Yakitori

Pasta Wheels with Arrabbiata Sauce

My lunch today. A let's-clean-out-the-fridge dish. I just mixed the following, so it didn't even take five minutes to make this. :) It was pretty good. :d

- left over pasta wheels
- Arrabbiata sauce that was too spicy for the kids and therefore was standing by in the freezer
- baby bella mushrooms
- green olives (sundried tomato, garlic & basil marinated)
- green onions (nobody would probably put green onions in pasta sauces, but since I had chopped ones in the fridge anyway, I threw them in)

Pasta Wheel Soup with Grains

Pasta wheel soup with Trader Joe's Harvest Grains blend (Israeli style couscous, orzo, baby garbanzo beans, and red quinoa).

Crispy Bread with Fresh Rosemary

採れたてローズマリー入りフォカッチャ風サクサクブレッド

I mixed fresh rosemary into this フォカッチャ風サクサクブレッド recipe that I found in one of my Japanese bread books. I also added some extra steps: I took out the bread pan right before the bread machine would go into the baking cycle, brushed the dough with olive oil, sprinkled with salt, and put the pan right back into the machine.

This time I baked it using the regular mode that takes about four hours. It turned out a bit harder than the quick baked version. After experimenting with different recipes and baking options, I've come to decide that this one is the closest to the bread at Romano's Macaroni Grill Italian Restaurant. Delish!

Bulgogi Beef

Bulgogi Beef, Yan Can Style

Pseudo-Goose!

がんもどきの煮物 (Ganmodoki)

Tri-Tip

Quick Crispy Bread with Fresh Rosemary

Thank You Bento

"Thank You" Bento for my son's wonderful teachers

Quick Honey Bread

クイックはちみつパン

This may have been the first time I ever tried the "Bake Rapid" option. It only takes two hours to bake a loaf, and it wasn't bad at all. :D

Rotini with Ham & Lemon Butter Sauce

Brown Rice Bread

This bread was VERY soft. I really liked it.

CREMA Coffee Maker

I LOVE this cute coffee maker Pingu gave me on Mother's Day. It's so simple and makes great tasting coffee. No bitterness. Just amazing!

CREMA Coffee Maker Exclusively for Starbucks (@Trendy Gadget)
Recycled Green Coffee Press by Starbucks (@starbucksstore.com)

Onion Garlic Bread

Roasted Tofu

This is very easy to make, and it turned out pretty close to 厚揚げ atsuage (deep-fried tofu)! I couldn't believe it.

How to roast tofu@CHOW

I didn't want to mix the greasy tofu with my hand, so I used Small Silicone Spatula. I love the raspberry color, and this tiny spatula is convenient for doing many little things.

Hiyashi Chuka

My lunch today: 冷やし中華 - Hiyashi Chuka (cold noodle with ham, eggs, cucumber, and ginger). This is something I wanted to eat every day when I was having morning sickness last spring/summer/fall!

This 6-Inch Double Rod Strainer is perfect for rinsing one serving of noodle.

Gomoku Chirashi

五目ちらし (Gomoku Chirashizushi) for Teacher Appreciation Day Lunchen at my son's school

Hakusai Salad

Napa cabbage, cucumber, green onions, and roasted aburaage (deep-fried tofu) with the "Feast from the East" Sesame Dressing.

Hand Roll Sushi

手巻き寿司

- pastrami
- negitoro
- canned tuna
- grilled chicken
- daikon sprouts
- cucumber
- avocado