Hi! We're Still Alive!

Oh my poor neglected cooking blog. Hi, people! I do cook, but not anything new lately. I'll try to back in cooking cooking groove soon. Just saying hi for now.

Jazzing up Bananas

Ants had attacked this week's bunch of bananas which is why Husband washed them. Which is why they became more prone to mold. I decided to get all the good ones (before they went to waste too) and fried them in butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Yum.

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. :)