【竹笋红烧肉】Bamboo Shoots Braised Pork Belly

 

春天来了，雨后朋友的后院长出好多的春笋，她把春笋收获之后还细心地把笋子都处理好了再送给我。

这么有心的礼物，不做一顿红烧肉都对不起这份心意啊！

Spring is here again. A friend harvested a lot of bamboo shoots from her back yard. She carefully prepared the bamboo shoots before giving them to me.

It would be a shame not to make a good dish out of such a thoughtful gift!

【香肠炒马铃薯丁】Sausage and Potato Stir-fry

 

家里有小孩的都知道，偶尔还是需要做一次孩子喜欢的孩子菜，这道香肠炒马铃薯丁就是我们家的其中一道孩子菜，材料用的都是家里常备的，既快手又方便。

Having kids at home means it is inevitably that you have to cook children’s favorite dishes sometimes. 

This dish of sausage and diced potatoes is one of my son's favorite dishes at our home. The ingredients used are easily available at home, a quick and convenient dish when I am short on time.

【黄瓜凤梨泡菜】Acar Timun Nenas

 

前几天去附近的农夫市场买菜的时候看见凤梨正在打折，刚好我这两天打算做牛肉仁当咖喱吃吃，买个凤梨回来做这个清爽的黄瓜凤梨泡菜，吃着解腻又营养。

Pineapple was on sales a few days ago, when I went to the nearby farmer’s market for groceries. 

I happened to be planning to make beef rendang curry in the next two days, so I bought a pineapple and made this refreshing Acar, which is both refreshing and nutritious.

【潮州蚝面】Teochew Oyster Noodle

这道面食是回乡每次去潮州餐厅必点的一道面，潮州人喜海鲜入菜，尤其是营养美味的生蚝，潮州蚝煎/蚝烙也是一道非常有名的小吃。

This noodle dish is something I must order every time I go to a Teochew restaurant. The Teochew clan use a lot of seafood in their dishes, especially nutritious and delicious oysters. 

Teochew oyster omelette/Or Chien is also a very famous snack.

【客家算盘子】Hakka Abacus Seeds

算盘子，是东南亚和广东省大埔县颇负盛名的传统客家小吃。它是用蒸熟的芋头与淀粉搓成一一颗颗中间凹陷的丸子，看起来就像是古时候使用的算盘上的算盘子，因此得名，也因为中间凹陷有聚宝的寓意，很适合在节庆时做来吃。

算盘子口感滑爽再带点Q弹，加上肉末、香菇、虾米之类和自己喜欢的蔬菜简单调味炒熟，就非常美味。

Hakka Abacus Seeds is a famous traditional Hakka dish common in Southeast Asia and Dapu County, Guangdong Province in China. 

It is made using steamed taro and cassava starch, rolled into balls then pressed with a dent in the center. The impression makes the balls look like the abacus seeds on the abacus (a type of calculator) used in ancient China, hence the name. 

Hakka Abacus Seeds have smooth and slight chewy texture, very delicious when it is lightly seasoned and stir fried with minced meat, mushrooms, dried shrimps and vegetables of your choice.

【酸甜鸡块】Sweet and sour Chicken

孩子回马来西亚经常吃不惯餐厅里的炒菜，尤其是带着骨头和皮的肉类料理，他压根就不敢尝试。据说这是外国出生的孩子的通病。

每次和家人出去餐厅吃饭的时候只有古老肉是唯一一个能入他法眼的菜。回美后他偶尔还会让我给他做，我也经常为了方便，用鸡腿肉做这款酸甜鸡块，也非常美味好吃呢！

Whenever my son visited Malaysia, he struggles to enjoy most of the dishes in restaurants, especially dishes with bones and skin cooked in it. 

 

The only dish that he could enjoyed was the good old sweet and sour pork/Gu lou Yuk. He liked it so much that even after returning to the United States, he still asks for it at times.

I have made the dish using chicken thighs many times, and personally think it is juicier and equally delicious!

豆沙多多的【豆沙馒头卷】Adzuki Bean Steamed Roll

 

我经常在家做红豆包，是个很方便的早点和点心，自己做的也可以按喜好调整豆沙甜度，没有买来的齁甜。

前两天特别想吃豆沙多多的豆沙馒头卷，刚好冰箱里有炒好的豆沙，就做了一批，真的特别好吃。

I make this Adzuki bean steamed buns a lot for breakfast, I liked that it is healthy and I could make it less sweet comparing to the shop bought version.

【蒜香香草白脱】Garlic Herb compound butter

 

最近几个星期因为禽流感的关系，美国这里到处都买不到鸡蛋。Costco去了三次都空手而返。后来有个朋友跟我说，如果不是周末的时候一大早开门时去Costco就大概率买得到。前两天就一大早把孩子他爸叫醒等着超市开门就去买，还顺便让他带些蒜头回来。

结果就是鸡蛋果然买到了，但孩子他爹大概以为蒜也缺货，他居然给我搬回两大包一共四磅的蒜头回来。😓😓😓

Costco 食品退货大概率会被丢弃，为了不浪费食物，我硬是两天离剥了三磅的蒜瓣，磨成蒜蓉后冷冻大半，剩下的做了两个这款蒜蓉香草白脱，下午就做了几块蒜蓉面包，爱吃蒜蓉面包的爷儿俩边吃还边自夸有先见之明，买了很多蒜呢？！

USA has been suffering egg scarcity for weeks, we went to Costco three times in past weeks only to come back empty-handed. A friend told me that I should try Costco early in the morning when it opens the door for eggs. 

I told N to go early to check at Costco two days ago, and bring me some garlic too. He came back not only with the long awaited eggs, he also brought with him 2 bags/4 lbs of California grown garlic!!! 😓😓😓

Costco food returns are likely to be discarded, I will hate wasting foods,so I spent two days peeling three pounds worth of garlic, minced and stored most of them in the freezer.

And turn the rest into two logs of this Garlic herb compound butter.