Posted by roxiao on March 22nd,2011 The main dish…beef noodle soup. The ingredients. The beef shanks. Bone marrow! Toast…best way to eat bone marrow. jQuery(“document”).ready(function(){jQuery(‘#ngg-gallery-132-1660′).galleryView({panel_width:600,panel_height:400,frame_width:40,frame_height:40,transition_interval:0,overlay_color:‘#222′,overlay_text_color:‘white’,caption_text_color:‘#222′,background_color:‘transparent’,border:‘none’,nav_theme:‘dark’,easing:‘easeInOutQuad’});});Though I often profess my love for pork belly and prime rib,my favorite cut of meat is actually the beef shank. I’ve grown up eating a lot of beef shank and nothing quite matches the chewy toothsome-ness or the deep flavors from the long braise. Beef shanks can be prepared pretty simply like with Lu Niu Rou,which I wrote about previously,and it tastes great on its own. When I’m feeling a bit more adventurous,I like to make a it into a Sichuan style beef noodle soup via a really good recipe in Bon Appetit. The recipe calls for boneless beef shank,but I got the bone-in beef shank for a reason. After stripping the meat,we took the bones and roasted them in the oven and had the marrow with with some toasted french bread and lemony herb garnish. Unexpected (and delicious) surprise! Read after the break for a reprint of the recipe. Posted by roxiao on March 15th,2011 Sweet potato hash with mushrooms,spinach,and topped with a poached egg. jQuery(“document”).ready(function(){jQuery(‘#ngg-gallery-131-1647′).galleryView({panel_width:600,panel_height:400,frame_width:40,frame_height:40,transition_interval:0,overlay_color:‘#222′,overlay_text_color:‘white’,caption_text_color:‘#222′,background_color:‘transparent’,border:‘none’,nav_theme:‘dark’,easing:‘easeInOutQuad’});});Amanda and I have recently been trying to turn over a new leaf and eat healthy. Yeah,it might not seem obvious from our previous posts,but in my defense,most of those were a from a stash of back logged reviews that we meant to get to sooner. Honest. What we made here was inspired by the uova at Morandi and by a freakin’big sweet potato that until a couple hours ago had been staring me in the face. We tried to make the hash a bit more healthy by oven roasting the sweet potatoes first instead of just cooking them with loads of grease in a cast iron. We also used the sweet potato instead of a regular potato because it provides just a bit more in terms of vitamins and nutrients. The recipe is extremely easy…we basically followed this recipe to prepare everything. When the sweet potatoes were finished,we took about half a cup of the sweet potatoes and some finely diced sautéed onions and mashed them just slightly to form a small patty. The patties were seasoned with some salt and pepper and seared very quickly on either side in the cast iron and then topped with the mushrooms and spinach and finally topped with a poached egg. Posted by roxiao on February 14th,2011 Seared Ribeye with Roasted Pepper,Onion,and Tomato salsa Roasted Brussel Sprouts jQuery(“document”).ready(function(){jQuery(‘#ngg-gallery-124-1444′).galleryView({panel_width:600,panel_height:400,frame_width:40,frame_height:40,transition_interval:0,overlay_color:‘#222′,overlay_text_color:‘white’,caption_text_color:‘#222′,background_color:‘transparent’,border:‘none’,nav_theme:‘dark’,easing:‘easeInOutQuad’});});Happy Valentine’s day from YumYum Panda! And what’s more romantic than a big hunk of beef? Since our initial steak post,Amanda and I have tried several new cuts of beef and cooking methods to pick our personal favorite,that being Ribeye steak,seared on a super hot cast iron skillet and finished in the oven. It’s a simple recipe and with minimal prep and cook time. Posted by roxiao on February 14th,2011 jQuery(“document”).ready(function(){jQuery(‘#ngg-gallery-122-1429′).galleryView({panel_width:600,panel_height:400,frame_width:40,frame_height:40,transition_interval:0,overlay_color:‘#222′,overlay_text_color:‘white’,caption_text_color:‘#222′,background_color:‘transparent’,border:‘none’,nav_theme:‘dark’,easing:‘easeInOutQuad’});});Cooking to me is about sharing the yummy deliciousness with my friends so it always makes me happy when we’re able to leave an impression on someone with one of our recipes. Granted this is Amanda’s dish so I’m really just basking in her limelight…anyway,kudos to Kris for a successful attempt and for what I’m sure will be the first of many request for more brownies  | |