Snot Pumpkin

Made by Pingu

Egg/Wheat-Free Hamburg Steak!

ツルピカふわふわハンバーグ

I was so proud this tasted pretty good without eggs or panko (wheat), but again, the kids didn't care. :( I've never heard of Japanese kids who don't love hamburg steaks!

The original recipe was from Quality of Life by JUNA, but to make it egg & wheat free, I made these changes:

• Instead of consommé, I simply used salt to knead the ground beef
• Instead of an egg, I used Egg Replacer
• I omitted panko
  

Heavenly Bamboo

Edible bones

I was feeling bad for days about the salmon loaf I made the other night, and suddenly this morning, I thought of checking the label of the canned salmon that I used. It said, "The fully cooked fish, includes liquid, skin and BONES, which are COMPLETELY EDIBLE, thus retaining important calcium."!!! So I wasn't crazy!

Tasting Kaki

My daughter and I tasted our first kaki of the season from the backyard.

"Quick Char Siu" Don

簡単レシピ♪絶品自家製チャーシュー （Quality of Life by JUNA）でチャーシュー丼

The original recipe asked for pork butt, but I didn't want too much fat this time. My son didn't care at all about this and kept on asking for a peanut butter sandwich during dinner!

SPAM Don

Rice Cake with Soda

老苗's 発糕

French Bread #2

Lazy California Rolls

"Make your own California Rolls" meal. Chirashi Sushi with veggies, crab meat, avocado, eggs, ginger, sesame seeds, green onions & seaweed.

Salmon Loaf

This made Pingu very unhappy last night because I made it with bones, and he happened to find a little piece of bone during dinner. I'm probably never going to make this again. I'm so sorry. :( Today, his uncle, aunt and even grandma liked it though.

Steamed Beef

Pingu's 冬菜蒸牛肉餅

Stir-Fried Garlic Lettuce

蒜炒生菜

According to the Cantonese cook book we have, stir-fried iceberg is extremely popular (in Hong Kong), but Pingu had never eaten yet before! I don't even know if I did this right or not, but I decided to take a picture anyway...

Red Bean Paste Bread #4

A Cheese Cake Gift

Made by a friend who lives close by.

Mike's Lasagna

Mike's award-winning lasagna from a potluck party last night.

Red Bean Paste Bread #3

I screwed up big time by taking the bread out of the pan too soon and the center sank miserably. (;_;) So sad.

Beef Stew

Red Bean Paste Bread

After 2nd rising

Beef Noodle Soup (Day 2)

This time with somen (素麺)

Beef Noodle Soup

With Cambodian beef broth (that I slow-cooked with beef bones all day), Chinese rice noodle & Japanese beef topping.

Persimmons 2009

These are not ripe yet, but we had to rescue them before the animals eat them all!

Il Fornaio

Conchiglie Al Pollo (Shell pasta, chicken breast, broccoli, sun-dried tomatoes, pecorino cheese, roasted garlic, trebbiano wine)

Rigatoni Alla Bolognese (Wide pasta tubes, traditional meat ragu, parmesan cheese)

Tiramisu (Ladyfingers, rum, zabaione, Galbani mascarpone cheese, espresso & cocoa powder)

French Bread

Prune Nut Bread #2

Simple Shoyu Ramen

So I made しょうゆラーメン！

Whatever soup

My "whatever" soup that I suddenly decided making this morning with what I could find in the fridge/freezer (chicken bones, ground pork, ginger, green onions & carrots). Has been slow-cooked for about 4 hrs. and started to smell like ramen broth. I was going to eat it with some vegetables, but maybe I should make ramen instead tonight? It may be pretty good...

Creamy Chicken Stew

チキンクリームシチュー