Kitchen Aide

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Eggs & Bacon - Part 5 (Asian-style poutine)

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Eggs & Bacon - Part 4 (first love)

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Eggs & Bacon - Part 3 (cooking w/ Karen)

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Try this one, you will be delighted! 

Bonus: A Dan-Dan noodle recipe!

Ingredients

• Dried Chinese thick noodles or pasta (about 12 ounces or 1/3 kilo, however much you want)
• 3 tablespoons sesame paste or peanut butter (use what you've got!)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons Asian sesame oil
• 3 tablespoons black rice vinegar
• 3.5 teaspoons soy sauce (light or dark, doesn't matter)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 to 1.5 teaspoons Szechuan peppercorn (or more, if you want it totally spicy!  Cayenne pepper works too, in a pinch) 
• 1-2 cloves of garlic (diced, or crushed in a mortar & pestle) 
• 3 teaspoons hot chili oil
• (optional) 1 teaspoon granulated sugar 
• (optional) more spicy peppers, as you like! 

 Cook it!  

1) Boil and cook the dried noodles in water until the noodles are chewy.  Drain and rinse the noodles in a colander.

2) Add all the rest of the ingredients to a bowl and whisk it all together.  That's the sauce.  Taste it, and make it as spicy as you like.

3) Place the noodles in a bowl, and pour the sauce onto the noodles.  Eat it and savor the flavors!  Top it with sliced cucumbers, peanuts, chopped green onions, or sesame seeds, if you want to.  It's your own delicious bowl. :)

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Eggs & Bacon - Part 2 (and miso soup!)

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Mmm, for hungry girls & guys! :)

Bonus: An easy miso soup recipe! 

Miso soup is easy and can be made in just 10 minutes!  It's healthy and delicious.  All you really need are 3 things: some miso paste (made from fermented soybeans), dashi stock (bonito flake soup stock), & green onions, all available from any Asian supermarket.  Seaweed & chopped tofu help make a great soup but can be left out, if you're in a rush.  And if you can't find dashi stock, it's okay, miso paste alone is tasty. 

Please try it!

Ingredients:

8 cups water
1/4 cup miso paste 

1 1/2 teaspoons instant dashi granules
2 tablespoons chopped green onions 
(optional) 1/2 cup cubed tofu

(optional) 1 tablespoon dried wakame seaweed, soaked in water beforehand

To cook it:

1. Pour water into a pot and bring to a boil on high.  Add the instant dashi stock and miso paste.  Turn the heat to medium-low and let simmer and stir.    (Red miso paste is fermented longer and has a stronger flavor, but white miso is light and sweet and thus perfectly okay too!) 

2. (Optional) Add the chopped tofu and the drained seaweed to the pot and stir.

3. Turn off the stove and stir well.  Top the soup with chopped green onions and spoon the soup into a bowl.  Yum!  Enjoy! ^^ 

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Eggs & Bacon

Eat up, Dad---er, I mean Mom!

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