Just Call Me Sandra Lee

It’s been a busy week. But I’ve still managed to make decent homemade ish meals. There was un-marinated kalbi and some purchased banchan. But this time for the dipping sauce I gridded Japanese coarse salt and pepper together instead of just putting it in the sesame oil as is. Game changer. I also sous vided the kalbi. Which resulted in a nice char and still pinkish interior. For the healthies I used some leftover rice (there is always rice here) but mixed it with a packet barley and lentils to make a congee. Rather delicious.

The leftovers were also pretty good. I cooked up some green onion kimchi with some ghee.

I removed that and cut the kalbi off the bones and reheated the meat.

Then I put some leftover rice and grain mix into the pan to crisp it up. and tossed the meat and kimchi back in.

I topped that with four duck eggs and let them settle up. Threw it in the broiler for a couple minutes to cook up the top. the. I took the big risk and flipped it!

It worked. Served with some berries and salad with the leftover sesame oil. brunch at home can be quite nice.

Not Whole Paycheck?

So right after the New Year meat prices at Whole Foods were so much lower than usual! Made for a lovely eating week and some stuff in the freezer too! First a steak with roasted multi colored carrots, cauliflower, and broccolini. A side of mixed grains and the ramp butter that has been giving since last spring. And some sea bass with Szechuan sauce and snap peas with water chestnut and garlic, side of leftover grains mixed with white rice. Leftover steak was sous vided to reheat for lunch. And leftover fish will become congee.

What’s around?

Sometimes things lying about turn into some nice meals. In this case some lamb sausages, white beans, garlic, kale (no kidding auto correct tried to turn that into cake), and cherry tomatoes. Not half bad!