Thursday, February 9, 2012

Dinner on A Thursday Night

Ate dinner with a friend today, some salty but delicious dishes :)
I made the wings; Vickie made congee, soup and rice.
The meal was filled with fun conversations and laughter.


Wings are a bit salty, but good taste



Creative pork rib soup with tofu skin and some dried Chinese Vegetables

A Thousand Year Old Egg Congee, yum :P

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Overdue Pics: Cilantro Fish Rice Ball Soup



Cilantro fish rice balls
Ingredients for the dish: cilantro, green scallion, marinated boneless fish, dried shrimps, dried mushrooms, fish cakes, Chinese cabbage, radish, pork broth and rice balls

This is what Mom cooked for the Winter Holiday. It's called the "End of Winter", Dong Zi. The rice ball soup is delicious. She cooked the broth with pork, dried shrimps, dried mushroom, radish and Chinese cabbage. After the soup is done, about 45 minutes to an hour; she scoop the soup into a separate pot. Whatever amount of rice balls, fish cakes or fish we like, just add into the soup, let it cook for about 5 to 10 minutes. Add in cilantro and scallion to garnish the dish. 

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Overdue Pictures from My Birthday

Fish congee

Stir fry squid

Scallion chicken

Fancy tofu

Sweet potato pancakes

Thai style chicken feet

Beef stir fry flat noodles
We went to Congee Village for dinner, food was delicious.

Beer Batter Fish and Bell Pepper Pasta

My dinner tonight was beer batter fish and pasta. The fish was delicious, bake it for 10 to 15 minutes.
It's frozen fish filet, prepackaged, but still really good. I forgot the brand name. If you search for "beer batter fish" online, I am sure plenty of nice recipes will show up. It's not hard to make either.

Saturday, January 28, 2012

Bacon Spinach Pasta Salad


Ingredients: bacon, spinach, bell pepper, Italian dressing and pasta noodle

Cooked this dish by accident. I was planning to cook pasta with bacon and tomato sauce, but I couldn't open the  jar. After trying to open that of  can of tomato sauce several times, I decided to switch sauce. I splatter the dish with Italian dressings and mixed all the ingredients.  It turned out quite well. The dressing made the bacon tangy and not too greasy. The dish also has spinach and cooked bell pepper, lots of fibers.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

A Little Bit of Chinese New Year

All the must have items for Chinese New Year. Besides the dried goodies, everything is made by my mom.

Fried Shrimp Chips
                                                                  


 Deep Fried Rice Noodles, Tofu Skin and Chinese muffins
                                   

  Postachio
                                                                   



Red Sugar Muffin
                                                            


It's not Chinese New Year without candies and tangerines.