What I cooked today (家常便饭系列）- 17-7-2013

 

I am trying out this format whether it works or not.

On 17-July 2013, white rice served with:

1	Spinach pork rib soup	菠菜排骨汤
2	Fried Bean Curd and Fish Cake with Chinese Celery	豆干鱼饼炒芹菜
3	Pak Choi Soup	大白菜排骨汤
4	Long Bean Stir Fried with Minced Meat and egg	长豆肉碎炒蛋
5	Grilled Saba (mackerel) with lemon	柠檬烤鲭鱼

Seem like today we have a lot of food. Again, my wife’s godmother cooked the Pak Choi Soup and gave it to us.  We can’t finished most of the dish and therefore, it is likely that we will be having porridge for lunch “getting rid” of these leftover food before I cook something new for the dinner.

Dish is nothing special that really worth mentioning. May be the bean curd and fish cake with Chinese celery. I have a lot of Chinese celery and it is unlikely that I can use all purely for garnishing purposes. I remember used to fried minced meat with Chinese celery and I thought I will try the method to fry some taukwa (bean curd of less moisture content) and fish cakes. The conclusion is it a good combination. extremely simple dish.

My kids loves Saba for its “omega 3” fatty acids. As it is very fatty, the meat are rather soft and tasty. However, for Saba, besides simple grilling, I do not have any other methods of cooking. I presumed frying is possible but not steaming. Cooking curry? I think it is a waste. I hope readers can share with me how do you usually cooked this type of fish.

Have a wonderful day ahead and cheers.

What I cooked today (家常便饭系列）- 5-6-2013

On 5 June 2013

White rice served with:

5-Jun	Ladies Finger fried with Small Shrimps	小虾羊角豆
5-Jun	Mapo Tofu	麻婆豆腐
5-Jun	Bok Choy Pork Rib Soup	大白菜排骨汤
5-Jun	Chinese spinach cooked with goof berry	枸杞子炒苋菜

Yesterday, we dine out with guest.

The dish start to repeat this month and again, I think that should be the case as a month a cycle should be rather reasonable. I was rather surprised that my son starts to like ladies finger this time I cooked. He had gradually eating more and more vegetables nowadays. Unlike last year, his eyes were “full of meat” only. He ate very little vegetables. This year, I have limited my cooking to only one meat dish per meal and try to cook 2-3 vegetables+tofu dishes. 

His change were gradual and not really noticeable. Nowadays, even when I did not cook meat dish, he would not complain anymore. By the way, he body mass index exceeded the standard figures and schools have wanted him to join the “weight reduction” program. While I know this is heredity of my family where all of us were rather heavy weight from 7 years old  until they reach adolescence thereafter, the weight will start to reduce. However, in view of school’s concern, I will do my part by restricting his intake of food – both in terms of quantity and quality. Am I cruel?