tabular_rasa | My Recipe Book (Reply)

So I've decided to start keeping a pictorial record of things I can cook. This isn't an exhaustive list; I'll have to go back into my picture archives to retrieve some of the images and foods, and I'll be adding more as I learn new recipes, but it's kind of fun to have a reference point!

SIMPLE PREPARATIONS

Grilled fish

(Sardines (iwashi))
Grill . . .

Baked spaghetti squash

Bake . . .

Sandwich

Sandwich? Lol.

CONDIMENTS AND SIDES

Guacamole
Quarter avocados and mash. Mix with diced tomato, diced onion, garlic, salt, and some lemon or lime juice.

Tzatziki
Season yogurt with garlic, salt, dill, and/or mint to taste. Add water and/or small quantities of vegetable oil to thin if necessary. Mix in diced or sliced (depending on preference-- diced makes a good sauce for gyros, etc; sliced makes a better stand-alone side salad) cucumbers. Chill.

Bok Choy Sauteed in White Wine

(also pictured: kimchi chigae)

SOUPS

Miso soup
Dissolve granulated dashi stock in boiling water. Reduce heat and add spoonfuls of miso paste (depending on how much you want to make, lol). Add desired ingredients, such as diced tofu, dried wakame (which reconstitutes in the soup), green onion, noodles, etc.

White soup
Improvised, inspired by Mom's potato soup

With eringi (king trumpet) mushrooms, peeled potato quarters, and onions sauteed in butter and white wine and then cooked in milk broth.

OVER RICE

Doejibulgogi (Korean stir-fried pork)
Maangchi

(also pictured: miso soup with wakame)
Cook pork and vegetables of choice (onion, green onion, pepper, etc) in sauce of garlic, ginger (optional-- I usually leave it out), soy sauce, sugar, chili sauce, chili flakes (optional-- I've always left them out, though I then add chili powder instead), and sesame seed oil. Add rice for substance and/or garnish with sesame seeds and perilla leaves as a wrap.

STEWS, HOTPOT, AND NABE

Sukiyaki
Cooking With Dog

Create sukiyaki sauce from soy sauce, sake, sugar, and mirin. Cook beef, desired vegetables (cabbage, mushrooms, etc), tofu, konyaku (konjac potato), mochi (rice cake) and/or noodles in sauce. I used shiitake and enoki mushrooms and omitted the konyaku, mochi, and noodles in this case.

Miso Nabe
Improvised

Cook desired meat and vegetables in miso soup base. In this case, I used pork, shimeji mushrooms, and cabbage.

Hearty Nabe
Improvised

Cook desired meat, vegetables, and starch in soup base. In this case I used a miso soup base, pork, grilled potatoes (cook them first), shimeji mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, bok choy (I recommend regular cabbage instead) and garnished with green onion.

Kimchi Chigae
Improvised, inspired from various sources

(also pictured: bok choy sauteed in white wine)
Cook pork (omit for vegetarian) in oil along with vegetables of choice (green peppers, cabbage, shredded carrot, etc), then stir-fry with kimchi, add water and diced tofu, and allow to simmer. Add rice for substance and/or green onion for garnish.

Onigiri
Improvised

(also pictured: carrot sticks)
Shape hot rice into triangles around a filling of choice (pickled plum, tuna/mayonnaise, etc) using saran wrap and a towel.

Taco Rice
Improvised