After Non-staple Food, Ma Xiaoyu published another book! This time, I cooked with a mug. Hey, isn't this picture like a child dressed as a family wine? But after reading it and giving it a try, you can really make a good dish! Using the high temperature resistance of mugs, the ingredients are processed and sent to electric cookers, microwave ovens and ovens. Whether it is rice porridge or thick soup dessert, it can be served easily. Whether it is a family meal or a personal meal, whether it is a dinner or a midnight snack, this book is a handy secret!
A while ago, I went out to eat unclean twice: once, I let the elk stay in the emergency room for one night, and once, the mother and daughter shared food until the last few words and found foreign objects in the food. I used to browse the websites of cookbooks such as "iCook loves cooking" on the Internet, but recently I bought some cookbooks seriously, hoping to systematically watch the cooking methods of the same theme meals at one time and reduce the number of eating out to zero as much as possible.
As a professional woman, I dare not let the nearly three-year-old elk participate in too many kitchen operations (she can help me with the bowl and carefully open the lid of the salt pot, but I'm not going to give her other tools), so the way of cooking is mainly the electricity and electronic pot at home, and it is most reassuring for me not to turn on the gas stove. When buying recipes, I especially like rice cooker recipes that don't care about fire.
However, the cookbooks of most rice cookers only involve one dish at a time. If you want to have more dishes on the dining table, you will have to use all kinds of equipment, such as gas stoves and ovens. Personally, I feel limited by the size of the kitchen at home. If I use two or three pots for a meal, I feel embarrassed to wash and dry it afterwards.
When I saw the introduction and book abstracts online, I mentioned that the concept of "one pot can handle staple food, soup and snacks at the same time" appeared in Xiao Yuma's mug dishes, which felt so convenient! After the picnic in Taichung, I went to Qin Mei Eslite to recite the book before returning to Taipei.
As before, Ma Xiao's book is very "scientific", much like doing experimental operations, recording in detail the preparatory work or on-site operation process, which is convenient for beginners who are not familiar with cooking. Like me, when I first started cooking, I didn't know the difference between whole grains at all, and Ma Xiao Jr. would also prompt me to choose skills at an appropriate time. Concerned about the source of ingredients, she will also remind: pig bones have heavy metal problems, and beef should avoid the meat from the origin of mad cow disease, so that everyone can not only enjoy the hygiene of self-cooking at home, but also make the ingredients by going up one flight of stairs and get safe and secure ingredients.
▲ Before you start cooking staple food, prepare all kinds of stock, which can improve the delicacy of cooking.
The staple food in the book is a mixture of vegetables and meat, which makes people get all kinds of nutrition at once. Even if you only eat this staple food, you can achieve the goal of satiety and balanced nutrition.
▲ Have food, meat and satiety! The example of staple food is reduced to snacks, full of nutrition!
Every novice in the kitchen is most afraid of accidents. I will always remember the first time I put the stirring rod into the egg liquid, which was sprayed all day. This shadow has made me afraid to challenge the oven dessert for a long time.
In order to prevent accidents in the kitchen and improve the safety of cooking, at the beginning of each chapter, Ma Xiaoyu will write down a general arrangement of tips. For example, in the chapter on thick soup, Ma Xiao Jr. mentioned that it is safest to use a wide mug. Don't fill it too full. Wear heat-insulating gloves (to avoid scalding the soup) and pat it by the sink (it will be cleaned if sprayed).
▲ Before changing the theme, you will be prompted to pay attention to the next theme! In order to cook a perfect meal safely, don't forget to read it carefully first.
Some people say "one-pot cooking" just means that you don't have to wash the pot and change it. In fact, you still have to cook things one by one.
Xiao Yuma's mug cooking has a genuine "one pot cooking". After all the ingredients are ready, put them into the rice cooker in turn, and take out the cooked dishes first, which is a real "one pot cooking" from beginning to end! It's not the kind of "fake one-pot cooking" where you pick it up after cooking and then put it down to heat it!
For example, when you don't need a steamer at the bottom of the rice cooker, and when you need to put a steamer (using a steamer means you have to fold one less plate ~). Every time you use a steamer, you should draw two pots on someone else's book to cook a pot of food. After reading this, you will get an experience: dry baking cakes or soups, it is no problem for the container to contact the bottom of the pot directly in the electric pot; But for rice or porridge, you have to put it on the steaming rack to avoid the bottom from becoming brittle.
▲ Concentrate the staple food, side dishes, soup and dessert in one pot, operate with one finger, and serve good dishes!
Because our kitchen is not big, I looked it up online for a long time when I made dessert for the first time. I want to make sure whether the glass buckle can replace the metal baking tray. Some people say that glass and ceramics can be baked because of the slow heating rate, but the effect will be worse than that of metal. I tried to bake a pound of cake and it worked well.
In the chapter of mug cake, Ma Xiaoyu mentioned that mugs made of ceramic, enamel, stainless steel and other materials can be made, so that mugs at home can be upgraded to cake baking pans immediately. Xiao Yuma is very experimental in comparing mugs of various materials and shapes, and what the baked cake will look like, which also solves the confusion of a novice kitchen like me about "how to bake mugs that look different in shape and color from the book".
People like me who don't bake often and don't want to buy many utensils can try to make simple and delicious desserts with mugs at hand. Making your own cake can avoid additives such as leavening agent and pigment on the market.
I bought this book on Mother's Day. I remember that when I first started reading Xiao Yuma's works, there were only rice cookers and small soup pots in our kitchen. I looked at all the non-staple food arranged by Xiao Yu's mother for Xiao Yu and thought about how to prepare meals for me and the little elk. Two years later, in order to think about how to find time to eat at home after tiring work, Ma Xiaoyu prepared a mug recipe so that I could learn the skills of cooking in a pot. Suddenly, my eyes felt a little hot. Haha, it's really a struggle between mothers. It's hard for them to close the door together.
The operation of this book is very feasible, and there is no need to buy extra mugs. Using small bowls or other ceramic and stainless steel tableware at home can also be made through teaching in books as long as the formula and proportion in reference books are used.
At the same time, mugs can be used as containers, covered with silicone cups, and can be sent to the refrigerator for cold storage. As long as the materials are prepared the day before, you can eat nutritious, delicious and hygienic meals after work the next night. Take out the cup from the refrigerator, send it to heat it and move your fingers. Nowadays, food safety problems are frequent, and the skills conveyed in this book can make you easily avoid food safety crisis.
Recommend it to you who want to cook at home and often feel that you have no time!
Book information
"Ma Xiaoyu 100 mug dishes, serve!" Author: Xiao Yuma, drawn by Chen He, priced at $350, ISBN: 9789869292085, published by Federal magazine, 192 page "This article is the author's opinion, not his position".