What I ate last week (1/27 - 2/2)

February 7, 2025 2:58 PM

Honestly, I don't really remember. At this point, this post is way late, and unless I'm writing down what I ate the day of, I tend to forget. So here, I just have some extra photos for you:

I made more shumai! I just wanted to see if I could improve on my first batch, and I'd say I did! The shumai wasn't really falling apart as much. I still think the recipe is way too much work, but it was a nice snack to eat throughout the week. And see that smoothie in the background?

I had a few remaining pineapple chunks from my can of pineapple, and whenever I buy canned pineapple I feel the need to use the juice in a smoothie. I love smoothies.

After I made all the shumai, I was still left with a small amount of dumpling wrappers, so I used them the next morning to make some scallion pancakes. These really aren't the ideal type of wrappers to use for shortcut scallion pancakes, but I'm trying to use what I have. They do look a little sad, but they still taste good!

And I know I already made a whole post about this yellow chicken and rice, but here's a bonus pic, as well as a picture of some leftovers the next morning:

Finally, here's some stir fry that I made!

This was another recipe from the Woks of Life cookbook. I was flipping through the pages just to see if I could find an easy recipe that used spicy bean paste. It's not really an ingredient I have much experience with, and I wanted to use it for more than just mapo tofu. I settled on their Farmhouse Pork Stir-Fry, which was pretty easy to make! I even sort of made it again this week, but with a cheaper cut of pork.

So, apart from all that, I blogged about eating things with bread, vegan chili, and kimchi pasta. I took a close look at my spending again and I spent just a little more than I did the previous week on groceries. And just a little less on eating out. But it was pretty consistent between the two weeks.

What I did notice was that I spent a lot of money on meat! (I also include eggs, seafood, and even tofu in that category. It makes sense in my head) Almost $40! I bought salmon, shrimp, ground pork, pork belly, chicken thighs, bacon, and eggs! So, I'm trying to cut back on the meat this week.

And finally finally, I'm trying to add more updates to this site! Have you noticed anything? 👀