Cheap and Good

I got cold and had high fever last week... and I had simple soup for most of the supper, and I couldn't take a picture of it. So I'm going to post a recipe of the simple tomato chicken that I made before I get cold. This is one of my favorite cheap and good recipe. I found this recipe accidentally. Those ingredients I used were actually the leftover ingredients from Chicken tomato pasta. Thus, it is a Costless and Eco-friendly recipe. Tomato can is a bit too big to use all for some one who lives by them selves and I often have left over tomato can, so I recommend this recipe for people who have left over tomato can.    

Tomato Chicken

Ingredients: Chicken thigh (better with skin/ bone less)

                    Diced Onion 

                    Left over Tomato can 

                    (diced, chopped, crushed, any type is fine)

                    Rosemary

                    Salt and pepper

                    Olive Oil

                    Garlic or Smoked paprika power 

                    (if you have in stock)

Step 1: Saute the diced onion with olive oil on a frying pan. Add tomato can, salt and pepper, and a bit of garlic or smoked paprika powder if you have. 

Step 2: On the other pan, add a bit of olive oil and rosemary. Remove the rosemary when the pan is heated and ready to saute the chicken. Cook the chicken with salt and pepper at the same time as making tomato sauce. 

Step 3: Stop the heat of both of the chicken and tomato sauce pan, and ready to serve. 

I love costless fancy food, so I'm gonna keep posting many of my leftover ingredients recipes.

Eat great food, and save your money! Enjoy my recipe =)

Gomae 胡麻和え

Gomae is one of the famous Japanese appetizer in North America. It is also popular in Japan, and gomae is always on the side of main dish. There are many types of Gomae recipe exist in each island, region, and family. Some people add miso to the Gomae, and some other add cream to it. Here is one of my original recipe. 

Gomae 胡麻和え

Ingredients: Soy sauce  1 tea spoon　醤油　小さじ1

         材料  Mirin          1 tea spoon　みりん　小さじ1

                   Honey      1 tea spoon　蜂蜜　小さじ1

                   Mayo         1 tea spoon     マヨ　小さじ1

                   Salt             a pinch　　　塩　ひとつまみ

                   Peanut butter       2 tea spoon　

                  ピーナッツバター　小さじ2

                   White sesame      1 tea spoon　白ごま　　小さじ1

                   Any kind of boiled Veggies　　好みの茹でた野菜

☆I use peanut butter instead of sesame paste because sesame paste is costly and hard to find it in Vancouver. バンクーバーでは練り胡麻の値段が高く、手に入りにくいためピーナツバターを代わりに使っています。

Step 1: Mix all the ingredients except boiled veggies.　野菜以外の材料を混ぜます

Step 2: Mix Veggies and sauce together and ready to serve!!　茹でた野菜を混ぜてできあがり

This is a traditional Japanese breakfast with Spinach Gomae on the side.

This is the Celery Gomae. I added a bit of parmesan cheese in this gomae. This cheese gomae sauce is actually perfect to make watercross gomae as well! これは、セロリの胡麻和えです。ゴマだれに少し粉チーズを混ぜてみました。このたれは、クレソンの胡麻和えにもすごく合った！

Enjoy my Gomae recipe and make your own Gomae =)