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Pulled a package of siu yook (crispy skin pork that was no longer crispy) and made stir-fried rice cakes (Nian Goh) with Shitaki mushrooms and Nappa cabbage. Good chewiness!

It was s-i-l's bday yesterday, so we went out for supper: Joey's Fish'n'Chips. The cod was good, but I chose the Cajun Combo: red snapper and shrimp. It was pretty spicy, and I found the red snapper a tad too fishy for my taste. Calamari was good. Picked up 2 pkgs of lean ground bison at reduced price. It was finer grind than I would have liked. Had half an apple left from feeding the squirrel, so I grated it into the meat with some fresh thyme and basic seasoning. A tbsp peanut butter added the fat. Grill on stove top cast iron pan. Eaten with Green Peppercorn gravy, jasmine rice, sauteed peas and beans, and 2 gifts from a friend: Peach an d Jalapeno relish and pickled beets.

Had our month's quota for salt in our supper last night. What is meant to be a thrifty food item is quite expensive (according to my Mom) for my family. This was just for hubby and myself last night - 3 pieces of wind dried salted / fermented croaker with ginger and lean ground pork. When the kids are here, we can consume the whole fish as everyone wanted their own piece! Ham Yu steamed with ground pork and ginger. Eaten with copious amounts of rice and bok choy.

These were just store bought wonton wrappers. I was looking for the thinner variety but none to be had. The ingredients list did not include lye. I used these with my granddaughters yesterday to make a treat: stuffed with banana, chocolate chips and deep fried.

Made these for a friend, and we had some for lunch as well: Pork and shrimp siu mai

That is a gorgeous sear! How!?

Spent Sat morning catching up on pages of eGullet. What better way to start the day?! A few meals behind in posting: Beef & Mixed Vegetable Roasted a chicken stuffed with Kaffir lime leaves and lemongrass Steamed Pork Ribs with fermented Chinese Olives Beef Liver and onions with mixed grains and brown rice Shrimp Vadouvan and mashed cauliflower

I LOVE everything about your "Little One" And the dim sum spread too!

Found a small bag of counrty-style pork ribs from last spring. Cooked them up with Meen See (brown bean sauce)in the IP. Most of the pieces were lovely. A few had no fat - tender but dry. The sauce is so good on the rice! Eaten with bok choy and jasmine rice. Another Alberta Clipper = more snow last night and all day today. Had thawed a chicken and had a hard time deciding how to cook it. Finally back to aquafit at the Y, so I was really tired. That made my decision on the chicken easier: soy sauce chicken simmering while I had a nap. Love the fragrance and flavour of the star anise. cloves, cinnamon bark

Valentine's Day supper. Didn't know whether I'd be able to manage it after my first time back to aquafit following an absence of 3 months! Strip loin steak, Panko-crusted scallops, baked tater and sauteed veg. Durian pancakes for dessert! And my reward!

Chicken legs with Italian herbs and panko crumbs, sprayed with Pam, baked in the oven with a sweet tater. Shanghai bak choy always welcomed!

Thanks, @kayb and @Annie_H for your input on grits. Info noted and will put into practice! 😋

Two meals without rice or potato! What's with THAT?! LOL! Stove-top grilled lamb chops, Moroccan Couscous (without the pine nuts as I didn't have any!), and lovely green beans.

Shrimp & Cheesy grits kinda night. This is a Weight Watchers recipe. I didn't have low fat cheddar, so just used a smaller amount of grated spicy cheddar. Might be of interest to @MaryIsobel. Googled recipe.

The most important critic! ❤️

Put a 2 lb sirloin tip roast in sous vide 131F for 7 hours while I worked on a couple food projects: Char siu baos: Nor Mai Fan in Lotus Leaf (Sticky Rice) Supper: Roast Beef, Yorkie, leftover Basmati rice from a take out, and steamed carrots

2 nights ago, it was -35C. Today 0C and big chunks of snow was melting and falling off the roof! Breaded pork chops, mushroom gravy, mixed veg and rice.

Had to do some googling "Benedictine spread on hoecakes" 😋 Supper tonight: Pan-fried baby pickerel fillets with brown butter lemon sauce, roasted sweet taters and grilled zucchini. Fillets dusted with Old Bay seasoning and flour.

Our go to ham: skin-on, bone-in smoked pork picnic. Always have scalloped taters and peas.

Love these one pot meals (other than the rice pot) Chicken & Tofu in Sandpot. I used the fresh Shitaki mushrooms and Romano green beans I had picked up in Winnipeg last week.

@Kim Shook: I'll take your raw onions! But hope they've been soaking in ice water for a bit 😋 Made Chicken Wellington for supper. Next time, I'll even out the thickness of the breast for easier wrapping an d more even cooking. Interesting with the Duxelle on top of cream cheese Dijon mustard mixture.

Steamed Lion's Head Meatballs made with 3/4 ground beef, 1/4 pork. Much like the bouncy meatballs served at dim sum restaurants. Wrapped in Napa cabbage, and served with a mixture of soy sauce, oyster sauce, and sesame oil. I had a Chinese sausage in the fridge, so sliced that up and added the slices for extra flavour.

Lazy days but I managed to do up a couple of dishes for CNY: Sun Neen Fie Lok to you all! It's the Year of the Tiger but the new year came in like a lion : blizzards, wind, and temperatures in the -35 range, with windchill of -50C tonight! Tang Yuen New Years Eve: Some families have sweet version . We prefer the savoury. My sister sent out dried shrimp meat, larger then the usual "Ha Mi. Lovely flavour and chew. I had picked up a packet of 2 frozen abalone on the shell. Not worth the 16.00 I paid! Braised and shrunk! The canned ones was $75.00! The fresh shitaki mushrooms were a nice change from the dried ones. I bought over $200. worth of groceries, so I got a free box of cooked shrimp. They were pretty good in a salad. I deep fried the rest quickly and had them with peashoots.

More quick trips to the city for hubby's medical apptns. Was hoping to try some different meals via DoorDash to the hotel, but noooo...Chinese please - comfort food. The first night was pretty good. It satisfied my craving for lots of vegetables. Singapore Noodles could have been spicier, but asked for regular in deference to hubby's medical procedure next morning. He really enjoyed the huge bean paste stuffed sesame seed balls! Picked up BBQ duck again , so rice bowl with duck and pea shoots was easy supper My s-i-l brought over waterchestnut "cake" (goh). It's like a firm jelly made with waterchester starch and diced waterchestnut. Supposed to fry slices lightly before eating, but we preferred it just cold and as is.