Salmon Over Stir-Fry Glass Noodles

This dish was prepared from scratch. I litterally had to dig through the freezer and refrigerator to see what I can make that was fast. Found that I was down to my one last salmon filet, a few shrimps, left over bean sprouts

and one roll of chinese glass noodles. Thought I would do some kind of a stir-fry with what I got for a quick 15min dinner. The salmon was simply seasoned with some garlic salt, sugar, and ground black peppers. It then went into a frying pan.

For the stir-fry portion, I first threw in the green onions, minced garlic, bean sprouts, and peel shrimp along with sugar, salt and pepper to taste with some fish sauce. Once they were all added to the wok, I then add in the thin glass noodles after it got done boiling for about 3 mins. Tossed the stir-fry around and let things come together for about 5mins. Afterall this was pretty good, it wasn't anything special that took a lot of preparation like my other recipes. Bon apatite!

Rajun Cajun Rings with Shrimp & Crab Cake Burger

My first time making onion rings and crab cakes. Was watching a show on the FoodNetwork one day and came accross a recipe that I thought was pretty easy to make. So I made a trip to the grocery stores and picked up all the ingredients and spices. Although spending nearly $40 just to make on meal is awfully expensive. I could just go to Red Robin and ordered me a plate of onion rings and a mouth watering buger for half the cost. Atleast that is what I thought until I realized that most of the money was spent on spices and that will last me for months. Any, I ran into some problems in the beginning but got worse in the middle. Apparently I did not pay attention or I wasn't watching when they added the egg to the crab cake batter to hold it together. So I was having a problem with the crab cake batter having a tight bond and it kept falling apart. On the other than, the onion rings were just a breeze and was very easy to make. When making the batter and flour, it got really messy. I wanted to give up but I had to follow through. In the end I was successful and it tasted great. Sitting down at my dinner table felt like I was at Red Robin having dinner. I made just enough crab cakes to have another burger for lunch the next day. I'm not a big fan of making American food because too many ingredients that I'm not used to working with and sometimes can get complicated. However, it's always nice to step away from my break and butter which are chinese and vietnamese food.

Crab Cake Ingredients - shrimp (my own addition), immitation crabs, paprika, chilli powder, worchester sauce, green onions (white part only), butter, EVOO, mayo, eggs, dry mustard powder, Panko bread crumbs, tabasco hot sauce, salt, sugar and pepper to taste.

Onion Rings Ingredients- red sweet onions, eggs, flour, Pank bread crumbs, dried chilli powder, milk, butter, garlic salt, paprika, Veggie oil for frying.

Sweet & Sour Honey Walnut Shrimp W/ Five Seasons Fried Rice

Another great favorite of mine that I've always wanted to have when sitting down at a chinese restaurant. The honey walnut shrimp is usually an appetizer people order before diving into their entrees. Without a doubt, a plate of honey walnut shirmp isn't easy on your wallet. It ranges from $11.00 - $15.00 for a good size plate. You can make your own honey walnut shrimp for a fraction of the cost. You just need to have the right ingredients. I was missing the honey and mayo so of course I went and bought it at my local Vons store.

I made a pretty big portion of the honey walnut shrimp, I took the original recipe and add my spin to it by adding in some spices that you wouldn't think go with this dish. The bottom line is that it turned out great and with the lemon juice I added gave it that lemon kick in the beginning but sweeten up after. The walnut that has been stir fry with butter and sugar gave it that crunchy sweetness taste to the nut which gives it a bit of a flavor. To pair it with rice, I didn't want to have my honey walnut shrimp with just plain white rice but i used my 5 spices to create a fried rice that goes really well with the shrimp. It was really easy, quick and very tasteful. If you wanted a piece of shrimp heaven, I recommend you trying out the honey walnut shrimp.

Sweet & Sour Honey Walnut Shrimp Ingredients
Batter: sugar, eggs, salt, pepper, five spice powder, red chilli powder, paprika, water
Sauce: Mayo, sweetened condense milk, honey, lemon juice
Walnut : Walnut of course, butter, sugar

5 Seasons Fried Rice Ingredients: Rice, green onions, minced garlic, salt, pepper, sugar, red chilli powder, paprika, red sweet onions, fish sauce.