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This is another of hubby’s homemade rice cooker meals, Papa’s Clam Pilaf Dinner:

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For the meal hubby steamed diced pork, clams, rice, water, sliced enoki, maitake, and shitake mushrooms, bonito dashi, white wine, and soy sauce in a rice cooker; when finished, the mixture was combined with grated parmesan cheese and chopped scallions; added a small iceberg lettuce, arugula, sliced cucumber, cherry tomato, and chopped scallion salad drizzled with a creamy French dressing; and completed the meal with a small bowl of instant miso soup.

Here’s another tasty home cooked meal by hubby, Papa’s Creamy Crunchy-Chicken Dinner:

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This meal consisted of steamed green beans and flour-dredged chicken sautéed in olive oil with white pepper smothered in a cream, white pepper, butter, and scallion sauce and garnished with grated parmesan cheese; freshly steamed rice garnished with dried parsley flakes; and a small salad of iceberg lettuce, sliced cucumber, halved cherry tomatoes, and snipped leek drizzled in a cremay French-style dressing.

Here’s another of hubby delish dishes, Papa’s Pork ‘n’ Taters:

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This meal consisted of chopped pork and potatoes simmered in a mixture of white onion slices, bonito dashi, chicken bouillon granules, white pepper, soy sauce, mixed vegetable juice, white wine, minced garlic paste, and water; strained and tossed with Dijon mustard; placed on a bed of freshly-steamed rice; and garnished with dried parsley flakes.

This meal by hubby combined leftover Obon goodies with instant soup and a new way to cook a favorite dish, Papa’s Steamed Chicken-Rice Dinner:

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Inspired by a local satellite TV show, hubby steamed rice, chopped chicken, mirin, dashi, sliced dehydrated Shitake mushrooms, and soy sauce in a rice cooker and garnished the dish with chopped fresh scallions; added a side plate of reheated frozen leftover Obon goodies – kamaboko, pork, tempura, tofu, etc.; and completed the meal with an instant suimono soup.

Here’s another tasty meal home-cooked by hubby, Papa’s Spicy ButaDon Dinner:

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This meal consisted of thinly-sliced pork sautéed in sesame oil with minced garlic paste, minced ginger paste, and white pepper; combined with kimchi; layered on a bed of freshly-steamed rice; topped with bean sprouts, olive oil sautéed shishito, sliced leek, and cracked black sesame seeds; accompanied by a small salad of iceberg lettuce, quartered cherry tomatoes, and snipped scallions with a creamy sesame dressing.

This simple and tasty meal infuses Eastern flavors into a popular standard, Asian Flavors Shrimp "Risotto":

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This dish consisted of frozen shrimp and assorted julienned bell peppers sautéed in sesame oil with sliced leek, minced garlic paste, minced ginger paste, dried red pepper flakes, white pepper, lemon juice, dill weed, crushed peanuts, chicken broth, leftover pre-cooked rice, cherry tomatoes, Japanese pizza melt-cheese, and grated parmesan cheese added and garnished with snipped shiso leaves.

Here’s another quick ‘n’ easy meal from hubby, Papa’s Island Spam Dinner:

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The meal consisted of pineapple chunks and spam (pork luncheon meat) slices sautéed in olive oil, mustard greens and white onion slices sautéed in sesame oil with white pepper and minced garlic paste, and freshly steamed rice.

Here’s another of hubby’s quick ‘n’ easy dishes, Papa’s Bacon & Shrimp Curry:

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For the meal, hubby sautéed bacon and frozen shrimp, asparagus, and bell pepper slices in olive oil with minced garlic paste, white pepper, and curry powder; and ladeled over freshly steamed rice.

This delish meal by hubby had a little homecooking, take-out, and instant food, Papa’s Chicken Fried-Rice Combo:

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The meal contained chicken chunks sautéed in olive oil with diced carrot and white onion, chicken bouillon granules, bonito dashi, soy sauce, minced garlic paste, and leftover pre-cooked rice; take-out shrimp and green bean tenpura from a local vendor; and instant miso soup.

This tasty home-cooked meal by hubby is very similar to his other dish, Papa’s White Fish & Onion Sauce Dinner:

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For this meal hubby used white fish fillet dredged in flour; sautéed in olive oil; added white pepper, bonito dashi, sake, minced ginger paste, sour cream, and chopped scallions and leek; frozen asparagus and assorted bell pepper sautéed in sesame oil with minced garlic paste; and fresh rice sprinkled with dried parsley flakes.