Sushiiiii

Hahah, I stumbled upon this game...and it was hilarious! Sushi Cat 2.

Anyhow, we made sushi at Nod's place (Lola, Jeff and I were the first people from PT2013 to visit the house of Nod!).

We tempura-ed shrimp and asparagus, and halfway through Nod found an egg that he forgot to add to the batter. Still turned out good!

Made many maki haha:

- Spicy tuna with avocado

- Salmon and cream cheese

- California

- Tempura shrimp and cucumber with eel sauce

- Spicy tuna and salmon with cucumber

- Spicy tuna with tempura asparagus

- Cucumber avocado

Nod wanted to try deep fried ice cream...video attempt and failure here. Loud laughter ensues, and our dessert adventure ends in regular ice cream with cinnamon and Kahlua which is DELICIOUS.

Kevin makes more steak!

Since Kevin has so much steak in his freezer, we had it again! Nom.

Steak cooked a perfect medium rare with pasta, cherry tomatoes and a balsamic glaze with French bread on the side.

Oven-fried chicken!

Used a mix of all of the non sugar cereals in my little variety pack to make the crispy coating (corn flakes, special k, and rice krispies haha), along with salt, pepper, paprika, and cayenne pepper. Marinated the chicken thighs and legs (after much work cleaning and separating them...grr) in buttermilk and minced garlic before coating them and baking then for 40 minutes.
Hard work, but so worth it. Nom.

Kevin makes steak!

New York strip steaks with caramelized onions, a side of sauteed button mushrooms and peppers with pasta and a delicious sauce over it all. Nom!

Nom-tastic Nectarine Caprese

Sliced nectarines, torn mozzarella di bufala, and fresh basil chiffonade with balsamic glaze drizzled on top. Sliced grape tomatoes on the side, for a little traditional-ness. NOM.

(I like cheese. So what if there's a lot of it on the plate...)

Asian-style veggies and garlic nom (naan)

Used the leftover diced mushrooms, onions, water chestnuts and cabbage to saute with soy sauce, chili garlic sauce and some brown sugar.  Also added diced red peppers.

Baked some garlic naan. Was going to make an Olga's style pita but decided it might be too messy, so I ate them separately but together. Still NOM.

Nom: Steamed Dumplings!

Used my bamboo steamer for the first time and I love it! It made making dumplings super easy.


1. Dice mushrooms, cabbage, water chestnuts, and onions.
2. Mix vegetables with pork, soy sauce, and sesame oil.
3. Fill wontons.
4. Steam wontons in batches of 14ish.


Kevin brought over some chili garlic honey sauce for dipping the dumplings and the baked crab rangoons I made earlier. NOM.

Nom-sparagus pasta with lemon and goat cheese!

Boiled mini farfelle pasta and added asparagus for the last 3 minutes.
I tossed that with olive oil, lemon juice and creamy goat cheese.
I added garlic sauteed mushrooms and diced chicken too. NOM.