Making Dinner

OH how it is different than from the States. Making something, such as spaghetti, in the states takes an hour tops (or can be self making if put in a crock pot) OH CHINA how you are DIFFERENT :-)
Many of you know, I have a love for cooking... nothing has changed about that... but the methods have changed dramatically since coming to Hengyang.
My kitchen is very small and lacks the appliances that are considered "normal" in an American kitchen. "Normal" meaning stove and oven (I'm not even counting the dishwasher)
Here I have a hot plate, wok and toaster oven. After a month of Chinese food, I decided it was time for a more familiar dish... Spaghetti :-)
I started out with:
15 Tomatoes
1 Red Pepper
1 Yellow Pepper
1 Onion
4 Cloves of Garlic
Sugar
Olive Oil
Basil

Step One - Wash all vegetables with special vegetable wash and dry thoroughly

Step Two- Dice all vegetables

Step Three- Combine all in Wok and Simmer (make sure every 10 minutes that the hot plate did not turn itself off)

Step Four - Remove Sauce from Wok and Boil Water in for Noodles

Step Five- Cook Noodles

Step Six- Combine all Ingredients

Step Seven - Enjoy the best home-cooked meal you've ever had!!