Last night I was back at it with Meatless Monday. I haven’t used tofu in a while so I decided to make a dish with it. I treated it like a piece of fish or chicken and cooked it en papillote with some vegetables. Well, that’s not entirely accurate. I used foil instead of parchment [...]
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Tofu en Papillote with Tomato & Bread Soup
Posted in Home Cooking, Meatless Monday, tagged baby bok choy, basil, black pepper, butter soy sauce, dinner roll, en papillote, firm tofu, garlic, olive oil, onion, red bell pepper, roma tomatoes, sake, shiitake, silken tofu, tofu, white rice, yellow string beans on June 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Fried Rice, Tofu Shumai, and Miso Eggplant
Posted in Home Cooking, Meatless Monday, tagged black pepper, carrot, chinese eggplant, chives, eggplant, garlic, ginger, green onion, meatless monday, mirin, miso, nasu-miso, peanut oil, ponzu, sake, scrambled eggs, sesame oil, shiitake, shumai, soy sauce, sugar, tofu, white rice, wonton wrapper on May 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last night’s Meatless Monday certainly wasn’t the prettiest of all plating, but I do have to say, my fried rice was excellent! First things first, making the shumai. I simply took a half a piece of tofu and mixed it together with a small carrot and three green onions that were all small diced. I [...]
Uichiro’s Pork Curry
Posted in Home Cooking, swine, tagged apple, bay leaf, black pepper, bouillon, butter, carrot, celery, curry powder, flour, garam masala, garlic, ginger, japan, mache, meatloaf, metric, onion, pork chop, pork curry, soy oil, soy sauce, sugar, tomatoes, turmeric, white wine, Worcestershire on May 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Alright, so I didn’t cook last night, nor did I post anything yesterday. In light of that here’s what I made Wednesday night, a Pork Curry. This recipe came from my father-in-law in Japan. He was very excited when he sent it over and translated it into English for me. Some of the measurements that [...]
Skirt Steak
Posted in beef, Home Cooking, tagged avocado, beer, black pepper, cherry tomato, cilantro, garlic, meatless monday, mirin, nanami togarashi, olive oil, purple potatoes, red bell pepper, sake, sesame oil, soy sauce, stanley's, sweet onions, white rice on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I made the dinner that my brother-in-law probably would have preferred over Meatless Monday, I grilled up some skirt steak! I got a steak that weighed about 1.3 lbs. For it to fit in my largest dish to marinate, I had to cut it into thirds. I marinated it in a mix of [...]
Sea Bass & Chorizo Kababs
Posted in Home Cooking, seafood, swine, tagged andouille, bamboo, black pepper, cherry tomato, grill, japanese eggplant, olive oil, onion, paprika, parsley, white rice, whole foods, windy city, zucchini on April 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Well, last night was another beautiful night to fire up the grill, so fire up the grill I did. I still had a couple of the chorizo (the ones that taste more like andouille) in my fridge, so I decided to skewer them withe some white fish. At the Whole Foods, Sea Bass looked the [...]
Broiled Chicken with Mustard Sauce
Posted in Home Cooking, poultry, tagged arugula, asparagus, black pepper, boetje's, capers, fennel, happy hour, lemon, mustard, olive oil, onion, pestle and mortar, red pepper, rice, thyme, yellow pepper on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I joined a couple of buddies for a happy hour drink. With that in mind I put together a dinner that I could cook and assemble quickly once I got home. Broiled chicken and vegetables seemed perfect. Before I headed out to the bar I got all my veggies cut. Asparagus, red pepper, [...]
Japanese-style Dinner
Posted in Home Cooking, swine, tagged aburage, arugula, baby bok choy, black pepper, carrot, dashi-no-moto, garlic, ginger, green onion, hijiki, mirin, miso, onion, ponzu, pork, rice, sake, shiitake, soy sauce on March 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Yuki requested a simple, lightly flavored dinner last night, so to please my wife I made a Japanese-style line up of chow. I made Hijiki Rice, Miso Soup, and Pork-stuffed Aburage. For the rice, I made two cups in our rice cooker. I simply washed the rice and added a little less water than necessary to [...]
Grilled Skirt Steak and Vegetables
Posted in beef, Home Cooking, tagged black pepper, cannellini beans, cayenne, cherry tomatoes, garlic, ginger, green onions, grill, mirin, rosemary, sake, soy sauce, spinach, stanley's, turmeric, white rice, yellow pepper on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Grilling season is here people! Nothing could make me happier. Well, I guess that’s not entirely true, but it does bring a smile to my belly. To kick off the year’s grilling I picked up a beautiful 1.5 pound skirt steak, easily one of the best cuts of any carcass. To start off I marinated [...]
Soy-Mustard-Rosemary Roast Chicken and Vegetables
Posted in Home Cooking, poultry, tagged black pepper, boetje's, carrot, celery, chard, chicken fat, dutch stone ground mustard, ethiopian, garlic, olive oil, onion, yukon gold potatoes on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Roasting chicken on top of vegetables is one of the easiest ways to prepare a healthy, well balanced meal. You can add whatever veggies you want, season or marinade the chicken with just about anything, and there’s few dishes to clean since everything is roasted in the same pan. Last night I marinated some whole [...]
