IT'S FALL/WINTER TIME!

Yes!

I adore cooking this time of year, not for Thanksgiving either! I love it because so many vegetables are in season and even the ones in the summertime can be used in the wintertime to add flavor and texture. I love, love, love, soups and my one pot dishes are a blast during this time. Chilie's, Chicken Noodle Soup, you name it, I will probably be trying to make it.

This year, fall/winter, I plan on adding more vegetables to my nearly vegetarian diet. I have found a few recipes on the WholeFoods site. A Kenyan dish with tomatoes and Kale, a savory brunch recipe to make and eat quickly, and a new Zucchini Bread recipe that is more savory than sweet. I can't wait to try these out.

Although I love trying a lot of East Asian dishes, which use a nice amount of fresh veggies, I have found other countries that are very much vegetable driven...

I can't wait!

Happy Fall!

Hamburg Steak...Mmmm

My boys loved this, so it is now on the menu, altho I need to make my steaks a bit more flatter...lol Looks like a mini meatloaf.

Onions, panko, garlic, egg, pork/beef ground mixture, and a soy sauce gravy. The Hamburg steak was very flavorful by itself. The gravy added flavor, but I enjoyed it more over my potatoes than the meat. Thanks to another successful Cooking With Dog recipe! ;D

Agedashi Tofu! Mmmmm!

So, I've already wrote about my Japanese cooking show, called Cooking With Dog on Youtube...lol I've tried one dish, the Oyakodon, but I doubt my soy sauce was good quality so it didn't taste as well as it could have. I nixed it and decided to try my favorite Izakaya dish...Agedashi Tofu. I forwent the daikon radish and other side accompaniments because I was too impatient to bother it. I used cornstatch instead of potato starch (same concept tho). Agedashi came out tasty and the tofu was crispy on the outside and nice, soft, and hot on the inside. It was so good, even my boys loved it and they are not into much of the dishes that I cook. The cornstarch held up great and didn't get goopey after sitting in the broth.

Next time I'll grate the daikon and all that good stuff....another winner! woohooo where's my Sapporo!?