Quinoa Flat Bread (Gluten Free)
I came across this recipe on Pinterest a week or so ago and thought one of my gluten-free friends would like it. I didn’t actually intend to make it myself but she happened to come over later that week so we tried it out. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. We didn’t follow … Read more
Freezer bento fillers
The last three months have been full of making lunches. I’ve had to up my game as the kiddo probably wouldn’t appreciate eating the previous night’s dinner for lunch every day. Or meal salads every day… I have a tiny freezer but I’ve been keeping as many bento fillers in there as possible. Because there are … Read more
Green Pepper Maki
I love veggies wrapped in meat. My favorite is asparagus wrapped in pork but an honorable mention must go to eringi wrapped in beef. I tried something new the other day. I had some fast fry pork chops and some green peppers in the house so I search on Cookpad.com with those two ingredients and found … Read more
Freezing Yakionigiri
I think one of the first frozen foods I had in Japan was frozen onigiri. The hubby bought them one evening and I was skeptical. I don’t really like frozen food and these seemed to simple to be good. I loved them. Haven’t bought them since but they did inspire me to explore the world … Read more
Meal mind mapping
So it has been a while. I decided to work out of the house again and have very little free time. Ironically I’ve been cooking more meals than usual because I have to make three meals for me and the resident toddler and two meals for the hubby every day. That’s two lunch bentos five days a week. Some … Read more
Hot wine, Christmas trees and Hobbits
I’m getting into the Chrismas spirit. I started by posting my Christmas recipe round up on Saturday and populating my Japan friendly Christmas recipe board on pinterest. I attempted to decorate the house on Sunday night but it was a big of a failure. In Japan, instead of doing spring cleaning you do osoji just before … Read more
Christmas Recipes Round Up
It’s December first so now I can officially talk about Christmas. I have a rule not to think about Christmas until December (Christmas presents for family in Canada aside). I did kind of break my rule two days ago when I suddenly remembered that I wanted to download a copy of the Huron Tale from Itunes. I … Read more
Stocking a Allergen-free Japanese Pantry
I’ve had a couple of commenters ask for gluten-free Japanese recipes and a couple of people ask for soy-free recipes. I started looking into what basic seasonings you can get for those with allergies. The common allergies that would cause the most problems seem to be soy, rice and gluten. Those of you with MSG … Read more
How to find a turkey in Japan
For the first couple of Thanksgivings and Christmases it didn’t even occur to me to miss turkey. All of a sudden, about a week before my third Christmas here, I felt I had to roast a turkey. Since rarely went out of my way to get food that wasn’t sold in the local supermarket, I … Read more
Homemade Poptarts
A few days ago I saw a homemade poptart pin on Pinterest and I had to make some. That particular recipe called for one cup of butter. My image of poptarts is junk food that you eat once in a while for fun. I probably haven’t had one since I moved to Japan and I hadn’t given them a … Read more
