STEW-ish

Stew on rainy days is so comforting. And it lasts and lasts and lasts.....

The Grey Lady

Hey-seuss cristo on a cracker! This drink was MADE FOR ME. I want it, I'd go to SF for it. It's got gin, that's my favorite liquor. It's got earl grey syrup and I love tea. It's called the Grey Lady. HELLO, grey is my favorite color!!! It sounds totally delicious!!

The Grey Lady
From Greg Lindgren of Rye

Ingredients

1 3/4 oz gin (recommended: No. 209 Gin)
3/4 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
1 oz Earl Grey tea syrup
1/2 egg white
1 Pinch Bergamot Dust (finely grated zest from one bergamot)

Directions

1. Add egg white to cocktail shaker with ice.
2. 2. Shake vigorously for 10-20 seconds.
3. Add the other ingredients. Shake again for 10 seconds.

Strain into a cocktail glass and enjoy.

Risotto Rampage

It's getting warmer, but I'm still craving all those soupy stewie steamy foods. Last night I made risotto again with avocado and green onion and threw in a little parmsean cheese and parsley. WINNER!

Sunday Dinner Made For Two

Daniel's gone. So the romantic dinner that I was GOING to make for us Saturday night I'm goin to eat on my own. He wanted crab cakes instead of what this so his loss (cuz i totally fucked up, but he "claims" it was the best meal of his life). I love the bull shit that hurtles out from the mouths of boys. Hiss loss.


So anyway, I made potato and leek soup. With a little bit of butter when I sauteed the leeks first to soften them up. To make it soup and not puree, I added stock and soy milk instead of cream. Same texture less fat. I grilled some chicken to top the left over phylo dough in my fridge with sliced garlic and Italian herbs. More wine for me jerkface.

Breakfast Genius

I felt like pancakes. I added bacon, ham, and blueberries to the batter. Nuff said.

When life gives you prawns

When life (mom) gives you prawns. You've got a lot of options actually. She told me to sautee them in a tomato ketchup mixture with garlic and onions shell and head on. I thought about steaming them skin and head on split in half with garlic, ginger, and scallions. Daniel wanted walnut prawns. Since it is March 14 (Blow job and steak day). I'm going to do whatever he wants ;)




I didn't want to fry the walnuts, so I just made some walnut in caramel (makes a lot of left over candied walnuts to snack on).










I did sort of a tempura panko prawn fry. Stirred them all together with a mayo based sauce. SO GOOD. Usually, frying is a waste of good seafood, but these prawns were still so sweet and succulent after the fry. They were like mini Lobsters!!!! So good, so good.




I also made rice and ginger garlic green beans, but that's whatever whatever. WALNUT PRAWNS FTW!

The sandwiches of sandwiches

As many will know, I love sandwiches. My coworkers have banned Jimmy Johns from our plethora of lunch options to my dismay because my love for sandwiches was so great I insisted on having JJ a few times a week. The plan was to get them to love JJ too...Plan JJ love via massive overdose is FAILURE. Poo... Well, at least I can make sandwiches at home. I had one last serving of ground turkey begging to be used, so I made a turkey burger (I like to add lots of garlic to the ground turkey to add lots of flavor). My dad always gives me fruits and veggies that are about to turn (-_- thanks dad) when I go back to Houston. So I had about 3/4 of a usable tomato. To my surprise, A WHOLE AVOCADO (i freakn LOVE avocados). Result: avocado, tomato, turkey burger sandwich!!! MMM!!!! If you're eating a burger-sandwich, you gotta have fries! I always keep sweet potatoes on hand since I love them, and so does my dog (making your own dried sweet potato chews is MUCH cheaper than buying them at the pet store. TOTAL rip off). SWEET POTATO FRIES. I made these spicy: chili powder, curry powder, pepper... it made my sandwich so much better. The fried weren't as crispy as regular potatoes. I need to do a little research on that. All in all. I give this mean a solid 7.

Asianesque Steak

Peppercorn steak - Well done (Ok...I'll admit...it was onlly supposed to be medium well) + fried egg + rice. HEAVEN! I had a big salad too. But the steak. OH WARM GLORIOUS MEAT!!!!

I made this!

http://gluttonouschinaman.blogspot.com/2009/03/crab-fried-rice.html

some douche bag wanted to dis my cooking. Ass. Holla back at your girl!

RISOTTO!!!!

YAY!!! I made risotto. REAL risotto and not miso-to. But yea, this stuff doesn't photograph well. It just looks like unappetizing. Anyway, it was Saturday night and I was spending the weekend with TWO of the puppies, so I decided to make myself a nice dinner. Seared pork first. Then made the risotto with mushroom and peas. Mix together and MMMMmmmm!!!!!! It was comfort food to the xth degree. So very comforting.

(The beer in the pic is Shiner 100 THE CENNTENIAL!)

Asian Omlettes

Asians have their own version of everything (including omlettes). This is more of an egg cake... But it was paired with what was quite possibly the best slaw salad EVER. It's quite magical what vinegar and oil can do. (I've been lazy with the uploads if you can't tell)