Very Quick Recipes

In an effort to make a New Year resolution to eat properly without eating out all of the time, I'm trying to alter my approach to cooking. I haven't quite figured it out, but ideally any dish that requires few ingredients, or ingredients with long shelf lives (so I can minimize grocery store trips), that requires little preparation, and that uses few dishes (so I can minimize cleaning time) would be great. That seems nearly impossible now that I write it out, but... maybe I can figure something out.

• Cream biscuits
• Congee! (Juk)

A Collection of Recipes

• Japanese Potato Salad
• Penne di Funghi con Pollo e Salsiccia
• Churros and chocolate
• Egg salad
• Shrimp and walnuts
• Chinese asparagus
  
• Mushroom Carbonara Pasta
• Chocolate Cake Roll
• Apple Cake
• Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Sour Cream Cake
  
• No-Bake Cheesecake
• Japanese Tuna Spaghetti
• Red Potatoes, Green Beans and Mushrooms
• Honey Ginger Salmon
• Japanese Chicken Rice

Tomato Mozzarella Sandwich

It's been a long hiatus! First I was in Europe and then I was moving to Philadelphia. I'll try to catch up with posts before school starts!

I do love mozzarella and tomato. Recipe from The Kitchn.

Tomato Mozzarella Sandwich
makes 1 sandwich

Olive oil
2 slices bread
1/4 small tomato, sliced
4 thin slices mozzarella cheese
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1/2 clove garlic (optional)
4 leaves fresh basil (optional)

Heat a 10-inch skillet over medium heat and coat lightly with olive oil. Place 1 piece of bread in the skillet. Lay two pieces of mozzarella cheese on top of the bread. Lay the tomato slices on top of the cheese and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place the rest of the cheese on top of the tomato and top with the second piece of bread.
Check the bottom of the bread; if it is looking golden, flip the sandwich. Place a cast iron skillet on top of the flipped sandwich and cook for an additional 3 to 4 minutes to finish melting the cheese and toasting the bread.
Option: Rub both pieces of bread with the cut half of a clove of garlic before assembling the sandwich.
Option: Add a few leaves of basil in the center of the sandwich with the tomato.