I "Confect" That I Copied This Idea

I saw this on TV while my sister and I were hanging out. I think it was one of those filler commercial thingies for Sam Oh's True Confections. It caught my eye because I thought it would be something my daughter would be willing to eat (uh, false). I tried googling for a similar recipe since I couldn't recall the steps, simple enough as they were, and found the exact recipe here. I have to perfect the toasting part, but it could be a good snack for less picky children, lol.

Faux Tocino

This is just something dumb. I learned it from my friend when I first had my own place and didn't know beans about cooking (not that I know a lot now, but there has definitely been some progress). Whenever I got a craving for tocino and there wasn't one handy (primarily because I never buy any, to the present) I just cut up some turkey spam, coated the pieces in brown sugar and fried them. Now, I'm not saying they it tastes exactly like tocino, but whatever taste it is I'm craving in tocino (durr, the sugar?) is pretty much met.

Cream Dory with Citrus Butter Sauce

Hail to the never ending cream dory recipes!

I love me so cream dory, lol. Anyway, this is simple, but my husband sincerely said it's good. I rolled the fillets in Crispy Fry breading and fried them. That's straightforward enough, lol. The sauce is:

6T mayo
4T butter
4 T milk
juice of 3 calamondins (calamansi)
salt
ground black pepper
thyme

Melt butter in a pan. Add the other ingredients. Simmer while stirring. Btw, sauce in picture doesn't reflect actual amount made. Lots more in the pan that we just added to our own servings.

Tuna, Mushroom, Mixed Veggies Rice Topping

This is a modified tuna casserole recipe. Instead of mixing it with noodles, I used it as topping on rice.

1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can tuna, drained
half an onion
1 C mixed vegetables, prepared
ground black pepper
5 slices of cheese

Over medium heat, mix everything in a pan, stirring constantly until the cheese melts.

Just an Update

If you've been following Spinning Lovely Days, then you know that I got sick and found it hard to regain momentum. Anyway, this is something I had a week ago. It's cream dory. I seasoned it with salt, pepper, and thyme, then fried it in butter melted in oil. I ate it with kimchi that my SIL made. That's all the update I got. Haven't been experimenting in the kitchen at all. Will try to do better this week. :)

Chicken Burger

This was my dinner two nights ago. Yesterday, I was too sick to blog. Anyway, we have some homemade chicken burger patties courtesy of Husband (ground chicken, salt, pepper, onion, garlic, thyme and rosemary), so I cooked one for myself and two for him (Marguerite still does not have much of an appetite), poured some gravy (okay, it was from a mix) and added some mixed veggies cooked in herbed butter.

Tuna Flakes Adobo

I was feeling lazy. I dumped a can of tuna in the pan (oil and all), sautéed it a bit, added soy sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, a crushed clove of garlic, some ground pepper and let it simmer. At the last minute, I decided to add some chopped onions. Voilà my tuna flakes adobo.

Pasta with Fish

I had cream dory, mixed vegetables, almonds, and pasta, hence this pasta with fish concoction. My dish was inspired by this recipe. I naturally made some changes and subsitutions. I fried and sautéed in butter, for instance. The almonds were cut up instead of ground. I used oregano and basil for the herbs. I also used spaghetti noodles, as you can see. It was good. Or we were hungry. Anyway, it's all gone.