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Thursday, December 14
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Thursday, June 9
Easy Turkey Melt for Brunch!
The boys request this every other week or so, it's super easy to make, delicious, and a warm healthy lunch!! :D
Start with a bell pepper. I'm not a big fan of bell peppers in general.... but it goes great with a warm sandwich like this, so I chose to use orange bell peppers since it's a little bit sweeter and tastes greaaat roasted.
Slice open the bell pepper, hollow and throw away the seeds, then 'julienne' as the pros say...ooo fancy way of saying slice into damn thin slices hahahah. Just see the picture below ^ ^
Heat a small spoonful of oil in a frying pan and stir fry the pieces of bell pepper until they're slightly browned and roasted looking.
It's best to use fresh sliced deli chicken, but in a bind or on a budget just regular sandwich chicken/turkey slices will also work. If I have a rotisserie chicken I will also use fresh slices ^ ^
Separate the deli slices (whatever you decide to use) and toss it into the pan along with the bell peppers. Remember since it is already cooked, it doesn't need to be cooked for that much longer, just enough to turn a little brown.
After about 5 mins, long enough to heat up the deli slices and you can break up the pieces a little and evenly spread the bell pepper and turkey. Place slices of a cheese of your choice (here I used fresh pepper jack cheese) on top. Cover the frying pan, turn off the fire, and let your cheese melt in the heat for 3-4 mins.
If you like to toast your sandwich bread, this would be the time to throw it in the toaster. Yaay uncover the pan!! Mmmm nothing looks better than juicy, melted cheese :D
Line the toast with veggies of your choice, like lettuce, romaine, or in this case I used spinach. Use tongs and place a good amount of turkey and bell peppers on the bed of spinach.
Voila! A warm toasty turkey melt sandwich for lunch! Soooo simple :D
Happy Thursday everyone!!
Start with a bell pepper. I'm not a big fan of bell peppers in general.... but it goes great with a warm sandwich like this, so I chose to use orange bell peppers since it's a little bit sweeter and tastes greaaat roasted.
Slice open the bell pepper, hollow and throw away the seeds, then 'julienne' as the pros say...ooo fancy way of saying slice into damn thin slices hahahah. Just see the picture below ^ ^
Heat a small spoonful of oil in a frying pan and stir fry the pieces of bell pepper until they're slightly browned and roasted looking.
It's best to use fresh sliced deli chicken, but in a bind or on a budget just regular sandwich chicken/turkey slices will also work. If I have a rotisserie chicken I will also use fresh slices ^ ^
Separate the deli slices (whatever you decide to use) and toss it into the pan along with the bell peppers. Remember since it is already cooked, it doesn't need to be cooked for that much longer, just enough to turn a little brown.
After about 5 mins, long enough to heat up the deli slices and you can break up the pieces a little and evenly spread the bell pepper and turkey. Place slices of a cheese of your choice (here I used fresh pepper jack cheese) on top. Cover the frying pan, turn off the fire, and let your cheese melt in the heat for 3-4 mins.
If you like to toast your sandwich bread, this would be the time to throw it in the toaster. Yaay uncover the pan!! Mmmm nothing looks better than juicy, melted cheese :D
Line the toast with veggies of your choice, like lettuce, romaine, or in this case I used spinach. Use tongs and place a good amount of turkey and bell peppers on the bed of spinach.
Voila! A warm toasty turkey melt sandwich for lunch! Soooo simple :D
Happy Thursday everyone!!
Thursday, June 2
Chinese Stuffed Cucumbers
Another day of casual cooking ^ ^ Been wanting to eat this stuffed cucumber dish for a while so decided to make it myself! The light, steamed, juicy flavors def remind you of homeee. (If you're from a traditional Taiwanese family at least HAHA!)
You'll need a partial can of water chestnuts, as well as a partial can of bamboo shoots. This can be bought at most Asian supermarkets. How much you use is totally up to you.. they bring a subtle flavor and texture to the ground pork. Save the rest for another dish!
I used about a pound of ground pork.
Finely dice up some water chestnuts and bamboo shoots. I loveee bamboo shoots so I chose to use a bit more of it.
Add the diced up water chestnuts and bamboo shoots to the bowl with ground pork. To this mixture, add a few pinches of salt, garlic powder, sugar, and powder chicken stock. Don't worry about putting too little salt. Too little is better than too salty, it'll be eaten with a soy sauce mixture anyway!
Add one beaten egg to the mixture.
Mix everything together with your hands. This is the fun part! Knead it as if you were kneading dough, completely blending all the ingredients.
