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Lunch
I have a hard time with lunch. Specifically, packing it.
The problem is that it's difficult to have something delicious that is also easy to transport and doesn't require any additional steps for cooking/preparing. I've been having salads and sandwiches for over two years now and I'm just sort of stuck as to how to vary my routine. Not to mention that salads are sort of time consuming to prepare and difficult to pack especially on bike days.
So, friends, what do you do?
I've been monitoring a number of bento blogs, bento being the japanese style of making lunch boxes. Their cooking methods look interesting as they are delicious and homemade but are designed to be eaten at room temperature. I haven't had the time or courage to try making one yet, but it's an option I'm seriously considering.
So if you have any lunch-time tips or favorite things, share them in the comments! I'd be much obliged.
The problem is that it's difficult to have something delicious that is also easy to transport and doesn't require any additional steps for cooking/preparing. I've been having salads and sandwiches for over two years now and I'm just sort of stuck as to how to vary my routine. Not to mention that salads are sort of time consuming to prepare and difficult to pack especially on bike days.
So, friends, what do you do?
I've been monitoring a number of bento blogs, bento being the japanese style of making lunch boxes. Their cooking methods look interesting as they are delicious and homemade but are designed to be eaten at room temperature. I haven't had the time or courage to try making one yet, but it's an option I'm seriously considering.
So if you have any lunch-time tips or favorite things, share them in the comments! I'd be much obliged.
12:54 PM | Labels: lunch, survey says:, techniques | 5 Comments
Style
Well, once again we had a cooking-less week. Pleh. I really have gotten attached to cooking and to have to go through the week without doing so actually gets me a little down
But onward we press. I decided that since I didn't have a ton of recipes to shove down your throat I'd as you, the readers, a question:
What's your cooking style?
Me, I'm definitely a mise en place enthusiast: get everything out, set it on the counter, methodically use all of your ingredients and wash your stuff as you move along. Makes for less clean up (sometimes) and orderly cooking; it also prevents me from missing a ingredient or a step.
As for the actual recipe, I have a magnet with a clip on it (an Aloha shirt; we got it in Hawaii) that I hang onto the smoke vent above the stove and let the recipe hang in front of me so I can read it as I work along.
I love having the right tool for the right situation, but I never let that get me down; I'll improvise if needed. I won't let it stop me from doing a recipe or a style of cooking if I really want to do it.
Anyway, please share your methods and techniques: I'm curious!
But onward we press. I decided that since I didn't have a ton of recipes to shove down your throat I'd as you, the readers, a question:
What's your cooking style?
Me, I'm definitely a mise en place enthusiast: get everything out, set it on the counter, methodically use all of your ingredients and wash your stuff as you move along. Makes for less clean up (sometimes) and orderly cooking; it also prevents me from missing a ingredient or a step.
As for the actual recipe, I have a magnet with a clip on it (an Aloha shirt; we got it in Hawaii) that I hang onto the smoke vent above the stove and let the recipe hang in front of me so I can read it as I work along.
I love having the right tool for the right situation, but I never let that get me down; I'll improvise if needed. I won't let it stop me from doing a recipe or a style of cooking if I really want to do it.
Anyway, please share your methods and techniques: I'm curious!
10:04 PM | Labels: survey says:, techniques | 3 Comments
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