May 7th Lunch

May 7th,

I think I'm in love with those Italian style burgers I made.  It's especially good with the garlic tomato sauce.

Cheesy Italian Style Chicken Burger with Tomato Sauce & Baked Pumpkin Chips.

Mmm... Cheesy innerds.

May 5th Lunch

May 5th,

Early this morning, we were hit with a pretty sizable earthquake.  Luckily, only 17 non-serious injuries.

Still was not happy to wake up at 5AM to an earthquake.

For lunch, I tried a new version of hamburger.

Cheesy Italian Style Chicken Burger with Tomato Sauce, Avocado Salad, Tofu Pumpkin Potage with Bread Sticks.

I mixed basil in with the ground chicken and filled the burger with melty cheese.  It's topped with a garlicky tomato sauce made with fresh tomatoes.

Mmmm~... cheesy goodness.

April 17th Lunch

April 17th,

Used the last of the carrot tofu burgers to make this delicious creation.

Tomato and Egg Tofu Rice Burger with Avocado Chips

Delicious!!

April 15th Lunch

April 15th,


Kind of windy today, but I like it especially since I did my laundry a little late.

And WOAH!! Quite a big quake just now... (earth quakes I'm used to here).

Lunch:

Carrot Tofu Burger with Bulldog Sauce and Mayo Mix

Japanese Style Clam Pasta

I used canned clams so it was really easy to make.

April 14th Lunch

April 14th,


I made tofu carrot burgers.

And I used this burger to make...

Teriyaki Locomoco Bowl!!

Instead of gravy sauce I used teryaki sauce as a healthy and easy alternative.

It was DELICIOUS!!

Definitely making this again.

One thing to note if you are a vegetarian and planning to come to Japan.  Just because it says "tofu burger" does not mean it's vegetarian.  Many tofu burger recipes include meat, usually ground chicken, to help the patty keep it's shape so be sure to ask if you do order the tofu burger.

March 13th Lunch

March 13th,

It's getting warmer, nice spring weather.

But!! Today is not pleasant weather, it's a storm outside... don't wanna walk outside...ugh.

Anyhoo~...

Tried making Greek for the first time.

I made Greek style burgers with tzakziki sauce!

But I used chicken instead of lamb and cottage cheese instead of feta cheese.

It was DELICIOUS!!

February 25th Lunch

February 25th,

Running behind schedule.
Decided to make a simple lunch.  Used canned yaki tori (sauce flavored).

Cheesy Yaki Tori Open Sandwich

Basil Oven Pumpkin Fries

Mackerel Burger Salad

February 23rd Lunch

February 23rd,

Tried a hand at the poached egg again.

The shape isn't so great but the taste was glorious!

English Muffin with Mackerel Burger Topped with Melty Cheese and a Poached Egg.

Basil Oven Pumpkin Fries

Simple Salad

In Japan, it's safe to eat eggs even if they're raw because they inspect every egg.

The gooey golden deliciousness.... can't... stop... the drooling...

The other plain half of English muffin I of course used to eat any remaining egg yolk.

January 27th Lunch

January 27th,

Lunch:

Mackerel burger with fresh salsa.  I made a triangular patty for better patty to bread ratio.  The salsa is non-spicy (can't handle spicy).

Tofu kabocha soup with broccoli

Avocado chips with umeboshi (pickled plum) yogurt dip