Albacore Tuna Salad

Sunday, April 25, 2010
Hurray to the return of heirloom tomatoes!


Added my one little tomato to a salad with arugula, romano cheese and sauteed some albacore tuna that had been sitting in my freezer for monthsssss. Still looked quite pretty though when I thawed it out! 



The tuna is very meaty so it was an uber filling salad. The tomato was surprisingly disappointing, I guess I will wait for those nice stripey green ones!




Korean pancakes!


I made my first perfectly round Korean pancake that didn't break it when I flipped it over!! Hurray! I tried to make a smiley face with Sriracha but that was a bit of a fail. 
All I put in this pancake was Korean pancake mix, and sauteed zucchini because that is all I had around. Later that week, I made Korean pancakes again with shallots, and then with caramelized onions. All were yummo and really easy to eat on the go. 



Lotus root and PCOS

I've been eating a lot of egg sandwiches and granola bars lately due to the fact I've been living in the library. 
Just wanted to post that. Lotus root looks a lot like polycystic ovarian syndrome. I have to find ways to amuse myself during these next few crazy weeks..





I would have included a pathological specimen from the lectures I am studying but I didn't want to gross anyone out, and I am sure there'd be some HIPAA issue but this is a pretty neat ultrasound! 

Pizza!

Sunday, April 04, 2010
As a college grad, I have had my fair share of greasy $1/slice pizza. Although I indulge in take out pepperoni slice every now and then, I generally can't stand it anymore. Recently, however, I had a fantastic pizza at Quartino's downtown and have been fantasizing about making my own pizza for a while. I don't really like messing with flour so when I saw Trader Joe's premade whole wheat pizza dough, I had to try it out! 
For my first pizza, I tried to make my own version of Quartino's Duck Proscuitto pizza with bresaola (like prosciutto but beef) and arugula. 


Here is the cute little blob of dough

I am no good at rolling it out..but smeared it with tomato paste + romano
+ bresaola
baked and topped with arugula!
Pros: the arugula+baked bresaola is delish
Cons: I rolled the pizza dough out way too thin, it was like pita bread. 

So I made 3 more pizza, and didn't even mess with the rolling pin. Just pushed it with my hands. I realized after the 2nd one also that the trick is to push the outer circumference first and move inwards to avoid stretching out the middle parts.


1. Artichoke hearts + enoki mushroom  

2. More bresaola



3. Sauteed mushroom + onion


I liked all of them! The enoki was a bit funky but otherwise it was a great success. The pizza crust really tastes better when made from the dough. Totally beats greasy pepperoni!