My sister gave us some endives. I had these long time ago and didn’t really like the bitter taste. I’m willing to give a try again (can’t turn away from free food!) Thanks to YouTube for recipes, I found an easy and delicious one by Gordon Ramsey – cook with orange juice! I didn’t add the wine like he proposed but used fresh orange juice. The bitterness is still there, but the citrus helps balance the vegetable. I paired it with cod and it was delicious. What a healthy and simple meal.
I’ve been planning for meals again and it’s been helpful. I mostly get ideas from food magazines and jot them down for the week. Today’s meal was from Eating Well Magazine – Chicken with charred pineapple salsa. I added fried rice with scrambled eggs for the boys.
Here’s copy cat recipe I found in New York Times: Sheet-Pan Roasted Fish with Sweet Peppers. You can use any type of fish. I bought tilapia just since it’s the cheapest. Kudos to my boss who are not big fans of bell peppers but ate the entire thing.
Found another recipe Eating Well Magazine – Smoked ham pangrattato pasta, and happy we tried something new today. I didn’t have some ingredients from the original recipe, so we switched a couple of items. I loved this meal and will definitely try again some other day.
Saw this recipe suggested by FB and tried it. Boys loved it. I’ve made several batches and so happy it kept the softness and fluffiness for a few days. << keep them in the ziplock bags.
Here are the ingredients:
Found this recipe from Food Network:
Mariande:
Between work and making meals in the middle of the day and then few hours later, prepare for dinner, sometime this busy schedule is what keeps me sane. I wish work doesn’t get in the way. (*^.^*)
Nowadays I’m preparing low carb meals for Mr. Piggy while loading up the boys with carbs, so it’s quite challenging. I’m constantly looking for new and different recipes. Today I found a recipe (from an ad) – they were using ground turkey but I only had minced chicken. With that switch, I made Thai chicken, with peanut sauce. Boys gave it a thumbs up.
For the peanut sauce:
Making butter chicken (breasts) for the first time using Instant Pot. It’s unbelievably easy and some what paleo friendly!
Because I didn’t have everything my recipe calls for, I just used substitutes:
For the dry seasoning:
Melt butter and dice onion using sauté function. Toss in garlic, ginger root, keep stir until onion is translucent. Pour in the tomatoes and the dry seasoning, salt and pepper. Mix everything before adding the chicken in. Make sure the chicken is buried in the sauce.
Poultry button, for 15 minutes.
Release and add the coconut milk. Garnish with basil, if available. Ready to eat!
Normally would use my instant pot to cook the oxtail, for tenderization. Today I made it with my dutch oven. It took about 2 hours for the bones to fall off. The result was amazing with all the flavors absorbed in the oxtail. I will definitely try this again!
It’s been a while since I made the Hokkiado Milk bread. Somehow this recipe popped up on my Youtube feed, and I decided to give it a shot (again). This bread was one of the first breads I baked. On my earlier trials, I found that these bread doesn’t stay soft and fluffy the next day, so I didn’t continue with it. However, this recipe, the bread stayed soft even after the next day.
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