Wumpan bakes...really?

As I mentioned before, I am not a baker...I wish I was. But I wanted to show a couple of things I baked. They don't need measuring, so as long as I paid attention to the temperature not to burn them, it's pretty much fool...Wumpan proof.

The first one is puff pastry (frozen) with apples...my version of apple pie. All I did was thaw the puff pastry and place sliced apples on top and sprinkle sugar on top. Bake it off in the oven with the suggested temperature that's on the puff pastry box. If you want a lot of texture and crunchness, you can slice the apples thick. After taking it out of the oven, I put a mixture of apricot jam, lemon juice, lemon zest and honey on top. If you like things sweeter, you can put more jam/honey and less lemon, but I suggest to put some lemon juice anyway to keep the pie nice and refreshing. Again, this recipe needs no measurement. You can control the amount of apples (in the picture, I sliced about 2 apples), jam, honey...everything. It would taste yummy with pears, too...even with peaches or pineapples...anything tastes good with puff pastry.

The second one is puff pastry (you've got to love this thing), spinach, bacon, garlic and ricotta cheese. Once again, NO MEASURING!! I made the spinach mixture first according to what I thought would taste good together, and put it on the puff pastry. The only thing to watch for is not to make whatever the mixture you make too wet. No one wants soggy puff pastry (or do we...?)
I also made puff pastry (This thing might be my best friend.) with grilled (baked) salmon with pesto sauce. I think I made this thing way too big, but it sure was yummy. I put the puff pastry and salmon on the same baking sheet and cooked them off. I like pesto, so I made it myself, but you can definitely buy some, or it would work with chutney or hummus.

The last one is something I made without my dear puff pastry...shepard's pie. I got the recipe from the cooking show called "Bitchin' Kitchen". It was a bit complicated since I had to make cream of corn and everything else from a scratch, but I could totally make some short cuts but the taste was worth the work!! The mashed potatoes on top is a mixture of regular potatoes and sweet potatoes. This tasted better the next day, and even better the following day!!

the jam mixture adds a nice shine



I love spinach!!

yummerz!!



the purple thingie is crushed tortilla chips



朝からわんぱん...ワンタン

今日は朝の８時からワンタンを揚げてみました...く、くどい...
１０時から友達の家で作戦会議。

いつもいつもお家を提供してくれるので、お礼のつもりで前に作ったときに彼の評判の

高かったNutella入りの揚げワンタンを作りました...やっぱりくどい...料理を作るのは好きでも、甘いものは食べるのも作るのもちょっと苦手なのでお勝手の窓全開で作りました。*説明しよう!!*　Nutellaとはヘーゼルナッツ、ココアとスキムミルク等でできている、

日本でよくみるパンにつけるチョコみたいなもので本当に

パンにつけてもおいしいのであーる。私の中ではワンタンといえばお肉を入れるもので、

お肉以外の、それも甘いものを入れると言う発想がなかったのでちょっと感動。

朝作ってて思ったんだけど、チャイブ（細い万能ねぎみたいなやつ）と

チーズ入れたりしてもおいしいかも。でも結構何でも油で揚げりゃおいしいんだよね。

最後にお砂糖をまぶして...喜んでくれるかな...?

Wumpan vs roasted veggies

I have been extremely busy since I came back from Japan, plus I was like a zombie from jetlag for a while. But I started to realize these excuses are getting too old for not making my husband dinners and lunches. So Wumpan goes to Stop and Shop...I started cooking around 5 and just finished everything...I didn't know you can actually get food comma from cooking...I made roasted chicken with veggies, but I guess I cut them too small, so they shrunk and most of them burned...Then I made turkey meatloaf, which was my husband's request for dinner, then I made bass my friend fished, and finally, I made some paella!!



Roast chicken with veggies



Turkey meatloaf with steamed broccoli



友達の釣ったバスを椎茸、にんにく、お酒とバターでホイル焼きにしてみました

シーフードパエリヤ（この中にもバス入ってます）

Wumpan misses Japan

I'm starting to appreciate how precious it is to have my parents in my life. We may not always get along, but I am so fortunate to have them as my mom and dad.

Wumpan (almost) bakes a brownie

So I have been learning how to cook...my grandma was a great cook, and my dad was a professional cook when he was younger. I guess cooking is in my blood. I can't make anything fancy, but I really love cooking and my repertoire is getting pretty wide...but I can't, for the life of me, bake!! All my cookies come out like concrete...yeah, I would even wish my cookies came out like a rock...anyway, I made this brownie for my nephew's 2nd birthday. I love him so much. I hope he wasn't traumatized by this piece of sh...brownie. Giving this to a little kid could be a form of child abuse.

Wumpan starts the blog!!

Hi everyone!! I am finally starting the blog I wanted!! I am going to talk about things I like and I don't like...but more things I like (I think). I am going to write in English and Japanese...I have a lot to learn about this site, but I am going to keep on improving, so I hope you enjoy what I have to say here, and I hope I won't quit in 3 days.

（黒い爽健美茶も出たけど麦茶の薄いような味で、やっぱりオリジナルが一番）