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.







 

 

 

Crazy 2022 Start with Cooking Miscellaneous

 It's been a crazy year.  COVID-19 is still around and Jan 6 at the DC was a sign of Cockroaches infesting within.  Instead of reflecting on all the goodness and blessings, some just can't hold on to their civility and act it out in crazy embarassing manners.  We were very lucky that it was an inside job rather than the hostile take over like the ones depicted in some movies.  While the crazy Cockroaches were stumping along, we cook along, too, in the kitchen to express our COVID-19 craziness.  Here are some cooking we did.  How about you?

If you feel really cooped up in the house, put your frustration and expression in the kitchen lab.  Here are some recipes that are really fun to make:

1.  Easy Chiffon Cake - Personal Size

You don't need 7 eggs to make Chiffon Cake.   But divide the 7 eggs or 4 eggs Chiffon Cake Batter into two mini Chiffon Cake Molds, and make personal size Chiffon Cake.  The driection is the same as any other recipes I have posted and for 2 Eggs Chiffon Cake.  This one has Organic Taro Food Powder as color and for flavoring.

I do not add food color to enhance, but it tastes really good.   You can buy those Organic Food Powder at Walmart. 

2.  Need some Caffeine?  COFFEE FLAVOR MOCHI DANGO 

Mix enough Glutinous Sweet Rice Flour - about 250 g with warm water.  Add INSTANT COFFEE Granules plus some sugar as sweet as you like.  Add enough warm water to make a smooth dough - your ear lobe soft.  Then, make it into a rope.  Slice into equal size - about 1 Tablespoon each.  Boil a fresh pot of filtered water.  Form the mochi into balls.  Drop the balls in.  Stir them once to loosen them off the bottom of the pot.  Watch carefully to bring the water to boil once. Then, lower the temp, and continue boiling for 2 minutes more.  Enjoy!  *never bite or put a whole steaming MOCHI into mouth as my father always reminded us.

3.  Baking bread is always a challenge and if you are scheming and planning to do something meaningful, Bake a Bread.

          
And how about an Olive Bread.

If you can figure out the Bread Formula and get those Preferment going and produce a bread without Instant YEAST, you can survive the COVID-19 stay home fever.

More to come in the next post.