Cooking Pig

Its been 4 years

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:19:00 +0000

I do wonder if anyone reads this blog anymore ......

I have been cooking lots again lately and would like to share my photos...for my future reference when I donno what to cook or for those who is reading this blog, just to give u some idea on what to cook for dinner :D

I do wonder if anyone reads this blog anymore ......

Valentines day dinner with steak, mash potatoes, mushrooms and cherry tomato, parsley balsamic vinegar salad

Pork chop, veggie, Mushroom dinner.

Home made poutine

Decided to organize the freezer so I can cook maybe once a week kind of thing

Korean Pork Bone Soup, Home made

Pancakes ~ not fluffy enough so trying another recipe

Cold noodles with fish

shirataki 芋絲 and tobiko 飛魚子 a little soysauce and sesame oil

Korean bolgugi with chinese taste haha, added salmon to this rice

Fried chicken wings with steak spice,and i tell you steak spice go on everything

Thats it for now :D if anyone want recipe for any of the above let me know!!

Once in a blue moon blog...

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:56:00 +0000

Hi everyone... miss me ? no right :( haha

just wanna post some pictures up, recipe will be up soon ...

just an update... been busy working 2 out of my 3 jobs.... researching and searching for resources for one of them .... been busy dealing with my health .. sigh :p

anyways ... i miss typing this blog for sure!

Wanna share with you guys just this sudden feeling i have.... We've planted few eatible stuff in my backyard , hehe , it feels great to just step out to ur backyard to get what you need for cooking :p it really does!

anywho .... i move home and havent really been in the kitchen since..... u know how moms are.... they dont let u touch their kitchen .. so i have just been the helper..... :p mom and i will never get along on our cooking methods and ways ....

anywho .. enough talking.... here are the two beautiful things we've made together! the dessert is still in the freezer freezing so :p

blogger or is it just my computer having problem uploading pics ? oh well .. . guess they have to wait until next time :p

Mango mousse cake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:39:00 +0000

Always wanted to make this since... forever ? I finally made up a recipe for this and im soooooo proud of myself lol

Ingredients : (yes i use a lot of store bought stuff cuz im lazy)

Make sure you have a deep pan because its at least 3 layers. It would help if you have two pan that are the same shape too.

-A pack of cake mix
- Eggs - Milk or water - Vegetable oil
-A pack of Robinson Mango Jello Mix
- Boiling Water
-Cold Water
-A pack of Robinson Mango Pudding mix
-Boiling Water
- Half a cup of mango,slice in small pieces
-500mL of 35% whipping cream

Instructions

1. Follow the instruction on cake mix with the amount of ingredients needed,bake it according to directions in pan 1. (tip:put wax paper at the bottom of the pan for a easy lifting of cake and clean up.

2. Follow the instruction for jello. Pour it at the bottom of pan 2. Refrigerate till solid.

3. Beat whipping cream until creamy. Scoop 1/3 for later use.

4. Follow the instruction for pudding, only add 1/3 of the amount of water they instruct you to.

5. Fold pudding mixture into whipping cream, and add slice mango

6. Spread whipping cream mixture onto solid jello , refrigerate until firm

7. cut a thin layer of the cake, lay it on top of the firm whipping cream mixture

8. Repeat step if trying to create multi-layer cake

9. Flip the pan over a plate and decorate with whipping cream, fruit.

10 (optional) for a nice wrinkly surface, scoop the jello off the pan instead of having it at the bottom of the pan and lay on top of the whipping cream mixture afterwards.

Happy belated birthday to Y!
Happy birthday to all the april birthdays including:(so many of you)
Daisy
Tracey
Linda
Harold
Tim
Mom
anyone else ?!

sushi night

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:01:00 +0000

We made Tobiko (small orange flying fish roe), maki with shinko ,crab meat,and tobiko, also made ebi(shrimp) and ika (squid) sushis. yum yum yum!

shrimp ~ put a toothpick in the middle of the shrimp before boiling. Boil for about 5 minutes.
shinko ~store bought :D

Me ~with my fav. sushi ingredients of all time~tobiko!!!!!

