Innie or Outie

Here’s another original creation from hubby, Papa’s Chicken and Potato Dinner:

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For this beautifully plated meal, hubby made potato patties mixed with flour and finely diced onion; topped with chicken sautéed in salad oil and sprinkled with white pepper; added quartered cherry tomatoes and homegrown arugula; and smothered the entrée with canned mushroom gravy.

This is what I call a Japanese-style “frozen” dinner, Insta-Dinner:

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The meal consisted of frozen okonomiyaki from Osaka and frozen spinach in wonton wrappers that were “cooked” in a microwave and instant miso soup. The only thing that wasn’t instant or premade was the sauce for the spinach wontons which consisted of soysauce, white wine vinegar, sesame oil, and topanjyan paste.

These are tako crisps (octopus chips) called Tako Senbei (octopus crackers) that hubby brought back from his annual gig in Osaka.

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Here’s my version of one of hubby’s favorite no-fuss quickie snacks, Mama’ s Mini-Sandwich:

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This version of mini-sandwich had horseradish and whole-grain mustard on a whole wheat dinner roll, topped with iceberg lettuce, fresh basil, sliced cherry tomato, ham, and onion cheese (tastes just like onion chip dip).

This version of local bentos is similar to the first bento featured. This one had salmon, deep-fried shrimp, deep-fried chicken, hamburger, spaghetti , broccoli, veggie mix, teriyaki pork, rice with seaweed paste, nori, and cheese croquette.

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This is a switch on the typical pepper-steak that hubby created, Papa’s Sake-Miso Beef:

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The meal consisted of beef sautéed in oilve oil with minced garlic paste, minced ginger paste, white pepper, sake, 1/2 sodium red miso, cabbage, arugula, and basil added. He spooned the remaining sauce and leftover precooked rice and garnished with cracked black sesame seeds.

This is another choice in the “oba-style” bentos with mackerel, kamaboko, pumpkin, daikon-carrot mix, fried chicken, soy bean-hijiki mix, umeboshi, and rice.

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This pork meal idea originated from a recipe I saw by Jody #35. Although this meal takes longer than most of my dishes, it is simple, tasty, and allows for time do other things while it is cooking, Rosemary-Pork Bake:

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Items Needed:

Stove, oven, one 9 x 9 inch casserole dish, wax paper or brush for greasing casserole dish, and aluminum foil or casserole lid

Ingredients:

1 small pork roast, 2 medium potatoes, 1/4 medium red onion, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon white pepper, 1 cup chicken broth, 1 teaspoon ½ sodium red miso paste,1 tablespoon minced garlic paste, 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary leaves, olive oil for greasing casserole dish, 2 cups frozen mixed vegetables, ¼ cup water, and 1 teaspoon corn starch

(Optional)

Cracked black sesame seeds and whole wheat dinner rolls

View video with details here.