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My New Year”s Eve Dinner : Steak & Farfalle , Fried Cuttlefish & Arugula, Strawberry Shortcake

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Since I stayed home on new years eve, I wanted to treat myself to the perfect dinner
(Perfect for Bella and I, anyway 🙂
Easy to prepare, yet rich and delicious .

The menu I treated myself to :

Fried Cuttlefish With Arugula
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Grilled Skirt Steak & Mushroom Farfalle
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Strawberry Shortcake

The wines I treated myself to :

Merlot (2009 Sanctus Saint-Emilion)
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Champagne (1998 Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin La Grande Dame)
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Grand Marnier Cuvie du Cent Cinquantenaire

(These special bottles had been bought and saved for the new years eve dinner Maria and I were supposed to have together this year)

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Bon Appetit ! à Votre Santé ! Happy 2014 !

Fried Cuttlefish With Arugula In Raspberry Vinaigrette

Grilled Skirt Steak & Mushroom Farfalle With Edamame

Strawberry/Cornbread Shortcake

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Fried Cuttlefish & Arugula
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: dredge sliced cuttlefish in a mixture of cornstarch, flour, salt, pepper, granulated garlic. Fry until golden, remove to absorbent paper. To serve, sprinkle with chilli flakes

: Fried Cuttlefish With Arugula

: Fried Cuttlefish With Arugula

: Fried Cuttlefish With Arugula

Grilled Skirt Steak & Shiitake Farfalle
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: Skirt steak

: grilled skirt steak

: saute onions and garlic in olive oil

: add sliced shiitake, saute two minutes

: deglaze with red wine

: add heavy cream

: add demi glace, season with porcini powder, sea salt, cayenne pepper. Simmer until slightly thickened

: porcini powder

: add freshly cooked farfalle, edamame and small amount of grated asiago cheese, mix well, check/adjust seasoning

: Grilled Skirt Steak With Shiitake Farfalle & Edamame

: Grilled Skirt Steak With Shiitake Farfalle & Edamame

: Grilled Skirt Steak With Shiitake Farfalle & Edamame

: Grilled Skirt Steak With Shiitake Farfalle And Edamame

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Strawberry Short Cake
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: corn bread batter

: freashly baked corn bread

: cut corn bread, drizzle with grand marnier

: macerate coarsely chopped strawberries overnight with sugar and grand marnier, top cornbread with strawberries

: top strawberries with grand marnier drizzled corn bread

: top with whipped cream

: dust with cocoa powder

: serve with more strawberries and whipped cream on the side

: strawberry short cake

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Link To Easy Corn Bread Batter Recipe
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Chicken Noodle Soup & Egg

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This is a remnant from a time when a chicken noodle soup was a remedy for just about anything – a bit of a cold, a bit of a sad day, a bit of exhaustion, not much Mom couldn’t fix with a bowl of chicken noodle soup with egg 🙂
To this day, it is still a dish which, in most of it’s infinite incarnations, will make me feel better, richer, healthier and just all around more alive. Here is one of my many different variations, this one with bone-in chicken, buccatini rice noodles, peppers, shiitake mushrooms, soft boiled eggs and lots of chopped cilantro, all swimming in a freshly made, extra strong chicken soup.

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Chicken Noodle Soup & Egg

rice buccatini underneath all the other goodies

Chicken Noodle Soup & Egg

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Angel Hair With Morells, Shiitake, Cepes, Baby Bellas & Oyster Mushrooms In Cream Sauce

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Usually, I don’t fancy much angel hair pasta, but for these mushrooms in a light,
creamy white wine cream they were the perfect pasta to be paired with 🙂

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Saute Onions And Mushrooms In Olive Oil, Add Wine And cream, Reduce. Add Pasta , A Bit Of The Pasta Water, Salt, Pepper And Grated Aged Gruyere. If Too Thin, Add Cheese. If Too Thick, Add Pasta Water. Sprinkle With Chili Flakes And Cilantro.

