Innie or Outie

A local quick and tasty way to cure a sweet tooth.

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Hubby created this twist on a popular Asian dish, Papa’s Mediterranean Veggie Steak Dinner:

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The meal consisted of a chopped onion and cubed beef sautéed in sesame oil, Mediterranean veggie mix, chopped brocolli, sliced carrot, white pepper, minced garlic paste, soy sauce and chopped fresh basil medley on rice with a small side salad of fresh homegrown arugula and salad greens, red onion slices, and pine nuts topped with a creamy cheese dressing.

Finally a chance to do some outside cooking, This-n-That BBQ Dinner:

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This meal consisted of grilled ginger-chili sauce pork roast, grilled shikwasa-garlic chicken, grilled foil-wrapped chili beans and onions, grilled foil-wrapped parsley sweet corn cob, and ochazuke onigiri. View brief video with further details.

A simple throw together with an Asian twist for a busy day, Seafood Stew Snack:

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For the snack, 1 1/2 cups cooked rice, topped with 1 cup leftover Crockpot Seafood Minestrone Stew, zasai (pickled turnip), chopped nori (seaweed), and cracked black sesame seeds.

Hubby’s back in a pasta mood, Papa’s Shrimp Pepperoncini Dinner:

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This version of a pasta favorite consisted of sliced onion, chopped bacon, red chili pepper flakes, white pepper, minced garlic paste, and shrimp sautéed in olive oil; tossed with spaghetti and homegrown basil; and topped with parmesan cheese. As a side dish, a small salad of iceberg lettuce, homegrown arugula and salad greens, chopped cucumber, cherry tomatoes, and chives, bacon bits, and herbed croutons topped with a creamy sesame dressing.

This version of bento is slightly different than what is normally seen with minced egg, minced fish, minced meat, deep-fried fish, meatball, deep-fried pork cutlet, chunky creamed potato, spaghetti, and rice.

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This is another of hubby’s creations using items from his garden, Papa’s Pork and Potatoes in Basil-Rosemary Sauce Dinner:

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For the meal hubby used sliced pork roast sautéed in olive oil and boiled potatoes smothered in a sauce of fresh homegrown basil and rosemary, soy sauce, mirin, white pepper, Spanish olives, and balsamic vinegar. Accompanying the entrée, a salad of fresh homegrown salad greens and arugula, iceberg lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, chives, and bacon bits topped with a creamy cheese dressing and dried oregano flakes.

This is a simple and tasty meal, Bleu Cheese Chicken Roll Dinner:

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The meal consisted of bleu cheese, dried tarragon flakes,and white pepper rolled chicken thigh slices wrapped in thin slices of ham; fried rice with pine nuts and chopped fresh basil; and an iceberg lettuce, cucumber, and cherry tomato slice salad topped with creamy cheese dressing and dried oregano flakes. A video with further details is available here.

This is a quick and tasty snack by hubby, Papa’s Snack Sandwich:

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For the snack, hubby sliced one whole grain dinner roll in half; then added mayonnaise, iceburg lettuce, ham, cheddar cheese, sliced cherry tomatoes, and whole grain mustard.

This is one more of the local oba-style bento meals with fried chicken, goya chanpuru, mini-meatball, meat sauce spaghetti, deep-fried hard-boiled egg, mackerel, pickled plum, and rice.

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