老妈过段时间要回中国了。心里面舍不得。但又觉得不能太自私吧。 总不能让老妈天天在这里给我=做保姆吧。 哈哈。。。
按老妈的话说，她不仅是我的保姆，还是我的勤务员加大厨师。 就是有时候我会开玩笑的说她”有些时候服务不够到位就是了。“ 老妈知道我在同她开玩笑，也不生气。 今天吃什么呢？ 心情一般，吃春饼吧。
In northern China, where the climate is cool, wheat-based staples such as pancakes, noodles, and steamed buns replace rice. Moo Shu Pork is typical: It's a stir-fried dish made with pork, green onions, chopsui, and sliced potato, all rolled into small, thin pancakes. Just like making a burrito.
在外面应酬，聚会多了，就想念家常便饭了。简单，随意，且可口。
虾仁烩冬瓜和鸡蓉玉米粒
无花果烤三文鱼排。在法国菜中吃过一次烤的无花果。有点特色。我也效仿一下。味道还不错。甜中带点酱香，糯糯的。
卤牛肉和红烧牛肉炖罗卜。这都是我家老妈一举两得的行为。
凉拌符竹和辣子鸡丁炒小南瓜
既然老妈没有事做，那我们就找点事情给她做。做点玉米面杂粮的素馅包子吧。
我奶奶是地地道道的南京回民。做的回民风味的家常便饭好吃得不得了。素馅饺子很简单，就是点鸡蛋丝，香菇丁，干丝，粉丝，韭菜。剁成陷。关键是沾料。一点生抽，一点麻油。就完完全全地把素馅的香味带出来了。
Mom does not have much to do everyday here in Sunnyvale! It sucks because if she does not have much to do then she is "on" me, all the time. So, I really have to keep my mom-entertaining-program running 24X7.
在家弹钢琴。自以为是！问老妈，觉得我怎样，是不是很有力度？老妈头不抬，心不挑地说“你天天练肌肉练得好呗.“ 我到了。。。。
Mom makes funny comments.
Playing piano at home one day. Feeling very good about my play. So, I turned around and asked my mom "Mom, how do you like my playing these days? Don't you think I am much more powerful when playing those strong notes?"
Still focusing on her needling and without even lifting her eyes, my mom said:"I think you have done well with all your muscle trainings..."
老妈来了，尽是想些极尽折腾之能事的菜来“考验”一下她。珍珠丸子，看卖相，好象很复杂。其实完全很简单。如果有食品搅拌机，一会儿就搞定。
1) 糯米头天晚上泡水，沥水待用。
2) 肉馅加料酒，生抽，香油，一小罐普济，姜剁碎，香菇泡发洗净，一起搅拌均匀，揉丸子。
3) 丸子裹上糯米，上笼蒸半小时，装盘。
A very simple recipe to make -
1) Leave the sweet rice covered with water overnight to soften the sweet rice
2) Make the meat ball. I added a small jar of water chestnut so that the meat ball has a little crunchiness. You can also add some mushroom, ginger, soy source, sesame oil and any other spice you like. Ground the meat and the ingredients together. Make small balls
3) Cover the balls with a layer of sweet rice
4) Steam for 30-45 min.
有老妈在的幸福生活开始了！！！
让我好好想一想，什么时候我有过这种三菜一汤的日子？ N多年以前了吧。
老妈来的第一天，就大张旗鼓的给我做了粉蒸排骨。这种“劳什子”的菜，不是我不会做，是我没有这种决心和动力去折腾。但是，如果晚餐目的不仅仅是好吃可口的饭菜，还包括品尝老妈千里迢迢带来的爱心，或者是让老妈忙个不停，然后就没有时间来烦我。这道菜就非常的可行和实用了。
The beginning of a well-pampered life. Delicious steamed pork rib with sweet potato. This is one of those very "costly" dish to make. The taste is great, but the process is complicated and takes too long. Not a bad thing to have for dinner, if the goal is to keep the mom busy and occupied.
今天花了好些时间教老妈用我的厨房工具。就像玩玩具一样。 老妈有时候有憨厚，但玩转厨房还是小菜一碟。到后来还说:“你们美国人还挺聪明的，要做什么的工具都有。”
Had a great time today training her using my kitchen toys today. Guess what?! She likes playing with it. A good beginning in deed!
1)猪肋排，切小块.
