Winter Arrival

Time flies and it's already December now...  The winter in Vancouver is Freezing this year! The Good news is the local mountain is ready for snowboarding since mid November, but the Bad news is the cold winter makes people weak and most people around me are suffering from sicknesses.  Since its freezing winter this year, I invited my friends and my brother to my Hot Pot dinner.

First Hot Pot I made was miso based soften beef shank hot pot

Second Hot Pot was the Shio Chanko Hot Pot

(Chicken stock and pinch of salt)

I'm gonna invite more friends to have Hot Pot party because Hot Pot will warm you up both physically and Psychologically =)

Healthy and Cheap Recipe

I often create my original recipe which is Healthy, Cheap, and still taste good. Here is one of my Okonomiyaki style Tofu Recipe that I made from the ingredients I had in my fridge last week. 

Okonomiyaki style tofu

お好み焼き風ふわっとろ豆腐

I'll post the Recipe in Japanese this time because it is pretty hard for me to explain all the ingredients in English.

材料：（４人前）

豆腐１丁　４００g

パン粉　１カップ

小ネギ　３本

片栗粉　大さじ１

粉末だし　ひとつまみ

塩　小さじ１／２

作り方

１：電子レンジにかけて、しっかり水切りした豆腐をほぐす

２：パン粉をいれ、よく練る

３：片栗粉、塩、粉末だし、小ネギをいれてもう一度混ぜる

３：フライパンに油をひき、ふたをして両面焦げ目ができるまで焼く

４：お好み焼きと同じようにソースとマヨネーズをかけて、トッピングをして

出来上がり =)

Hope you enjoy my recipe =)

Thrift Recipe

I like to cook something special and fancy, but also using cheap ingredients to create cheap and good food is one of the good way to enjoy my daily cooking.  

Somen chanpuru

 残り物野菜のそうめんチャンプルー

安くて、お腹にたまる！

葱油餅(ツォンヨウピン)

台湾の家庭料理

小麦粉とネギがあれば、安く作れる最高のおやつ！

Natto Cold Noodle

ふわっふわっ冷製うどん

安くて、健康な一品！

Enjoying cooking or eating doesn't only means buying expensive ingredients to cook some fancy food, but it also means that making tasty food from cheap ingredients. It takes a bit effort to create a thrift recipe, but will give you confidence of your cooking after =)