Japanese "Fast Food" – Bento#2

Filed under:Bento,Fast Food☆ — posted by IOjaw on February 11, 2006 @ 4:28 pm

This version of Japanese “fast food” or bento, which contains a fried egg and pork luncheon meat, is more typical of the local diet.

Bento

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Romantic Food

Filed under:Various Odds & Ends — posted by IOjaw on February 10, 2006 @ 2:42 pm

Here I am, hunting down more original and artistic ideas (preferably with pix) of unique Valentine’s Day edibles. Only problem is, I think most people have forgotten that the holiday was about creating a “romantic” atmosphere for that special someone in their life. Admittedly, everyone has a different idea of what is romantic. But, have you ever looked up the phrase “romantic food” in the image search engines (including Flickr). It seems the idea of romantic has turned into “fancy” or “expensive”. Personally, I feel being creative with that special one’s favorite foods is more romantic. Sure the traditional heart shape is almost a prerequisite, but there are ways to deal with that (such as the pancakes, pizza, and waffles featured earlier). I bet one could take pasta (or just about any food item) and place or form it into a heart-shaped mold with very little difficulty.

My research wasn’t a total loss though. While looking at the numerous images, I ran across this picture of a retro foodie V-Day card. It reminded me of the “caveman” days when we would be all psyched-up about the holiday in elementary school. If fact, I’m pretty sure I saw that particular card passed out (may have done it myself) several times during those very sensitive and vulnerable years!

Tabletop Dinner for Two☆ #2

Filed under:Chicken,Rice,Tabletop Dinner for Two☆ — posted by IOjaw on February 9, 2006 @ 11:24 pm

It’s Grammy night. Hubby and I felt like being able to relax at the dinner table and munch away while watching the show. Sooo, here’s another tabletop dinner idea:

Tabletop Veggie Tenpura Dinner

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Tabletop Veggie Tenpura Dinner

You can use almost any type of vegetable in which ever proportions meet your needs.

Veggie Tenpura Platter

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For our platter we used:
1/2 medium onion (thinly sliced)
1/2 medium carrot (julienned)
1/2 bunch nira (according to hubby this is a veggie similar to chives that is a cross between garlic and onion)
1 small bell pepper (julienned)
Frozen chicken wings (semi-defrosted)
Frozen chicken nuggets (semi-defrosted)
3 tablespoons freshly snipped basil

Veggie Tenpura Batter Bowl

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For the batter we used:
1 egg
250 milliliters iced water
1 1/3 cups tenpura flour

In a medium mixing bowl, whisk egg and water together. Fold in flour, but only to the point of moistness. (The batter looks like lumpy and slightly runny cake batter, but you can adjust the amount of flour to reach your desire consistency.)

Mini Deep Fryer

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Other equipment needed:
Deep fryer

Heat oil in deep fryer as suggested by manufacturer.
Meanwhile, thoroughly toss one-third of veggies in batter.
When oil is ready, alternate cooking between chosen meat and battered veggies. Beginning with the items that require longest cooking period. (I use a laddle to spoon the veggies into the deep fryer).

Veggie Tenpura Frying

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For this dinner menu we also chose to include rice (sprinkled lightly with soy sauce) and nori (dried seaweed) as extra munchies to the main platter.

You can use home fries or any other favorite food item that goes well with deep fried foods. You could even include miso soup as a beverage. This dinner course is very flexible.

And More….

Filed under:Various Odds & Ends — posted by IOjaw on February 8, 2006 @ 7:05 pm

I’ve added even more foodie pages to help those who are looking for that inspiration for their perfect edible idea. This time the pages are in the categories of recipe mega sites, TV/celebrity chef sites, and e-magazine/newspaper foodie sites. Happy Hunting!!!

☆Recipe Mega Sites

Filed under:☆Recipe Mega Sites,☆Wide World Of Culinary Sites☆ — posted by IOjaw on @ 7:00 pm

Here are some currently active sites that contain massive collections of recipes:

(Last Updated 1 Oct 2009)

Abby’s Recipe Box

Cooks.com

Fabulous Foods.com

Favorite Brand Name Recipes(fbnr)

Food Down Under

International Recipes.net

Recipe Goldmine

Recipes Famous Recipes

Recipezaar

That’s My Home Recipes

World Recipes

Yahoo Food

☆E-Magazine/Newspaper Foodie Sites

Here are a few currently active e-magazine and newspaper foodie sites:

(Last Updated 30 Sep 2009)

Better Homes and Gardens

Family Fun.com

Fine Cooking

Food and Wine

Saveur

&#9734TV/Celebrity Chef Sites

Filed under:☆TV/Celebrity Chef Sites,☆Wide World Of Culinary Sites☆ — posted by IOjaw on @ 3:40 pm

Here are some currently active sites of a few celebrities/chefs.

(Last Updated 30 Sep 2009)

Bobby Flay

Emerils.com

Food Network.com

Frank Davis Strictly N’ Awlins

Great Chefs.com

Jamie Oliver

Martha Stewart

Nigella Lawson

Oprah Winfrey

Japanese Language Site

Foodies TV

New Foodie Listing Pages

Filed under:Various Odds & Ends — posted by IOjaw on February 6, 2006 @ 7:22 pm

Today I had a little time to update some of the foodie listing pages. I also added new listing pages in several categories of blogs and sites that involve brand name recipes, foodie pictures only, and (for those of you who prefer not to view images) recipes only.  Happy Surfing!!!

☆Name Brand Recipe Sites

Filed under:☆Name Brand Recipe Sites,☆Wide World Of Culinary Sites☆ — posted by IOjaw on @ 6:50 pm

Here are some currently active brand name sites with recipes and other info:

(Last Updated 1 Oct 2009)

Azteca Foods

B & G Foods

Beatrice

Bertolli

Betty Crocker

Birds Eye

Borden

Bumble Bee

Campbell’s

Cheerios

Chicken of the Sea

Crisco

Del Monte

Duncan Hines

Farmer John

Fleischmann’s

Fritos

Geisha

Gorton’s

GoldSeal

Heinz

Hellmann’s

Hidden Valley

Hormel

Hungry Jack

Jenny-O Turkey Store

JIF

Kellers Creamery

Kikkoman

Knorr

Kraft Foods

Louis Kemp

Maggi – Middle East Division

McCormick

Nabisco

Nasoya

Nestle

Ore-Ida

Ortega

Pepperidge Farm

Pillsbury

Ragu

Reynold’s

StarKist

Strub’s

Sue Bee

Tabasco

Uncle Ben’s

Wish-Bone

☆No Recipes Foodie Pix Sites

Here is an active site that has great foodie pictures, and info on how you too can get great pics:

(Last Updated 1 Oct 2009)

Food Photography Blog


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