Spam Musubi
Spam Musubi is a ubiquitous snack and lunch food in the Aloha State comprising of a slice of Spam and a slab of rice wrapped together with nori in the form of Japanese omusubi. This creation is Hawaiian and yet curiously Minnesotan. Spam is made by Hormel and Hormel is based in Austin, Minnesota where [...]
Many outside of Japan would be surprised to know that curry is one of the most popular dishes there. It is ubiquitous in many Japanese fast food and family restaurants, often served with rice. Another popular way of serving curry is with ramen or udon as seen in my Japanese Curry Udon. The taste of [...]
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Wontons are a small Chinese dumplings with a thin dough wrapper and a meaty filling. They are commonly boiled and served in soup or sometimes deep fried. The soup version makes an elegant starter while the deep fried version is popular as finger food. They come in various shapes, the most common being the globular [...]
The weekday mornings are always busy for me as I have to pack three lunches and prepare breakfast all at the same time. It is a little easier in the summer months when the boys are home and I only need to concentrate on one lunch for Ro-Ri San. I am not so much into [...]
Meatballs and rice cakes are bento staples. These can be made in large batches and frozen. In the morning, they are heated through in the microwave and packed into the lunch boxes. Fruits are cut in the morning so that it is fresh. It normally takes 10 to 15 minutes to pack all three bentos [...]
For today’s bento I packed some of the Chinese Savory Pancakes that I made yesterday. I made a little extra so that I have enough for the bentos. These pancakes, brown rice cakes, and inari sushi taste pretty good at room temperature. As there isn’t much in the way of vegetables, I added a lot [...]
Happy Friday! We all look forward to the weekends and the excitement starts on Friday. The Ro-Ri boys seem a little more cheerful than usual. In place of the usual bento, I decided to make tuna sandwiches instead. Just for the fun of it, I molded the hard boiled eggs and cut out checkered apples. [...]
It was a fun weekend for the Ro-Ri family. That one extra day made a lot of difference. Three day weekends are really great! . I found some MSG-free gyoza at the Asian market and they are yummy! Home cooked dishes include brown sauce pork chops (recipe to follow) and some vegetable stir-fry. Ro-Taro and [...]
I saved some of the apple stuffed sirloin roast from yesterday for this morning’s bento. This should keep the Ro-Taro and R-Jiro happy as they like meaty bentos. The rice is a mix of brown and white. I cook them together in the rice cooker on a 1:1 ratio. The combination of the two gives [...]
There is a little more variety in today’s bento box. As a treat for Ro-Taro and Ro-Jiro who love crunchy fried stuff, I bought a pack of fried chicken from the grocery store. Both were very appreciative of it. Not always healthy, but certainly very tasty! Ro-Ri’s kitchen is not big into deep fried goodies. [...]
