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Fajita Fries

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 18mm, f/2.8, 1/100 sec, ISO800
 “Fajita Fries” Cedar Park, 2022

A few weeks ago, Koa had carne asada fries at SFO airport and said they were delicious, so we made something similar for dinner at home. Instead of making carne asada from scratch though, I bought some marinated beef for fajitas. I think it turned out pretty good!

But not as good as the fries that Koa had at SFO. So, some tweaking to our recipe is needed to kick it up a few notches!

Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 24.3mm, f/3.2, 1/100 sec, ISO1600
 “Fajita Fries” Cedar Park, 2022

In other dinner news, we ran out of tequila so we made mezcal margaritas to enjoy when we were cooking. They were yummy (and potent). But I really need to replenish our tequila supply. 😆

Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 28.9mm, f/3.2, 1/100 sec, ISO1250
 “Mezcal Margaritas” Cedar Park, 2022

I hope you had a nice day! またね〜

Time for Musubi

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 27mm, f/2.8, 1/100 sec, ISO2500
 “Musubi and Lani” Cedar Park, 2022

We had a bunch of nori leftover from our Mother’s Day temaki dinner so I made a batch of Spam musubi. It’s common to grill the Spam with a sweet sauce, but I always just fry up the Spam with garlic powder and pepper. I am not a huge fan of combining sweet and savory so these taste just right to me.

Anyways, in the photo you can see Lani is very interested in what I was making. She’s had nori before, but I don’t think she has tasted Spam. It’s too salty for her, so I didn’t let her try a piece. Sorry, Lani! ☺️

Mother’s Day

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 20.5mm, f/3.2, 1/100 sec, ISO800
 “Temaki Set” Cedar Park, 2022

This year we celebrated Mother’s Day with our two kiddos at home. Our oldest son came back from college today so all four table chairs were all once again. 😀 As you can see from the photo above, we enjoyed delicious a temaki sushi set for dinner. And the owners of the sushi restaurant also included a special saké and some carnations, which is a tradition in Japan. It was super nice.

For gifts, I bought some candles from Emme Essentials and picked up a bouquet of flowers. The candles have a nice subtle fragrance, and since our family doesn’t like heavily scented candles, I think these are great. The wooden wick is special too!

I hope Mariko had a nice day with her kids and the goodies.

Photo info: Apple iPhone 12 mini, 4.2mm, f/1.6, 1/45 sec, ISO500
 “Candles” Cedar Park, 2022

Chili Days

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 27mm, f/2.8, 1/100 sec, ISO2500
 “Chili Gohan” Cedar Park, 2022

Mariko is out of town for a few days, so I made a big pot of chili for Koa and I to survive on. This batch turned out pretty good! Our go-to way of eating it is to pour it over white rice, then add cheese, some sour cream, and hot sauce.

In today’s photo, you might notice that I also added an egg. I just needed some diced jalapeños to put the meal over the top. Oh well. It was still excellent. 😄

Tonight’s Curry Secret Ingredient

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 27mm, f/2.8, 1/100 sec, ISO2000
 “Curry Rice” Cedar Park, 2022

Tonight we had a sweet and spicy curry for dinner. The “secret” ingredient was Buc-ee’s Candied Jalapeño. It seems like everybody’s curry recipe should have a secret ingredient to make it unique, and I think that is pretty cool.

Mariko always makes our curry for the family, but next time, I’d like to try making it (with her help). That way, I can try to find my own secret ingredient as well as helping out with more meal prep.

Anyways, I’ve taken many curry photos over the years, but the photo below is one style that I don’t usually share. It’s of the second helping which doesn’t look as nice, but probably tastes even better than the first serving. 😊

Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 27mm, f/2.8, 1/100 sec, ISO1600
 “Curry Rice” Cedar Park, 2022

Crawfish Boil Season

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Photo info: Apple iPhone 12 mini, 4.2mm, f/1.6, 1/120 sec, ISO64
 “Crawfish Boil” Austin, 2022

It’s that time of year in Texas where crawfish boils abound! After a couple of years of no crawfish boils for me due to the pandemic, I have been to two in less than a week.

So fun and yummy!

Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 27mm, f/3.2, 1/105 sec, ISO320
 “Crawfish Boil” Austin, 2022
Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 27mm, f/3.2, 1/110 sec, ISO320
 “Crawfish Boil” Austin, 2022