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
Baked Stuffed Red Peppers
I have been working on the rice cooker cookbook nonstop for the last little while and have scarcely had time to cook non-rice cooker meals. This may be the first time I have used my oven in about a month. I baked these in the pre-lunch heat since it really doesn’t make a difference when your … Read more
Coconut Chicken Strips and Broccoli Cheese Quinoa Cups
This is the best picture I could manage the night I made these. The chicken strips reflect way too much light. I guess I should have been patient enough to brown them under the broiler. After the success of the tofu version of these I made, I couldn’t wait long enough. I came accross both … Read more
Sausage and Cabbage Rice Cooker Lentils
seI’ve got another rice cooker lentil recipe for you. My last recipes, Thymely Rice Cooker Lentils and Spicy Rice Cooker Lentils, have become quite popular and I think more needs to follow. The instructions are very complex so follow them carefully. Sausage and Cabbage Rice Cooker Lentils 2/3 cup brown lentils 1 chicken bullion cube 1 cup purple … Read more
Pork and Kimchie Sushi Rolls
A little while ago I posted a sausage and kimchie rolled sushi recipe. Today I tried pork. I liked it but I put far to little in. You can see in the image below I only put one little strip. The green vegetable in the middle is a green leafy vegetable that I don’t know … Read more
First Yakisoba of August
July and August are BBQ months here in Japan and yakisoba is often the last dish made before packing up. That’s right, for those of you outside Japan, they make a fried noodle dish on the barbecue on a cookie sheet. I won’t be attending any BBQs this year because it is too hot for … Read more
Salada Hiyashi Chuuka
This last weekend my mother-in-law put green salad on top of cold udon noodles and called it salada udon. Today I did the same with hiyashi chuuka. On top: lettuce cut into ribbons (for ease of eating), cherry tomato quarters, green pepper slivers, soy sauce flavored sesame seeds and ground flax seeds. The dressing was … Read more
Cold Soba, Beans and Chicken
Cold soba topped with green beans and pan fried chicken breasts (seasoned with salt and pepper). The dressing is home made creamy kinako-sesame-almond. I used the recipe below and with a kinako-sesame almond mix I had. This was my first time making a creamy salad dressing. I don’t usually even eat creamy salad dressings but … Read more
First hiyamugi of the year
This is the first meal I cooked after returning from a trip to Canada on Saturday. This was lunch on Sunday. We had to eat out on Sunday morning because we had no food in the house. Hiyamugi is my husband’s favorite kind of noodle in the summer. I like to put the in or … Read more
Spinach and Bacon Crustless Tofu Quiche
I make crustless tofu quiche quite often but I have never posted about it. I change up the fillings all of the time but the base recipe remains the same. This recipe is easily made vegetarian and even vegan. I prefer tofu to eggs in quiche. Spinach and Bacon Crustless Tofu Quiche Serves 4 Base … Read more
