All the little secrets about living

30/09/2016

18/05/2016

Honey Garlic Butter Shrimp in Coconut Milk
Ingredients

1 pound raw tail on shrimp
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons honey
4-6 cloves garlic, finely minced or grated (I like using around 4)
1 tablespoon fresh grated ginger
2 jalapenos, seeded + chopped
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (use less for less heat, maybe 1/4-1/2 teaspoon)
1 teaspoon cumin
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
4 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup canned coconut milk
2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped + more fore serving
kosher salt + pepper
steamed white rice + black beans + sliced avocado, for serving
Fried Plantains
4 yellow plantains, sliced into 1/2 inch rounds
oil, for frying
flaky sea salt
Instructions

Add the shrimp to a gallon size ziplock bag or medium size bowl. Add the olive oil, honey, garlic, ginger, jalapeños, cayenne, cumin and cilantro. Toss well to combine, seal the bag or cover the bowl and place in the fridge for 15-30 minutes or up 24 hours.Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Once hot use a slotted spoon to scoop the shrimp out of the marinade and into the hot skillet, season with salt and pepper. Make sure to scoop up all the garlic as well. Cook the shrimp until pink, about 2-3 minutes per side. Add the butter and 1 teaspoon pepper (or more or less to your taste) to the skillet. Continue to cook the shrimp in the butter until the garlic begins to caramelize and turn LIGHT golden brown, about another minute or two. Be careful not to burn the garlic. Remove from the heat and stir in the coconut milk and basil.Serve shrimp alongside rice, black beans, fried plantains, avocado and lime wedges. Garnish with freshly chopped basil.

我给大家介绍这个菜的做法：鲜虾去皮留尾，放在生抽，蜂蜜，料酒，大酱，蒜末，姜末里腌制1到24小时。之后放在平底锅里炒熟，加点椰奶炖一下，撒点葱末直接放米饭上吃。可以炖点黑豆，切点鳄梨片，炒点土豆片一起食用。

14/05/2016

It is so bursting with all these secrets for life that it simply grows and grows ...

11/05/2016

No one you have ever loved will actually be able to disappear from your life completely.

28/04/2016

Can you imagine what a couple of beans can create? Beans are simply magical element when it comes to cooking. Here I have a group of soybeans and black beans accompanied by a little walnut and red dates. When you put water into it, it can create soy milk; When you fry the remains from the soy milk, it can creates a dish; When you steam the remains with flour, it can create steamed buns. We haven't talked about green beans yet ... They are also magical creature.

27/04/2016

Tea flourishing in hot water gradually is just like the way when everything silently turns to green and starts to paint itself in the color of life. It is when I feel like colors are breathable. Here at the end of April, we have welcomed the tea's first arrival this year. In the north of China, we drink more of the green teas and in the south of China, we drink more of the flower teas. Tea culture is really a prominent part in our history, it goes so perfectly well with Chinese Calligraphy, Chinese Paintings, our tradition and customs, basically the way we used to do things. I'd say if you can find the pleasing flavor in a few "leaves" soaked in water, you have a better chance in discovering the beautiful sides of life.

26/04/2016

Be very careful about what you think. Your thoughts run your life.

26/04/2016

Eggplant has been my favorite vegetable since childhood. It's one of the things I always can't get enough of. It has never failed to register a touch of softness within my senses. You can slice them into little pieces or fry them as a little bigger piece, but always remember they like to blend themselves into the kind of oil that has a bit of star aniseed taste. In order to achieve the softness, you can either let them go through a steaming process or a long period of subtle frying with medium heat. If you think they are too lonely there, you can add up some carrots or green pepper. They make good companies to each other. Before you getting them out of the pot, let soy sauce, miso, a bit spring onion or even garlic join the party. To me, this dish can go with anything among noodles, rice and steamed buns.

25/04/2016

Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.
-Rumi

25/04/2016

Isn't Monday your favorite day of the week? Once I felt like wrenching out from time and my soul ascended to a greater me, I started to believe in the splendor of my own body and soul. There is a soft and subtle sweetness to it like papaya juice melted into goat milk; there is an intense flavor to it like a mysterious fire goes on burning to all eternity. I would like to start my favorite Monday with such a breakfast.
What about you?

24/04/2016

There is something of the divine mystery in everything that exists. Imagine a fusion of egg, tomato, spring onion, carrot, mushroom and miso with noodles. There is something sparkle in the combination like a great burning bonfire that turns night into day in the immediate area. You will sense more of this unfathomable mystery once you have it on your dinner table, promise.

22/04/2016

If I ever had an alimental medicine chest, this is the first object that would be in it: red bean and coix seed soup. I have been allowed myself to binged on this for over a year now, it may has contributed a lot to the recovery of my swollen leg after a surgery last year. Every morning, I join grandpa for this "morning drink" that has been cooked for more than seven hours in a tiny little white china pot. From the first minute it entered my throat, down to my tummy, I can feel a sweet, warm feeling dispersed in my body in all directions.