I used, in total, 3 cucumbers. Buy some extras so that if you have extra meat- you can always peel another cucumber and make extra!
Peel and sliced the cucumbers into big thick pieces as you can see in the picture.
Using a thin knife or spoon handle, take out all the seeds of the cucumbers. This leaves a bunch of cucumber 'doughnuts'. :D
Spoon the meat mixture into all the cucumbers, filling the doughnut hole hehe. Then top with with a bit of green onion.
You're almost done! Steam some of the stuffed cucumbers in a steamer for about 20 minutes. I have a teeny tiny steamer, so I can only steam about 6 at a time :P
20 mins later, the stuffed cucumbers look steamy and juicy! You can drizzle it with soy sauce, or follow the directions below for a sweet, garlicky soy sauce that goes perfectly with this dish.
Sauce:
Fry garlic in a few spoonfuls of oil until golden and throw away the garlic.
Add 4 table spoons of liquid chicken stock, a pinch of salt, sugar, and about a table spoon of soy sauce.
When it boils, add a cornstarch/water mixture to thicken the sauce and turn off the heat. That's it!
Here's the end product, drizzled with sauce. Yummmmm!
You'll need a partial can of water chestnuts, as well as a partial can of bamboo shoots. This can be bought at most Asian supermarkets. How much you use is totally up to you.. they bring a subtle flavor and texture to the ground pork. Save the rest for another dish!
I used about a pound of ground pork.
Finely dice up some water chestnuts and bamboo shoots. I loveee bamboo shoots so I chose to use a bit more of it.
Add the diced up water chestnuts and bamboo shoots to the bowl with ground pork. To this mixture, add a few pinches of salt, garlic powder, sugar, and powder chicken stock. Don't worry about putting too little salt. Too little is better than too salty, it'll be eaten with a soy sauce mixture anyway!
Add one beaten egg to the mixture.
Mix everything together with your hands. This is the fun part! Knead it as if you were kneading dough, completely blending all the ingredients.
I used, in total, 3 cucumbers. Buy some extras so that if you have extra meat- you can always peel another cucumber and make extra!
Peel and sliced the cucumbers into big thick pieces as you can see in the picture.
Using a thin knife or spoon handle, take out all the seeds of the cucumbers. This leaves a bunch of cucumber 'doughnuts'. :D
Spoon the meat mixture into all the cucumbers, filling the doughnut hole hehe. Then top with with a bit of green onion.
You're almost done! Steam some of the stuffed cucumbers in a steamer for about 20 minutes. I have a teeny tiny steamer, so I can only steam about 6 at a time :P
20 mins later, the stuffed cucumbers look steamy and juicy! You can drizzle it with soy sauce, or follow the directions below for a sweet, garlicky soy sauce that goes perfectly with this dish.
Sauce:
Fry garlic in a few spoonfuls of oil until golden and throw away the garlic.
Add 4 table spoons of liquid chicken stock, a pinch of salt, sugar, and about a table spoon of soy sauce.
When it boils, add a cornstarch/water mixture to thicken the sauce and turn off the heat. That's it!
Here's the end product, drizzled with sauce. Yummmmm!
Tuesday, May 31
Simple Coconut Curry Chicken!!
Here's a quick Coconut Curry Chicken recipe.
I've never been one to follow exact recipe measurements and amounts, so bear with me while we take this...casually ^ ^
Start by dicing up a whole red onion. I try to keep most of the veggies about the same size. I'm no professional chef by any means-- so I won't be using words like "cut it on the bias". Hopefully "dice" is a common enough term :]
Cut a handful of baby carrots in half. Now, I'm big on substituting ingredients or omitting some if you really don't have any. But we eat with our eyes just as much as we eat with our taste buds-- so some carrots always bring some nice color to your plate.
Peel a medium sized potato and dice it approximately the same cube size as the onion and the carrots.
Most people like to use chicken breast, but I personally love dark meat. So here I took a package of chicken thigh meat on the bone and diced it up slightly bigger than my veggie pieces (since meat tends to shrink when cooked, duh!) Lightly season with salt and pepper. Preferably sea salt and fresh ground pepper.
Curry powder is extremely versatile. But if you do use curry powder instead of curry paste in this dish- remember to first mix in a little bit of water.
Heat about 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan on medium high heat. Stir fry the red onions first, letting it crackle in the oil and soaking the flavors in. Stir in the chicken and let it slightly brown. Coat both the chicken and the onions with the curry paste, adding some chicken stock if it gets too thick.
