Innie or Outie

Here’s a simple and tasty side dish with a twist for take-out pizza, Italian Dinner Side Salad:

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This basic salad consisted of iceberg lettuce, julienned cucumber, quartered cherry tomatoes, black olive slivers, and dried oregano flakes tossed and drizzled with a creamy wasabi, mayonnaise, and creamy cheese dressing mix.

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.

A tasty treat from a local supermarket…

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This delish morsel, just the right size to cure a sweet tooth craving, was part of a snack six-pack found at a local supermarket…

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Another simple and tasty home-grilled meal (as you can see I don’t like my steak to “moo” at me), Crispy Tater BBQ Dinner:

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This meal consisted of half-baked potato halved, coated with butter, foil-wrapped, and topped with a sour cream, turmeric, dill weed, red chili pepper, and dried thyme flakes sauce; half-cooked fresh corn-on-the-cob halved, foil-wrapped with butter, drained button mushroom slices, white onion strips, dried parsley flakes, and soy sauce; chicken; and steak with a whole grain mustard, minced garlic paste, and sesame oil rub (the sour cream sauce can also be used on the steak).

This is another of hubby’s simple and tasty spaghetti dishes, Papa’s Herb-Sausage Pasta Dinner:

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For this meal, hubby sautéed chunks of pork sausage stuffed with herbs and spices in olive oil; added minced garlic paste, chilli pepper oil, and arugula; tossed the mixture with al dente spaghetti; and garnished with grated parmesan cheese. Accompanying the pasta entrée was a salad of iceberg lettuce, halved cherry tomatoes, cucumber slices, and snipped leek drizzled with a creamy cheese dressing.

I finally had a chance to download the new Google Earth with Sky and came up with this collection of tidbits to munch on while we took a gander at the universe, Virtual Tour Snack Platter:

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The platter consisted of honeydew slices with almond cheese chunks wrapped in ham; cucumber slices; spicy cheese kamaboko (fish sausage); baby cheese chunks; Spanish olives; leftover KFC chicken; toasted white bread triangles with a tuna spread of drained canned-tuna, dill pickle juice, minced garlic paste, minced ginger paste, diced white onion, crushed capers, soy sauce, dried parsley flakes, and mayonnaise; Hershey’s dark chocolate kisses; and red wine.

Here’s a simple and tasty meal by hubby that contained take-out and home-cooked dishes, Papa’s Mix ‘n’ Match Dinner:

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The meal consisted of boiled fresh corn-on-the-cob with butter; a salad of iceberg lettuce, quartered cherry tomatoes, cucumber slices, and chopped scallions with a creamy sesame-cheese dressing; and KFC chicken and fries.

Here’s another simple and tasty meal, Italian Flavors Tuna "Helper" Dinner:

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The meal consisted of diced white onion sautéed in olive oil with drained canned tuna, minced garlic paste, drained and rinsed garbanzo beans, dried oregano flakes, dried parsley flakes, white pepper, short pasta, milk, and grated parmesan cheese; accompanied by a simple iceberg lettuce, quartered cherry tomato, and dried thyme flakes salad drizzled with creamy cheese dressing.