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Easy Cooking with Hello Fresh

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec, ISO500
 “Cooking with Koa” Cedar Park, 2021

Tonight we enjoyed a Hello Fresh “Pork Sausage Rigatoni in a Creamy Sauce” dinner. It was our first time trying Hello Fresh and we were very satisfied. The ingredients that arrived were indeed fresh, the prep was easy, and the finished product was delicious.

What was nice is that Koa (16) made most of it, with just a bit of help from Mariko and I. We have two more Hello Fresh meals in the fridge so I am curious to see if these will be even better than the rigatoni dinner.

Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/50 sec, ISO800
 “Sausage and Rigatoni” Cedar Park, 2021

I hope you had a great day! またね～

Leftovers Hodgepodge

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 19mm, f/4, 1/100 sec, ISO1600
 “Hodgepodge Dinner” Cedar Park, 2020

Tonight’s dinner was a mix of leftovers and new sides. The casserole on the left is a mix of sliced pork belly (leftover from last night’s yakiniku dinner), kimchee, egg, and cheese. In the casserole dish on the right is Koa-friendly nachos, with cheese, chips, jalapenos, beans, red sauce, and grilled chicken. Then the sides are avocado with ponzu and katsuobushi, and fresh tomato.

I was a good fridge/pantry cleanup day, and a pretty tasty one at that. 😊

I hope you had a good day!

Katsu Dinner

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 “Katsu Dinner” Cedar Park, 2020

We probably shouldn’t eat too much fried food, but how can you resist katsu (deep-fried pork cutlet)? Along with miso soup and shredded cabbage, we had some ume-garlic, which was yummy. My first time trying it!

By the way, Lani likes to eat her dinner while we eat ours, and here she is waiting for us to fill up her food bowl. 🐶

Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.2, 1/100 sec, ISO2000
 “Where’s My Dinner?” Cedar Park, 2020

またね～

Coconut-Miso Salmon Curry

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.2, 1/100 sec, ISO2000
 “Coconut-Miso Salmon Curry” Cedar Park, 2020

In a couple of weeks, Bay will head back to school in Houston, but he’ll be living off-campus which means that he needs to prepare his own meals. Therefore, he’s been practicing some new recipes at home and working on his kitchen skills. The dishes that he’s prepared for us have been yummy and tonight’s was no different.

The Coconut-Miso Salmon Curry recipe is from the Kay Chun/New York Times and didn’t look too difficult although there were a couple tricky parts. Mariko is an amazing cook so she helped guide Bay through the parts he was unsure about. I helped out with the easy tasks, such as showing Bay how I would cut the onion, collecting the basil from the garden, and keeping the surfaces tidy.

It’s lots of fun, and so satisfying to watch Bay keep learning new skills and growing as a person. 😊

Miso-Glazed Cod from Costco

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/16, 1/25 sec, ISO3200
 “Food Photo” Cedar Park, 2020

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The miso-glazed cod from Costco was just okay. The fish was moist, the texture was nice, and it looked yummy, but there wasn’t a whole lot of flavor… it’s probably not a keeper for us. However, Mariko’s homemade side dish of watermelon radishes with bacon in a cream sauce was amazing! I’m looking forward to more of that, but we usually don’t think of radishes when we shop. Maybe we should change that?

Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/16, 1/9 sec, ISO3200
 “Dinner” Cedar Park, 2020