Pot Stickers and Noodle Soup

These vegetarian pot stickers are from Noodle City. The soup is a disastrous attempt to create a stock in thirty minutes. It was too spicy and utterly lacking in flavor despite the obscene amounts of shitake mushrooms and onions I added to it.

Look at how they expand after being cooked

Leek Soup

Delicious leek goodness. It looks greasy and brown because I used carrot stock and added too much oil when frying the onions. Also because I'm not the sort of posh person who only uses the pale part of the leek. There might be potato in here.

Omrice

Found a container of chopped onions and yellow bell peppers and decided to make something of it. We had half a jar of left over tomato sauce and a five pound bag of garlic so I created the horrifying Japanese concoction that is omrice. I was introduced to it by a student years ago and it has haunted my dreams ever since. It is made of rice fried in ketchup and then stuffed in an omelette which is decoratively topped with ketchup. Why the fixation on ketchup? Probably a horrifying consequence of American GIs being stationed in Japan post WWII.

Dumped the garlic in at the last moment so it was basically raw.

Not using the usual cast iron pot because someone's mother didn't clean up after frying certain salmon steaks last night.

The staged version/

What I actually ate.

Salmon Steak and Onion, Leek, Squash Stir Fry Topped with Walnuts

Look at that poor dead creature. I've saved the skull to attempt cold water maceration in a mason jar.

Leeks improve just about any stir fry and of course so do onions and summer squash. The walnuts are part of my mum's attempt to make me eat healthier. The salmon ended up over cooked which tends to happen when we try to cook thick slabs. And yes, that is white rice. Delicious white rice that will destroy my health.

Spinach, Asparagus,Red Pepper and Broccoli Fritatta

I made a quiche on the stove. Rather, I attempted to make a frittata on the stove but my mum suggested I add whole wheat flour to make it a complete meal and the result was the whole thing ended up burnt and disgusting which is why the only picture I have of this lovely fiasco is a wane and under cooked bubble monstrosity.

Joanna's and Rowan's Goodbye Dinner

We had tacos but I came home late and was too ravenous to take pictures. My mum baked a cake and Joanna brought some tasty Korean crackers which we had for dessert along with fruit and truffles.

Heart Attack Breakfast-Hash browns, Fried Egg, Sauteed Mushrooms, Avocado

I found a ginormous cheese grater at the thrift store for $1.50 and have been grating potatoes like a hobbit ever since. My knuckles are raw and my stomach is ever increasing. Today I only had one egg and then I didn't even eat the yolk because it was too raw. The mushrooms didn't have much flavor because I was too lazy to add much in the way of seasonings. I chopped up an onion into the four mini potatoes which produced a giant heaping of hash browns.