I Actually Used the Stove!

Man, I actually had a "real" dinner today. Rice with side plates of stuff! Had a few problems with it though.

1. Spinach, according to my sister, had a slight dirt taste to it. I could have sworn I washed them thoroughly too! Well, I guess it can't be help sometimes. Maybe I'll go for baby spinach more. Personally though, I couldn't really taste anything seriously different about it. Is it because the last few times I sauteed spinach I used baby spinach instead of flat-leafed? or is it because I failed to add enough salt...which happens a lot to me too 'cause I still have problems figuring out the right amount of salt =_=, but I'm getting better about that!.
2. I took a while to finish everything though so things were a bit cold (understatement) when we ate. The only thing that was hot was the rice, lol.

All-in-all though, she liked everything but the spinach, and the temperature, of the food. Oh well, I guess I'll have to pick up the pace next time. Guess I should really consider cooking more again ^^;


Well, I wanted to have a few things with my rice; actually, my sister was the one who kept asking, "what else?" x_X.

A few days ago I went to the super market with my mom and they had these spicy tofu veggie thing ( I think it counts as 素雞/vegetarian "meat", but it still tasted like tofu with a texture of firm, chewy tofu) on sale so we decided to get some. I guess this counts as my experiment for the day. The tofu was pretty much ready to eat, but that would be so boring! I mean, cold vacuum packed tofu, how appealing is that, right? Therefore, I decided to saute it with some sliced green onions. I also cooked some shrimp and eggs (蝦仁炒蛋). The nice thing is I didn't have to add more oil since the thing was packed in chili oil and it was already marinated so I figured I didn't need to add more salt, which was true, I didn't! Yey!~ Couldn't have gone wrong with this one! ^_^v

This meal had a few short cuts, like frozen unshelled and de-veined (thank goodness) for the egg dish and my ready to eat tofu stuff, I admit, but its definitely easier and more time efficient than having to buy fresh stuff everyday. I mean, can you imagine how much time and money (both for food and gas)? Craziness~~~

Do keep in mind, however, what you should and shouldn't have as a freezer substitute. Make smart choices! Like a don't is having a million pre-made frozen foods in the freezer!

I don't even want to include picture of that spinach catastrophe. It's just too terrible to think about =_=.