experiments on toast bread

4-09-2019 Tue. 


DINNER ---  home baked toast | suateed mustard green | French lentils with roasted red pepper and shiitake mushroom, micro greens 

• go for  the full growth 

Amereican squash, French lentil and Chinese eggplant

12-02-2016 Fri.  


 DINNER ---roasted delicata squash | French lentils | steamed Chinese eggplant with hot and sour sauce | wine 

 

•  humble but good food

lamb and lentils

1-15-2016 Fri. chilly, cloudy to rain.  


 BREAKFAST --- coffee
 LUNCH --- shrimp wonton 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple | tea
DINNER ---broiled lamb chop with homemade rub | French lentils with dashi and snow peas | sauteed green beans | wine

• last stretch of the week vegetable supply

cooking , New Year Day

1-01-2016 Fri. chilly, sun and clouds.  


BRUNCH --- ( at M.M.'s)  coffee | soup noodle with Chinese greens | xiao long bao | Shanghai style new year rice cake
DINNER ---  butternut squash and apple soup | French lentils | sauteed asparagus 

•  back to kitchen in the first evening of 2016

French lentils and lamb

9-06-2015 Sun. hot, sunny. 



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | croissant | bread and cheese | watermelon | raspberries
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea
DINNER --- burrata, avocado and tomato salad | simmered eggplant with roasted red pepper and chili sauce | French green lentils | broiled lamb chop | wine

 

• they go together well

a french monday

3-16-2015 Mon. mild, clouds. 


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- leftovers 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
DINNER --- baked Japanese sweet potato fries | duck liver pate with bread | French lentils with celery and chive flower | broiled lamb chop | wine 

 

• dinner for S.S. was postponed.

Lamb chop and French lentils

2-19-2015 Thu. very cold, sunny, windy.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee  | oats and milk 
LUNCH --- ji-cai wonton soup 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple | tea
DINNER ---  baked Japanese sweet potato fries | French green lentils and ragu | broiled lamb chop | sauteed mustard green | wine 

• NZ lamb is second best to Icelandic ones.

the end of a humble-food week

11-21-2014 Fri. cold, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- seasoned cracked wheat with vegetables 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple 
DINNER --- potato and seafood stew | French green lentils with vegetable ragu | wine 

 

• cooked everyday without going shopping this week

green peas and green lentils

6-19-2014 Thu. warm, rain.  


 BREAKFAST --- coffee
 LUNCH --- new potatoes and snap peas 
 AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- apple
 DINNER --- sauteed fresh peas with garlic scape and twice-cooked pork | French lentils with celery, carrots and mushroom | wine 

 

• they might be cousins ? 

french lentils with vegetable ragu

6-27-2013 Thu. warm, cloudy. 



BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- rice with vegetables 
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- peach 
DINNER --- French lentils with sauteed onion,tomato, celery, carrot, zucchini and pesto sauce   |  fennel and cherry tomato salad | wine 

 

• everything in small scale to get vegetable flavors  mingle. French  lentils did not keep the dark green color when simmered.