Me and my assistant went to the grocery store yesterday, the first day after the storm for it to be open and it was chaotic. Not as bad as the day before the storm but it was still pretty bad. Trying to cram pass people in the isles. Finding the right ingredients and finding anything organic was hard even. I suppose it has been rough for the store itself to receive groceries. Anyway, we got what we came for.

• 1 lbs ground beef
• ½ yellow onion
• 1 yellow bell pepper
• 14 oz can of crushed tomatoes
• 4 oz can of mushrooms
• 1 jalapeño
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 tbs ketchup
• 1 tbs dried oregano
• salt & pepper to taste

We got home and immediately started cooking. She helped me mince the onion, chop up the bell peppers and crush the garlic cloves.

I heated up a large frying pan with some olive oil and started frying the onions, adding the meat after the onions got soft and let sear until almost all the meat has colour. I added the bell peppers, garlic, jalapeño and mushrooms stirring and giving more colour to the meat and vegetables. Lastly I added the can of tomatoes and the oregano. Let it boil up for a little bit and then add salt and pepper to taste. Ready to serve!

As I said earlier it can probably be used as a bolognese on pasta as well but I prefer eating it by itself, maybe it’s just me. Enjoy! :)

Served two people just fine, could serve three thin girls with no problem.

What you need: shrimp, lemon-grass, chilli, garlic chives, soy sauce, ginger, honey, beef, garlic, rice paper.

Preparation: Cut the lemon-grass in thin slices, half of one should be enough for what I made. Cut up some chilli, I cut up one whole and that was a little bit too much Id say. Split the garlic chives so they are “singles” and then cut them in half. De-tail the shrimp if you want, I did. Fill up a bowl with warm water, or a deep plate for the rice paper. Also put a garlic clove into your garlic press.

Cooking the shrimp: Melt a table spoon or two of butter into a pan, when it bubbles up throw in the shrimp and the lemon-grass. Stir for half a minute or so and throw in the chilli and press the garlic. Finish off with the garlic chives. Dip the rice paper into the bowl of warm water for only a few seconds, put it on a dry plate and quickly put the shrimp and vegetables onto the middle. Wrap up tightly and tie up with a garlic chive for decoration. It will stay closed even if you don’t.

Cooking the beef: I used thin beef for this, maybe only half an inch or less thick. Heated up a pan with olive oil. Hammered a lemon-grass stick, cut it up longways and fried them together with the beef. Also since I love garlic I pressed one clove onto each beef slice.

What about the soy and honey? Right. In addition to this I made my first sauce. Its pretty good, reminds me of sushi. Spicy, tangy, salty. And heres how you do it. Mix down 5-8 tablespoons of soy sauce into a little cup. Add one tablespoon of minced ginger and one tablespoon of honey. Mix around and add a little bit of sesame oil. Perfect for the beef and the rolls!

I make it like this, my own recipe, just pour out a lot of grounded black pepper on a plate big enough for the steak. Just flip it around until all of it is covered. Then just fry it up, delicious! :)
In the picture I served it with spaghetti and a tomato basil sauce. The green in the pasta is fresh oregano. MM..mm..mm!

Started off with boiling up some sliced up potatoes in half & half milk/cream though. Added garlic to the mix and some salt and pepper. Let them boil until very soft, it was almost like mashed potatos.

Poured up the potato mix in a long pan and added some mozzarella on top. I was supposed to get some shredded cheese but I forgot to -_-

Put the mix in the oven at 482F for about 10 minutes to get a nice light brown crust.

While baking the potato mix I fried the steaks. Some olive oil, sliced garlic, sliced chilli, a lot of thyme and finished off with browning the mushrooms. Mm..mm..mm!

Once again this was a under $20 meal and took about 40-50 minutes to make. I wish I made more because its all gone u_u