Yes, I’m back.

Sooner than I thought.

Yesterday I said we were going low-key in terms of food for the Super Bowl evening.

But we were bombarded by the coverage of Super Bowl all morning, since they are here, in Minnesota.

So I decided to prepare a few more dishes.

I was asking Terry all week long if he had any specific request.

He kept saying “not really”, and then this morning, he told me that he would want cauliflower buffalo wings.

This time I oven-baked the cauliflower instead of deep-frying.

I put together the sauce without any specific recipes, but it turned out great.

So I’ll make a note for myself.

I was surprised that many recipes do not include any sweetener.

Mine definitely is a bit sweeter than average but it’s more like “umami”, and it’s how I like it.

Buffalo wing sauce: hot sauce, white vinegar, canola oil, garlic powder, cayenne pepper, Japanese worcestershire sauce, salt, salted caramel maple syrup

I made a few more snacks, so come back in a few minutes to check them out!

I almost forgot about these little guys.

When I was looking through my old pictures trying to find some snack ideas for the Super Bowl night, I found them.

Good thing I took pictures of what I used for the filling, because I couldn’t have remembered otherwise.

Sauteed veggies plus tomato sauce and homemade cashew cream were stuffed in homemade pizza dough.

These must have been right before going into the oven.

And these were freshly out of the oven.

I do remember how awesome they looked and smelled!

They were served with additional tomato sauce for dipping.

Awww, now I remember how delicious they were!

If I can’t come up with other ideas by Sunday, this will definitely be a contender.

Congee is probably one of my favorite breakfast meals.

But at our house it’s usually a meal for one.

Terry thinks congee is a prison food (lol)!

But first I want to talk about the topping.

I found this beautiful Chinese eggplant at an Asian grocery store, so I sauteed them first, and then marinated them in chili garlic spicy sweet marinade.

Yum!

Did I tell you eggplant is one of my favorite veggies?

Congee is ready.

I eat it any time of the year, but this hot steamy bowl of goodness is really perfect this time of the year.

The marinated eggplant looked great on it.

Congee is so creamy.

It’s too bad if only prisoners can enjoy it.