bento adventures

[Guest guest]

I spent a good part of the holiday today cooking for the work week. I had been

wanting to try a few new things lately and looked up some recipe to use as

guides. I love cooking, it's a creative outlet for me, and since I started

using bentos I've been looking more into Japanese recipes. I first attempted to

make tamagoyaki--which is simply a rolled omlet. In sushi restaurants it's

rectangles of egg on top of rice. I found a recipe and altered it to not have

sugar, wine, or fish broth which is the typical style. It didn't come out as

pretty as the stuff in the restaurants but I was pretty happy with the texture

and taste . I also wanted to make onigiri, which are pressed rice balls that

typically have a surprise filling. For this attempt I made some TVP with chili

sauce. Well, that didn't work out so well so I started to mix them together to

do something else with them and I realized the texture was now perfect for the

rice balls, so I went

ahead and just made them anyways LOL. I think they look pretty all orange from

the chili sauce. I packaged them with sesame kale, baby bel cheese, cashews, and

a seitan mushroom stir fry. I put a picture up in the photos section if you'd

like to see

 

Heather

 

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle.

The other is as though everything is a miracle.

--Albert Einstein

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

, Heather Butler <hawaiihmb wrote:

>Heather

 

You've inspired me, it really helps to see the pictures, thanks

 

Lucie

> I spent a good part of the holiday today cooking for the work week. I had

been wanting

to try a few new things lately and looked up some recipe to use as guides. I

love cooking,

it's a creative outlet for me, and since I started using bentos I've been

looking more into

Japanese recipes. I first attempted to make tamagoyaki--which is simply a

rolled omlet.

In sushi restaurants it's rectangles of egg on top of rice. I found a recipe

and altered it to

not have sugar, wine, or fish broth which is the typical style. It didn't come

out as pretty as

the stuff in the restaurants but I was pretty happy with the texture and taste

. I also

wanted to make onigiri, which are pressed rice balls that typically have a

surprise filling.

For this attempt I made some TVP with chili sauce. Well, that didn't work out

so well so I

started to mix them together to do something else with them and I realized the

texture

was now perfect for the rice balls, so I went

> ahead and just made them anyways LOL. I think they look pretty all orange

from the

chili sauce. I packaged them with sesame kale, baby bel cheese, cashews, and a

seitan

mushroom stir fry. I put a picture up in the photos section if you'd like to

see

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> Heather

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> There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle.

The other is

as though everything is a miracle.

> --Albert Einstein

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