The chefs ~ Sandra my roommates & her bf michael ..thank you!!!!!

Preparation~Tips~ cover that wood sushi rolling thingy (can be bought anywhere these days) with plastic wraps, make sure u have a bowl of water handy so your hands won't get sticky with rice !

Only put that much rice on the seaweed because u dont want it to burst! Then add the other ingredients and roll it away! Make sure you press it firmly!

cut + serve! for the maki!!!!!! for the other ones .... well .. i still havent got it hands on yet.. so ....tutorial might come later lol!

itadakimasu!

Hi everyone!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:56:00 +0000

What's up ? Its me Minnie again :D I know a lot of u (or just a few maybe) miss me a lot... i miss you guys!

Work has be insane....work 5 days last week and 6 days the week before... hoping this week wont be as much work load! Trying to save my weekend for cooking..... I've actually just been exercising a lot to get in shape (not loose weight, get in shape) to show u what i mean..this dress perfectly show my big tummy like I am pregnant (I swear i am not!!!! )

My house ... has been invaded! AHHH by lemon tea.... i surrounded to the attack and start drinking too much of it tho :p that doesnt help my fat tummy

uh huh ..... ok .... enough with the sily pictures...... lets show some food pics.... got people over for dinner on saturday.... cooking for others is always fun :D I also feel so fullfill afterwards!! Here are some pics.... recipes of new inventions, and others will be up shortly! thanks for waiting patiently ! Love you all!

Long time no see (seafood dinner)

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 03:40:00 +0000

Hello everyone :D

Long time no see! Too many stuff happen and just haven't have the heart to update my blog.....but i will try to update it more!

Michael have been coming up for dinner quite often lately (well .. like everyday) lol .... So we've been eating great stuff.... We've have had a few seafood dinner :D (pictures from DIFFERENT days :D )

Lemon pan fried Salmon

Boiled shrimp with soya sauce and Ginger + Green onions Lobster

Black bean and garlic sauce muscle

Steam Fish ..yumm!!

Sushi from All you can eat Japanese food

All made by , me ^^ (well Michael partially)..silly pics to follow ....

me and sandra

Sandra...so pretty :D

Michael.. u look ok lol

Eating my fav. :D

All recipe made up by us... or follow what our mother had taught us... im proud of my cooking :D

Thanks to all these food, i have gain a bunch of weight :p .. I need to start watching what i eat! (ya right! lol)

Seafood chowder

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:42:00 +0000

recipe idea + cream base@ http://wokkingmum.blogspot.com/2007/05/cream-of-mushroom.html

This recipe makes two servings
Ingredients:
-3 tbs of vegetable oil
-3 tbs of flour
- 1 can of campbell chicken broth
-1/2 cup evaporating milk
-1 tbs of mash potato mix or 1 small potato , boiled, and diced into small cubes
-1 tuna size can of sea clams , drain, boiled before adding to soup with salt if you like
- 2 stocks of crab meat, defrozed, shredded
- 1/4 cup of diced squid
- 1/4 cup of small shrimp,peeled and washed
-salt and pepper to taste
-water if its necessary to make it thiner

I was originally going to make cream of corn , or try to make cream of corn, only to figure out that theres no corn in my house :p So i found whatever in my house and add to the creamy base. I also ran out of butter so used vegetable oil...works fine ^^
1. Add the vegetable oil into a medium size saucer pan, gradually add flour, mix well
2. Add evaporating milk , then the chicken broth, stir well
3. Add the mash potato mix or the potatoes, stir.
4. Add all the seafood. Add water and/or evaporating milk if its too thick. Season with salt and pepper

Fusion two color dinner

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:53:00 +0000

Got this idea cuz I like putting a little soy sauce on my pasta no matter which type it is ... that show the chinese side of me i guess ? hehe i just think pasta doesnt have enough taste for my tastebuds without soy sauce. So i decided to make a fusion dish :D

