Dinner - actually cooked by me...

Meal: dinner (Tue 9/28)

From: my fridge

Cost: negligible

Location: my kitchen

I got back from the gym, and quickly realized the protein bar I had eaten was not going to suppress my hunger for very long.

I found a red onion in the fridge a long with some garlic I had previously peeled. I chopped them all up threw a little oil in a pan and sautéed them up.

I later found some green onions that were going to go bad if I did not eat them soon, so I sautéed them up as well.

I realized that I still had some uncooked marinated kalbi (Korean BBQ beef) in the freezer (that someone had conveniently defrosted and placed in the fridge). I put the pieces on a baking sheet and broiled them.

There was some leftovers from some undetermined meal, I think they are some kind of taro.

I threw everything on top of some jasmine rice.

Taste: everything tasted really good.
Conclusion: I am 99% sure my dinner on Wednesday will not be as good.

Drink: ice water

True Leftovers for Lunch

Meal: lunch (Fri 9/24)

From: my fridge

Cost: sunk cost... > $0

Location: my kitchen

My plan worked! I intentionally made an excess amount of food for dinner so I could bring some for lunch today, and I managed to not eat everything leaving enough for a complete lunch. Mission accomplished!

Kalbi (Korean BBQ Beef)

Broccoli Dish (with tofu, garlic, and onions with some salt and pepper)

Kimchi Fried Rice

Unlike last night's dinner I felt like I needed some starch/carbs, so I added the remaining kimchi fried rice I had in my fridge.

Taste: still really really good.

Conclusion: so good I wish there was more kalbi...

Drink: a cold can of Coke Zero.

I "made" Dinner

Meal: dinner (Thu 9/23)

From: my fridge

Cost: sunk cost > $0

Location: my kitchen

I got back from the gym starving (some one talked me into doing box jumps...). However, I had already planned to cook dinner, so I did. I had a big thing of broccoli that probably needed to be cooked sooner rather than later, due to potential spoilage.

Not frozen broccoli... it looks different than the frozen kind...

I found half of a Spanish onion in my fridge and some peeled garlic, so I chopped them up.

Onions and Garlic

I threw the broccoli, onions, garlic and some soft tofu into a big pan. I threw some water in it and covered. After I let it "steam" for a while I left the water boil off then fried it up a little and threw some salt and pepper on it.

My Vegetable Dish

KALBI!!!

So when my girlfriend went on her cooking binge last weekend at my house she also marinated some kalbi for me (Korean BBQ beef). Here are some of the pictures of her preparing the kalbi:

I mashed up some garlic my girlfriend used in the marinade.

Costco sells the right kind of meat to use for making kalbi, and for 'cheap'.

Just look at that marbleization!

Okay flash back to Thursday night: I put the well marinated beef onto pans and put them in the broiler...

Flame Broiled!!!

I made one batch, obviously so I would have extra for Friday's lunch!

They might not look like much but... DELICIOUS!

Time to Eat

My first serving...

My second serving!

Taste: the kalbi was excellent and I managed to cook it just the way I like it. The broccoli dish came out better than I had hope, not overcooked!

Conclusion: I LOVE KALBI!

Drink: several large glasses of ice water.