Critter Chronicles
Asian
Recipe: Sesame Noodles
“Mommy, since it’s the Chinese New Year can we please, please, PLEASE get Chinese food for supper tonight?” He looked at me with eyes wide and blinking purposefully, with lips pouted and hands clasped together in front of his chest. As I said on Facebook, he is his “master manipulator” father’s child, and I am … Continue reading
Recipe: Bacon-Wrapped Green Bean Bundles
I wish I’d taken a picture of these myself. They were beautiful. But more importantly, they were delicious. I made these green bean bundles when Tony and I wanted to do a dry-run with our turkey cooker before using it for our Thanksgiving dinner, and we invited our neighbors over as our guinea pigs guests … Continue reading
Recipe: Teriyaki Marinade
>Tony and I held a couple of barbeques at our house last year before we moved away from Okinawa. At the first gathering a friend of his brought teriyaki marinaded chicken and it went quickly. We asked him for the recipe to use at the second gathering, and when I was planning a menu for … Continue reading
Recipe: Thai Sticky Rice
>Sticky rice, I’ve just discovered, is the Thai version of American rice pudding. Sweet and filling, it’s a great ending to a homemade Chinese food meal (if you’re not offended by the perversion fusion of Asian cuisines, as clearly I am not). I found this particular recipe on the back of a box of fortune … Continue reading
Recipe: Wonton Soup Base
>Ever wondered how to get takeout-style wonton soup broth without getting takeout? I think I’ve figured it out! This is really very, very easy to achieve right at home with ingredients you probably already have in your pantry: chicken stock (if you make homemade you can control the sodium level), soy sauce, sesame oil, ground … Continue reading
Recipe: Vegetable Fried Rice
>I love Americanized Chinese food. I’d say I love real Chinese food but I’m pretty sure that 1) I’ve never actually had it and 2) it would be TOO authentic for my liking. The stuff that comes out of the takeout kitchen with too much MSG and sodium added, though, is right up my alley. … Continue reading
Recipe: Sweet, Sticky, and Spicy Chicken
>So I found this recipe awhile ago and from the reviews and the ingredients it looked like a meal that Tony would like. The Critters… not so much, but that’s bound to happen now and then. Because I’d copied and edited this recipe based on the reviews a couple months ago, I can’t remember if … Continue reading
Recipe: Taco Rice
>Taco Rice is one of those dishes that sounds kind of strange, but then you eat it and everything is right in the world. A Japanese specialty – Okinawan in particular – it’s basically the layering of taco ingredients on top of a bed of fluffy white rice rather than a taco shell. And while … Continue reading
Recipe: Easy Homemade Naan (Indian Flatbread)
>Last week I had an intense craving for curry, and unfortunately I’d already used our Coco’s Curry quota five days earlier. I remembered being sent a recipe for homemade curry and thought this was the perfect opportunity to try it out. All it would be missing, I thought, was the hot naan bread that we … Continue reading
Recipe: Mild Stewed Chicken Curry
> It’s only been since I’ve arrived on Okinawa that I’ve begun eating curry. And now that I have… I’m a fan, at least of the milder versions. I’m really a fan of Coco’s Curry but unfortunately there are none of those Japanese curry chains where we’ll be moving, so I’ve been trying to find … Continue reading
