Pepper Corn Chicken (鶏肉と粒スパイスの炒め物）

I've got a new non-stick fry pan, and it does make a lot of difference compared to the old ones.
Today, I wanted to have a Chinese dish but without using any Chinese sauces, and something which has a kick to its flavor.
I remember fried calamari in Chinese restaurants have almost raw onion and whole pepper corn with calamari, and decided to apply this to chicken.

 

How to make:

1: marinate chicken with salt, pepper, and corn starch

2: Put oil and pepper corns ( or other spice corns such as coriander corn ) in a pan and heat it up till you smell spices.

3: Add chicken to the pan, and fry it till it's almost cooked.

4: Add onion and green pepper, and cook till they are still crunchy.

Spanish Garlic Soup, - Sopa de Ajo (にんにくスープ）

My mom, who is of course Japanese, makes this soup since I and my sisters were small.
Recently I've found that this is Spanish soup.
It can be smelly even in the next day ;p

How to make:
1: Saute chopped garlic and bacon in a pot.
2: Add water, soup stock, pepper and salt..
3: When the water boils, slowly add beaten egg.
4: Add relatively big pieces of bread ( can be old bread), and chopped parsley.

Tofu and Green Onion Soup (豆腐と長ネギのあっさりスープ)

My digestion system is not very strong, and I want to have something very light sometime.
Japanese soup stock and Vietnamese chicken soup stock are very light ones.
You can get them as powder from Asian grocery stores.
I added Tofu and green onion to the soup, and garnish with a  lot of sesame seeds.

Cucumber Yogurt Salad (きゅうりヨーグルトサラダ ）

This is middle eastern style salad.
Mix pealed sliced cucumber with yogurt, salt, pepper and lemon.

Cod and autumn vegetable soup (鱈と秋野菜のスープ）

I've got small pieces of cod and decided to make soup.
In Japan, we have cod hot pot during winter, and I wanted to make small version of that.
I added snow peas, carrots, and Maitake mushroom.
Don't boil it so much. It will get fishy smell.

Toaster Dinner - Roasted Chicken (トースタでローストチキン）

I started using my toaster oven in stead of regular oven to make dinner so that I don't need to waste energy by turning on whole oven.
My toaster oven was somewhere around $10, but it's so powerful that it can burn a piece of bread in 30 sec !  So, it's rather good to be used as oven rather than toaster anyways.

How to Make:

1: I put some butter underneath of chicken so that the skin gets crispy.
You can put some herbs, salt and pepper as well.
2: Put cooking paper or aluminum foil on toaster tray, and put chicken first. Cook for 30min.
3: Put potato to the tray, and cook for 10min.
4: put asparagus and mushroom. Cook for another 7min.
5:  Garnish asparagus with feta cheese and almond.

Shabu shabu （しゃぶしゃぶ）

Crab and Avocado Salad (蟹とアボカドのサラダ）

I mixed canned crab meat with avocado.

Shiratama Mochi and Roasted Buckwheat in Red Bean Soup (白玉と蕎麦の汁粉）

Scallop and Mushroom Ceviche

I made half Scallop and half Eringi mushroom ceviche.

Stewed Sausage in Tajin Style (タジンスタイルのソーセージのシチュー)

I wanted to make something goes well with Couscous. In France, I had stewed chicken with olive and something sweet which was served with couscous, and since then I wanted have it again.
I made something like Ratatouille, and add sausage and apricots.

Green Peas Soup (グリーンピースのスープ）

I've got fresh green peas in a market, and I was very excited to make this soup because I've been thinking about having really fresh green soup without cooking and wasting freshness.
so I hardly boiled this green peas, and blend it. I added a little bit of milk to dilute.

Sweet and Sour Soup- Suan La Tang (酸辣湯)

I want to have sweet and sour soup when I don't have so much appetite or I have sore throat.

How to make:
1: Boil vegetables such as sliced carrots, bamboo shoots, and mushrooms.
2: Add Chinese black vinegar, vinegar, Chinese white pepper, soy sauce, and chicken soup stock.
3: Mix cone starch with water, and put it slowly to boiling soup till it becomes good consistency.