but love the idea and enjoy the generally quick and easy recipes and the philosophy of eating multiple colors at each meal. (As an example of my not proper Bentos, today’s lunch was leftover cheese pizza, grape tomatoes, and sliced [...]
Spicy Shrimp in Coconut Sauce
December 6, 2009 by Ellen · 1 Comment
A friend passed along some older issues of Cooking Light magazine last weekend. I got fixed on using up some frozen shrimp I had so browsed through a few issues for some ideas. There were several that sounded quite good and I settled on this one. I made some steamed rice and snow peas to [...]
Quick Pickled Radishes
December 4, 2009 by Ellen · 1 Comment
I almost forgot about these fantastic pickled radishes I made the other night. They didn’t take more than 1/2 an hour to pickle, since I sliced the radishes in 1/4″ slices. I love pickled things and these were a nice addition to my Japanese dinner the other night. By this afternoon’s lunch, they were all [...]
Japanese Dinner Menu
December 3, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment
I made another Japanese themed dinner last night. I’d swung by the local Ranch 99 for some produce. As we were cruising the aisles a bit, my daughter spotted some chicken in the freezer section. It was thinly sliced, seasoned, and threaded on wooden skewers already. So we picked up that, some fried tofu (arsu [...]
Blanched Spinach Steeped in Broth – Horenso No Ohitashi
December 3, 2009 by Ellen · 1 Comment
I checked Washoku: Recipes from the Japanese Home Kitchen out of our local library. I’m pretty sure I’m going to buy it now, but it’s sure nice to try it out for a few weeks first! I’ve made several dishes from it, in my new Japanese cooking focus. I’ve also learned a lot. I do [...]
Thai Dinner Salad
November 21, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment
I wanted a light green salad to go with the chicken curry in coconut milk I was making. This dressing recipe was quite good, but a bit salty. I think next time I’ll cut down on the fish sauce, but even though it was a bit salty it was still good. And it was the [...]
Tokyo Fried Chicken
November 20, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment
These were really good! I wish I had the shiso leaves to garnish, as suggested in Japanese Women Don’t Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother’s Tokyo Kitchen, where I got this recipe. The chicken is briefly marinated , then drained, tossed with cornstarch (or potato starch), then fried. She calls for 4 chicken [...]
Eggplant and Green Pepper in Miso
November 20, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment
This is from Japanese Women Don’t Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother’s Tokyo Kitchen which I’ve been enjoying. I just used one small Japanese eggplant and half a green pepper because I was only feeding two people, and I cut back a bit on the sauce ingredients as well. It came out quite [...]
Another Japanese Dinner: Miso Soup, Tokyo Fried Chicken, Eggplant and Miso
November 19, 2009 by Ellen · Leave a Comment
Three recipes from Japanese Women Don’t Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother’s Tokyo Kitchen tonight. The tricky part is always timing things. The Zojirushi 6 Cup Rice Cooker / Steamer I bought a while ago comes in handy here, as I don’t particularly have to worry about the timing of the rice so [...]
I have had a food blog since 2001, back when there were just a few hundred! I like to explore new recipes, including new cuisines. My recipes are usually not gourmet but now and then may be. In addition to cooking, I play fiddle and guitar, garden and read a lot. [