Just a quick post to 'keep my hand in the game', as it were.

At long last, I made fish tacos. Though they're not close to being 'authentic' starting with the fish used (sole), they tasted great. I based them on this recipe I found on the web.


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Eating out at one of the local sushi restaurants is a great treat, but, when I'm strapped for cash, I make my own ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago, I asked for suggestions on my FB groups as to what to do with canned tuna. One of the most popular suggestions was a tuna noodle casserole. I finally got around to making it and wondered why I'd waited so long. Cause this is some tasty stuff, folks.

For a recipe I went with the one from the Campbells (TM) website ( Read more... )

I've been wanting to try this Hawaiian dish ever since I ran across mention of it in some readings I was doing for other Hawaiian cuisine ... the classic or Spam loco moco, and Spam musubi come to mind. However, whenever I had had good quality ahi tuna on hand, I always ended up making something else. A month or two ago, I bought a one pound ( Read more... )

My favourite starch sides are potatoes, pasta and rice ... in that order. Since I haven't had any potatoes in the house for almost two weeks, I've been relying more on the other two in my cooking. Especially rice ( Read more... )

ETA (08/23/2017) : Some additional notes on onigiri ideas added to bottom of post under cut ( Read more... )

When cooking for one, you end up with a lot of leftovers especially if, like me, you make big pots of some dishes. When my freezer fills up to a certain point, I stop cooking and start putting together the odds and ends and come up with meals ( Read more... )

I’m bored and have nothing much to do these days except cook little throwaway dishes.

While visiting the city market on Sunday morning, I stopped to chat with the fish monger. He's the closest source of "sashimi grade" ahi (yellow fin) tuna I have that I can buy before the sushi restaurants in town snap it all up.


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I haven't done much cooking in April, certainly nothing post-worthy, but I thought I'd share some of the tasty things I made.

Barbecue meal of giant (1/3 pound) hamburgers and sausages, with mac and cheese and corn side dishes, and a Mexican beer to wash it down.


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After a modest meatless Good Friday meal, Easter is a celebratory occasion and this meal reflects that.


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