Orange Beef: It's What's for Dinner

A wonderful evening where my daughter and I cooked together. The result was a delicious dinner. This is orange beef with baked zucchini sticks. 

For the beef, my daughter used tenderizer, cut it and fried it. 

She even had a fan. 

I did the sauce. You start with a roux. Add salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and basil. Separately, I added the juice of two fresh oranges and the zest of half an orange. A little honey, apple cider vinegar, and soy sauce. 

We served it with jasmine rice and vegetables. I'll save the zucchini sticks for another post. 

What I would do differently is to use tangelos. However, they're not in season yet. 

Chocolate Water Ice

The recipe is easy. But this one took a little effort. I used a small, personal blender, which is how I make my fruit slushies. 

Ingredients:

Chocolate syrup (I used Hershey's)

Sugar

Vanilla extract

Ice

If your using a small blender, start with about as much chocolate syrup as you put in chocolate milks. Add a tablespoon of sugar and half a teaspoon of vanilla. 

Fill the container with ice, turn on the blender. I had to keep the lid off so I could use a spoon to circulate the ice cubes as they got crushed. Probably an easier way to do that part. 

In the end, I got chocolate water ice about as good as anywhere in Philadelphia!