Right side :
-1 bunch of pasta
-1 can of cream of mushroom

Left side:
- 2lbs of ground beef
- half a broccoli
- one yellow onions
- 1 whole garlic
- 2 table spoon of teriyaki sauce
- 1 table spoon of oyster sauce
- 1 table spoon of soy sauce
- pinch of salt , sugar and white pepper

1. Cook the can of cream of mushroom, pour onto spaghettis and bake in oven @ 300F
2. Marinate the beef with all seasoning except teriyaki sauce and oyster sauce.
3. Mince garlic, slice onions, and boil broccoli
4. pan fried them, then add beef, and mix
5. Add oyster and teriyaki sauce.
6. Fried until beef is cook. Add cornstarch if the sauce is too thin. Put it on a plate and eat !!!!

of course, ate egg tart i made earlier for dessert yum!!!!!!!!!!

Snow has gotten worst... man ..... lol

I made EGGTART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:16:00 +0000

just wanna annouce that to the world yes i do :d so proud of myself and so happy ..trust me this is the second attemp..first attempt didnt go well with another recipe

http://wokkingmum.blogspot.com/2007/12/egg-tarts.html

Thank you wokkingmum :D its great! one of the best egg tart i've had in too many years!!! I use premade tarts instead tho hehe ... cuz im lazy!!!

Nothing much beside that.. stuck home due to snow.. or else i wanna go grocery shopping...

Lo Mei Chi

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 05:38:00 +0000

Recipe At ..
The outside : http://chowtimes.com/2007/06/loh_mei_chi.html#more
The inside : http://www.wretch.cc/blog/mitong&article_id=2462856

I want red bean too , but I can't find them so :p

This took me wayyyyyyy too much time to make lol .. I'm gonna make the 湯圓 instead :p I spent about an hour (see wayyyyy too much time! ) making these lol .... man I shouldnt have

But meh .. it turn out great, lets hope it taste great too! its in my fridge right now so :p

I know Sandra wanted me to make these for long time, and well .there it is .. i made it :D at least I made her something before she left!! :'( boo hoo , she's leaving me for xmas lol !! meh :p I'll be at work most of the time anyways :p

Layer Porkchop Rice

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:06:00 +0000

I can't take good pics after 8hrs of work anymore :'( <--yes an excuse it is lol but the rice tasted AMAZING!

Ingredience :
-3 cup of rice
-4 ~ 5 pieces of pork chop, marinated in garlic
-1 cup + of mix beans + carrots
- The sauce from sweet ribs http://cookingminpig.blogspot.com/2007/11/sweet-ribs-d.html
or if you prefer...cream of mushroom
-Ketchup 1 tbs
- salt and pepper to taste

1. Cook the rice in rice cooker
2. Pan Fried the pork chop until almost done, then cut in strips
3. Add salt + pepper to stripped pork chop, stir
4. layer the rice a the bottom of the pan, then the mix beans , then pork chop
5. Pour the sauce u made on top, bake for 10 min @ 350

Serve :D yummmmmmy

Starting to be Busy :D

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:27:00 +0000

Great busy day after a couple days of snow storm. The quiet street is once fill with cars, piled snow, and sunshine :D

Beside my crazy schedule from the other post.. I started school FINALLY!@ I have been wanting to do school aain since forever...... and finally get to @ www.icslearn.ca

pretty kool lessons.... You may say its a lazy way to do school..blah blah blah... but if I am gonna be unhappy sitting trap in classrooms, this is the alternate way for sure!

I hope I wont neglect this blog too much :D I am finally getting great feedbacks :D I'mreally really really happy!!!!!!!

So just a question for you guys... how many of you who are reading this prefer to read chinese ? Maybe I should stop being so lazy and type bilingual blogs :D What do you guys think ?

