Sushi.. better this time. March 5, 2009

I was craving sushi so I decided to make sushi with raw salmon this time. Half a pound of wild salmon was ~$8 so it’s not cheap but for the amount of sushi it’s cheaper than eating out. I got the fish from the local fish monger who said it was safe to consume raw.

I took a lot of pics so here they are. If you have any questions, leave a comment!

The salmon:

Eggs, ham, avocados:

Crab, cucumber, blanched carrots:

Cooling seasoned rice, soy sauce, soy with wasabi and spicy mayo (garlic sirracha and kewpie mayo):

Salmon nigiri:

Left: Salmon rolls with spicy mayo sauce, cucumbers and avocados. Right: My family’s “California Roll” which has crab, ham, cucumbers, carrots, avocados and eggs.

Salmon hand rolls with spicy mayo sauce, cucumbers, and avocados. These were really good.

Horchata September 23, 2008

A glass of horchata in bright light.

I’ve always wanted to taste horchata ever since I read about it on some food blogs. Recently my special someone has been buying and drinking a lot of horchata since it’s readily available in supermarkets in California. So that made me look up a recipe and make some myself. He says his doesn’t even have nuts in it (since he’s allergic) so his is a probably a more Americanized version, basically cinnamon flavored rice milk. Horchata is like a cross between a rice milk and almond milk with cinnamon.

I found this recipe on The Food Section website and it looked promising. I followed the recipe pretty much completely except I used 1/4 tsp pure vanilla extract because I don’t have vanilla beans. The result was a very refreshing, sweet drink to enjoy for the start of fall. =) I probably won’t be making this often even though I enjoy it because it uses so many almonds.. nuts are not cheap. I saved the dreads so maybe I can make something out of that. Any ideas? I also want to try making a drink out of store bought rice flour and an almond drink mix (sweetened and with milk powder). Hopefully it’ll taste the same.

Horchata in dim lighting.

Bro’s birthday dinner July 30, 2008

Some different foods we made today for Jason’s dinner.

Baked Italian style eggplant sticks. Marinate eggplant in Italian dressing, roll in seasoned bread crumbs, and bake.

Udon noodle stir fry with faux crab, cucumber, pork, and egg.

Teriyaki spam musubi. First time making it! Yum. Couldn’t eat the spam by itself though, waaay too salty.

Something my dad bought from Chinatown. Pinecone? Squid? No, it’s fish. O_O You’re supposed to dump a sweet and spicy sauce over it.

A lovely bento made with leftover spam musubi, broccoli, wasabi peas, mini marshmallows and peach slices.

Boring Bentos July 29, 2008

More bentos made for today from leftovers. Pics are kinda sucky because it was dark already. =/

Rice with oven fried chicken drumstick (recipe will be posted later). Yogurt with craisins and banana slices. This was for my brother. Today’s his birthday! Will post the awesome cake later. You MUST see that post.

Sister’s lunch of spaghetti and meatballs.

Sister’s snack box of same yogurt and some sliced grapes.

My simple box of spaghetti, a chocolate covered bananas and ovaltine doggy cookies (see recipe below).

Leftovers lunch box and snack box July 26, 2008

Dinner leftovers of rice, thinly sliced store bought marinated pork, bok choy, fish paste stuffed peppers (peppers from my garden!). Top layer has vanilla yogurt, strawberries, bananas and granola. And of course, the yummy soy milk. Box made by my sister for her lunch.

Here’s the snack box I made for my self since all I do is bum around at home. Same yogurt and fruits. Other layer has baby carrots, homemade hummus (which tasted bad!), and mixed nuts with golden raisins. Yum.