liangban sauce

• 4 parts soy sauce
• 2 parts dark chinese vinegar
• 1 part oyster sauce
• 1 part sugar
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 spicy chili
• 2 sprigs cilantro
• sesame oil
• salt, msg

goma dressing

• 4 tbsp neri-gomma (or tahini)
• 1 tbsp ground toasted black + white sesame seeds
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 knob of garlic, grated
• 1.25 tbsp agave (to taste, you might like it sweeter)
• 1 tbsp vinegar
• 0.5 olive oil (usually vegetable oil, but prefer olive as it’s healthier)
• Lots of cracked black pepper

vinegar drinking shrubs

• fruit (seeds removed)
• sugar
• vinegar

Put fruit sliced in jar. Add sugar in half of fruit weight. Top off with vinegar. Shake to dissolve sugar. Leave out on the counter for a few days before refridgerating.

tomato kimchi

• cherry tomatoes, halved
• gochugaro
• fish sauce
• garlic powder
• sesame oil
• honey

Shepherd's Salad

• shallot
• tomato
• cucumber
• anaheim pepper or green pepper
• feta
• parsley, mint, dill
• sumac, dried pepper
• lemon

Succotach

• corn
• squash (cooked as desired)
• beans
• greens
• feta
• whole grains like barley, quinoa

spinach muchin

• spinach
• minced garlic
• sesame oil
• sesame seeds
• salt to taste

blanche spinach and shock with ice water. Squeeeeeze water out. Mix everything else in by hand.

Potato Green Bean Salad

• Baby potatoes
• Green beans
• Castelvetrano olives or some pitted green olives
• Dressing:
  • shallot
  • lemon juice/wine vinegar
  • dill+other herb of choice
  • EVOO
  • dijon
  • honey
  • 1 garlic clove

Kimchi Jjigae

• kimchi
• semi-firm tofu
• pork
• veg
• gochujang
• gochugaru
• stock

Stir fry kimchi and sliced pork. Optional pan fry tofu. Place everything in pot and sauce and fill with stock and let it come to a boil.

5 elements soup

• red: tomato
• green: leafy greens
• yellow: pumpkin, corn
• black: wood ear, dark mushrooms
• white: enoki, tofu
• ginger slices
• salt n pep, soy sauce
• coconut water

Bring water and coconut water to boil and add in ginger and then veg, longest cooking to short.

Broccoli Pasta

• broccoli heads
• sausage
• tubular short pasta
• parmesan

Boil broccoli until soft enough to mash. Cook sausage into bits. Combine broccoli and sausage with cooked pasta and add parmesan.

qielaxi rice

• rice
• chinese eggplant
• long green peppers
• tomato
• century egg

rice cooker stew

• mushrooms
• cabbage
• veg of choice
• aromatics
• chicken legs
• Marinate:
  • ginger
  • garlic
  • oyster sauce
  • soy sauce
  • pepper

Oil and aromatics at bottom. Layer veg of choice. Layer cabbage, then chicken, then mushroom, then cabbage.

3 veg bun

• zucchini, thin strips
• carrots, thin strips
• woodear
• egg
• wonton skin
• xiaoxiami lil shrimpies

Sweat out carrots and zucchini with salt, squeeze out water. Scramble eggs. Mix all ingredients together and add seasonings. Wrap in skins and steam for 8 minutes

steamed chicken

• chicken legs
• ginger, goji berries, scallion
• Sauce
• leafy green
• garlic
• cilantro
• condiments

Place a rice bowl upside on in the middle of a plate. Place chicken around and spread out aromatics. Steam, adding in leafy greens on top of chicken towards the end. Shred chicken. Mix chicken broth into sauce then pour over chicken. Scoop onto rice and enjoy.

shui you men cai

• veg
• protein, easy to cook
• seasoning

Use some oil in a pan, sauté aromatics. Cover bottom of pan with water and place hearty vegetables. Cover and steam. Repeat with protein and delicate veg. Pour seasonings of choice.

mushroom are great for steaming

• sliced mushrooms
• veg or meat of choice
• seasonings

layer bottom of pan with mushroom. Place meat or other heartier veg on top. Pour in seasonings. Heat and cover, let steam.

gateaux au yaourt

• 2 eggs
• yogurt
• 3 yogurt cups of flour
• 1 yogurt cup of sugar
• 1/2 yogurt cup of milk
• 1/2 yogurt cup of oil

Mix everything and bake at 350˚ for 25 minutes.

Sheet Pan Gnocchi

• cauliflower gnocchi
• cooked sausage
• veg
• acidic seasoning

Season everything and roast in oven at 375 degrees for 25 minutes, flip sausage halfway through.