Last Saturday, at the shopsJac’s chicken caesar wrap from Pure + Natural. I suppose it’s a deconstructed sort of caesar filling in the wrap – lettuce, bacon and some sort of caesar-style sauce (but of course there shouldn’t be tomato in a caesar – and I guess if I was being nitpicky I’d say the […]
I’ve been making bento lunches for a few weeks now, and I’m still enjoying it. I thought I’d answer some of the questions that readers have been asking me via a series of blog posts. Here’s the first. I know strictly speaking, sandwiches probably aren’t bento food, but sandwiches are one of Jac’s all-time favouri…
I took a break from Bento last Friday. J rang Munch Terrace (Shop 6, 230 Hay St, Corner Bennett St East Perth) at 11am and asked if they had their nasi lemak special on. The answer was “yes”, so we went to Munch shortly after that, ready to devour nasi lemak. Clockwise, from the top […]
It was only a matter of time before SPAM made an appearance in my bento box. Last Thursday I only needed to make lunch for myself again. What a great excuse to use a SPAM Single for myself! On the left: fried SPAM stars on rice, a strawberry and pinwheel sandwiches (2 x strawberry jam, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]