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🍋 Lemon Pasta Limone 🍝 Our family is still running a lemon streak. 😋 L emon invaded our pasta ensemble last week. plus, i learned that "limone" is lemon in Italian.  Interesting trivia for our Z who loves all lemony things and whose 2nd name rhymes with limone. No wonder she loves limone! i, too, am very fond of sour, especially vinegar sour; my hubby is not though. (my beloved sinigang, adobo, pinoy ensalada dishes are thus relegated to r.a.r.e. appearances on our table). BUT, he's ok with lemon. This is a compromise i am happy with. Lemon Pasta - ingredients zest from 1 whole lemon juice from 1 lemon 1 can of cream grated cheese 1.5 cup pasta water - to desired consistency pinch of salt (if you have not put enough salt while cooking the pasta or if you used unsalted butter) 500g pasta 6 tbsp butter ground black pepper, to taste Steps: 1. peel a long strip of lemon zest (with peeler), julienne and set aside for garnish. 2. zest the whole lemon, set aside. 3. squeeze ...

🍋  No bakey-bakey Lemon Tart  🍋 Our Z loves the  tangy zesty lemon.  Lemon juice,  lemon cakes, lemon-pepper chicken wings, lemon Himalayas candies... what else is there? If there's a lemon donut, wow, i'm pretty sure it'll be a great combo for her!  Come to think of it, she enjoys "Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events" too..  is it because its lemony? So for my Z who loves lemons, from a tentative idea, i finally decided to at least try making a lemon tart in our lifetime. And if all goes well, we can add it to the annals of our family history LOL. (I say this because I have lots of misadventures in the kitchen. It takes a leap of faith to try out some new dish, really.)  The magic of technology, right up there in my Youtube search hits was  missevabakes lemon tart  video, golden cheerful yellow, no-bake, her recipe beckoned me. Yep, yep! We whispered a prayer, rolled our sleeves, and marched to the kitchen! And here's our fi...

Adobo Sauce 🍶 1 whole head garlic - crushed 1 tbsp peppercorn 2 whole bay leaves 1/2 cup natural vinegar (not distilled - e.g. balasmic, apple vinegar, cane, etc.) 1 cup soy sauce Use as marinade  [(for 1 hour at least, of meat) before pan-frying then simmering for another ~1hour].

 🟠 🐔   Orange Chicken Sauce  🍶 1 cup orange juice (from ~2 large oranges) 1/2 cup water 1 tbsp vinegar 2 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp orange zest (from 2 oranges) 1/4 cup brown sugar 1/2 tsp garlic minced 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes - optional 2 tbsp chopped onion 3 tbsp water + 3 tbsp cornstarch -> slurry 1 tsp sesame oil

Shogayaki Sauce 🍶 For 500 grams meat ratio: 1 stub ginger grated's juice (squeeze out juice) 1/2 onion grated 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp sugar 1 tbsp oil 1 tbsp mirin - optional 1 tbsp sake - optional Mix all ingredients. Generally use as marinade for shogayaki pork dish.

Okonomiyaki Sauce 🍶 1 tbsp white sugar 3 1/2 tbsp worcestershire sauce 2 tbsp oyster sauce 4 tsp ketchup Whisk together and pour into squeeze bottle / dip bowl.

 Katsudon Sauce 🍶 6 tbsp (Daiso) noodle sauce / mirin 3 tbsp soy sauce 2 tbsp brown sugar 2 cups water