Month: November 2007

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Does This Make My Lunch Look Phat?

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About a month ago, Yvo from Feisty Foodie announced “Does This Make My Lunch Look Phat?, a contest on her blog. She makes a bento for lunch every day, so her contest is to create a bento box and blog about it. I was super excited when I heard about this… I have loved looking at all her different daily bento boxes, and have wanted to make my own for quite some time now. So of course I jumped at the excuse to make my own bento! 😀

The bento box I used was one I got for Son a year or so ago, that he uses to bring lunch to work sometimes.

Bento Box!
Bento Box!

On the top level, there is Japanese Potato Salad (recipe coming soon), Japanese Pickles (recipe at bottom), and grapes. The bottom layer has Stuffed Somen Salad and a crêpe from my Taste and Create III post. This one was filled with honey ham, steamed asparagus, and a cheese sauce (recipe at bottom).

Bento Box!

I love love loved the bento! If I could eat like this every day… yum! 😀

Ingredients
  • 2 Japanese cucumbers
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp rice vinegar
Cooking Directions
  1. Wash the cucumbers.
  2. Slice the cucumbers thinly.
  3. Mix all ingredients, let sit for 10 hours or overnight.
  4. Sprinkle with red chili powder, if desired. Enjoy!

Serving Size: 1 cup Japanese Pickles

  • Calories: 115
  • Fat: 1g, 1% DV
  • Saturated Fat: 0g, 0% DV
  • Cholesterol: 0g, 0% DV
  • Sodium: 2866g, 119% DV
  • Total Carbohydrates: 24g, 8% DV
  • Dietary Fiber: 4g, 16% DV
  • Sugars: 20g
  • Protein: 3g, 7% DV
  • Vitamin A: 8%
  • Vitamin C: 30%
  • Calcium: 8%
  • Iron: 6%
  • Magnesium: 16%
  • Potassium: 22%

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. These values are only estimates based on the individual ingredients, and not meant to replace the advice of a medical professional.

Ingredients
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise
Cooking Directions
  1. Stir all ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat until melted.
  2. Serve over steamed asparagus, or most any other steamed vegetable.

Serving Size: 3/4 cup Cheese Sauce

  • Calories: 611
  • Fat: 59g, 91% DV
  • Saturated Fat: 19g, 94% DV
  • Cholesterol: 85g, 28% DV
  • Sodium: 765g, 32% DV
  • Total Carbohydrates: 3g, 1% DV
  • Dietary Fiber: 0g, 0% DV
  • Sugars: 3g
  • Protein: 16g, 32% DV
  • Vitamin A: 14%
  • Vitamin C: 0%
  • Calcium: 47%
  • Iron: 4%
  • Magnesium: 2%
  • Potassium: 3%

Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. These values are only estimates based on the individual ingredients, and not meant to replace the advice of a medical professional.

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Maki Recipes

Rolls Royce Roll

rolls royce roll

This is the last of the rolls that we made from Mobo Sushi. (There may be more later, but this is the last of them for now. 😉 ) We thought this one was pretty good. A nice gari flavor, but don’t use too much or it will overwhelm the sushi! I know there are those of you out there who are huge gari lovers… this one is definitely for you.

We got the shirts ordered! The order was submitted on Monday, so in about three weeks the shirts should be here (although it might take a little longer because of Thanksgiving in the U.S.). I’m still trying to figure out what I’m going to do about selling them… I want to hear your thoughts on this. What do you think is a good method for payment? I’m not so hot about the idea of PayPal, since there are all sorts of fees and such… what do you think about sending a check or something of the sort? (I would probably get a P.O. Box somewhere, since I’m sure you understand that I wouldn’t want my home address out on the internet for the world to see!) What do you think? Would you guys be comfortable sending checks or something of the sort to me? (I won’t be insulted if you say no, I promise! 🙂 )

Ingredients
  • 6 sheets nori
  • 3 cups sumeshi
  • 1 large avocado
  • 1.5 cups imitation crab
  • 15 slices gari
  • 6 oz smoked salmon (we used Cajun flavored for this)
Cooking Directions
  1. Cook sushi rice.
  2. Cut the avocado in half, discarding the pit.
  3. Cut off the hard skin and discard.
  4. Slice the avocado into thin sticks.
  5. Shred the imitation crab.
  6. Slice each piece of gari in half.
  7. Cut the smoked salmon into 6 slices.
  8. Roll the sushi, using avocado, imitation crab, 5 slices gari, and 1 oz smoked salmon as your fillings.