Mothers Day!

We had a wonderful Mothers Day with the Morgans!! (All the kids put a delish spread of brunch foods for mom!)

Now...Game of Thrones date night with the hubs.

Love life.

Korean Banchan & Homemade Hot Sauce!

Daniel and I are watching Man v. Food right now and this dude is taking down what looks like butt tearing, explosive diarrhea inducing chicken wings. Yowzas! Anyway, since I manage my own schedule in real estate, I decided to clear my whole Thursday and dedicate my time to cooking in the kitchen. We had some packages of Korean sliced beef in the fridge, so I decided to make some banchan (side dishes) for a homecooked Korean bbq dinner! On top of that, I bought a few handfuls of habanero peppers to make my own hot sauce. I am a hot sauce FIEND and I can go through bottles in days, so I figured I might as well try making my own hot sauce concoction.

The verdict? It's freaking the spiciest thing I think I've ever eaten---but DELICIOUS. Bring on them stomach cramps!

Up next---going to my girlfriends wedding this weekend in Laguna Beach. I'm a bridesmaid so we get to hang out all day tomorrow in Looney Beach---eat dinner at Rock n' Fish, then celebrate her nuptials on Saturday. I can't wait!!!

With that--I photobomb you with all my cooking photos from today. Enjoy!

 

Garlic, cilantro, onion, and habanero directly into a giant bowl with some secret juices and my immersion blender = #icansellthisstuff

First banchan was a braised tofu with garlic, onions, shrimp paste, honey, and chicken stock

After the stock began to simmer, I added the onions and a chopped serrano pepper.

Tossed some sesame seeds after plating and ta da!

Kimchi "pancake" with chopped kimchi, onions, garlic, flour, water and spices

Pan fry, adding dollops of the mix and flattening to ensure a nice flat pancake!

Cooked up to a crisp. Yummmmm.

Glazed potatoes with onion, garlic, and a soy sauce honey mix

Sear the potatoes first until light brown and then add in rest of the ingredients.

Voila! 

Moms Birthday!

Our homemade boiling crab dinner at our house was a success!

13 lbs of shrimp
26 red potatoes
4 lbs of kielbasa
Endless cloves of garlic and
3 giant platters

We had 13 guests over---6 of my moms closest friends at her request, and even my sisters bf drove all the way down to celebrate!

Happy birthday, mumsy. You are wonderful and we love you!