Cumin Fatty Beef

Tis the season for hotpot...and sometimes we forget we can't eat as much as we used to in our youth. In this case, we had an extra pound of fatty sliced beef leftover. It can't be refrozen...so what to do? This:

Fatty sliced beef
Onion
Cumin
Caraway seeds
Chili pepper 

Soy sauce
Sesame oil
Salt
Green onion garnish

Sauté the onions with the spices, add the beef. Continue sautéing with the rest of the seasoning until all the liquid is evaporated. Then garnish with green onions for color. Goes great with rice! (What's even better is to do this with sliced lamb.) Enjoy!

Crunchy Bbq Chicken Thighs

OK I should've plated it before taking the photo...But oh well. It was fuzzy anyways (hence using a small picture to make the fuzziness less apparent.) Goes into the tummy all the same and now I don't have an extra plate to wash. =)

I used quick BBQ marinade with chicken thighs, added panko on top and baked it for 35min. With a 2 minute broil at the end to ensure the panko browns.

Easy. Crunchy. Yummy. Enjoy!

Leftover makeover : Thanksgiving

One of the best parts of thanksgiving dinner is having enough leftovers for days. The annoying part is having the exact same thing for days. This is one way to use many leftovers up at one time:

Turkey bones (I only used the two thigh/drum bones and froze the rest)
Leftover roasted veggies chopped
Leftover gravy
Leftover pumpkin soup
Roasted turkey liver chopped
Roasted bacon chopped
Shredded leftover turkey meat - add this a few minutes before eating so that the meat doesn't dry up.

Boil it all together...simmer for an hour. Maybe throw in a bay leaf or two. And an onion if it wasn't included in the leftover roast veggies.

Now one meal eat it with pasta as a turkey noodle soup.
Another meal you can re-boil with mushrooms, kale and leftover rice as a hearty soup.

So good....that I keep eating it up before remembering to take a picture.

Chicken Feet Papaya Soup

This is one of my favorite soups...Chicken Feet Papaya soup:

Chicken feet

Papaya
Red dates
Dried Mandarin peel
Pork bone
Ginger

Blanch the chicken feet and pork bone for about 5-10 minutes first. That gets rid of oil and scuzz that comes with using animal bone. This soup is nourishing and the papaya helps with breastmilk production. (Fish and Green Papaya soup is the best for that.)

I have a thermal pot which makes soup really easy to do. As the water heats up to a rolling boil in the metal pot, I prepare and add all the ingredients. I boil the soup for about 45 minutes and then transfer it into the thermal pot where it continues to simmer. A few carefree hours later...it's done! This pot is also awesome for making stews and congee. 

Classic Chicken wing stew

Stews make easy meals as well...I can chop veggies during Baby's early afternoon nap and then during the early evening nap I put everything into a pot/slow cooker/thermal cooker and let it simmer for a couple hours until Hubby's home and it's all ready to eat. And if the stew is chocked full of veggies then I don't have to prepare that either. Just make rice and enjoy!

Here I actually pan seared the wings first, added the veggies, a bit of stock (not too much because the veggies let out a fair bit of water too) and seasoning and then covered for 45min on low heat. Chicken wings cook pretty fast...especially if seared already. 

Chicken Wings

Various veggies you can find: Carrots and Green & Yellow zucchinis were in my fridge this time

Soy sauce (dark and light)

Sugar

Cornstarch (to dust the chicken wings in before searing)

Cooking wine

Sesame Oil

Enjoy!