January 2012

All the content on this site by month.

Bento filler: Parsnip kinpira

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A classic Japanese vegetable side dish made with a very European vegetable.

Bento filler: Cucumber and Nashi (Asian pear) marinated salad

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A really easy and refreshing salad that keeps for a week in the refrigerator. Great for bentos of course.

Tofu and vegetable piccata

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From the archives. I got an email over the weekend from someone asking for vegetarian recipes. Well, there are a lot of vegetarian and vegan recipes here actually. Here is one I posted last year, a tasty ovo-vegetarian tofu-and-egg dish inspired by healthy Korean cooking, named after a classic italian dish. And of course, great in bentos!

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A bit of weekend fun! An IKEA campaign with the neatest looking bento box ever.

Guy Does Bento no. 6: Hot bento with hearty meatball and vegetable soup and sauteed broccoli

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The Guy is back, with a hearty yet fairly low-calorie warm bento.

Hearty meatball and vegetable soup (that's almost a stew)

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The Guy (also known as Max) and I have a shared resolution this year: We Must Lose Weight And Get Fitter Or Else. He has high blood pressure, I have high or disturbingly fluctuating blood sugar. But we both have this basic problem, that we love to eat good food. And, especially during the day, we need our tummies comfortably filled or we get cranky.

One solution to this problem: soup for lunch!