POLLY'S CAULIFLOWER STEAK DINNER

 This is another great dish especially when pomegranates is freshly available.

Prepare the Dressing Topping with all the goodness.  Including 2 pints of pickled onions.

The challeng is how well you slice the whole cauliflower with each steak with center stems to hold the flowers together.

Microwave it slightly.

Then, fry them.  If you have a oven with steam cooking and dry baking that will be a great feature to do this.  Coat both sides of the Cauliflower steak with olive oil and salt.  Sprigs of broken rosemary, if desired.

Stack the cooked cauliflower.

Top with pomegranate dressing and pickled onion slices.  Serve.

ARE WE CAUGHT UP YET WITH OTHER CRAZY COOKING DURING 2022 COVID-19 STORMS?

 Let's see, Winter came and gone with beautiful spring weather that was different from last year.  The temperature rose gradually than 2021's.  Plants seemed to be more steady in its growth.  But noticed some strange behavior right now in the summer - the heat seems to be prickly hot on the skin than the last year, and fruit trees are growing smaller size fruits. 

1.  Arancini - Finally got around to make some fun Arancini to eat.  I hope to make it again.  They are so fund to eat.  Whaat?  fried cheese stick?  naaa... it's Arancini.

2. Other miscellaneous testing include deep frying sliced eggplants.   The prep work includes sweating sliced eggplants for an hour, drying them, then, fry.

Enjoy them aftery fyring.

Omelette fried rice as you like it.

Green onions and Arborio rice.  Wine.

Yum!

KARA AGE CHICKEN

 

OTHER CRAZY COOKING TO PASS COVID-19 STORMS IN 2022

Other crazy cooking to pass COVID-19 days in and out can be very tiring.  Sometimes, I let the dishes just pile up mile high, then, stack them into the dish washer.   The hand washing dishes are quick, but really... after working 8 hours, then, cooking 3 meals in between is really crazy.  I've tried food delivery services two times during the COVID-19 craziness and about 5 curbside food order pickup.  My impression is that some restaurant should not do to-go order if they don't know how their food looks like after 20 minutes of travelling or etc.   Or at least test out the To-Go food before putting them on food as To-Go-Foodable.

1.  Polly's simple Kale and Celery stir fry.   Just chop, oil, and salt.  Serve with hot wild rice with Basmati or with Black Rice or Quinoa.

2.  Tomato Salad! 

Home make bread crumbs from the home baked sour dough bread.  Fresh onionis and vinaigrette.

3.   Fried MOCHI testing.   After reserving some fresh mochi that I rolled out, sliced and air dried, I decided to fry them.

Interestingly, they puffs up and became a crunchy cookies.   

These are MOCHI power mixed with water to form a dough and flattened out.

Filled with home made TARO paste.

or left alone to dry.

Surprising, they puffed up.

This one's center is soft.

Sprinkle with sugar and enjoy!

 

MORE CRAZY COOKING TO PASS COVID-19 STORMS IN 2022

I often browse through COSTCO's  bakery section.  Mouth watering... grab one and look at the ingredients.  I can't handle all the ingredients listed anyways after loosing gallbladder. I put the box back.  I will stick with mine.  

 1.  Big Muffin Tops with Almond Crumbles and or Apricot preserve filled.

Recipe: Large Muffin Top Breakfast

 

 

 

 Fill the other mold with batter plus some Apricot preserve with a bit more batter on top, then, with Almond crumbles.

 

   

You can decide on the baking time.  Sometimes, I like it really soft and sometime I like it a bit dryer for the keep sake for a day or two.

2. Take a break and do some painting.  It was relaxing.

3. Quick Pickled Radishes - Ii don't think you need introduction.  See how Cute and pretty they are.

Wash the radish well to make clean sands, etc, hiding in the greens.  Otherwise, chop them off and feed them into your vege garden's compost.

*Save the Radish greens and Stir Fry with some oil and salt.

Blanched or a minute or not blanched is all up to you.

Make the soysauce, rice vinegar, sugar, sesame oil dressing.  Enjoy!

3. Creamy Milk Almond Extract Tofu Jello for dessert. 

Cook AGAR AGAR sticks till completely dissolved in MILK; then add some sugar to taste. Let it cook and add a teaspoon of pure Almond Extract.  Refrigerate

Slice the Milk jello into desired sizes.  Add a can of Lychee or Fruit Cocktails in natural Juice.

Serve Chilled.   You can add simple syrup with a teaspoon of pure Almond extract for the cool taste.

*I find making with Agar Agar powder produce a finer milk jello.