Simple, Tasty Bento

This bento is quick, easy and delicious. It’s a pork cutlet white plain white rice, because I love plain white whit rice. Of course, you can dress your rice as you please, I just prefer it plain. I used thin sliced pork instead of a pork tenderloin because it has better flavor and I always find pork tenderloins to be a little tough for my liking. I placed it on a bed of shredded cabbage, though it’s not really visible through the cutlet, and added a bottle of tonkatsu sauce. As always, my lunch is served in a beautiful bento box from Bento&co.

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Another Tasty Bento!

So all of these bento recipes that I’m posting on here I’m making for the first time. I might make a bento and not even like it but I’m still gonna post it because there’s someone out there who will like it! My latest experiment is pork and cabbage stir-fry with rice garnished with pickled ginger. Due to this experience I have come to the realization that i HATE pickled ginger. The rest of it was good though, especially the tamagoyaki (sweet rolled omelette). I’ve never had this kind of pork before and it smelled a little weird while it was cooking so I was kind of scared, but it turned out great. The last little side dish in there is sauteed carrots. As always, my cute lunch is housed in a beautiful bento box from Bento&co.

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Some Tips for Beginners

My favorite website for all my bento needs is Bento&co. They have super cute stuff for reasonable prices and they always have a coupon or a sale going on. I also purchased two bento cookbooks, “Kawaii Bento Boxes” and “Bento Love” by Kentaro Kobayashi.The recipes in them are super easy and all the ingredients can be purchased in your local Asian market. Some of the stuff might sound or look a little weird if you’re not familiar with Japanese cuisine but I can assure you they taste magnificent.

I Love Bento!

So I’ve made a couple of Bento lunches since I posted the first one on here, but this one definitely looks the most like a Bento. It’s the best one I’ve made so far actually, as far as taste and looks go. It’s Spaghetti “Napolitan” as the main dish, octopus sausages (which didn’t turn out right cause I cut them wrong.) decorated with kawaii panda picks, cherry tomatoes, grapes, baby apple rabbits, cheese and agar jelly. It is all presented in the beautiful bento box I purchased from Bento&co.

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First Meal!

So this is the first healthy meal I’ve cooked. It’s Boneless Pork Chop Loins cooked on the stove with Potatoes Au Gratin and sautéed Asparagus. I know it doesn’t look that pretty but it tasted good, I mean I’m not a big fan of pork loin or pork chops but they were a gift as were the potatoes. The asparagus was awesome though, oh how I do love asparagus, any way its cooked I’ll eat it.

Hello world!

So recently my husband told me that I need to start incorporating more fresh fruits and vegetables into our diet, cause were trying to lose weight, but he only likes about four different fruits! This is going to be difficult, but I know I can do it, it’ll be a real test of my culinary skills! We’re also having a weight loss contest, our current goal is 10 lbs., although we haven’t decided on a prize for the winner yet.