Innie or Outie

This has to be one of the simplest hardy meals anyone could ever prepare, Pork & Beans Soup Dinner:

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Equipment and All Ingredients Needed

1 Medium pot 1 Stovetop Burner 1 Microwave Oven
1 Knife 1 Cutting board

1 Frozen sweet corn cob (defrosted)

2 Cups Pork & Pasta

1 ½ Cups frozen beans mix

½ Cup frozen green beans

3 Cups water

2 Teaspoons chicken broth granules

1 Teaspoon tomato paste

4 Flour tortillas

2 Teaspoons baby cheese

8 Medium fresh basil leaves

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Inspired by a dish my mom use to prepare, hubby came-up with this original version, Papa’s Mock Hungarian Stew:

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For the meal hubby sautéed chopped onion, chicken thigh, potato, and carrots in olive oil; added chopped Shitake mushrooms, minced garlic paste, white pepper, fresh rosemary leaves, tomato juice, and Spanish olives; let simmer until reduced; plated and added whole wheat dinner rolls for sopping-up the sauce.

Here’s another quick and easy home cooked meal that increases in flavor as it simmers, Pork & Pasta Dinner:

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A simple meal of pork sausage, white onion. minced garlic paste, minced ginger paste, dried cilantro flakes, powdered cayenne pepper, carrot, red bell pepper, mushrooms, canned diced tomatoes with sauce, brown sugar, cumin, black olive slices, olive oil, whole wheat dinner rolls, bow-tie egg-pasta, parmesan cheese, and fresh basil sprigs.

Equipment and All Ingredients Needed

1 Medium pot 2 Frying pans 3 Stovetop Burners
1 Strainer 1 Can Opener 1 Knife 1 Cutting board

4 Medium spicy pork sausages

1 Large Red bell pepper

1 Can diced tomatoes with liquid

1 Small can mushroom slices

½ Medium white onion

½ Large carrot

10 Pitted black olives

2 Tablespoons olive oil

2 Tablespoons minced garlic paste

1 Tablespoon dried cilantro flakes

1 Teaspoon powdered cumin

1 Teaspoon minced ginger paste

1 Teaspoon cayenne pepper

1 Teaspoon brown sugar

2 Whole wheat dinner rolls

Pasta of choice

Parmesan cheese

Fresh basil sprigs

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Another of the local take-out meals, similar to bento#45, with chicken, mackerel, rice, karashina-tuna-fu mix, chunky mashed potatoes with hot dog, faux crab in egg, umeboshi, and diakon.

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This is another of the offerings of a local bento chain included are ginger pork with sesame sauce, rice, umeboshi, daikon, okara-veggie mix, carrot-onion mix, and fu-veggie mix.

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This is another version of rice cracker coated with a sweetened green tea mixture.

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A tasty meal that can be cooked in minutes, Veggie & Pork Stir-Fry:

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Simply chop 1/2 carrot, 4 medium spicy pork sausages, 1/4 white onion, and 1 medium red bell pepper; saute in sesame oil adding frozen string beans, white pepper, minced garlic paste, minced ginger paste, soy sauce, and cracked black sesame seeds; and serve on a bed of reheated leftover rice.

A filling and tasty way to keep warm as we chowed down at a local outdoor eatery by Mihama Bowl. The ramen broth was absolutely delish…

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The meal had pork, bamboo shoot, ramen noodles, minced chicken, fish roe, and scallions in a miso shiro broth with a sheet of nori on the side. To accompany the dish, well what is ramen without gyōza?

With the weather on the chilly side, hubby thought he’d use a little chilli pepper sauce to warm us up, Papa’s Iceberg-Pepper Pork:

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For the dish, hubby used pork, iceberg lettuce, homegrown bell peppers, oyster sauce, toubyanjan sauce, minced garlic paste, white onion, and zasai; placed the mixture on a bed of rice and topped with cracked black sesame seeds.

This is another take-out meal from the new neighborhood Mom & Pop restaurant. Hubby ate it and used the phrase “chickendon” as a means to describe what he felt the main dish represented. The meal included rice, nori, chicken cutlet with sauce, pickled ginger, seaweed-carrot mix, mixed veggies, and hard boiled egg; accompanied by a soba-flavored broth.

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