Rolled Pork

Rolled Pork with pickled ginger, asparagus & green onions.

ガリ、アスパラ、万能ねぎの肉まき（『かぞくのじかん』 vol. 07, p. 25）

Tamagoyaki

My mom's tamagoyaki. Hers never has any fish broth but lots of SUGAR! It almost tastes like cake. Great with some soy sauce and shredded daikon!

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...