My picture taking skill is getting better and better :D LOVE this pic.. can anyone guess what it is ?lol easy right ? the lighting tho ... its unexpected..its only an neon open light sign in a food store

Please read my update info on the side :D Its to thank my roomate!!!!

Muffins Muffins Muffins!!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:28:00 +0000

Sorry muffin(Y's neighbor's dog) we are eating u hehe

Ingredients

Muffin mix
water
oil
egg

thats it lol .. mix it all together, throw it in the oven for 15minutes and u have ur yummy yummy muffin :D

Cream of mushroom

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:02:00 +0000

yummm recipe @ http://wokkingmum.blogspot.com/2007/05/cream-of-mushroom.html

Anywho who love creamy soup, this is the recipe for you!

Thats what we had for dinner :D very creamy, very very Campbell like! Except its fresh and yummy!!!!

Outcome ? Here u go !

Yes been lazy about blogs......been super stress this week.... its a stressful week so .... hoping my blogging will be resume after a chaos weekend.

Schedule:
Wed - 3:30 work ~830
- 9:00pm work meeting
- 10:00pm pick up Dick from work
- FInally get to have dinner ? hopefully lol
Thur - work work work till 9pm
Fri - Make up lessons, practice for performance (church xmas party?)
Sat - whole day ...get to dress up pretty and run around like a headless chicken. Then work dinner at night :D
Sun - Church to look at people baptist then work for the first time at esso :D
Mon - Doctor appointment, work at esso

Then its gonna be work work and work until Friday :D Wish me luck! I cant collapse!!!!! So pretty much this is my last free day.... therefore I kept making food and eating lol ... Muffins will be up in 5 minutes :D

Mess around japanese dinner

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:57:00 +0000

lol had a little fun with ingredients... this is again .. a recipe that come out of no where when we didnt know what to make :p

1. Prepare rice. When the rice is steam, add japanese vinegar, sesame seeds and seaweeds.

2. Steam crabsticks and shredded. Add in mayo and mix.

3. Chopped any vegetable prefer

4. Mix them all together :d there you will have rice salad ... add wasabi and soy sauce

5. roll it up with sushi maker if you like to make it sushi like :D

Rice in Egg

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:10:00 +0000

Yummm eh ? :D Thats what i made for dinner :D YAY! recipe at http://mykoreankitchen.com/2007/04/30/omelet-rice-omurice/

I was really just gonan make chicken fried rice .... but i decided to make this afterall ... pretty :D

I put chicken fried rice in it instead of all the other things.. you can put anything in u like :D

Havent blog for a while.... been sick and lazy. Went to the doctor and doing some blood test tomorrow. hope I pass this test LOL!!!!!!!!! jk jk ..... i know what I have i think ... i will be on pills yay ... i think lol ... Its only a minor thyroid problem and I am over worry ... meh .... ~!

Annual winter recital is coming up!!! Cheer for all my student who has the courage to step up on a big stage!!!! Me ? STRESS!!!! No more parents coming up to me and tell me its my fault that their children do bad.. PLZ!

My Soba

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:58:00 +0000

As u see i love japanese food and cold noodles is good on a hot day or when i dont feel like eating.....

Its a cold day today and i feel like eating, but i still want to eat this haha for lunch .... very easy recipe :D

Ingredients:
-1 bunch (they are usually seperated in bunch) or 1 serving of soba noodles
- 2 tsp of japanese sweet soy sauce
- 3 pieces of seaweed
- 2 tbsp of sesame oil

1. boil the soba noodles in hot water for 4 ~5 minutes. Run under cold water and dry well.

2. Add soy sauce, sesame oil, and shredded seaweed.

Serve

My picture below.. i use peanut butter not the best lol not bad either but I didnt have sesame oil so i will give this a try.. .after all u know the steam rice rolls in dim sum use peanut butter for their sauce that they claim as "sesame" sauce :p

My head is about to explode

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:59:00 +0000

hehe .. no it wont, it feel like it is.... therefore I havent been eating much. I havent been ABLE to eat much. Forgiving me not updating until I get better ^^

頭快爆拉! 痛道爆!!!!!! 所以都冇胃口食野.... 請大家讀者原諒原諒!

