“Spaghetti” Cedar Park, 2020
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“Spaghetti” Cedar Park, 2020
Tag: food
“Spaghetti” Cedar Park, 2020
Mabo Tofu Dinner
“Comfort Food – Mabo Tofu” Cedar Park, 2020
Mabo tofu is a true comfort food! Agree? 😄 And add a side of gyoza for a perfect meal.
I hope you had a good day!
Extra-Crispy Karaage
“Family Favorite” Cedar Park, 2020
For dinner, Mariko made our family-favorite karaage. The “JFC” (Japanese fried chicken) was extra-crispy this time because she left some of the skin on the pieces of chicken thigh. It was awesome! As usual, Koa liked his karaage with a bit of lemon, while Bay ate his with some Kewpie mayo. I alternated between both. ☺️
I hope you had a nice day!
Chili Dog Roll-Over
“Chili Dog Roll-Over” Cedar Park, 2020
I made a big batch of chili and we used it for chili dogs. Unfortunately, Koa’s dog experienced a roll-over, which I imagine is not an uncommon occurrence. Still, I had to capture it on “film” for posterity. 😆
I hope you had a good day!
“Chili Dog” Cedar Park, 2020
Birthday Dinner at Home
“Birthday Dinner” Cedar Park, 2020
Because we cannot go out to eat, Koa’s birthday dinner was made at home this year. Actually, many of our birthday dinners are homemade because Mariko is an amazing cook, and tonight’s meal was no different. The tortellini she made was all done by hand and tasted great! I think Koa was very happy. 😀 For dessert, we had a homemade cheesecake, and as a nice surprise, Koa’s friend made an apple crumble pie for him. Yay!
I hope you had a good day.
またね～
Croquette Snapshot
“Croquette” Cedar Park, 2020
Just another perfect dinner from Mariko. ❤️🤗
Home Cooking
“Making Pasta” Cedar Park, 2020
During the “Shelter In Place” life we are living because of the COVID-19 pandemic, almost everyone is cooking at home more. Today, Koa helped Mariko make pasta using the KitchenAid mixer pasta attachment. The noodles came out great, and were a nice change from dry pasta. I guess because we have gained back all the hours we normally spend on out-of-house activities that there is more focus and intentional effort given to the everyday tasks. Maybe it’s just because there are less tasks that we are available to us… I’m not sure, but I’ve seen it in other things too, like planting our seedlings, veggies, and herbs, house-cleaning, and getting outside for walking, running, or bicycling.
This may seem like a positive, and I think there are good habits being formed or reinforced, but also it’s been pretty hard on a lot of people whose livelihoods depend on people going out of the house. For instance, the restaurant businesses have been suffering and I feel so sorry for them. I guess we all just want life to return to normal so we can do things like socialize, go to movies, resume school classes, concerts, dine out, and go hiking/camping.
In the meantime, we’ll just cope at home – and homemade pasta can help with that. 😀
“Pasta” Cedar Park, 2020
By the way, Lani also like when we make pasta because she’ll occasionally get lucky with a stray noodle.
“Hoping” Cedar Park, 2020
I hope you had a nice day!
またね～
