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
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
Homemade Taiyaki
My first apartment with my husband was near a shopping street with a taiyaki place right in the middle. The shopping street led to a train station we used somtimes and taiyaki was the perfect winter hand warmer. When I decided to buy a waffle iron a couple of months ago I decided that it needed to … Read more
Pizza veggies
These are great both as picnic and party food. If you follow me (Kirsten Adachi) on snapdish you will know that for a few months I was doing pizza Fridays. After a while I didn’t feel like it so I stopped. I think I need to source better cheese before I continue. Oh, and pepperoni. During … Read more
Baked Sea Bream
I don’t cook fish often. Not because I dislike it but because when we were young my sister and I refused to eat fish (aside from freshly caught rainbow trout) so it is not part of my food past. Since coming to Japan I have started cooking fish but usually in Japanese food. I probably … 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
Coconut Tofu Fries
I saw a great looking coconut chicken with chili dipping sauce recipe on Budget Bytes and I knew I had to make them. I will make the chicken version in the future but I played around with tofu first. I had some coconut milk powder leftover from a curry a while ago and decided to … Read more
Niku Aspara
One of my favorite things to order at yakitori (chicken grilled on a skewer) places and izakayas (a kind of pub?) is nikuaspara (asparagus rolled in thinly sliced pork/beef and grilled). I can’t get enough. I have always made it with pork at home but beef was relatively reasonable this week so I decided to give … Read more
