Archive for September, 2007

Tasty Egg Drop Soup

Ingredients:
1 chicken,or beef bouillon cubes
1 egg
1 cup of water

How to Prepare:

  1. Beat your egg into a seperate cup before you start.
  2. Put water in an bowl and add your Boullion cube.
  3. When the mixture starts to boil(allow it to REALLY boil) add the
    egg with a fork and allow it to drizzel in the boiling water.
  4. Turn the heat off(you may have to break apart the egg when done)
  5. Serve cool and enjoy


Save Money For Home Renovation

Everyone wish to have their own home. I have been dreaming of owning a terrace house that really belongs to husband and me for a long time, and I am very happy our dream will come true soon. Although, that is a second hand terrace house but I will renovation it as good as possible. Maybe cannot as beautiful as the San Francisco Apartments renovation I saw online, but I will try my best to design the best for the house. Of course, this has to depend on our budget too. Therefore, now is the time to save money and I hope we can starts the renovation as soon as possible.



Sour Soup With Rice Noodles

Ingredients :
5 c Chicken stock, strained (fairly clear)
1 Green onion
1/2 c Rice stick noodles, soaked
1/8 lb Boneless Pork butt
1 tsp Thin soy Sauce
4 Black mushrooms
1 pinch Sugar
1/3 c Dried bamboo shoot tips,
2 tsp White vinegar
Soaked and shredded
1/2 tsp Sesame oil

How To Cook:

  1. Wash and soak mushrooms in warm water for 30 minutes; shred.
  2. Wash and soak dried bamboo shoots in warm water for 1 hour; shred in 1″ pieces.
  3. Slice Pork butt into 1″ matchsticks.
  4. Wash and trim green onion, shred on the bias into 1″ pieces.
  5. Soak Rice stick noodle in warm water until soft.

Cooking Soup:

  1. In Sauce pan, heat broth.
  2. When it reaches gentle boil, add Pork, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, soy Sauce and Sugar; simmer 10 minutes.
  3. Add soaked Rice stick noodles; simmer for another 10 minutes.
  4. A minute before removing from heat, add vinegar and sesame oil; stir.
  5. Remove to serving bowl; garnish with shredded green onions.


Marinated Skirt Steak with Grilled Asparagus

Ingredients:
1 skirt steak
1/2 cup olive oil
3 cloves chopped garlic
4 basil leaves — chopped
1 tablespoon thyme — chopped
monteral seasoning

How to Prepare:

  1. Use all the ingridents above to marinate overnight, grill 10 to 15 minutes on each side, cut like a London broil.
  2. Marinate the asparagus with olive oil, garlic, and kosher salt.
  3. Grill on low till tender, keep rotating.


Want To Be A Better Cook

I never stop to learn how to cook better food since I married. I always wish to cook sometimes delicious and healthy food for my family members. This has become one of my favorite things to learn about. I wonder is there any online university for this kind of specific subject or not. I’m interested to learn more, I wish I could be a better cook that know how to cook good and healthy food for the person I care. I think cook could be a very fun subject to learn, but I better make sure that I won’t “consume” all the food I cook for testing, if not I will become a super fat woman before graduate in any Culinary program.



Spicy Pork Strips With Black Fungus

Ingredients :
3/4 lb Boned Pork shoulder
1 tb Szechuan Hot Sauce (halve for non-Chili lovers)
1/2 tbsp Dark soy Sauce
1/4 c Cloud ear black fungus
1/3 c Stock
3/4 c Winter bamboo shoots
2 Green onions
1/2 c Water chestnuts
2 tbsp Peanut oil
6 Thin slices of ginger root

How To Cook :

  1. Wash and soak cloud ears in warm water for 45 minutes.
  2. Slice Pork into 2″ strips with the Grain; marinate in dark soy Sauce while finishing preparations.
  3. Slice bamboo shoots into 2″ strips, and water chestnuts into thin rounds.
  4. Mix Szechuan Hot Sauce with stock. Thinly slice green onions on bias.
  5. Drain, wash & thinly slice cloud ears.

Stir-frying:

  1. Heat wok to Hot; add oil. When oil begins to smoke, add Pork & stir-fry for about 1 minute or until it looks slightly shriveled.
  2. Toss in bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, cloud ears & ginger, stir-fry with Pork for 1 minute more.
  3. Pour in liquid ingredients quickly around side of wok.
  4. Keep stirring until Sauce reduces to almost nothing.
  5. Add green onions at last minute.


Oven-Fried Fish

Ingredients:
2 pounds firm fish — cut into serving size pieces
1 tablespoon salt
1 egg — beaten
1/2 cup flax seed — 1 cup
ground — 1/2 cup seeds should grind to 1 cup
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon chili powder

How to Prepare:

  1. Add salt to beaten egg, mix well.
  2. Mix ground flax seeds, onion powder and chili powder.
  3. Dip fish into egg, then roll in dry ingredients.
  4. Place in foil-lined baking dish. Pour melted butter over fish.
  5. Place pan on shelf near top of oven. Bake 10-12 minutes at 500 F.


Chocolate Is My Favorite

I seldom give candy to my daughters, not because of I am not let them eat but just because I am lazy to buy for them. There are no mini markets that have multivend vending machine at my house area. Moreover, I do not go shopping often, so I have no chance to buy candy for them. Honestly, I like to eat candy too. :lol:

I always ask my mother to buy me candy, and I like chocolate the most. I don’t necessary have to eat food if you give me chocolate. I wonder why my mother treats me so good and always give me chocolate when I ask for it. Anyway, I try not to eat it anymore because it makes me too fat.



Low Fat Zucchini Lasagna

Ingredients:
1/2 c onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
3 tbsp parsley
1 tbsp olive oil
1/2 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp basil
1/2 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp pepper3 c canned tomatoes
3/4 c tomato paste
1 c tomato sauce
3 c mushrooms, chopped
3 medium Zucchini
8 oz Lite mozzarella, grated
8 oz lowfat ricotta cheese
3 tbsp parmesan, grated

How to Prepare:

  1. Saute onion, garlic, parsley, and herbs in oil until onions are tender.
  2. Add chopped tomatoes, tomato paste and sauce.
  3. Cook for 1/2 hour on medium heat, stirring often.
  4. Add the chopped mushrooms at the end.
  5. Slice zucchini lengthwise, about 8 slices each.
  6. In an 8 inch baking dish, layer ingredients beginning with a layer of sauce, then zucchini, then ricotta, more sauce, zucchini, mozzarella, sauce, etc.
  7. Top with parmesan cheese.
  8. Bake at 375 degrees for 35 minutes.
  9. Let lasagna rest 10 minutes at room temperature before slicing.


Broccoli Salad

Ingredients:
raw broccoli florets
low carb dressing of choice (I like Kraft caesar vinaigrette with parmesan)
bacon bits (I use Oscar Mayer real bacon bits)
shredded or cubed cheddar cheese

How to Prepare:

  1. Rinse broccoli florets well. Put in big bowl.
  2. Add cheese, how much depends on how cheesy you like it, same with the bacon bits &
    dressing, add the amount you like.
  3. Mix well. Refridgerate for at least an hour before eating.



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