Easy Dessert

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:43:00 +0000

Cookie + Cream Treat

-2 Pieces of cookies (I use reverse cookies by president choice)
-one big scoop of icecream (I use french vanilla flavor)
-Coco powder
- roasted marshmallows (I do it on my stove top...is that bad ? )

Who want some fat ? lol ...only eat this once in a while!

1. Lay cookies on plate
2. Scoop a nice scoop of icecream on top
3. sprinkle coco powder
4. add marshmallows.

How easy :D I am just very very VERY happy this pic turn out.. I was trying to take this pic before icecream melts!

Onigiri (Japanese Rice ball)

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:11:00 +0000

Thanks to for http://www.wretch.cc/blog/mitong&article_id=2290373 sparking my idea for this recipe. Mine is not as fancy but its easy and quick :d

Also thanks to sandra who made faces on my rice balls :D haha

I didnt quite know the portion but ... I just guess :p

-1.5 cup of Japanese rice (that makes 3 rice balls)
- 1/4 cup of roasted sesame seeds
- 4~5 pieces of Korean seaweed (I use salted ones, bought them in Korean store, but you can use whatever seaweed you prefer)
- 1 can of tuna (mix with 2 tbsp mayo)
- 1/4 of pickled radish (the yellow marinated ones )
- Japanese white vinegar, mix with 1 tbsp sugar. More if you like sweeter, less if you like sour.

1. Cook rice according to direction
2. Add the vinegar in rice, and stir until theres no more steam. (Rice would look soggy at first, but if you stir until all the steams are gone, it will be dryer)
3. Cut/rip (yes I rip, too lazy lol) seaweeds to bits , get roasted sesame and add it to rice. Stir well.
4. Lay Rice on a piece of plastic wrap and add tuna + pickle radish on rice.
5. Wrap the onigiri with the plastic wrap into a ball shape. Decorate :D

Tips :
1.Thanks for 小小米桶 recipe for the plastic wrap trick. No sticky hands :D
2. Decorate and put however you want in the onigiri :D make sure you dont over fill the families :D or else they become bloated and explodes :p
3. Great recipe to do with kids :d Im sure they like decorating!
4. Can use veggies to decorate instead of seaweed!

Thanks again Sandra for decorating!

Yummy homemade pancakes :D

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:01:00 +0000

Pancakes, something everyone like, right ? Ok who doesn't like pancakes... do comment i would like to meet you... you are "unique" hahaha ....

We had it with plain 15% maple syrup and i assume its table syrup ...... lol ... :d Its pretty good already!!

http://www.joyofbaking.com/breakfast/Pancakes.html

Recipe here :D We just add a little more milk and little more salt ...because it was way too thick. It end up to be really good :D Just not buttery enough i guess.....

ending product :D really pretty! here we go! We'll modify it until its perfect for us! Therefore maybe you will seet his recipe a lot a lot heheh

Sick like a hot dog...

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:18:00 +0000

My friend told i should write this as a food.... so apparently I am a food now cuz im sick as a hot dog

There you go... hot dog is.....beef or pork ? I donno

Insane headaches

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:53:00 +0000

Im having insane headaches where it feels like someone is hitting the back of my head with a hammer every 2 seconds.... therefore...... not the best time to type my blog.....

Anyways..... i will be back very soon with 2 blog entries.... thanks for ur paitients :D

Self invented chocolate fondue tarts!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:56:00 +0000

I absolutely love chocolate fondue and thats what I came up with this recipe. Chocolate is everything's best friend, especially fruit. I only eat berries with chocolate. The sour taste of berries mix with the sweet taste of chocolate, makes big contrast.

Ingredients:

6 Store bought tart shells. Or you can make your own tart shells. Bake according to direction. Cool.

250mL (half this carton) of 35% whipping cream.