Angel Hair With Morells, Shiitake, Ceppes, Baby Bellas & Oyster Mushrooms In Cream Sauce

Angel Hair With Morells, Shiitake, Cepes, Baby Bellas & Oyster Mushrooms In Cream Sauce

Angel Hair, Morells, Shiitake, Cepes, Baby Bellas, Oyster Mushrooms, Cream, White Wine, Onion, Garlic,
Olive Oil, Kosher Salt, Cayenne Pepper, Aged Gruyere, Chili Flakes, Cilantro.

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Chirashizushi (Scattered Sushi) (ちらし寿司

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I am trying today to continue with my quest for a healthier living. After a substantial, healthy breakfast, I decided that sushi will be light and healthy enough. Usually I would have been right, but there was a problem – I, as usual, was so looking forward to it that I prepared way too much and therefore ate too much, as usual 😦
But boy, was it worth the sin 🙂

The “Chirashizushi” included:

Lobster, crayfish, crab legs, octopus, mussels, shiitake mushrooms, avocado, cucumber, nori, black sesame seeds, egg, scallion, sushi rice.

Sushi Rice Recipe Here (# 3 of the good part)

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Chirashizushi (Scattered Sushi) (ちらし寿司

: Scattered Mise En Place 🙂

: In Progress

: Chirashizushi (Scattered Sushi) (ちらし寿司

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Asian Inspired Duck & Udon Soup

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This soup is my “to go to” soup when I have leftover duck or goose (yesterdays roast duck) . It is quick and easy and oh so delicious. The vegetables and noodles are interchangeable with any vegetables and pasta you might have at hand, such as cabbage, bok choy, shiitake or spinach, or egg noodles, rice noodles, mung bean noodles. Use whatever is at hand and tickles your fancy 🙂
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Chop up the carcasse and other leftover bones and bits of meat and simmer with garlic, ginger, salt, lime slices, a bit of sugar and sriracha sauce for 45 minutes. Skim of all foam which rises during this time. Strain stock and discard solids. Adjust seasoning to your liking. Place hot udon noodles and blanched vegetables in a serving bowl, top with sliced duck pieces and cover with broth. Drizzle with some hot chili oil. Serve with a side dish of hoi sin sauce and sriracha sauce to dip the duck.

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Asian Inspired Duck & Udon Soup

: Mise En Place

: Simmer Stock

: Strain Stock

: blanch vegetables

: Asian Inspired Duck & Udon Soup

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Asian Style Chicken Wings in Oyster Sauce

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Asian Style Chicken Wings

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This is one of the dishes I could eat three times a week without getting tired of it anytime soon.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack. Feed me anytime with this stuff and I’ll be happy 🙂
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: Asian Style Chicken Wings

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Ingredient’s :

Chicken wings,
Bok choy, cut into large pieces
Red peppers, cut into triangles, keep stems and leaf’s seperate
Dry shiitake mushrooms, soaked in warm water
Onions, large diced
Garlic, paste
Ginger, grated
Peanut oil,
Chicken stock,
Sherry wine,
Oyster sauce,
Hoisin sauce,
Soy sauce,
Sesame oil,
Kosher salt,
Cayenne pepper,

Method :

Saute seasoned wings in peanut oil until almost cooked trough. Remove from heat to absorbent paper. Saute onions, peppers, bok choy stems, garlic and ginger until fragrant. Add sauces and sesame oil, wings, shiitake, scallions and bok choy leaves. Mix well, serve with fan. (chinese steamed rice)

Recipe for “Fan”

Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !

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“ Vietnamese Pork & Mushroom Dumpling Soup “ ( NẤM RƠM & THIT HEO )

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Yesterday’s light and healthy dinner :
” Vietnamese pork & mushroom dumpling soup “.
I made twenty two dumplings, could not stop eating,
ate all of them at once ( Bella helped a bit. )
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Dumplings:
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Won ton wrappers, roundPork, very finely chopped or ground
Shiitake mushrooms, chopped
Scallions, very finely sliced
Egg white
Ginger, grated
Garlic, grated
Sesame oil
Fish sauce (Nuoc Mam)
Salt, cayenne pepper
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Soup:
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Chicken broth
Baby bok choy, blanched
Straw mushrooms
Ginger, grated
garlic, grated
Scallions, sliced
cilantro, coarsely chopped
Fish sauce (Nuoc Mam)
Sesame oil
Chili oil