Kale Chips

Recipe adapted from Baked Kale

Ingredients

1 bunch kale

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 teaspoon kosher salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.

2. Remove the leaves from the thick stems and chop into bite size pieces.  Wash and dry kale with salad spinner or paper towel.  Drizzle kale with olive oil and sprinkle with salt.

3. Bake for 10-15 minutes.

Moroccan Carrot Salad

Recipe adapted from Alice Waters Moroccan Carrot Salad


serves 4
Ingredients
3 dozen baby carrots, cut diagonally
3 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
3/4 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp paprika
3 pinches cayenne
2 pinches ground cinnamon
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp chopped parsley
salt to taste


Directions
Toss carrots and garlic olive oil and salt.  Oven roast at 375 for 10 minutes.  Transfer to a bowl, add cumin, paprika, cayenne, cinnamon, lemon juice, olive oil, parsley, and salt to taste; toss well.

Feb 4, 2012

Aquarius birthday celebration @ Universal Cafe.

(I had beef hash with poached eggs.)

Bibimgooksu for dinner.

San Francisco Symphony.  It was one of the best programs conducted by Herbert Blomstedt.  He conducted the entire Tchaikovsky Symphony #5 without music.  He's 85 years old.

Steamed Salmon

Recipe adapted from "Power Foods"

serves 4

Ingredients

2 lemons (1 sliced thinly, 1 cut into wedges)

4 wild salmon fillets

coarse sea salt & pepper

Directions

1) Arrange lemon rounds on bottom of a bambbo steamer basket.  Season salmon on both sides with sea salt and pepper.  Place salmon on top of lemon rounds, and cover with steamer lid.

2) Bring about 1 inch of water to a simmer in a large skillet.  Place steamer basket in skillet, and steam until

fish is opaque.

3) Serve with sauteed spinach and kale.

Wednesday Night Bapsang

 Spaghetti & Meatballs

  I always use Tyler Florence's recipe.  

Tiramisu Cup.  Super easy to make and total hit with my guests.

 Here's the link to the recipe: Tiramisu.

Happy Weekend

Today is January 7th.  Weather outside is 64 degrees.

Shrimp Pork Chive Dumplings, steamed

Shrimp Pork Chive Dumplings

January 1, 2012

Dinner with mom & dad.

NYE Bapsang - Homemade Spinach Tagliatelle with Bolognese

spinach tagliatelle = 1 egg + 1 egg yolk + spinach puree (sautee 1/2 lb of spinach with butter then puree) + 2 cups of flour

Happy New Year!

새해 복 많이 받으세요 *^^*

Miso Soup with Clams

Recipe adpated from "The Family Meal" 

Make miso soup.  Add clams and cook until the clams open.  Fish out the clams with a slotted spoon.  Place the clams on top of diced silken tofu in a bowl.  Add 1/2 block of silken tofu and blend until creamy and smooth.  Carefully ladle soup over the clams and tofu. 

Saturday Night Bapsang

Tofu Steak

Ingredients

1firm tofu, sliced into 1/2 inch slices

handful of mushrooms (I used shiitake and bunashimeji)

1 cup dashi broth

1 tablespoon cornstarch

1/4 cup green onions, chopped

couple pinches of dried chilies

1 tablespoon soy sauce

1/2 tablespoon sugar

flour for dusting tofu

cooking oil

Direction

1. Lightly dust tofu slices with flour.  

2. Heat up 1 tablespoon of oil to a large nonstick pan over medium high heat.  Brown tofu slices.

3. Pan fry the tofu slices until each side is crispy and brown.  

4. In a small sauce pan, add sauce soy, dashI broth, mushrooms, sugar, and chili peppers.  Cook over medium heat for 5 mintues.

5. In a small bowl, combine 1 tablespoon of the sauce in step #4 with a tablespoon of cornstarch.  Mix well and add to the the sauce.  Cook for another 2-3 minutes.

6. Pour the sauce over the tofu slices.  Garnish with chopped green onions.

4AIAC Holiday Potluck Dinner Party

Alice Waters' Persimmon & Pomegranate Salad

Spinach Lasagna made with fresh pasta

Dark & Stormy...it ended up getting a lot darker and stormier after a few hours.  >_<

Dessert by Lummi <3

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