Crazy snowy and windy day.  I didn’t feel up to braving the weather outside — 21 °F with the 38 mph winds causing it to appear to be snowing sideways. I rummaged in the kitchen to see what I had on hand to fix for lunch. I took leftover spaghetti, ham, minced garlic, green onions, soy sauce, […]

I really love Serrano peppers, basil and chicken combo. Today I included snow peas and it added just the nice amount of crunch. I also squirted some Sriracha sauce because you know, it wouldn’t be spicy enough with just two Serranos.

I have been craving some spicy noodles. I struck out yesterday while trying a new Chinese restaurant. They were celebrating their Grand Opening Under New Management! The sign seemed to plead to please come in, we’re not as bad as we used to be. I had high hopes. I placed my order directly from the […]

I ventured up to Colorado Springs again in search of a good Asian grocery store. I found the Asiana Market. Not only was I so happy (close to tears!) to have found natto, but I found excellent quality tuna! Today is The Mister’s birthday, so to celebrate from afar, it’s sashimi for dinner. There is […]

The other night I made curry using this mix. As a child my mom made this curry and I thought it was a bit of heaven. I only added chicken and some white onion; my mom used to add potatoes, celery, carrots and onion. It was tasty and the only problem I had with it […]

I love pork chops. So does my little tabby, Ginger.

My favorite kind of chicken….shoyu chicken with a splash of sesame oil and a liberal sprinkling of red chili flakes.

Do you remember that not too long ago I tried to render myself deaf with some thermonuclear chicken?  I decided to dial it back a notch or two and go with the slightly tamer version of the sauce.  I think there are three levels of heat and this is the middle one. It was much […]

Sunday and salmon go together!  Salmon seared in sesame oil and soy sauce.

I picked up a sauce the other day for a super quick dish, mabo chicken.  You’re supposed to use the sauce to make mabo tofu but I wanted to use chicken.  I’ve never used this particular sauce before and was skeptical that the hot would be hot enough so I chose extra hot. Oh. Em […]