Choco Crinkle

I tried to make this recipe earlier this week but I didn't follow the recipe to the letter so it didn't come out that great.  I tried again today and made adjustments.  I added more butter and used cocoa powder instead of the choco morsels that you needed to melt first.
Everything came out much better.  :)

Sushi Friday

I got my package from Ichiban Kan today! They were sooo cute! I coulnd't wait to try them out.  Here's what I did...

cooking tamagoyaki (egg omelet)... Yum!

I got the recipe and instructions from www.lunchinabox.net

I used Alton Brown's recipe of sushi rice.

Below were made using the tiny cube mold

Using the flower mold


The first thing that Z said upon seeing them was "Flower!" and started eating the garnishes. I had over 10pcs total of the flowers and cube sushis. He ate the heart-shaped seaweed, carrot flowers and flower-shaped egg. I even had to make more flower-shaped egg. All in all we were stuffed!

.... couldn't.... help...... myself... 

I ordered more items from Ichiban Kan... :P

*also posted on Cat's Quill

Roasted Tomato Pesto Pizza

One of the blogs that I follow posted a pesto pizza and I decided to do my own version yesterday for lunch. I used the pre-packaged pizza crust from Pillsbury, used some pesto sauce from Trader Joe's (fresh pesto would be much better but the basil I had on hand was frozen. I was also short on time.) I also had the bottled roasted tomatoes from Sam's Club. I added some button mushrooms and some swiss cheese. Baked it for about 20 mins. In 400 degrees. Mmmm…. Yummy!



* I didn't have the higher res camera and had to use my phone cam.  sorry for the low quality image.  I myself love great looking pics.

Candied Ginger

I made some candied ginger last night.  I used Alton Brown of Foodnetwork's recipe.

It was real spicy coz I used an older ginger.  Next time I'll make sure to get a younger ginger to get a milder taste.

Here's a photo while I was cooking it.

Rice Paper Spring Roll

I saw a recipe from Bethany of "Happy to be Called Mommy" that inspired me to make my own version. Thanks Bethany.

Ingredients:
1 bag of bean sprouts (24oz. i think)
left over turkey (cooked)
garlic, onions, ginger --> minced
half an apple - cut into strips
half a carrot - shredded
soy sauce
sugar
rice paper

Saute the garlic, onions, ginger. When onion is cooked, Add bean sprouts, carrots, apple & turkey. Season with the soy sauce & sugar. Easy.

Get rice paper ready. Soak 1 sheet in water for a few seconds until soft. I used a wide plate since my rice paper was the big one. Transfer rice paper to another plate/ chopping board. Do not pat since the rice paper is kinda delicate.

Fill with the vegetable/turkey mixture & roll.

I knew this would need something else so I tried adding hot sauce OR sweet chili sauce. I preferred the hot sauce. I couldn't add chili pepper flakes to the vegie mixture since my husband cannot take anything spicy.

It still needed some crunch to it so I added "furikake" and it was much better.

Here's the little boy enjoying the spicy roll. I was kinda surprised that he liked the spicy (my kind of spicy is 3 out of 5 spicy).