Sarciado

another fish recipe. Either fried salmon, talapia, cod .... as this website mentioned.

and for some reason I always put some ginger into it.

• onion
• garlic
• diced tomatoes
• ginger
• 1 egg

Pretty simple, sometimes you can put red peppers but of course that changes the taste quite a bit. Though I had this before and liked it alot, when I made this on the weekend, it seemed like the taste was lacking something. Hummm. I will have to try again and figure it out.

Whining about Wine

I went wine tasting before a few years ago. It was the tasting and tour in one of th bigger well known wineries. I was saddly disappointed. I mean, the grounds were beautiful! But the wine they had us taste was gross. BUT, then again, Im really not a big wine fan. It has to be light and sweet like juice, haha. I remember the white being too sour, the icewine too syrupy and too sweet, and the red tasting exactly how they said it was made - burning the inside of the barrel for that "burning of the inside of the barrel" taste.

This April I went again with some friends. And boy what a different experience! We went to the smaller intimate wineries that are still in the Niagara escarpment area but further away from the main areas. We went to about 5 - or was it 7? I cant remember. I thought the plan was really over kill when I heard how many we planned to go to. I also wondered how we would drive around to each one without being plastered from the tastings.
Regardless of my thoughts, it all worked out. We shared glasses so we didnt have to drink too much (no we didnt spit it out like you sometimes see them doing) and we all seemed to gravitate towards trying the whites - which were lighter. We didnt waste time with tours and we got to choose from a larger variety.
My plan was to really just buy this one white by Joseph's, since I tasted it at my friends place and really liked the sweetness of it.
I ended up buying 5.
5! - from someone who is not really that much into wine!
I got 3 reislings from 3 different places and 2 icewines that did not taste like syrup.

Now Im hesitant to even open them! Crazy huh? Some were not avail at the LCBO so once I drank it, I would have to go all the way back to get it.

Now..... On to my present favorite! Im excited just thinking about it haha.
30 Bench 2011 Riesling - which is a blend of a few types of wines.
Ah J'adore.
Since Im a worrry wart - and thinking -" what will I do when it runs out?, I have to go all the way back??" I finally called them and asked them if they still had alot and when they would expect to run out and did they sell it at the LCBO now (last I checked it was only 2010 - not so good).
Turns out they do, only at selected stores!
Im pretty excited now to open it up ! Now, if only I had an occassion to do so.....

Chicken noodle veggie soup.

A few weeks back I was sick. Sore throat then cough then stuffiness and sneazing. Im still not sure it is totally gone.
But, I did get a lot of practice with making my chicken soup!
I didnt want to get tired of making Sotanghun all the time, so I decided to make regular chicken soup - which actually has more ingredients.

• chicken breast (better than dark chicken - leg or thy - for the soup) - cut into small pieces.
• flour
• salt
• pepper
• chopped carrots
• chopped celery
• chopped onions
• chopped garlic
• minced or finely chopped ginger
• italian herb spices
• small pasta noodles (any kind)

- saute floured, salted chicken with olive oil,ginger, garlic, onions. Add the veggies. Continue to saute and add water so it doesnt burn. Add italian herb spices. Add desired amount of water and salt and pepper.
Add cooked pasta last. Ta - da!

Little chicken, big taste! (Chicken Little)

Sweet and Sour asian Salmon

(serves one - 2 persons)
1/2 cup water
1/4 or 1/3 cup vinegar
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2.5 tbsp sugar
2-4 tbsp flour to thicken (dont thicken it too much ugh)
tsp or so of soya sauce
ginger
carrots
red and green pepper
onion garlic
- pour on fried salmon after simmering
- serve with rice

not sure I believe in soul mates anymore... but this is nice

Home - Phillip Phillips

I havent really been keeping up with AI these days, or even for quite sometime. But always near the finale there is so much hype.
And guess who caught my eye. What a cutie!! No doubt he was to win. Love this song too. And love how he cried and went to his family without finishing up his song...

Easter Ham

Ok so I guess Im just catching up on things I have made - just trying to learn how to cook things now that Im back living on my own.

Waaaay back at Easter I made this. I still prefer Turkey over ham. I made a Turkey a couple times a while back - find it kinda stressful (over cooked = dry, under cooked = sick/killed relatives, dont open the oven door too often, Check the temp etc etc). Good thing my sister in law made her always fabulous turkey that day too. OH so much food.

This was a ham from a butchers shop - apparently tastier and better quality meat than those pre- made grocery store ones - though I must stay the spiral ones look easy and are tasty too.
The hams are already cooked so they say... its just the seasoning and prep that makes it more complicated. Funny how we still gotta cook for a couple hours even though it is already cooked.

This was a mix of two receipes (Picked things out of each):

Ham Braised with Maple Raisin Sauce

Epicurious Maple raisn ham

and


Martha Stewart's glazed ham