Dinner at Home - Spanish Tapas 🇪🇸

Dinner last weekend with stuff that we got from the Spanish Market. Dessert was Crema Catalana, the Spanish version of Creme Brûlée or Filipino's Leche Flan.

Breakfast from the Garden

Just a few steps away from our kitchen is our edible garden where I picked some vegetables that I used for this breakfast skillet – peppermint chard, snow peas, French sorrel, parsley and tomatoes. Happy Sunday!

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Garden to Table

Freshly-picked romaine lettuce and flowers from the garden.

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No Meat Dinner

… baby bella mushrooms, eggplant, garbanzo beans, Campari tomatoes and hardboiled eggs.

Banana & Ice Cream

What I made to satisfy my sweet cravings...

Fried banana coated with turbinado cane sugar and then topped with Tillamook old-fashioned vanilla ice cream and Christmas sprinkles.

Red Velvet Pancakes

... topped with butter, drizzled with maple syrup from Vermont and eaten in the patio.

Corned Beef

A can of corned beef and baby potatoes sauteed in onion, garlic and tomatoes then cooked in half a cup water and  beef seasoning.

Making S'mores

Graham crackers, marshmallows and Hershey's chocolate... making s'mores is a fun Autumn activity with a toddler.

Mediterranean Mezze

It's Lebanese mezze  at Carousel Restaurant for lunch -- fattoush, kibbeh nayyeh, mousakka, shrimp kebab, sarma and sauteed liver.

Banana Pancake

What I whipped up for the Little Guy for breakfast.

Sushi Katsuya in Woodland Hills

We love Sushi Katsuya in Studio City. Time to visit their newest restaurant in Woodland Hills.

On the table:

Our Little Guy is learning how to use chopsticks.

Lolli & Pop

Candies, chocolates and gummy bears to satisfy our sweet cravings!

Pho

It's pho for lunch.  Brisket, flank, tendon, Vietnamese noodles and all the yummy fixings: bean sprouts, jalapeño and basil.

Brie & Figs

... and crostini for a late night dinner.

Mediterranean Street Food

It’s döner kabob, a Turkish street food cooked on a vertical rotisserie for lunch.  We ordered two Berlin Döner and shared with the Little Guy. 

Berlin Döner is made of cabbage slaw, feta, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, tzatziki, spicy berlin sauce, sumac and combination meat (beef, lamb and chicken).

The Best Shish Kabob in Town

When it comes to shish kabob, for me, no other restaurant does it better than Raffi’s Place in Glendale.

On the table:  marinated chunks of filet mignon, skewered and charbroiled to perfection on a bed of basmati rice with grilled tomato and Anaheim pepper

Mouthwatering deliciousness!!!

  

Greek Dinner

A fun Friday night dinner with traditional Greek music and dancing while enjoying delicious Greek food at The Great Greek in Sherman Oaks.

On the table: tarama, pita, char-broiled octopus, pastitsio, moussaka, dolmathes, spanakopita, lamb shanks, rice pilaf, roasted potato and carrots

P.F. Chang’s

It’s my Summer Friday.  Took the morning off to see the dentist then met-up with hubby for lunch at P.F. Chang’s.

On the table:  wonton soup, my favorite shrimp with lobster sauce and Cantonese-style lemon chicken

Dunkin’ Donuts

Stopped by at Dunkin’ Donuts for another box of assorted munchkins.

Dunkin’ Donuts

Finally, a Dunkin’ Donuts in San Fernando Valley.  This place opened in early June to 150 hungry fans. It has been two months since, the line is way shorter now,  so time to swing by.