New Place

We are moving to a new place next month because we found a nicer, bigger, newer and cheaper place. Only one concern was train noise because we have train track running next to the building. So before we move in, we brought sleeping bags to spend a night there. We heard some train noise but it was not too bad and we kind of like the sound of train. :) Now we have 100% happy to move in this new place. We also brought books and scrable game and had a fun like camp night. Downtown is only 1 to 2 mitnues away by foot. And they even have a farmer's market every Saturday morning!!

No-cook pasta

Steven has told me he used to cook pasta from the cook book called "No-cook Pasta". No-cook? Do I need to nibble uncooked past? That would be too crispy, honey...But it was not that. All the recipes in this book is cooked on the metallic bowl placed ON the pasta pot during past is boiling. You use the steam/heat from the hot water to cook the sauce for the past and less cleaning pans!! And most of the recipe sounds light, healthy and tasty...there ARE some heavy cream sauce dishes but no greasy pasta. He found the book and cooked shell pasta with tuna, lemon, capers and ltalian parsley sauce. Yum!

Spring

My husband, Steven asked me "So, is your blog all about food?" Ok, ok..here is a non-food entry.

We found some tiny flowers on the peach branch I arranged for New Year. It is VERY cute and elegant...The brunch was just a simple stick with buds when I bought it but now it changed its looks completely. New life! New Season! New Year! Here California doesn't get so cold comparing to East Coast or Japan but we still long for Spring to come. Because we can get peaches and tomatoes....Ooops, I wrote about food again.

After Osechi

Since we had Osechi for 1 and a half day, Steven cooked meat. We don't eat meat everyday but did eat meat two days in a row.




Day 1 : Grilled rack of lamb with mustard sauce and garlic flavored mashed potato






Day 2: Fillet mignon steak with sauteed onions, steamed broccoli with sun dried tomatoes, and mahshed potato.




Both of them are very tasty and hearty dishes. Thank you, my love :)

Happy New Year !

Happy New Year !! Osechi is finally ready and we had a nice quiet New Year's Eve and New Year just two of us :) (Yes, the party got canceled and it was rainy and windy very hard.) Each of the ingredients used in Osehi and Ozoni (New Year Soup) has some meaning. For example, bamboo shoot is symbolic of growing fast or lotus has some holes so you can see through what you are doing, etc....People eat all those food thinking what they mean....OR they just eat because they are VERY tasty. All the food are cooked and arranged very carefully (or buy from stores carefully) wishing their family and friends happiness in the new year.