green vegetables in early spring

3-08-2020 Sun. 


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | bread and cheese | grapefruit | apple | berries 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- guacamole | scrambled eggs with flat leaf chives | sauteed Chinese long beans | rice 

floating flower stand

first camellia bloom from the garden 

• go easy , daylight saving starts 

bitter and sweet

3-04-2020 Wed. 


 DINNER ---  bitter melon with shiitake  and wood-ear | simmered eggplant | rice 

• natural flavors of vegetables 

bitter melon and king mushroom

4-04-2019 Thu. 


DINNER --- spicy cabbage | sauteed bitter melon, mushroom and red pepper | steamed egg custard with seaweed, dried shrimp and king mushroom | rice 

• like the lightness 

fresh taro roots

12-06-2018 Thu. 


DINNER ---  parboiled taro roots | parboiled canola shoots | simmered Japanese pumpkin | 

• very fresh taro roots from Japanese store,  very creamy and tender 

daikon, shishito, sichuan peppercorn

8-02-2018 Thu. 


 DINNER --- sichuan style spicy cabbage | pan-fired shishito | long simmered daikon with miso | pickled Japanese eggplant with grated daikon 

• pretty and cool 

cut and sautee

2-06-2018 Tue. 


 DINNER --- sauteed eggplants | sauteed mustard greens |rice 

• dance and music 

tong-hao porridge

11-01-2017 Wed. 


 DINNER --- tong-hao porridge with crushed peanuts | rice | roasted vegetables: garlic, peppers, fennel, king mushroom, broccoli  

counting vegetables

2-21-2011 Tue.  

  
 DINNER ---  vegetable and mushroom soup | sweet sour lotus root | sauteed Chinese long beans | rice 

• eight of them together  

favorite vegatble combo

2-15-2017 Wed.  


 DINNER --- tonghao porridge with peanuts | pan-fried lotus root | sauteed bitter melon | rice | wine

•  three winter buddies 

Tuesday the soup day

2-14-2017 Tue.  


 DINNER --- sauteed mustard green | chive flowers and smoked tofu |  vegetable soup 

 

• good soup, winter bamboo, snow peas, wood-ear, shiitake, tofu skin roll.  

all vegie

2-03-2017 Fri. 



 LUNCH --- Ji-cai wonton 
 DINNER --- curry cauliflowers | mustard greens | tonghao porridge | rice 

 

•  operation day

tong-hao porridge

1-17-2017 Tue.  
  

  DINNER ---tong-hao porridge with crushed peanuts | simmered eggplant and onion in ferment fava bean sauce | rice 

 

•  more ballet  in a row

vegetable soup

1-16-2017 Mon. 


DINNER ---vegetable soup | leftovers

 

•  an extra ballet treat

a bit more delicate approach to Chinese cooking

1-13-2017 Fri.  



 DINNER --- ( for C. group) baked Japanese potato fries | smoked tofu salad in endive boat | gyoza || whipped shrimp scallop dumpling soup | steamed eggplant with garlic chili sauce | fish cake | pao-cai cabbage | mustard green with threaded duck and soy beans | cake and ice cream |

• a stressful run with satisfying results. had most of time of removing bones and shells.
• the favored French pastry shop seems to be in decline, bad sign.  

refresh by fresh vegetables

1-03-2017 Tue.  


 DINNER ---  lightly pickled Japanese cucumber | sweet sour lotus root | sauteed pea leaves with garlic | rice 

 

• a good collection pf fresh vegetables 

lean dinner

8-26-2016 Fri.  


 DINNER --- sauteed bitter melon | sauteed green beans | rice | potato | salad | wine

 summering  bisque for tomorrow

 

bitter sweet

6-01-2016 Wed. warm, sunny. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee  
LUNCH --- rice with pork chop and vegetables 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- garlic scape with smoked tofu | sauteed Indian bitter melon with shittake mushroom | rice | salad | wine 

•  garlic scape from Chinese market, not that fresh and sweet. Indian bitter melon is far bitter that the Chinese variety