Innie or Outie

Here’s another simple home cooked meal that comes together in less than 30 minutes, Ginger-Pork & 5 Cheese-Pasta Dinner:

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The specific ingredients are open to interpretation to meet you own tastes. For the meal I used, pork roast, olive oil, minced ginger, powdered marjoram, dried tarragon flakes, and white pepper, simmered in a red wine sauce. For the pasta, I used 3 types of baby cheese, Kraft American cheese, and parmesan cheese with butter, milk, powdered nutmeg, and dried parsley flakes. Completing the meal was frozen grilled Mediterranean vegetables sautéed in sesame oil and garlic with almond slivers.

Equipment and All Ingredients Needed

1 Medium pot 2 Frying pans 3 Stovetop Burners

1 Strainer 1 Knife 1 Cutting board

1 Small pork roast

3 Slices American cheese

1 ½ Cups frozen grilled Mediterranean vegetable mix

½ Cup red wine

¼ Cup grated parmesan cheese

2 Tablespoons butter

1 Tablespoon olive oil

1 Tablespoon sesame oil

1 Tablespoon dried tarragon flakes

1 Teaspoon each of 3 different types of baby cheese

½ Cup milk

2 Teaspoons white pepper

1 Tablespoon dried parsley flakes

1 Teaspoon minced garlic paste

1 Teaspoon minced ginger paste

1 Teaspoon almond slivers

1 Teaspoon powdered nutmeg

1 Teaspoon flour

1 Teaspoon powdered marjoram

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This is another version of a local bento vendor’s take-out meals consisting of rice, mackerel, daikon-carrot-bok choy mix, veggie tenpura, deep-fried chicken, hotdog tenpura, umeboshi, and a side cup of soba-flavored broth.

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This is a mini-bento selection from another local vendor containing rice, deep-fried prawns, tartar sauce, carrots, and a soba-flavored broth. For add-on side dishes, pasta salad and a karashina-fu-tuna mix.

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Hubby was in the need of a break from the wintery stew and soup meals, so he came up with this, Papa’s Hamburger Steak Dinner:

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For the meal, hubby combined nutmeg, hamburger, panko, sautéed bacon bits, white pepper, egg, and milk for the patty; topped it with a canned demi-glase infused with red wine and shitake mushrooms; and garnished with fresh basil sprig. Side dishes consisted of rice topped with cracked black sesame seeds, steamed carrot slices sautéed in butter and olive oil; and a salad of iceberg lettuce, arugula, salad greens, and cherry tomatoes with a creamy sesame dressing.

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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