Food Cooked, day 8

Breakfast & Lunch

Mama cooked a frittata with sliced turkey, onions, and leftover broccoli. Yum! Lunch was leftovers/scrounge-your-own-lunch. I did boil a LOT of eggs though, maybe three or four dozen? I use Maangchi's method to boil eggs, but extend the cooking time by several minutes so that the yolks are completely cooked, and sometimes shock the eggs in ice-water instead of soaking them in cold water.

Supper

Ground Beef and Cauliflower Patties (take 2)
Cucumber Salad
Spinach Side Dish (altered recipe)
Salad

We served the salad with sliced almonds, raisins, boiled eggs, shredded carrot, and olives. The spinach side dish we've made many times before and it's always been delicious but this time we made it with frozen instead of fresh spinach, and with fish sauce instead of soy sauce. The result was not great, but palatable with other foods (like the beef patties).

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Ground Beef and Cauliflower Patties (take 2)

3 1/2 pounds ground beef
1 1/2 cup mashed cauliflower
1 portabella mushroom, diced
1/2 medium onion, diced
spinach, cooked
salt pepper
garlic powder
onion powder
olive oil

Fry mushroom and onion in olive oil. Add all ingredients together and mix well, then form into balls, about 1/3 cup of the mixture each. Heat a well-oiled skillet on medium or medium-low heat. Drop patties into oil, flatten, and fry until browned on both sides.

Notes: Littlest sister put these together (and they were delicious, thanks sis!) so I haven't got exact measurements for everything. Just imagine I added "to taste" after every ingredient following the spinach, I guess. We usually fry a little patty up before we start frying in earnest to check the taste, anyway. These were pretty great and held together much better than the ones from a few days ago - maybe the beef-to-cauliflower ratio? The lack of eggs? I dunno.

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Cucumber Salad

2 cucumbers, peeled and chopped
1/2 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1/2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1/4 onion, minced
dried oregano
pepper
sea salt

Spread cucumber in a colander and sprinkle with sea salt. Let drain. When cucumber has drained, mix with other ingredients.

Notes: This is adapted from a pasta salad recipe I used to make. We actually used green onions tonight but I think the flavour is better with onions. Ingredient amounts are approximate, as usual.