June, 2022 ~ Summer Begins! Is it getting hot in the kitchen???

JanaAZ wrote:We stopped in the Asian market the other day and I bought a few things. But I decided to make a few things that didn’t really require inspiration….scallion pancakes and egg rolls. My friend brought over an Asian Napa salad and it almost rounded out our meal of appetizers. I made an egg roll dipping sauce that I sure wish I would have written up a recipe. It was good….but not ever recreatable.  For dessert, I kept it simple and made almond cookies. You can’t get decent Chinese food where I live so if you want it…you better figure out how to make it

I forgot to take photos but I did take photos of the unfried egg rolls

bethk wrote:

JanaAZ wrote:We stopped in the Asian market the other day and I bought a few things. But I decided to make a few things that didn’t really require inspiration….scallion pancakes and egg rolls. My friend brought over an Asian Napa salad and it almost rounded out our meal of appetizers. I made an egg roll dipping sauce that I sure wish I would have written up a recipe. It was good….but not ever recreatable.  For dessert, I kept it simple and made almond cookies. You can’t get decent Chinese food where I live so if you want it…you better figure out how to make it

I forgot to take photos but I did take photos of the unfried egg rolls

Do you fry or bake your egg rolls?  I've done both and definitely like the fried better.  

I also usually make the gyoza as well and make a soy sauce/ginger/water dipping sauce that is very nice (and easy).  I like the pork ones best.

Fortunately for 'Lazy Me', I've found an excellent restaurant not far away that I'm going to try again ~ they have dim  sum on weekends.  I'm hoping they have 'soup dumplings'.  Last time there I had their Walnut Shrimp and it was VERY good.  Just as I expected.

JanaAZ wrote:

bethk wrote:

JanaAZ wrote:We stopped in the Asian market the other day and I bought a few things. But I decided to make a few things that didn’t really require inspiration….scallion pancakes and egg rolls. My friend brought over an Asian Napa salad and it almost rounded out our meal of appetizers. I made an egg roll dipping sauce that I sure wish I would have written up a recipe. It was good….but not ever recreatable.  For dessert, I kept it simple and made almond cookies. You can’t get decent Chinese food where I live so if you want it…you better figure out how to make it

I forgot to take photos but I did take photos of the unfried egg rolls

Do you fry or bake your egg rolls?  I've done both and definitely like the fried better.  

I also usually make the gyoza as well and make a soy sauce/ginger/water dipping sauce that is very nice (and easy).  I like the pork ones best.

Fortunately for 'Lazy Me', I've found an excellent restaurant not far away that I'm going to try again ~ they have dim  sum on weekends.  I'm hoping they have 'soup dumplings'.  Last time there I had their Walnut Shrimp and it was VERY good.  Just as I expected.

I fry them. I make my own wrappers for soup dumplings and pork buns but since these are readily available I just buy the egg roll wrappers. I wish we had a good Chinese restaurant but I haven’t found a Chinese restaurant as good as Chicago had….even in Phoenix

I didn’t make these the other day, but these are my pork buns made totally from scratch

Imelda HL wrote:We went on short vacation on the 12nd and back on the 15nd,  a short escape from AZ heat, a road trip to San Diego, I always love that place, it's in 70'F the whole year round, we spent time exploring the beaches, it was nice.

On Father's Day, we had dinner in remembrance of my late FiL, I cooked a couple of his favorite Chinese food, Walnut shrimps and Chow mien

bethk wrote:My Pork Tenderloin came out really tasty.  I seared it in a little cast iron skillet and then finished it in the toaster oven for about 20 minutes ~ added an apricot preserve/Sweet Baby Ray's glaze.  The peach salsa I made was a nice compliment to the pork.  I'm glad I made it.

But it sure looks like a 'Yellow Supper' ~ since I spooned the corn over my smashed boiled potatoes.  I do like corn or peas on top of my potatoes and tonight was no different than when I was 12 years old!  The cucumber salad was a nice, cooling addition.

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:
Beth, I see you like a little meat and potatoes with your corn.
HA haha!
Our son has to have his corn on top his mashed potatoes. He will not eat corn alone.....Or peas.
Not me!  ..... I don't like anything touching my food together; but I will eat a dessert on my soiled plate.

bethk wrote:

UNCLE JIMMY wrote:
Beth, I see you like a little meat and potatoes with your corn.
HA haha!
Our son has to have his corn on top his mashed potatoes. He will not eat corn alone.....Or peas.
Not me!  ..... I don't like anything touching my food together; but I will eat a dessert on my soiled plate.

Jimmy, it's not corn on my meat......that's my peach salsa:  chopped peach, onion, banana pepper, green onion, rice vinegar, honey and s&p

HE won't eat any fruit salsa or sauces I make so they're all mine!