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Quinoa Rice & Mabo Dofu

Quinoa Rice & Mabo Dofu

How time flies – another new year! Our Christmas dinner was postponed and Yvan accepted the challenge of cooking an entirely vegetarian meal – matched with beer too! Four tasty courses including a fancy dessert – I hope Yvan was quite pleased as I with it all. One dish during this vegetarian feast was a […]

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Roast Chicken Thigh & Kimpira

Roast Chicken Thigh & Kimpira

I rarely use the oven, but this place has two: a main oven and a smaller ‘plate warmer’ sized one. Seeing that I don’t like the idea of cooking small batches in a normal sized oven I found this was a perfect opportunity. With seasoned chicken thighs, I made slits over the skin-side and placed […]

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Another Random Makizushi

Another Random Makizushi

We’re finally able to harvest more radish in the vegetable bed – it’s a tiny one that looked larger viewing it aboveground. I think for the rest they may need another week. It’s another day that shouldn’t be spent sitting indoors, so I’ve made sushi again for on the go. This time all the items […]

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Eggplant & Lumpia

Eggplant & Lumpia

This lunch is twinned with Yvan’s ‘boiled eggs and bacon’ lunch. Again, after constructing a fiddly sushi roll I went for the simple route again. Note that some of the sides are shared – ah the joys of a prepared larder. Again, my lunch is almost vegetarian if not for the meaty lumpia I do […]

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Boiled Eggs & Bacon

Boiled Eggs & Bacon

Not quite ‘green eggs and ham’ – I prefer more variety for lunch. This is twinned with my ‘eggplant and lumpia’ lunch. I had an orange capsicum I intended to make into a peri peri sauce base, so I whole-roasted it and peeled the skin. As I struggled to think up a more interesting item […]

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Random Crabstick Makizushi

Random Crabstick Makizushi

Not exactly the most inspiring lunch in the world but pretty good for when you’re on the go. One thing I do like about makizushi is that it can be handled with just your fingers. With summer to disappear soon lunches like this are best enjoyed outside! Lunch contents: makizushi (crabstick, green onion, sesame seed, […]

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Simmered Dishes

Simmered Dishes

I have been slowly increasing the amount of side dishes I make so I can have them on-hand for lunches. While Yvan took away smoked salmon sushi I left mine more simple. Reading up the varieties of capsicum, though the green type has the best nutrition it isn’t as sweet so I made a compromise […]

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Vegetarian Makizushi

Vegetarian Makizushi

I wanted to see if I could construct a makizushi that had lots of flavour, but I think the result was too odd even for my tastes. If it wasn’t for the lumpia this bento would of been vegetarian, so just imagine that it is. Top tier contents: vegetarian makizushi (roast capsicum, pickled jalepeno, spring […]

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Double Crabstick Makizushi

Double Crabstick Makizushi

I didn’t quite plan well in advance for this lunch – and Yvan’s doesn’t look too much different from this too. One thing I do know is there are some things we need to use, and so they are fodder when I’m out of ideas and am in the mood for makizushi. Top tier contents: […]

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Yakitori & Shiso

Yakitori & Shiso

The purple shiso (perilla) out in the herb bed was bought in part for the novelty – the green variety has more uses than the more potent and strangely perfume-like ‘red’ type as I would eventually find out. I have started to use it for onigiri, and I can’t say it’s not too bad. This […]

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