Giant Oyster Mushrooms as Faux Scallops

This is a giant oyster mushroom

Cut into Scallop Sized pieces

Heat Sesame Oil

Brown on Both Sides

Add small amount of water to cover the bottom of the pan and steam until they are cooked

Finish with Oyster Sauce

Plate and enjoy

Paneer, and Indian Cheese

I made Paneer today. It is very easy. 

-Bring milk to a boil

-add yogurt until milk solids separate

-strain through cheesecloth

-Rinse

-Squeeze water out

-Place a heavy pot on top and wait 20 min 

Nori Tamagoyaki

Tomagoyaki is a Japanese fried and rolled egg sushi dish. Mine included napa cabbage and toasted nori. Fillings can vary. I suggest cooking internal vegetation before adding it to the Tamagoyaki. The easiest way is to pop it in the microwave for a minute.

Instructions:

- Add some vegetable or sesame oil to a frying pan, and let it heat up

- Whisk 3 eggs, 1 tbsp of good quality japanese soy sauce, and 1 tbsp sugar together

-Add eggs to pan when pan is hot

-While eggs are still liquatious, add vegetables to the edge of one side of the pan, add 1 sheet of nori on top

- Cook Eggs until mostly cooked, (lift edge of eggs and rotate pan to get large sections of egg to cook faster)

-Use a spatula to roll the eggs, starting at the side you placed your vegetables

-Remove from pan, and let sit for a minute or so (any uncooked egg should be cooked by the point)

- Cut into slices like sushi

-Enjoy

Homemade Pasta and Raviolli

homemade pasta is suprisingly easy to make (although a bit messy). 

3/4 c flour to 1 egg

I made 3 batches with whole wheat flour and found I needed an extra egg.

Raviolli were filled with crabmeat, parm, feta, and provalone

Thai Drinks

I stopped by a local asian market and looked around. I ended up purchasing Thai tea and O-Liean (a coffee based drink). I brewed both in my espresso machine and the result was great. The thai tea tasted esactly like it should. The O-liean is good. it has a familiar coffee flavor, but soybeans and rice are also added. It makes a nice thick brew.