Showing posts with label beer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beer. Show all posts

Monday, February 22, 2010

food porn

i just couldn't resist putting up some random pictures of food. if you eat gluten free, you will understand why these make me salivate!

first, the burger and beer. mmm... sometimes, you just must have a burger and beer. this is a tuna burger, based off of a recipe of rachel ray's. (misanthropic comment: rachel ray's recipe actually disgusts me because it combines mango chutney, wasabi mustard and shitake mushrooms as toppings and has soy sauce and sesame oil in the burger. umm, could someone tell her that the indian flavor of chutney does not go with those asian flavors? ew...) but anyway, you get the idea. i put scallions, celery and sesame seeds in mine, with pickles and ketchup on top. i've made them lots of ways though. i love these burgers! and this is a gluten free bun from the store--i had to make accommodations for a pre-made bun because i had no fresh baked bread at home and i do not know how to, nor have the time to, make hamburger buns from scratch. note the gluten free beer in the background. I WANT THIS FOOD RIGHT NOW!


and this is a photo of the homemade sushi that my sweet made for me for valentine's day. clockwise, we have tamago (egg), cucumber and burdock root roll, pickled veggies roll and spicy tuna roll.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

an amazing dinner

special thanks here go out to my super great friend, kara! kara is a former college roomie who lives far away in chicago ;( but she sent lee and i a wonderful festivus gift. it was a gift box of asian spices from the spice house, and it's amazing!

so last night after opening this wonderful gift, this is what i made:


chinese 5-spice tofu with ginger sake gravy
roasted sweet potatoes
apple salad

the tofu was breaded in brown rice flour with a nice dosage of 5-spice. once the tofu was crispy, i removed it from the pan, added some leftover sake from the fridge (to pick up all that wonderful 5-spice that fell off the tofu!), swirled in some grated fresh ginger and fresh ground black pepper, added some cornstarch to thicken and voila! a delicious and warming dinner on the longest night of the year. and it was washed down heartily with some great st. peter's sorghum beer from the uk.

it was sublime... thank you, kara!