on the rocks

Day 2, I tried to make an omelette with some random peas and peppers in the fridge early this morning but ended up rushing it and just eating it out of the pan.  I was running late for work and just threw everything together, so no nice picture for that.

Cabbage and Rice

For dinner, I was hoping to prepare the gnocchi, but it was 6:30pm and my stomach was already grumbling, so I opted for a simple typical asian stir fried dish.  So since my mom is gone, I’m pretty much the only person cooking and eating the fresh ingredients in my house, all my dad does is eat out or buy premade food from T&T.  Because of this, I’m forced to use up all the ingredients in the fridge before they go bad.  So, for dinner today is stir-fried asian cabbage, 3 different kinds in fact! I only know that one type of Napa, not sure about the other two.  I also added shiitake mushrooms and some sort of fungus (I think it’s called golden fungus in Chinese?).

This picture reminds me of something you'd see in a chinese takeout menu

After dinner I roasted Japanese squash (aka Kabocha) in the oven to prepare for gnocchi!  This was my first time making gnocchi, so I was pretty much just winging everything.  I left the squash in the over for far too long unfortunately, and basically ended up making chips out of them.  A small amount was still usable so I roasted some cauliflower to make up the for lack of squash.  After what felt like an eternity of adding flour and kneading, the dough was ready and cut up into little pillows of dough.  Unfortunately, they’re not the prettiest things on the planet, but hopefully they taste better than they look. I’ll probably make it tomorrow for lunch with a butter and sage sauce.

Squash & Broccoli Gnocchi

Squash & Broccoli Gnocchi