daily slice-of-life photo blog of a Gen-X dad
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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?
Mariko said I should cook something for the holiday, so I asked Bay for ideas. He said ribs, and when I mentioned it to my brother, he told me about the method he uses to cook ribs. I tried it with a rack of baby-backs and they turned out great! Along with the ribs, I bought some sausages, Bay made au-gratin potatoes, and Mariko made jalapeño poppers. It was a delicious meal! And I am so happy to finally have a good, reliable cooking method for ribs. 😊
Tonight we had carnitas tacos for dinner, which is one of my favorite foods. In fact, whenever carnitas is on the menu at the restaurant, it immediately jumps to the top spot among the other dishes. 😀
I used this Instant Pot Carnitas recipe today, which is a new one for me. It’s similar to others I’ve used, but it adds a decent amount of lime juice to the meat before cooking which was something that I hadn’t done before. The rest of the family said they didn’t taste the lime, but I think it added a little something extra which was good. Overall, I liked this recipe a lot, and will use it again. It’s not too heavily spiced, so the flavor of the pork comes through nicely. A previous recipe had me add a can of chipotle peppers to the meat, and while it tasted good, it overpowered the meat and is not what I was used to. So I prefer this simpler recipe. And the Instant Pot makes it incredibly easy to make!
We enjoyed the meat with corn tortillas, Serrano peppers, cilantro, onion, lime, and avocado. We also had a jar of homemade salsa from a friend, which complemented the dish perfectly. It was a yummy meal for sure. 🌮💗
I hope you had a great day!
Mariko has been enjoying these brown sugar boba ice cream bars for a while now, but I had to jump on the bandwagon as well. I have to say, they are DELICIOUS! These things are very popular, so much so that I heard they are triple normal price in Hawai’i, and there is a limit to how many boxes you can buy. I am not surprised. They are soooooo good!
Tonight Mariko had two friends over for a girls’ nite. We set up the table and spaced the benches on the deck apart enough to have a safe distance for the three of them, and they were able to catch up and enjoy some yummy drinks and food at their leisure. While they sat outside, the boys and I enjoyed the food indoors. And yes, I ate way too much. Especially the amazing sashimi. I love it!
I hope you had a nice, and safe, day!
またね～
I made some sigumchi-namul today using Maangchi’s simple recipe and it turned out great. As always, I should have made twice as much since the spinach shrinks down so much! We also had leftover zucchini and asparagus which made for a trio of yummy cold veggie dishes. Great on a hot summer day, especially since I was outside grilling some chicken. 😀
Give the spinach recipe a try if you haven’t already. It’s super easy.
I hope you had a nice day!
Bay had a last-minute request for burgers so we defrosted some ground beef and I fired up the ol’ grill. We didn’t have any lettuce or tomato, so we compensated by topping the burgers with fried eggs and peppers from the garden. Chips and a spinach salad (with salmon leftover from the previous day’s breakfast) and everyone was happy.
Here’s a gratuitous egg-yolk photo:
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.2, 1/100 sec, ISO2500
Also, I don’t know how she did it, but Mariko baked up some fresh buns out of nowhere. Amazing!
I hope you had a good day!
またね～
