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Friday, February 14, 2014

Jeenas Kitchen Food Blog Event Fishing Trip

Ahoy ahoy! All Hands on Deck!

Come Fishing with Jeenas Kitchen!

Yes! This event is all about fish and seafood.

Come on board and get cooking your delicious fish and seafood recipes that you love the most, or why not experiment with some new fish and seafood ideas?

Fish and seafood can be very healthy to eat, some fish contain omega oils which are essential for good health.

You can not have a better reason than this to cook some delicious fish and seafood recipes for this event.

You only need to follow a few steps to join this event

***** Please read all the following before joining *****

1. No other meats can be used in this event other than fish or seafood - no red meats/poultry/game allowed.

2. Send an email to jeenaskitchenevents (at) googlemail (dot) com with the following;

a) Your name and name of blog

b) Name of recipe and URL of recipe

3. Link to this food blog event from your recipe entry.

4. All entries must be sent in before the finishing date 5th September. And remember that you do not need a blog to enter this event.

You can display the large or small logo on your post.

Jeenaskitchen memories foodie event was a great success; it was a pleasure to read all of your wonderful stories and delicious recipes.

I look forward to your entries I can not wait to see all of your tasty fish and seafood recipes.

Thanks, Jeena xxx

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Zen and the Art of Chicken Teriyaki – A Kitchen Koan

When I first got to San Francisco, having come from a very small town in Western New York, it was like arriving on another planet. I was fascinated by the amazing variety of foods and cultures, and began exploring them all. Growing up, my family and I had made the occasional trip to the local Americanized Chinese restaurant which was always an exotic treat, but now I was getting the real stuff; Thai, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, I couldn’t get enough! At the same time I also became interested in the eastern religious philosophies, Buddhism, Zen, etc., which for a former alter boy was quite the experience. This was also when I learned about the Zen “koan.”

For those of you not familiar, a koan is basically a question, riddle, or story that has no obvious answer. It is used by Zen masters to teach or enlighten their students. Most of you have heard the most famous koan, “Two hands clap and there is a sound; but what is the sound of one hand?” What a great idea… teach students by making them even more confused! Well, since I’m doing Teriyaki today I decided to have a little fun at the end of the demo with a koan or two of my own.

A viewer to our site, Connie, had asked for a teriyaki recipe. So I did some research. I had enjoyed teriyaki many times, but always at Japanese restaurants. If I had made it at home, I probably just bought a bottle of teriyaki sauce and brushed it on some chicken. So, today’s clip is the true authentic version (which, of course, there are several sources giving different versions of what the “original” recipe is). I’m very glad I did it, but I’m not sure why. By the way, the term teriyaki comes from of two Japanese words "teri" and "yaki." Teri refers to the shine or luster of the glazed sauce, and yaki means to broil or grill the meat. Prepare to be enlightened… you’ve been warned.

Ingredients:
10 Boneless-Skinless Chicken Thighs
1 Cup Sake
1 Cup Soy Sauce
1/2 Cup Mirin
1/4 Cup Brown Sugar
2 tsp finely grated ginger or paste

1/4 Cup Chopped Green Onion

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Kitchen Diary Day 14

Day 14

Nearly finished now, the plan is for the handles to go onto the cupboards and the wooden workbench/breakfast bar to be completed. The electrician is also supposed to be coming tomorrow so we may have a proper stove soon!