Category Archives: FOOD 食物
Roast Artichoke
Roasted Artichoke. Easy, healthy and delicious choice.
- 1-2 Whole Artichoke
- 1/4 cup of chicken or vegetable stock
- pepper
- 1 tbsp of olive oil
- foil
- Wash the artichoke.
- In a baking dish, mix pepper, stock and oil together.
- Place artichoke in the baking dish. Rotate the artichoke in the mixture for 360 degree.
- Cover with foil.
- Bake in 375 degree oven for 45 minutes.
- Peel each leaf off and enjoy the bottom tip of the artichoke until reaching the heart.
- When reach the heart, cut heart in half. Cut off the hair in the center.
- Dip the heart in broth. And Enjoy!
healthy meal
I love my recent discovery of new dish.
A friend of my made a variation of this dish for me when I was over at their house for dinner.
It is a quick and easy meal. Full with nutrition and extremely delicious.
- Some corn (can or on the cob)
- Some tomatoes
- Some lettuce, spinach, and/ or kale
- Leeks
- Onions
- Salt and pepper
- Chicken or Vegetable stock
- Cooked rice
- Some Chicken breast (if you want some meat)
- Oil
- Wash all vegetables carefully. Slice leeks, onions and tomatoes.
- Steam the corn if it is still on the cob.
- If desired, sprinkle seasoning and oil on chicken. Bake in 400 degree oven for 40 minutes.
- In a pan, saute leeks and onions in oil until fragrant.
- Add chicken stock or vegetable stock, and kale.
- Cover with lid, cook for 10 – 15 minutes.
- In a serving plate, place lettuce, spinach on the bottom.
- Add tomatoes, corn on top.
- Pure chicken stock, leek mixture on top.
- Serve with rice and chicken.
Thai Salad
Salad ingredients:
- 1 cup of shrimp
- some lettuce
- some carrots
- some cucumbers
- some rice vermicelli noodle
- some tofu
- some scallion
Sauce ingredients:
- 2 tbsp of sugarless peanut butter
- 1/2 tbsp of soy sauce
- 1 tbsp of rice vinegar
- 2 tbsp of lemon grass sauce
- 1/4 tbsp of sesame oil
- 1 tbsp of olive oil
- Wash all vegetables.
- Chop lettuce, carrots, cucumbers, scallion and tofu into bite size.
- Boil vermicelli and shrimp until cooked. Rinse the noodle in cold water.
- Mix all sauce ingredients together.
- Serve sauce on salad.
Roast Chicken
- 1 Whole chicken
- 1/2 tsp of garlic salt
- some salt and pepper
- some olive oil
- some rosemary
- some seasoning salt if desired
- Wash the chicken throughly.
- Mix all seasoning with olive oil.
- Place chicken on a baking sheet.
- Stab chicken with a paring knife.
- Massage the olive oil mixture into chicken.
- Allow chicken to marinate for 30 minutes.
- Place fresh rosemary on top of chicken.
- Bake chicken for 1 hr in 375 degree oven or until the skin is golden brown.
- Allow chicken to chill for 10 minutes before serving.
Cheese-less Thai Pizza
- 1 bag of store bought pizza dough
- some tofu
- some cooked shrimp
- some sliced mushroom
- some chopped green onion
- 2 tbsp of lemon grass sauce
- 2 tbsp of peanut butter
- 1 tbsp of soy sauce
- 1 tsp of sesame oil
- some olive oil
- Flatten the dough in a baking sheet. Brush some olive oil on the dough than bake it by following the direction on the package.
- 10 minutes before the dough is fully cooked. Take the dough out from oven.
- Mix lemon grass sauce, peanut butter, soy sauce and sesame oil together.
- Spread the mixture on top of pizza crust.
- Add tofu, shrimp, mushroom and green onion. If there are extra sauce, also spread it on top of the topping at this time.
- Bake for additional 15 minutes or until the crust is golden brown and all toppings are warm.
Salsa Rice
A quick easy meal in under 10 minutes.
- some cooked rice
- some ground meat (chicken, pork, beef which ever you prefer)
- some salt & pepper
- some sliced onion, pepper and mushroom
- store bought salsa
- some shredded cheese
- half avocado
- some oil
- Stir-fry onion in oil until fragrant.
- Add meat and salt and pepper.
- When meat is cooked, add vegetables. Cook until the vegetables soften.
- Put warm rice in a bowl.
- Add meat, vegetable stir-fry and avocado.
- Sprinkle salsa and cheese on top.
- Eat with tortilla chips if desired.
Strawberry Rhubarb pie
Now is the season for Strawberries and Rhubarb. Especially if you live in New England and you have a yard.
Both ingredients can come from your own backyard easily. Strawberry Rhubarb pie is easy and guaranteed delicious.
- 3 cup of fresh strawberries slices
- 3 cup of rhubarb slices
- 3 tbsp of butter
- 3/4 cup of brow sugar
- 1 shot of Whisky
- 1/2 tsp of cinnamon
- some salt
- 1 frozen pie crust
- Cook strawberries and rhubarb in a sauce pan with butter and brow sugar.
- Cook until rhubarb is slightly softened add whisky, salt and cinnamon.
- When all fruits are softened, pure the mixture in a frozen pie crust.
- Bake following the pie crust instruction.
- Allow the pie to chill before serving. Serve with vanilla ice cream is recommended.
2011 Spring BBQ
We finally bought a gas grill.
We used pizza dough to make the bread.
And put all the veggies we have around into work.
Simply brush some olive oil and salt on the veggies and grill them.
Above is my husband’s American way or eating Hamburger meat.
Below is my Asian way of eating it. ha…they are equally satisfying and delicious. ^_^
Strawberry Daiquiri
- 1-2 cups of fresh or frozen strawberries
- 2 shots of Bacardi rum
- some fresh mint leaves
- 3 tbsp of honey
- some ice cubes
- Blend everything in a blender.
- Serve and enjoy the refreshing drink on a hot summer day.
Asian Noodle Salad
Salad ingredients:
- 1 package of thick egg noodles
- some fresh ginger
- some scallions
- some cilantro
- some soy bean sprouts or bean sprouts
Sauce ingredients:
- 1 tbsp of soy sauce
- 1 tbsp os sesame oil
- 1 tbsp of rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp of black vinegar
- 1 tsp of sriracha sauce
- olive oil
- pepper and salt
- Boil noodles with some salt and olive oil.
- When noodles are cooked, add sprouts. Cook until the water is boiling again.
- Drain and rinse noodles and sprouts in cold water.
- Finely chop ginger, scallions, cilantro.
- Mix all sauce ingredients together with herbs.
- Mix sauce and noodles together.
- Add salt and pepper as needed.