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Tortilla – Spanish Potato Omelet Jump to recipe Popular Spanish tapas, Tortilla de patatas. It’s just a potato omelet, but it’s a comfort food. When we traveled to Barcelona, we tried several famous tortillas. All are slightly different, but all are good. You can serve […]
Poor Man’s Steak Jump to recipe Recently, prices in Hawaii have risen considerably. Gasoline prices have doubled since a few months ago. At the supermarket, I put back the steak in the shelf shocked by the high price. The combination of unemployment and inflation is […]
Loaded Baked Potato Jump to recipe Baked potatoes are usually baked in the oven for about an hour, but this recipe uses the microwave and is much faster and comes out really well. Place one potato in the microwave oven and hit “potato” cooking button. […]
Ginger Pork and Rice Ginger pork is a popular dish in Japan. Thinly sliced pork cooked with ginger, soy sauce and mirin (sweet sake) becomes a very tasty dish . It goes well with rice, and many restaurants offer it as a lunch special because […]
Cheese Sauce Pin Print Cheese Sauce 0 from 0 votes Course: SauceCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy Servings 2 servingsPrep time 0 minutesCooking time 10 minutesTotal time 10 minutes Ingredients 1 TBS Butter 1 tsp flour 1 cup Milk Salt Pepper Directions Heat med size pot over med […]
Ajillo – Spanish Garlic Shrimp Jump to recipe One of the popular Spanish tapas. Beautiful plump shrimp and savory garlic oil sauce with doubles as an awesome dipping sauce for crusty baguette toast. It is easy to make: put all ingredients in a pot and […]
Stuffing for Chicken “Stuffing” is probably not familiar to most Japanese people. I only learned about it when I moved to the U.S. and experienced Thanksgiving Dinner. “Stuff” means to “put inside.” A large turkey is stuffed with stuffing (dressing) made of bread and a […]
Gravy for Chicken Pin Print Gravy for Chicken 0 from 0 votes Course: SauceCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy Servings 2 servingsPrep time 0 minutesCooking time 10 minutesTotal time 10 minutes Ingredients 1/4 cup meat juice (after cooking chicken) 1 tsp flour 1/2 cup Chicken stock and water […]
American Beef Stew Jump to recipe Comfort food. Great for a cold day or any day. This is tomatoey taste and goes well with mashed potato. Pin Print American Beef Stew 0 from 0 votes Course: MainCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Average Servings 2 servingsPrep time 15 minutesCooking […]
Chicken Milano The original recipe was with veal, but it’s hard to get in Hawaii. So I use chicken breast instead. In Hawaii it’s called Chicken Katsu and eat with sweet sauce. I prefer lemon on this dish. Pin Print Chicken Milano 5 from 1 […]
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