After a surge of ebi furai and the convenience that the ingredients are in my stash (the freezer and the cupboard) it was in reviewing last week that I had made a grave error when packing more than one: and that is to reduce the fried item count for the other dishes. As tasty as […]

I really should be using my Just Bento cookbook rather than save it around like a collector’s item but with the internet so readily available my first port to call aren’t books. The entry about ebi furai did feed back to many manga/anime depictions of bento, and it was odd that I’ve not tried this […]

Doing my own lunch sometimes reminds me what I was packed when I was in primary school – with 9 to 5 jobs both my parents were too busy to think about school lunches in the capacity to what I’ve been feeding myself nowadays. I recall despising leftovers for lunch with one exception: spaghetti “bolognese” […]

A “Midnight Diner” episode featured harusume noodles, so I’ve finally made up my mind to give it a go – in particular to help fill me up rather than fill my lunch with rice or fried chicken… the standard recipes are fairly lightly flavoured but probably healthy. This one is a work in progress if […]

Ah, it’s that time of year when the sky looks much nicer than the outdoor temperatures, but it does seem like things are slowly warming up. A decent selection this time, naturally I should probably attempt to do more vegetarian or vegan lunches. April 4 Lunchbox overflow is no bento, it’s probably 2 meals! Noodles, […]

One thing about listening to radio over the weekend I like are ones with food programmes, and this time what set the household salivating was “everyday lentils”. In addition to a slow roast and left over curry, it’s been another week deviating from the norm. Except the part where it was all very good – […]

Not a very inspiring week to branch out of the what is seeming to be a regular menu, I’ve tried to resurrect some older ideas to at least provide something different with making piri piri and packing steamed broad beans. Unfortunately, despite how common some of the dishes are they are tasty addictive… March 21 […]

A very very good yet very very bad week. The bad news is, that there may have been a few things that would go straight to the thighs. The good news is they were cooked by the other half and were indeed very very very tasty. Also confirms the difficulty in trying to reduce the […]

I’ve attempted to add more variety by planning out alternate days with the other easy shop favourite: beef mince. The routine is ok with 2 sets of lunches though spreading my concentration on both definitely is exhausting. I should remember to break away from having a veggie pasta and bibimbap every week – I might […]

Slightly better this week, but chicken still dominates. After being comfortable with the roast veg recipe, I’m making it more often to at least take some of the animal protein allocation in my lunches. Oh and cabbage – because they last for ages. February 29 After all the errands on Sunday, home time in the […]