Fried Asparagus with cheese*

 
Hello! Do you have favorite vegetable? I don't like vegetables when I was a child. I often left vegetables of the school lunch. But I'm getting to like vegetables as I get older. Today I introduce a dish which uses one of my favorite vegetables, asparagus.

Ingredients――* (4 portions)
・6~8 green asparagus

＜coating＞
・4~5 tbsp of flour
・1 egg
・2~3 tbsp of water

・1/2 cup of bread crumb
・4 tbsp of powdered cheese
・oil (for frying)
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1. Cut stool of asparagus and cut them in half.

2. Mix ingredients of ＜coating＞.

3. Mix bread crumb and powdered cheese.

4. Put asparagus on 2 and 3, fry them oil heated to 170 degree. When they turn color, you finish.

Fried Asparagus with cheese is so delicious, you enjoy crunchy texture and flavor of cheese.

Roll of Pork and Sprout*

  Recently I have an increased appetite so I eat something before and after my part-time job. I'm really at a loss. Please teach me the best way to lose weight and diet. Today I introduce a healthy dish.

Ingredients――*(2 portions)
・8 sliced pork
・8 macrophyll (大葉)
・1/2 sprout
・1/2 ginger
・2 tbsp of rice wine

・salt and pepper

・ponzu sauce

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1. Remove axis of macrophyll and cut in half lengthwise. Peel ginger and cut it into strips.

2. Put macrophyll and sprout on sliced poak and roll them.

3. Put ginger on the rolled poak, and sprinkle rice wine and salt&pepper. Ant then put then on microwave-safe plate.

4. Cover them with a plastic wrap and cook for 5 minutes by microwave.(600w) When they heat enough, dress ponzu sauce on them. Voila!☆

  You can cook by using a microwave only. Wow! How easy this dish is!^^ It's nice because sprout is crisp and juicy. This dish use pork, but it's very healthy. I'm sure you like it. 

Tomato Steak*

  Do you know Tomato Stake? When I heard at first, I was really surprised. Because I thought that Steak means only meat such as beef, pork, and chicken. Today I introduce "Tomato Steak". It's very simple and easy to make. It's same to ordinary meat steak.

Ingredients――*(2 portions)

・1~2 Tomato

・1 tsp of olive oil

<Avocado sauce>

・1/2 avocado

・1/2 tsp of lemon juice

・1.5 tbsp of mayonnaise

・salt and pepper

・dry parsley

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1. Remove hull of tomato and slice it. (2 cm) Pare avocado and crush it by fork. Mix ingredients of sauce.

2. Heat olive oil in the pan. Heat both sides of tomato, seasoning with salt and pepper.

3. Put tomato on dish and put avocado sauce on it. Then put dry parsley. That's all!

  It was a nice and healthy dish. I had not experienced such as this dish. Tomato Stake is a light meal so I think it is nice for women, especially for dieting women but it is not enough to be satisfied for men. It is a nice appetizer. And I like texture of avocado so it may be good to cut avocado into small cubes and mix them in avocado sauce. And tomato tends to break up so you had better heat it quickly at high heat. It is a important point!

Vegitable pot-au-feu(ポトフ)*

  Hello! In every morning and every night, it's cold... so I wanted to eat some warm dishes. Today I introduce vegitable pot-au-feu. (^0^)/ I use microwave oven so it's very easy and we can cook it in busy mornings.

Ingredients――* (2 portions)

・boston butt slice 200g

・a carot

・a onion

・half od cabbage

・two potatos

・4~5 sausages

<Consomme soup>

・1.5 tablespoons of consomme soup mix

・water 400cc

・salt and pepper

・black pepper

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1. Place meat under hot water in order to remove extra fat and smell.

2. Cut carot and potato into big size. Heat them in a microwave oven for 2~3 minute (500w).

3. Put 1, 2, and sausages into a microwave-safe plate. Pour consomme soup and salt and pepper.

4. Cover them with a plastic wrap. (You may add herbs) Make air vents in the wrap and heat them in a microwave oven about 10 minutes (500w). Voila!☆

You may put parsley and black pepper on the top.

This pot-au-feu is very easy because you can use microwave oven. It takes only a few minutes. It's very delicious for the tastes of vegetables and we can be warm. If you like vegitables, you could add broccoli and cabbage etc. It's getting more delicious for vegitables! I'm sure you like this!

*Crispy Potato*

Hello everyone! Recently I'm addicting potato dishes. When I take a break at my part-time job, I eat fried potato at a stand of theater which I work. So today I introduce a potato dish that we can make easyily at home. It's Crispy Potato! It's a little different to fried potato, but similar to it.

Ingredient――*

・2 Potato

・1/3 onion

・1 piece garlic

・a cup of breadcrumb

・dry parsley

・salt

・pepper

・2 tsp salad oil

・butter 20g

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1. Peel potato and cut it into half-moons. (2~3 millmeters in thickness)

 Slice onion, and cut garlic into small pieces.

2. Boil potato in boild water and drain with a colander as you can prick it by spit easily.

3. Heat salad oil and garlic, add onion after they smelled. And then add potato.

4. After potato is coated with the oil, add butter and breadcrumbs, and saute them at low heat, paddling by wooden spatula.

5. When breadcrumbs become crispy, add dry parsley and then season with salt and pepper. 

Arrange them on dish, and voila!☆





 Maybe you have not eaten like this dish, it's new and unique in texture. It's very crispy by breadcrumbs, and a little different to fried potato. I think it is nice as appetizer.

Broccoli gratin*

*Broccoli gratin*
a broccoli, boneless chicken leg, 1/4 onion, milk(100ml), pizza cheese 40g, butter 10g, salt, salt&pepper, black pepper

1. Segment broccoli into small parts. Cut boneless chicken leg for proper size and add some salt and pepper. Slice the onion lengthwise. Preheat the oven to two hundreds thirty degrees.
2. Boil a broccoli in boiling water with some salt (about 1~2 minutes), drain in a colander.
3. Heat the butter and saute onion until wilted. Add chicken and saute until it becomes brown and add broccoli and milk. After boiling up, add salt and pepper to taste and turn off the heat.
4.Put 2 into heat-resistant container and put cheese over them. Oven bake them in 10~12 minutes. Voila!☆

I used broccoli and chicken in this time, but you can use a lot of cooking ingredient. For example, they are mushroom, enokidake mushroom, bacon, potato, asparagus, shrimps and many others! You can enjoy your choice of variation. Let's try and please tell me your favorite one!

Clam Chowder*

Hello, everyone! Recently it's getting colder so I introduce a soup which make us warm.

*Clam Chowder*
3 (6.5 ounce) cans minced clams ,1 cup minced onion, 1 cup diced celery, 2 cups cubed potatoes, 1 cup diced carrots, 3/4 cup butter, 3/4 cup all-purpose flour, 1 quart half-and-half cream, 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar,1 1/2 teaspoons salt, ground black pepper to taste

1. Drain juice from clams into a large pot over the onions, celery, potatoes and carrots. Add water to cover and cook over medium heat until tender.

2.Meanwhile, in a large, heavy saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Whisk in flour until smooth. Whisk in cream and stir constantly until thick and smooth. Stir in vegetables and clam juice and heat them.
◎Point◎Do not boil.

3.Stir in clams just before serving. If they cook too much they get tough. When clams are heated through, stir in vinegar, and season with salt and pepper. Voila!