Seaweed Salad

Steamy Clam

Delux Sashimi

Salmon

Bhel Puri

Lamb Roast

Bread Pudding

Paratha

Pasta & Salad

 

Cannelloni

This is recipe inspired by America's test kitchen using sheets of lasagna in stead of homemade crepe for Cannelloni. The result is outstanding. Really tastes like what you have in restaurants !

How to Make: (portion for 2)
- Boil 4 sheets lasagna. ( I do it in microwave using the same container where I assemble final product)
- In a mixing bowl, mix one packet of Ricotta cheese (you may want to use low-fat version), minced greens & herbs or whatever you feel like, and salt & pepper. (e.g. basil, mint, spinach, pine nuts, tomato, etc...)
- Cut each sheet of lasagna into half, and wrap cheese mixture above. You will get 8 rolls.
- Place them in baking container. After place 4 rolls in first layer, put some tomato pasta sauce, then proceed to second layer. After the second layer, put some more tomato sauce, and cover it with melt cheese (cheese for pizza)
- Bake till everything get heated. Everything is edible without being cooked, so don't worry about cooking time.

Chicken & Pepper Stir Fry

Chicken Pho

Cold Tomato Pasta

Sauteed Mushroom

Ma-po Tofu

White Asparagus Salad

Spicy Bean Sprout

Mix boiled bean sprout with Kochu-jian (Spicy Korean Miso) and garlic.
Spicy salad which lasts for few days.

Marinated Eggplant

Put whole eggplant in oven toaster, and roast it till skin really gets burnt.
Leave it over night, and peal the skin next day.
Marinate chopped eggplants with tomato with soy sauce, sesame oil, red chili and vinegar.

Colored Beats Salad

Slice boiled (or microwaved as whole) colored beats, and top with creamy dressing.
You can use ranch dressing or mixture of mayo & vinegar.
I top it with goat cheese crumble, and fava beans.

Potato Croquet

I made it again !

Brioche French Toast

I used Brioche buns from TJ, and soak in milk & egg mixture lightly.
Bake both side and top with powder sugar.

Pesto Cream Pasta

This is another version of pesto pasta with whipped cream. It's heavy but I made very small portion.

Artichoke Pesto Pasta (アーティチョーク・ペストパスタ)

The sauce is just mixture of canned artichoke, pesto sauce, mozzarella cheese, and fresh tomato (All from TJ). Toss it with boiled pasta. No cooking involved !

Whole Egg Glatin （丸ごと茄子のグラタン）

A friend now has a vegetable garden which produces wonderful vegetables plentifully, and we've got this amazingly beautiful eggplant ! I stuffed it with minced chicken, egg plant, onion, and tomato sauce. Yummy !!!

Japanese vermicelli with marinated eggplant (お素麺と甘酢茄子)

Eggplant Fried Noodle （茄子あんかけそば）

Shrimp and Winter Squash soup (えびと瓜のスープ)

This combination can be stir fried, but I made them into soup for low calorie.

Cucumber and Maitake mushroom soup (きゅうりと舞茸のスープ)

Peeled cucumber and Maitake mushroom soup.

Bitter Gourd and Pork （ニガウリのチャンプルー）

This is a dish eaten often in Okinawa, southern most island in Japan. Saute each ingredients such as biter gourd, pork, scrambled egg, garlic, onion, tofu separately, and mix them in the very end and season it with fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar, sake and black pepper. It will beat summer heat !

Birthday Strawberry Short Cake （ショートケーキ）

Birthday cake is usually strawberry short cake in Japan, but we don't use short bread for the cake,
but use sponge cake which is far far better than short bread.

Beef Bowl （牛丼）

This is similarly popular dish in Japan as Oyako-don (chicek-egg rice bowl)
Simpler version of Sukiyaki if you know it.

BBQ Pork Sparelib (BBQ スペアリブ)

Roast pork spare rib, and put mixture of ketchup & Tonkatsu sauce on it in the last few minutes of baking.

Coltd Tomato Pasta（トマトの冷たいパスタ）

I don't know how many times I made this dish. Just mix tomato (heir room tomato or any other super sweet tomato), mozzarella cheese, basil, lemon juice or vinegar, crashed garlic, and a bit of suger with pasta.

Chicken Tomato Ragout

Here we go again !

Boiled Crab (蟹)

There is a crab boat which sells live crabs really cheap in Half Moon Bay marina.

It's a bit of cruelty going on in the boiling process, but after closing the lid, crabs are pretty quiet.

Sorry and thank to crabs. Very fresh & yummy :)))

 

Tandorii Chicken and Coconut Fried Rice(タンドリチキンとココナッツライス)

Coconut rice is taught by Mr. A as my future brother in-low. Stir fry rice with Indian spices such as cumin, mustard seed, etc, and steam it after adding half water and half coconut milk . It's  really good !