I had a lovely Memorial Day weekend filled with the best types of marathons. Harry Potter marathon, Disney Channel original movie marathon (Zenon <3), and of course, a cooking marathon! Okay, I guess I didn't cook that much, but it felt like it took forever. This time I made spicy honey baked cauliflower, kinpira with the cauliflower scraps, and froze 3 servings of rice.
I had a cooking marathon last night. Right after work I went to the grocery store, picked up ingredients, and immediately started cooking all the way until 9 PM. Didn't even sit down. It was crazy. I ended up making 3 separate dishes, but I'll just be focusing on the kinpira for this post. I was just really stuck on the thought that I haven't been terribly adventurous with my bento, so why not go all out and make a bunch of Japanese food? I'm really glad I did, actually, because it all turned out to be way more delicious than whatever I was eating before.
This must be the most bento bento I've made so far. I think I'm getting the hang of the whole "visually appealing" thing. Honey, soy sauce, and garlic are my go to ingredients when I need to whip up some kind of marinade. They just work well together!
This box was kind of put together just because I have 12 more spam onigiri to go through and my grapes and carrots are reaching a week old. Still tasty, though! I got a few new accessories (and a new box!) this weekend and was really excited to use them. I wanted to try doing yaki onigiri because I wasn't really in the mood for just the regular old spam onigiri, and it was actually much better this way! Time consuming, but better.
Salmon pasta has been a staple in my diet for a few years now. This ridiculously simple recipe was first made for me by an old friend, who had learned it from his French friend. (French friend, if you're out there reading this, you have touched my life forever). When I first had this dish, I craved it pretty much always and would ask my friend to make it any time we hung out. Now I know how it feels, because even though Kyle almost never picks out what to eat, this is the one dish that he'll actually say, "I've been craving salmon pasta, can we do that for dinner?" I think this is all the evidence you need to know that salmon pasta is a real winner that even picky eaters love.
I really love beets, except for the part where they stain everything purpley-red. But otherwise, they make a great warm or cold salad! Many people don't seem to realize this, but beet stems and greens can also be eaten...don't throw that stuff away! I use the whole beet, stems and all, in my beet salad. The stems have the texture and taste of celery and the greens taste kind of like spinach or swiss chard. Cook it all up, throw in some goat cheese and maybe some bacon (if you're into that kind of thing), and you've got yourself a great side dish for any season!
I finally got to try out one of my new bento boxes! Admittedly, this meal wasn't specifically planned as a bento meal, but I needed to bring the leftovers for lunch and it was just a good opportunity to finally use one of these things. I know, it's ironic that my first post on Bento Basics isn't even really about bento. Just ignore that fact and let me tell you about garlic beef.
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