Evan Yamoto

Tag: Made It

  • Seared Ahi Salad

    I’m not sure if this really qualifies as cooking, but this is something I used to make all the time.  It’s just a lightly seared, Ahi salad.

    Ahi Salad

    It’s as simple as can be, healthy and pretty delicious.

  • Cooking Crab

    Christmas time means a lot of things to me, but one of my family’s newer traditions has been to eat lots of crab.  Unfortunately, there was a problem with the crabs last year so I didn’t have any but I’ll probably make up for it this year.

    I don’t cook too often, but I like to from time to time.  This is one of the recipes I’ve picked up from the internet and have been making it ever since.  It’s pretty much garlic and butter and is pretty delicious.

    Garlic butter crab

    This is my aunt’s recipe that she makes for Christmas.  It may not look great in this picture, but it’s very tasty too.  It’s made with black beans and ground pork and is as messy as it is good.

    Black bean & pork crab

  • My Beginning with Planters

    Here are some planters I made for my old condo.  I designed it to fit along the back of the patio to add some privacy but to not take up much space.  I didn’t even own a saw at this time, but I borrowed my in-law’s and cut some select pine from Home Depot.  I lined the interior with aluminum flashing to give it a more modern look, but it also provided some waterproofing.  The most expensive part of it were the legs that I bought from a site that provides exactly what it says it does, tablelegsonline.com.

    planter-side

    bamboo planter

    I ended up making some small square ones for some small Japanese maple trees, but I never took pictures of them.  This was our dog sunbathing, but you can see one in the upper corner.

    boba sunbathing

  • Pumpkin Carving

    I’m not really into Halloween, but I made these pumpkins years ago for a contest at work.  I used some carving tools and Dremel to make these guys.

    I think I won something for Marvin the Martian.

    marvin martian pumpkin

    I can’t remember if I won something for Eric Cartman or not.  I wanted to make the whole South Park gang but I ran out of time.cartman pumpkin

  • Barn Dog House

    This was a dog house I made with limited tools in an apartment years ago. It was for my then girlfriend, who is now my wife. We didn’t even have a dog at time but got one later that helped seal the deal.

    Our dog never went inside here but it was a fun project.  But I probably should’ve cleaned up and taken a better picture!

    barn