Simple Lunch

On the weekends we usually go out to eat lunch, but on one particular day we ended up eating at home. After having shopped for groceries and found some fresh bread and tasty cheese, the following is what I put together. It is a great simple meal that can also be used as an appetizer; or served with soup or salad, it can be a nice and light dinner. When everything is so fresh the resulting meal is both healthy and satisfying.


Simple Lunch

Ingredients:

Fresh Acme Sour Batard: cut into slices and eaten plain or lightly broiled with butter
Sandwich Meats: in this case, misc. turkey cuts and ham
Tomato: Sliced, salted and peppered (the longer you let this sit, the more juicy the tomatoes get)
Cheese: sliced- in this case, Coastal Aged White Cheddar found at Whole Foods

Green Curry Pork Macaroni and Soup

On Tuesday evening I purchased some pork cutlets to cook for dinner during the week. Thursday came around, and I still hadn't cooked them. I don't like keeping raw meat in the refrigerator for more than a day usually, so while I didn't really feel like pork cutlets last nite, I had to think of something to make with them. I was feeling particularly lazy again, so I decided to make yet another version of my favorite macaroni and soup. I cut the cutlets into bite sized pieces and sauteed them with some mushrooms in a Thai green curry sauce. I like curry ramen, so I figured curry soup mac would be just as good. It turned out rather well. Had quite a kick and made for a nice light but comforting meal.


Green Curry Pork Mac & Soup with veggies

Ingredients:

Pork Cutlets cut into bite sized pieces
Marinade for Pork (soy sauce, sugar, white pepper, oil, cooking wine, corn starch)
Mushrooms cut into bite sized pieces
Green Curry paste 1 tbsp
Chicken Broth ( this time I used a mix of beef broth, chicken bouillon and water)
watercress 1 bunch, rinsed, chopped into quarters
half a heart of romaine lettuce, sliced
S&P
Macaroni

Start a Pot of water to boil for macaroni
Marinate pork pieces
Cook macaroni, drain, set aside
Use same pot after rinsing, to heat broth in
Meanwhile stir fry pork pieces in a little oil until all sides have changed color.
Take out and set aside
Saute mushrooms in pan, then add curry paste
add back Pork and stir together
Add a little water or broth to then simmer for about 2-3 minutes
Blanch vegetables in boiled broth 1-2 minutes, take out and set aside
Scoop some macaroni in a bowl, add some veggies, add a few scoops of the pork with it's juices and curry sauce, ladle broth on top and enjoy!
*You can also chop some green onions to garnish.

DaBomb Seaweed Snacks

This is a flavored seaweed my friend shared with me. She said you could only buy them in Southern California here at Van's Bakery. Tom Yum flavored seaweed!!? Can't believe it isn't more popular and I wish they had them in San Francisco. It reminds me of another snack I've tried from Thailand. Lay's Chips makes a seaweed dusted potato chip that is yummy. But back to the Tom Yum seaweed- They are slightly thicker than your average seaweed snack, and have a lighter texture. I think they are deep fried and then sprinkled with flavoring. It comes in other flavors too, I think there's Wasabi and a Seafood flavored one that I know of. Hmm... sounds like a trip to Southern California is in order...