Thursday, April 8, 2010

Chicken with sautéed onions

Chicken with sautéed onions, baked red potatoes and butter lettuce.

1 chicken breast
2 red potatoes
1/2c diced onions
3 garlic cloves crushed
oil
salt
pepper
milk
nutmeg
butter
butter lettuce

Pre heat oven to 425F
Cut red potatoes into small slices. Add in bowl, add milk, then nutmeg. Mix nutmeg in. Bake until brown on top.

A pic of it after 20mins baking, not long enough


Pound chicken breast to flatten some.
Add salt/pepper to chicken.
Pre heat pan, then add oil. Wait until oil is warm, add chicken. When done, remove to plate and tent. Let rest for 5mins. Add a little more oil to pan. Increase heat. Add onions and garlic. Before done, add a small amount of butter. Keep shaking pan to mix up. Pour over chicken.

Chicken, onions, garlic, potatoes, and a side of lettuce

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Turkey Meatball Pasta

Turkey Meatball Pasta

I do enjoy having a rosemary and also a basil plant. The aroma they produce when adding to dishes is great!

1/2lb ground turkey
Barilla Plus Thin Spaghetti, enough for 2
3 garlic cloves diced
1/2cup onions diced
salt
pepper
olive oil
basil
rosemary
bok choy

Pre heat oven to 375F
Salt & pepper the turkey. Mix in onions and garlic and form balls. Place in a pan with foil. I sprayed pam on the foil as well. Bake for ~25mins.

Boil water, add salt when boiling. Add in spaghetti, cook for 8-9mins.

Clean and then steam the bok choy in rice cooker until slightly soft. Eat as a side dish.

Add olive oil to serving dish. Put in spaghetti, add a little butter. Mix well until butter is melted. Add meatballs. Sprinkle on basil, rosemary, salt, pepper.

Out of the oven:


Sans the bok choy:

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Violet's Cupcake

Violet's Cakes

A little store off Holly in Pasadena. Their website is here.

Chocolate Cupcake:


Noah will be enjoying this.

Chicken with Stir Fried Veggies

Chicken with Stir Fried Veggies

1 chicken breast
3 bok choys
1 carrot
1 inch of ginger
3 cloves of garlic diced
1 shallot diced
soy sauce
salt
pepper

Salt & pepper chicken, cut into small pieces. Wash bok choy and cut into smaller pieces.

Cook chicken first, remove after 3 minutes. Add garlic, shallots, carrot slices, ginger. After a minute add the bok choy. Add chicken back, add a little soy sauce, mix up. Enjoy!

Monday, April 5, 2010

Steak with Butter Lettuce Salad

Steak with Onions, Chinese Broccoli, and a Butter Lettuce salad.

Friday, April 2, 2010

Chaya Brasserie

Happy hour @ Chaya Brasserie in the 90210.

It felt like a fusion of Japanese and French. They do serve sushi as well as steak frites. Their bread is good, we had to wait as they baked it fresh. Service was excellent.

Sorry I only had the iphone with me to take snaps....

The happy hour menu:


Kobe Beef Bolognaise with White Truffle Oil - yum except mushrooms


Outside patio area - don't eat there unless you mind smokers


Eva enjoying a Mojito Martini

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Pork with Curry

Pork with Curry, Rice, and Stir fried Bok Choy.

1lb of pork loins (7pcs)
rice
curry (premade House brand mild)
3 cloves garlic
2 bok choys
salt
pepper
oil

Cook rice in rice cooker.
Pat the pork dry with paper towels. Salt & pepper the pork.
Pre heat pan, add oil, add pork after oil is warmed up.
Dice up the garlic into small pieces. Wash and dry bok choy. Cut up bok choy.
After pork is done, remove to plate. Add a little more oil if needed, add garlic and bok choy. Mix and keep stirring until cooked to your liking. In another pot boil water, add curry package and boil for 3-5 minutes.