Half a pack of semi sweet if you dont like sweetness , or milk chocolate. (I prefer milk chocolate because it gives it more flavour!)

Strawberries or any kind of fruit you prefer. A few to decorate/snack on in the process of making or chopped in to little pieces and put in tart.

- A little sprinkles to decorate with
- A little powder sugar to decorate with
- a little white chocolate, melted to decorate with
- anything you want to add to decorate.
- bailey/an alcohol you like to flavor

This recipe can be vary and decorated to anything you like. Its only limited by your imagination and maybe whats in your cupboard. This is the first version I made so .... maybe I will upload more when i try different variety!

1. Beat cream until its thick. About 5~10 minutes.
2. Melt chocolate and add it to the cream. Mix Well.
(This is also my secret special recipe for any kind of chocolate mousse. It can be use in cakes(recipe and pictures coming soon), go with milkshakes, icecream, whatever you like!
3. Add a little Bailey or alcohol of your choice. (optional)

4. Chill the mousse in the fridge until its not as runny, in a mousse form (uh huh hence..chocolate mousse :p) THIS STEP IS IMPORTANT! i always forget this step so it turns out...well .. still yummy but not pretty. Mousse is easier when its less runny.

5. Clean up and cut the strawberries/decorate plate/scoop a little mousse and dip strawberries and eat it while i'm not looking (cough cough), whatever :p Go online and blog haha, make dinner.

6. OR meanwhile melt a little more chocolate, and brush a thin layer onto the tart. My chocolate well ..... was not melt enough so ..... this is what its look like.. i also didnt have a brush..ya excuses excuses :p

7.When the mousse is FINALLY solid, scoop the
cream onto tart and fill about half the tart.
The following is a wrong example of not first cooling cream, and filling it wayyy too full.. ya it looks bad. Lets not look at this anymore :p

8.Put on your choice of fruits and decorations. Ta da , it looks a lot better at the following picture~! I only used sprinkles and powder sugar for this batch. Other stuff I use didnt turn out too nice. Nice time I experiment I will know :

1. Do not use semi-sweet chocolate cuz its kinna bitter and its not chocolatey enough
2. CHILL the mousse... chill the mousse chill the moussee
3. Dont fill tart so full
4. Dont mess around with decorations ? lol no no do mess around its fun
5. Remember Sandra will always eat my failures :D awww good to have someone to back you up :D

Yum Yum :D

湯圓/甜品論 Glutinous rice balls /Desserts talk

noreply@blogger.com (Cookingminpig) — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:50:00 +0000

I store bought these glutinous rice balls from a chinese market in ottawa and....well they ain't the best...

I was craving them like crazy ever since i had them in my friend's house.... since im sick and on a coughpmscoughcough mood .... I have to spoil myself! It was 15 for 2.49 or something like that. I never really look at the price I guess....or the cents i mean .... price heck ya i look at it.... lol .... anywho ..... It was too much of the outside, not enough of the inside.... so you knwo what ? We've decided that we will make our own... just found a great recipe...cant wait till I have time to try it!

Thanks to my roommate for buying this cake :D . I use to LOOOOVE this cake as a child. It had a very strong taste of vanilla cream and egg when I ate this in HK. I found recipe on how to make this and I always want to try but it look so hard rolling it up ...... Very scared failure i guess so I will hold this off for ..... a while :D Maybe till xmas so I can make a log or something out of this :p

Of course this is Ottawa and I tell ya nothing taste like HK's stuff. This had not much of a taste, its very good, not saying its bad, but not as strong and dont smell as good at the ones in HK.... DUH lol .. I expect way too much for a lot of my food i guess :p

Last but not least..... I am making some tarts :D A sneak peak on the progress dont u want that eh ....... um...... sure sure! haha It doesnt look the best right now.... and I really reallly slap myself for not learning from last time ....but then.... lol ok I will stop saying that.... I will try my best to fix the look..but I know it taste really really really good!

so..what does that look like to u ? :p