Food: dinners and KABOCHA is back!

Dinners had to be quick because I was always tired when I got home, just wanted to eat and visit my couch!

#1: oatmeal, veggie tofu stir-fry

this one has celery, black fungus, tofu, oyster mushroom, seasoned with tamari and sesame oil.

#2: Tortilla pizzas, chopped tomato

#3 porridge and spicy-sour cabbage

cabbage sautéed with oyster mushroom, black fungus, seasoned with chinese vinegar and spicy sauce

#4 Wonton! Let me show you how I made it. My mom prepared the filling before she left so I just need to wrap them

used this seaweed soup for the base

put the wonton in boiling water, cook for about 3-4 min

prepare the soup, add more seaweed and boiled romaine lettuce for extra veggies

top with tons of white pepper. The whole dish wouldn’t be the same without white pepper!

#5: porridge, celery salad and soy bean pancake

For the salad I simply boiled celery and dressed with tamari, vinegar, sesame oil and 1 tsp sugar.

Yummy pancakes!!!

And the biggest NEWS is KABOCHA IS BACK TO MY LIFE!!! After not having it for over 5 months (pregnancy aversion), I finally love it again!

Every night I had a bowl of roasted kabocha for dessert, sooooo good! I don’t think I like it steamed yet (as I used to) but I do love cinnamon roasted kabocha. It reminded me grad-student life, when every night Kabocha was my companion. 😉

I still can’t eat steamed corn. I had it once and felt nausea afterwards. I guess the 5 packages that I have in the freeze have to wait a bit longer. 🙂

Q: Have you reunited with any of your past food love recently?

Food: dinner

First let me show you what I cooked for Star and Adam last Sunday

the usual suspects: red sauced pork

bok choy. According to Star, I made the most delicious sautéed bok choy in the world, and I don’t even know my secret! 😉

pork short ribs and chinese yam soup

sauteed mushrooms with pork and chili

I instead made myself a macrobiotic meal: chopped lettuce, tomato, tofu, butternut squash, brown rice and miso paste

and a soup made with daikon, arame and parsley.

Dinners during the week:

#1

brown rice, sautéed bok choy with mushrooms and shiitake.

#2: A daikon, arame, bok choy soup

with sauteed tomato, tofu, mushroom and green onions

brown rice with aduki beans

#3: macrobiotic plate: tomato, celery, butternut squash, tofu, brown rice with aduki

and steamed daikon greens with eggplant in a tahini/miso sauce

#4: brown rice with aduki

sauteed celery, bok choy, mushroom and yuba (tofu skin)

arame with daikon cooked in tamari

#5: Macrobiotic plate

#6

stir-fry couscous with celery and smoked tofu, seasoned with S+P and curry powder

sauteed bok choy with mushrooms

My sautéed method: heat sesame oil, add the vegetables, cook for 1-2 min, add shoyo, mirin and pinch of sugar. Add some water if needed, cook for another 1-2 min and serve. Sometimes I would top some roasted sesame seeds as well. A true asian flavor! 🙂

Q: Do you use sautéed method? What’s your favorite sautéed dish?

Food: dinners at home

The weather has been warm, almost like summer so all I wanted was fresh veggies! Everyday in the afternoon, I’d call my mom and tell her what I want for dinner and she’ll prepare them for me! What a great mom she is! 🙂 Unfortunately she’s leaving next weekend. She needs a break in China and she will come back before the baby arrives! 🙂

Sauteed celery with black fungus and smoked tofu

cucumber salad with garlic

winter melon, tomato and bamboo soup

sauteed noodles with brussel sprouts, onion, mushrooms and tofu

sauteed cauliflower with mushrooms, carrot and pork

curry chicken with potatoes

sauteed greens with garlic

And wonton’s are back!!! Yes! I asked my mom to make like 10 packages for me to be freezed so I can have them when she’s not here! 🙂 They’re so delicious!!!

Q: What’s your favorite freezer meal?