2)葱, 姜2, 3 片，五香粉，甜酒酿，料酒，四川辣豆瓣1茶匙，糖1茶匙，酱油，盐随意调味。
3)米粉，花椒面炒香
做法：用2)料把排骨拌匀。再裹一层3)料。在小碗里垫上红薯，再放排骨，上笼大火蒸45-60分钟。
又香，又有点辣，再加上红薯的甜味，味道好极了！
When was the last time, Bing and I sit around at the dinner table enjoying great food and civilized conversation?! Now I wonder what we should do if mom goes back to China
做香辣牛肉馅饼剩下了一些牛肉馅(大概1LB)。做抓饭吧。香喷喷，热呼呼，简单好吃。
拿四个紫薯和一些同等份量山药。切丁。加一杯糙米混合放进电饭煲。加水刚好盖上菜米混合。我用的是大象电饭煲。调到混合档。按下电钮，一个小时左右，香味扑鼻的牛肉抓饭就搞定了。我没有另外加佐料。如果饭不够味道，等抓饭做好了，趁热调一下味道也可以。
最近实验减肥。今天结束第一天。吃点什么好呢？想来想去，还是中餐吧。烤一个牛肉馅饼，配上红薯山药粥。
这个馅饼很好吃。 牛肉的鲜味，加上一点青辣椒的辣味。我还加了一点花椒油。
I have been doing this master cleanse during the last 9 days. Today is the first time I wanted to cook some real food. How about some tasty beef calzone made with extra lean gound beef and whole wheat dough from Trader Joe's?
It's quite easy to make the stuffing. Marinate the beef what whatever your favorite spicies and pan fry it with some green pepper, carrots and red onion. The rest of process is just like making the Italian calzone. Here is the pictures for before-and-after
Tomorrow is the Thanksgiving. Finally got a chance to take a break from this hectic life. So, I invited two friends over for lunch and to try out a new recipe - Spicy curry rib with pumpkin, mango and barley seeds
明天是感恩节，邀请朋友到家中小聚。做点什么款待朋友呢？东南亚风味的咖哩排骨煲吧。
Need two stalks of celery, one medium size carrot, a big mango, a onion, a medium size pumpkin. Plus some Japanese curry. I cooked the barley seed separately with water for about 60 min till it's tender, and then rinse it with water. Put the seeds in a bowl for use later.
配菜有芹菜，红萝卜，南瓜，芒果，洋葱。加上日本咖哩。
Cut carrots in cubes. Microwave the pumpkin for 4 min till it's a bit soft so that it's easier to pill. Then, cut that into cubes too.
I cooked the rib with medium low heat for about 90 min till it's pretty tender with a couple of slice of ginger and a couple of dry chili pepper. Then, I added a notch of coconut cream, carrots and celery. I stir-fried the onion a bit till it's slightly brown before adding it to the stew. Wait for another 20 min on medium high. Then, I added the pumpkin, mango and cooked barley seeds. Add salt and pepper for taste. About 10 more min. It's ready.
It's a little bit spicy and very flavorful. Gossiping over this extremely tasty stew made us feel warm and toasty. It's a great start for a wonderful holiday season.
This has been another typical crazy week for Chris and me, traveling for business, staying up for the entire night feeling anxious of the presentation...It's the time to relax and figure out something simple, tasty and help loosing a bit of weight gained from the business travel and vacation.
周末做点什么好吃的呢？香辣烤排骨，简单，美味又营养。
It's a rather easy dish to make. Get five different veggies. I personally prefer carrots, onion, eggplant, asparagus; Chris loves potato with meat. Slice and dice the veggies and put them on the baking plate.
先将五种蔬菜切丝和切片 - 洋葱，红萝卜，茄子，芦笋，土豆。混合一下。均匀铺在烤盘上。
First steam the spare rib without any source for about 20 min. To make the source you need to understand the secret ingredients in Ancient Chinese cuisine - soy source, sesame oil, oyster source, BBQ rib source, garlic powder, etc.
为了省时间，我先将排骨不加任何作料蒸了20分钟。然后用水冲干净，就可以上佐料了。佐料嘛， 无外乎酱油，麻油，耗油，排骨酱，蒜末，各种香料，糖，盐，鸡精，胡椒之类。就象洪七公的秘宗拳，五花八门，妙哉其中.
看我在厨房里愉快地忙活着。
Brush the source on the rib and the veggie. Roast at 350F for about 20-25 min. All set!
配好佐料，在排骨上刷一层。再在蔬菜上刷一层。推进烤箱。350F， 20-25分钟。搞定。
Chris and I discovered this beer called "Big Sky IPA" at the Grand Canyon and totally loved it.
我和CHRIS去大峡谷时发现的啤酒。很好喝。如果喜欢PALE ALE，强烈推荐。
今天小区内开烤肉派对，带点什么好呢？要简单易做，好味道，好卖相。想来想去，干脆做饭团吧。糯米糙米，一半一半. 把饭团做好了。预热烤箱到400度。每面烤5分钟，再刷上一层麻油和酱油。洒上一些碎紫菜。香喷喷。蛮好吃。
朋友来家，当然要盛情招待。又做了一次烤红椒三明治和红枣山药糖水。好多东东瞎放一通。有山药，红枣，枸积，银耳，莲子，白果，葡萄干，小汤圆。好喝又养颜。小碗还是老妈几年前从中国老远带来的。开心！
Girlfriend came visit today. Great girls-time plus delicious roasted red pepper sanwich and Chinese desert soup with many ingredients. Sweet, warm, healthy, minimum number of calories and the most importantly - good for healthy skin. Mom actually got the little bowl from China for me a few years ago. Happy!
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