After the chicken browns for about 5 mins. Mix in the baby carrots.
Mix in the diced potatoes and completely mix through.
Add coconut milk and chicken broth until it jussst covers the meat and potatoes. Season with salt and pepper. If you like your curry spicy, this is also where you can add red pepper flakes, sriracha sauce, or any other form of spice you prefer-- THERE ARE NO SET RULES! :]
Cover your pan, turn the heat down to low-medium, and let it simmer for about 15 mins until the veggies are soft and the chicken is cooked through. Season with salt and pepper to taste. If you started cooking your rice in the beginning, it should be ready about the same time. Remember to let your rice sit in the steamer for at least 5-10 mins after it's done.
Here's the final product (in better picture quality :P )Sprinkle a bit of green onions or cilantro on top for taste AND COLOR! Like I said, even if you're eating by yourself-- presentation means a lot! The more you enjoy your own cooking, the more you will want to cook.
HAPPY COOKING! :D
I've never been one to follow exact recipe measurements and amounts, so bear with me while we take this...casually ^ ^
Start by dicing up a whole red onion. I try to keep most of the veggies about the same size. I'm no professional chef by any means-- so I won't be using words like "cut it on the bias". Hopefully "dice" is a common enough term :]
Cut a handful of baby carrots in half. Now, I'm big on substituting ingredients or omitting some if you really don't have any. But we eat with our eyes just as much as we eat with our taste buds-- so some carrots always bring some nice color to your plate.
Peel a medium sized potato and dice it approximately the same cube size as the onion and the carrots.
Most people like to use chicken breast, but I personally love dark meat. So here I took a package of chicken thigh meat on the bone and diced it up slightly bigger than my veggie pieces (since meat tends to shrink when cooked, duh!) Lightly season with salt and pepper. Preferably sea salt and fresh ground pepper.
Curry powder is extremely versatile. But if you do use curry powder instead of curry paste in this dish- remember to first mix in a little bit of water.
Heat about 2 tablespoons of oil in a frying pan on medium high heat. Stir fry the red onions first, letting it crackle in the oil and soaking the flavors in. Stir in the chicken and let it slightly brown. Coat both the chicken and the onions with the curry paste, adding some chicken stock if it gets too thick.
After the chicken browns for about 5 mins. Mix in the baby carrots.
Mix in the diced potatoes and completely mix through.
Add coconut milk and chicken broth until it jussst covers the meat and potatoes. Season with salt and pepper. If you like your curry spicy, this is also where you can add red pepper flakes, sriracha sauce, or any other form of spice you prefer-- THERE ARE NO SET RULES! :]
Cover your pan, turn the heat down to low-medium, and let it simmer for about 15 mins until the veggies are soft and the chicken is cooked through. Season with salt and pepper to taste. If you started cooking your rice in the beginning, it should be ready about the same time. Remember to let your rice sit in the steamer for at least 5-10 mins after it's done.
Here's the final product (in better picture quality :P )Sprinkle a bit of green onions or cilantro on top for taste AND COLOR! Like I said, even if you're eating by yourself-- presentation means a lot! The more you enjoy your own cooking, the more you will want to cook.
HAPPY COOKING! :D
Sunday, April 17
a shot of Life to a hungry vein
lessons from.. a yogurt commercial??
Plain was the same as it ever was the same.
Plainly plain…
Samely same…
But then…someone lit the flame.
Plain rode away on lion’s mane.
Where plain met fruits with strangely names.
Such wonderful things they did contain.
A shot of life to a hungry vein.
The captive beast who broke the chain.
And there upon that fruited plane,
is where plain became what plain became.
So much more than more than plain.
Plain will never be the same.
Plain was the same as it ever was the same.
Plainly plain…
Samely same…
But then…someone lit the flame.
Plain rode away on lion’s mane.
Where plain met fruits with strangely names.
Such wonderful things they did contain.
A shot of life to a hungry vein.
The captive beast who broke the chain.
And there upon that fruited plane,
is where plain became what plain became.
So much more than more than plain.
Plain will never be the same.
Sunday, June 7
how scientists make choices..
this man was such a scientist, he drew up a rational list when contemplating marriage..
6 months later.. in January of 1939, charles darwin married.
hahah this reminds me of ross choosing between rachael and julie in "Friends" :D
via futility closet
israeli palestian
one is an israeli girl name Hadas Maor. The other is a palestinian boy name Adam Shurati.
can you tell the who is who? why are these nations at war?
project "Enemies"
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