Washism

Oyako don (chicken and egg simmered with japanese leeks topped on rice)chilli beans salad with tacos drizzled with garlic infused tabasco sauce

the chilli beans was a simple version i made last month and froze it.

Ingredients

200g of combined boiled garbanzo and kidney beans

200g ground beef

half a large onion chopped roughly

1 clove of garlic minced

1 can of whole tomatoes

1 tablesppon each of curry powder, chilli powder, cayenne pepper (optional)

a few sprigs of chopped fresh parsley

salt and black pepper

After frying the onions and garlic in olive oil, add the beef, beans, spices, canned tomatoes and parsely.

Add 1 cup of water and simmer on low heat for 15 min.

Voila~

Since J didnt have to be at the office today, we had the whoooooooooooole day to ourselves relaxing at home...

i started my day with baking cranberry walnut muffins with a warm cream cheese centre, and we had them for breakfast...

then after my usual supermarket shopping, i made salmon and winter spinach udon carbonara, with a chilled japanese seaweed salad by the side...

then continued nibbling on more cookies and nuts we brought back.

These pink coconut candies being my favourite when i need a sugar dose... Nope i didnt make them, but a very dear aunt of mine makes these every new year season and we just cant get enough of them.

the ingredients are very basic... coconut grating, condensed milk, sugar and rose colouring. i tried making them, but they just dont stick correctly... i think for as long as aunt jenny makes them, i am just too lazy to try perfecting them on my own.