A special treat--Chinese breakfast

It's the last day of spring break today, I gave myself a special treat breakfast :D

• Hard boiled egg cooked in soy sauce marinade,
• Multi-layer pancake with pork and green onion,
• Home made multi-bean soy milk.

High fiber, high protein, high favor...




















This whole thing will cost less than 25 cents in China, but it took me hours to cook the whole set.

A very fusion dinner

Main dish: butterflied Cuban style pork chops
Sides: soba noodle, garlic stir-fried green beans














Both my husband and I are big fans of Bobby Flay.
We tried his butterflied Cuban style pork chops tonight.
I followed his recipe with two modifications:
1. replace Swiss cheese with Mozzarella (simply because we like mozzarella better);
2. replace ham with bacon, because we happen to have some bacon in the fridge.

The flavor of the pork chops is so rich with cumin, citrus taste, the cheese, and bacon.
I'll definitely make it again.

Chinese cuisine tip:
Cumin is widely used in many Chinese cuisines to season meat, especially in the northern part of China.
Cumin flavor grilled lamb is a most popular dish in XinJiang area, one of the biggest minority group in China.

Dinners from the past week

Pineapples are on sale!
Here are two dinners with a taste of fresh pineapple.

Main dish: Pineapple sweet & sour crispy chicken
Sides: stir-fried carrot with green onion, broccoli with mushroom













Main dish: sweet & sour rib tips
Sides: pineapple, bacon, and raisin fried rice; broccoli













Chinese cuisine tip:
Pineapples are planted in the southern part of China, for example, the province of Guangdong (Canton), Guangxi, Hainan, etc.
Therefore, they are used in many Cantonese dishes to give a refreshing sweet and sour taste.