Innie or Outie

This simple dish has a spicy twist, Papa’s Curried Fried-Rice Dinner:

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For the meal hubby used chopped canned oysters, shrimp, carrot, and onion sautéed in olive oil; then added curry powder, chicken broth granules, and precooked rice. Accompaning the dish was a small salad of iceberg lettuce, homegrown arugula and salad greens, sliced cherry tomatoes, and chopped chives; topped with a creamy cheese dressing; and sprinkled with bacon bits.

Hubby’s hooked and on a roll, Papa’s Snack Sandwich#3:

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This mini-sandwich version consisted of iceberg lettuce, cured bacon, sliced cherry tomato, red onion, cheddar cheese, and fresh basil on a whole wheat dinner roll slathered with mayonnaise and whole grain mustard.

Here’s another flavorful and simple meal from a variety of influences, Ginger-Almond Rice & Shrimp Wrap Dinner:

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The meal consisted of a shrimp sautéed in sesame oil with red onion, bell pepper, white pepper, red chili pepper flakes, minced ginger paste, and shikwasa juice mixture in a lettuce and miso-covered tortilla wrap; diced pickled-ginger and toasted almond rice; and soup of choice (in this case miso). A brief video with further details is available here.

Another tasty and simple creation by hubby, Papa’s Snack Sandwich#2:

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This creation consisted of iceburg lettuce, red onion slice, ham, and cheddar cheese on a whole wheat dinner roll slathered with a thin layer of whole grain mustard and mayonnaise, then topped with a Spanish olive.

This is a bento box from another local convenience store with seaweed, yakinoodle with ginger, boiled egg, gobo-carrot mix, dumpling, deep-fried fish, potoato croquette, mashed potato salad, ginger, pickled plum, and rice with black sesame seeds.

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Another of the local convenience store bento boxes with shrimp tenpura, mackerel, scrambled egg, kamaboko, veggie tenpura, hamburger, konyaku with seaweed, minced pork in wonton dumpling, pickled plum, and rice with black sesame seeds.

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A local quick and tasty way to cure a sweet tooth.

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Hubby created this twist on a popular Asian dish, Papa’s Mediterranean Veggie Steak Dinner:

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The meal consisted of a chopped onion and cubed beef sautéed in sesame oil, Mediterranean veggie mix, chopped brocolli, sliced carrot, white pepper, minced garlic paste, soy sauce and chopped fresh basil medley on rice with a small side salad of fresh homegrown arugula and salad greens, red onion slices, and pine nuts topped with a creamy cheese dressing.

Finally a chance to do some outside cooking, This-n-That BBQ Dinner:

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This meal consisted of grilled ginger-chili sauce pork roast, grilled shikwasa-garlic chicken, grilled foil-wrapped chili beans and onions, grilled foil-wrapped parsley sweet corn cob, and ochazuke onigiri. View brief video with further details.

A simple throw together with an Asian twist for a busy day, Seafood Stew Snack:

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For the snack, 1 1/2 cups cooked rice, topped with 1 cup leftover Crockpot Seafood Minestrone Stew, zasai (pickled turnip), chopped nori (seaweed), and cracked black sesame seeds.