Rino the cat wants to know where I came up with this crazy cod fish and asparagus combo.  I dunno, it was leftover in the fridge.  Very good actually.

With a little homemade sauerkraut of course.

Just basic ramen with leftover steak.  Added some carrot, onion and sauerkraut.  Got some new togarashi that came in a big 16 oz container.  I think I’ll be able to use it all.

Last week I made a pot of ramen for three, me and my two kids.  Used flat pho rice noodles and small wagu hamburger on top.  Somehow it turned out bland and neither kid finished theirs.  I thought it just needed salt, but maybe I had strayed too far from basic ramen, at least for the kids.

Today I made ramen for two (me and my daughter) but made it with good old $0.25 packs of ramen.  One beef, one chicken; used both flavor packets.  No way this one will be under salted.  Onion, carrot, soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger and garlic.  Had my usual sauerkraut and some leftover BBQ brisket from Rudy’s.  I’m not giving up on the more unusual combinations but sometimes you have to dial it back a little.

Had some really good leftover steak.  Decided to go simple and use regular packaged chicken flavored ramen.  Added an egg, soy, garlic, ginger and sesame oil.  Not much in the way of veggies, just sliced onion.  Only used half of the flavor packet from the ramen package.  A slice of spicy Monterey Jack cheese and some green onions on top and a bit of homemade sauerkraut.

Yesterday I made a large pot of soup for three.  I call it ramen, but again I used those flat Vietnamese (my tho) noodles.  I have gotten good at a simple broth with soy, garlic and ginger.  Added chopped onion and carrot and cracked in three eggs, one for each of us.  Cooked the noodles for four minutes and let everyone add some leftover sliced steak on their own.  Topped mine with a slice of cheese and some home made sauerkraut and a few green onions.  Got rave reviews.

Had some leftover BBQ chicken from the other night.  Used an instant pho bowl for the soup.  Again, I didn’t follow the instructions, I just put everything in a pot of boiling water for three minutes.  Added an egg (almost forgot) and served with some chopped green onions and home made Sauerkraut.  Perhaps a non-traditional addition to ramen, but I love the crunchy zing of sauerkraut adds.

The wife made some curry chicken thighs the other night.  I removed the bones and sliced them up, perfect for a little ramen.  Was in a bit of a hurry again and forgot to add an egg.  Basically soy, garlic and ginger and some green tea soba noodles.  This one seemed light and healthy.  Added a big handful of arugula at the end and topped with some green onion. Been eating too much during this lockdown, so something light was a nice change.

Perry’s Steakhouse has a Friday lunch Porkchop special.  Found out they are doing a takeout until 5pm on Friday and Wednesday.  Picked up some for dinner a few nights back.  Used the leftovers to make a really nice ramen.

This was basic soy sauce, garlic and ginger for the broth with chopped onion and carrots.  Put in some fish sauce in my haste thinking it was sesame oil (the bottles in the fridge look similar).  No harm done.  Added some sesame oil when I realized my mistake.  Also a bit of chili oil.  Noodles were Japanese somen.  Oh, meant to put in an egg but forgot.  Again, no harm done.  Was probably rich enough with all that pork.

My wife sent me a recipe for Ramen Carbonara from the New York Times.  Decided to use it as inspiration.  My family has been making carbonara since the 1970s.  I wish I could say it was an old family recipe, but we saw it on a PBS cooking show called The Ronagnolis Table.  I make it for my family now so I suppose it can be considered an old family recipe now.

This one was easy.  Was going to use ramen, but we had a bowl of leftover angel hair pasta in the fridge. I made some bacon, boiled some water with salt and garlic.  Spooned some bacon grease into the pasta to warm it up a little.  Basically dumped the already cooked pasta into the boiling water with some beaten egg and black pepper. Topped with cheese, bacon and some green onion.  Really more carbonara soup, since no actual ramen was involved.