Archive for July, 2008

Hard-boiled egg makes woman squeal (Wednesday bento)

The hard-boiled egg molds (they are called “Easy Boiled Egg Shapers“) I ordered arrived last week. As you can see, I got four different ones – car, fish, bunny and bear. How to use Easy Boiled-Egg Shapers: Hard-boil your egg. Peel the egg while it is still hot. Place the egg in the mold. Leave […]

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Steak and noodles

For dinner on Tuesday night we had steak and noodles. Jac had bought some Y-bone steaks, which she marinated in teriyaki sauce and garlic for a couple of days. She panfried them to medium, and they were beautifully tender. The meat had really absorbed the flavours of the marinade – no additional sauce was necessary. […]

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Tuesday bento

I used our dinner leftovers in our bento boxes on Tuesday. Jac’s bento – on the left: crumbed fish and steamed broccoli, and in the “Tasty” container – tartare sauce. On the right: potato salad on a bed of cos, steamed butternut pumpkin sprinkled with dried chives. I’d asked Jac to bake me a couple […]

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Damn you, chip craving!

For dinner last Monday night we had oven-baked frozen crumbed fish fillets and beer battered thick-cut chips with steamed butternut pumpkin, broccoli and green beans. Jac had tartare sauce with her fish, and I had tomato sauce for my fish and my chips. Those beer battered chips are fantastic – they’re crunchy and salty and […]

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Monday bento

Jac really enjoyed the sandwich bento I made for her on Friday and asked if I’d be able to make her more sandwiches for lunch on Monday. No worries! I made us both sandwiches for lunch on Friday. roast beef, Indian-style mango chutney, cucumber sausage, sour gherkin pickles, mayonnaise roast turkey breast, sundried tomato mustard, […]

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Sunday fry-up (and how to cook an egg sunny side up)

Jac likes to cook up a big breakfast on Sunday mornings. This was last Sunday’s fry-up. Pork chipolatas, tomatoes, button mushrooms and eggs. She cooked the mushrooms with butter and a couple of whole garlic cloves. Jac’s plate, with her egg over easy. You may have noticed she’s removed the skin from her tomatoes. She […]

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Friday night Thai dinner

We’d originally planned to go out for dinner last Friday night, but with all the stormy weather we decided staying home would be a better idea. Jac picked up some Thai takeaway on her way home, from the international food hall at East Victoria Park. She’d asked for pad pak with tofu, which is a […]

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A stormy Friday means… bento!

I’d planned to buy lunch last Friday, but the weather forecast was for a day of wind, rain and storms. I watched from my window as the day grew darker and at lunch time it looked like it was evening! See the news report and photos from Perth Now. I’ve mentioned Jac’s love of sandwiches […]

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Dinner from a tiffin

More delicious food from E for us! She is so generous, and a really great cook! Fried pork, to go with… …this wonderful tangy sweet and sour sauce, with chunks of pineapple, cucumber, tomato and spring onion in it… …and these delicious gingery and garlicky stir-fried vegetables. My plate, loaded up: And close-ups of deliciou…

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Thursday work food

Some days at the office we just end up eating and eating and eating. I took a break from bento last Thursday. SRM, J and I trooped off happily for a Munch fix. For those who don’t know, “Munch” is Munch Terrace, a little Malaysian cafe on Hay Street in East Perth (Shop 6, 230 […]

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