Friday night, I stopped by Costco on my way home from work.
Since things had been a bit hectic this week, I relied on the deli for dinner and spent the evening preparing carrot cake.
The next day, I set the rice cooker to make bibimbap and used the 50 minutes it took to cook to prepare a batch of frozen meal prep.
Snack time was last night’s carrot cake, and dinner was a payday treat: steak.
It was a weekend where I felt it was nice to spend the end of a busy week like this 🌿

▼Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:19 Home from Costco
00:54 Showing off my purchases
01:54 Dinner: Costco deli
03:47 Bath time and skincare
04:51 Making carrot cake
07:07 Breakfast: Pain au chocolat & Babybel cheese
08:29 Tending to the flowers
09:10 Preparing lunch: Rice cooker bibimbap
09:54 Putting away purchases and making freezer meals
19:06 Lunch: Bibimbap and Chinese mushroom soup
21:15 Hydroponic herb gardening
11:10 PM Snack: Carrot Cake
12:17 AM Dinner: Diamond-Cut Steak with Garlic Rice and Honey Vinaigrette-Style Dressing

▼ Costco Purchases
Paella
Mugi no Megumi Whole Wheat Bread (6 slices)
Shine Muscat Konjac Jelly (75 pieces)
Rakuten: https://a.r10.to/hPHbZ4
Hikari Miso Shirataki Ramen (6 servings)
Rakuten: https://a.r10.to/hPTPKA
Kirkland Signature Grass-Fed Salted Butter (227g x 4)
Rakuten: https://a.r10.to/h5c5PS
Australian Rib Eye Steak (734g)
Mugikomachi Pork Loin, Thinly Sliced (1363g)
Niigata Prefecture Yashiki Shiitake Mushrooms 400g
Brown Sugar Donut Sticks 700g
Rakuten: https://a.r10.to/h50Phi
Pain au Chocolat 45g × 16 pieces
Rakuten: https://a.r10.to/hRBJED
Italian Tiramisu 860g
Mini Babybel 20g × 28 pieces
Rakuten: https://a.r10.to/hkLLRO
Cabbage Rolls 1173g
Dutch Red Onions 2kg
New Zealand Bell Peppers 6 pieces
Mexican Organic Bananas
Mexican Avocados 6 pieces

▼Recipe
●Carrot Cake (18.5cm x 8cm x 5cm loaf pan)
Eggs: 2
Brown sugar: 70g
Grated carrots: 110g
Extra virgin olive oil: 80g
All-purpose flour: 160g
Baking powder: 2/3 tsp
Ground cinnamon: 2/3 tsp
Nutmeg: 1/6 tsp
Julienned carrots: 50g
Coarsely chopped walnuts: 30g
Raisins: 20g
・Frosting
Cream cheese: 100g
Powdered sugar: 20g
Lemon juice: 1 tsp
Reference Recipe: https://www.kutsurogi-ya.com/blog/col...

● Bibimbap in a Rice Cooker
2 cups of rice and slightly less water than usual
200g kimchi
300g beef
1 bag of bean sprouts
1/4 carrot
6 tbsp yakiniku sauce
Frozen spinach (added at the end)
Reference recipe: 600万回再生された炊飯器で作るビビンバが美味しすぎる #炊飯器レシピ #簡単レシピ

●Folded Tonkatsu
3–4 slices of pork loin
1 shiso leaf
1 slice of cheese
2 tbsp mayonnaise
Breadcrumbs as needed
Reference recipe: 【卵液不要】10分でチーズ溢れる豚しそカツ| 包丁も使いません。

●Ginger Pork
300g pork loin
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp mirin
Sake: 1 tbsp
Honey: 1 tsp
Ginger: 1/2 knob
Onion: to taste
Reference Recipe: https://cookpad.com/jp/recipes/18090858

●Salt Koji Garlic Lemon
Pork loin: 300g
Salt koji: 2–3 tbsp
Garlic: 2 cloves
Pepper: to taste
Lemon: 1/2

● Shiitake Mushroom Chinese Soup
Shiitake mushrooms: 6
Water: 400ml
Beaten egg: 1
Chicken bouillon powder: 2 tsp
Soy sauce: 1 tsp
Cornstarch slurry: 1 tbsp
Sesame oil: 1/2 tbsp
Green onions: to taste
Reference Recipe: https://www.kurashiru.com/recipes/712...

●Honey Vinaigrette Dressing
Ketchup: 1 tbsp
Sweet chili sauce: 1 tbsp
Vinegar: 1 tbsp
Olive oil: 1 tbsp
Balsamic vinegar: 1 tsp
Salt: 2g
Tabasco sauce: 4–5 shakes

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