Oven-Roasted Tomatoes

Preheat oven to 170 degree C.

1. Clean cherry tomatoes and cut them into halve.

2. Sprinkle salt, black pepper, olive oil, minced garlic and rosemary over tomatoes. And mix them well.

3. Place tomatoes in baking pan and then put into oven. Bake for around 30 mins.

If you want them to be drier, you can prolong the baking time.

Roasted tomatoes can be used in spaghetti or other dishes.

Buttermilk Waffle

Original recipe:

Classic Buttermilk Waffles

I followed the recipe without making any change.
Ingredients:

2 eggs

1 3/4 cup buttermilk

4 tbs melted butter

2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cup flour

2 tbs sugar

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt
1. Mix egg, buttermilk, butter, and vanilla in a big bowl.

2. Mix all dry ingredients in another bowl.

3. Add dry ingredients into wet mixture and stir them till just combine.

4. Heat waffle maker, and scoop batter into it.

5. Serve with maple syrup or butter.

Onion Potato Soup

Serving: 2

Ingredients:

Half of a small onion

3 small potatoes

Salt 

Black pepper

2 Eggs

Grate Parmesan cheese

1. Use peeler to make onion and potatoes into mince.



In order to stop potatoes turning dark in color, you can pour in some water in the pot.

2. Add in enough water.

3. Turn on low heat. Keep stirring till soup becomes condensed.

4. Sprinkle salt and black pepper.

5. Separate soup into two bowls or cups. Crack an egg into each bowl.


6. Put bowl into microwave and heat for several mins.

7. Sprinkle a little grate Parmesan cheese.



Mixed Vegetables Stir-fry 

This dish has a beautiful Chinese name, which is “He Tang Xiao Chao”. “He tang” means pond full of lotus, and “Xiao Chao” means stirfry. The dish is very colorful and pleasant to the eyes.

This dish requires many different vegetables. I always like lotus root, black fungus, snow peas, carrot and kernels.

1. Put lotus root slices and carrot slices in a deep pot. Pour in enough cold water and add in some salt. Turn on the stove.

2. When the water boils, add in trimmed snow peas. Boil for another 2-3 mins.

3. At last, add in black fungus and kernels. Boil for another 1 min.

4. Rinse all the vegetables and drain.

5. Heat a little oil in the pan. Sauté chopped garlic.

6. Put all the drained vegetables in the pan. Stir fry for 2-3 mins.

7. Sprinkle salt and stir fry for another minute. Then ready to serve.

Caramelized Salmon

Original recipe:

Caramelized Salmon

Preheat oven to 230 degree C.

In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup sugar, 1 1/2 tsp salt, 2 tsp black pepper granulate.

Heat some olive oil in skillet. Dip salmon in sugar mixture. Fry in the skillet. Around 3-4 mins for each side till golden brown.

Sprinkle some sugar mixture on salmon fillet.

Put skillet into oven and bake for around 5-7 mins.



It tastes very good. My husband loves it very much.

Skillet Cheese Meatball

Meatballs I used are made by myself. Here is the link:

https://chewbaccascook.wordpress.com/2017/02/19/homemade-meatball-meatball-spaghetti/

Preheat oven to 200 degree C.

Heat skillet on the stove. Add in some oil. Fry meatballs till they turn golden brown.

Pour in half bottler of pasta sauce ( around 170g) with 2 tsp water. Heat for a little while to let each meatball coated with condensed sauce.

Put skillet into oven. Bake for 15 mins.

Then sprinkle cheese shreds over it. And heat for another 5 mins or till all cheese melts.

Take skillet out. Sprinkle grate Parmesan and parsley.


It tastes really grate.


Also the cheesy tomato sauce is a terrific match for bread.

Chicken & Green Onion Stewers

I used chicken breast.

1. Cut chicken breast into one-bite pieces.

2. Marinate chicken with 3 tsp soy sauce, 2 tsp cooking wine, chopped garli (2 cloves), a little chopped ginger, 4 tsp sugar and 1 tsp cornstarch for 10-15 mins.

3. Cut green onion into small pieces similar to the size of chicken pieces.

4. I used toothpick to make two pieces of chicken with green onion in between them.


5. Brush a little oil in the pan. Turn to medium high heat. When the pan is very hot. Put chicken & green onion stewers in.

6. Pan fry each side till golden brown.

Butter Crab

1. Clean crabs and tear them into smaller pieces. I used two medium mud crabs. I also crack the claws.

2. Dust crab pieces with salt and cornstarch.

3. Heat some oil in the pan. Shallow fry the crab till about half-cooked.

4. Dish crab out. Leave a little oil in the pan. Heat again. Sauce chopped garlic, chili and curry leaves ( I didn’t have curry leaves, so I just added some chopped spring onion).

5. Put in a piece of butter into pan. After melted, put crabs back in. Stir fry for a minute or two.

6. Pour in 1/2 cup milk. Turn to high heat. When it boils, turn to medium heat. 

7. Cover the pan with lid. And simmer for 5 mins.

8. Remove lid. Stir fry for another 2 or 3 mins. Milk will reduce again.

9. Pour in one beaten egg. Quickly stir it. And milk will be dry. Stir fry a bit to let egg sauce sticky to crab.

Ready to serve.

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