All-Chinese vs All-American meal

What constitutes as being a Chinese-American? Simple... dinner with a very traditional Cantonese dish of steamed fish with ginger, green onions and soy sauce (you will be surprised who made this)...

... and a hearty American breakfast of toasted wheat bread, hash browns, hot links and eggs.

If this ain't multi-cultural, I don't know what is. We're still eating good at home.

Dinner on a Budget

can of creamed corn = $0.49

5 pack of pork chops = $5.00

pack of zucchinis(3) = $1.15

rice = let's just say it's free

TOTAL = $7.00 (for 2... with leftovers)

dinner per person = $3.50

btw, Dan's specialty = pork tonkatsu

Double Trouble

We had always entertained the idea of getting another small dog, for the sake of Dot, so that she will have some companionship while we're at work. This weekend, we decided to take my brother's dog for a while and see how things go. It's only been one day... but we have already decided that one dog is enough for us. In one day, we experienced double the trouble, double the whining, double the poo... double the trouble! No thank you...

At first glance, these two (small) dogs seem quite innocent, right? (Note: this picture was taken when I got home, after cleaning up a piece of poo, pee stains around a certain area and a chewed up candy wrapper... I'm sure they were both beat)

We had thought about getting another dog so Dot can be more social and have a playmate... but after capturing this on camera (and other roughhousing on video), I don't know if we can handle two dogs anymore.

In the end, we both decided that our home and our sanity can only tolerate one little creature. You win, Dot! You don't have to share your parents and your bed and your toys with anyone anymore, just please be more social and act more like a dog instead of a scaredy cat!

Sick Days

It looks like another bug is coming around and a lot of people are catching it. One of them being someone in this household. Well, no worries... just because you're sick doesn't mean everything's going to be yucky and bland. And that, my friends, is another reason why everyone should get married. When you're not feeling so good, someone will be there to cook you some comfort get-well-soon food.

udon soup with bok choy and duck (duck courtesy of Won Kee)

thousand year old egg and lean pork congee with duck sandwich

Well, thank goodness the sickness bug is coming to an end. It's tiring running a one-man household!

Eating Good In Our Home

Okay, so maybe it's not as catchy as Applebee's "eating good in the neighborhood", but whatever. In an attempt to save time and money, we decided to go grocery shopping on the weekend and plan out everything we're cooking for the week that we're eating in. We also believe in an equal opportunity household, so this week, Dan got a chance to cook a man's meal!

MONDAY ("Hong Kong" style baked pork chops)

WEDNESDAY (rib eye with baked potato and broccoli)

THURSDAY (healthy Chinese style bibimbap with light saber chopsticks)

Mexican Night!

Dinner & lunch with carnitas! Ole!

I've been posting a few pictures here and there about what a "regular" dinner is at the S residence. Dan has little or no exposure with his cooking, so here goes! This is by far my favorite meal made by my husband. I would like to thank the pressure cooker we got from our wedding and you, pig... for your delicious pork shoulder which later turned into Dan's first attempt at carnitas. We had carnitas nachos (still a work in process with the nachos) and carnitas tacos last night (test trial #1) and it turned out great!

Cinco de Mayo, we're ready for you!

What a cutie!