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.

May 3rd Lunch

May 3rd,

They were having a sale of one of my favorite things, negitoro!

Negitoro is a tuna pate that is used in sushi.  It is usually topped with chopped scallions.

I used it to make today's lunch.

Negitoro Cups with Kabocha and Tofu Potage

I toasted gyoza skins to make cups and filled it with rice then topped it with negitoro (which I mixed with a little bit of soy sauce and wasabi paste), minced tomato and cucumber.  It was like a Japanese taco cups.  I love it!

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.

February 20th Lunch

February 20th,


Used my favorite meat sauce again!!

Meat Sauce and Cheese Open Sandwich with Avocado

Basil Oven Pumpkin Chips

Salad

I think I'm addicted to this meat sauce.  The combination of meat sauce, cheese, and avocado it magical!!

February 15th Lunch

February 15th,

It's so cold!!

Pumpkin Tofu Pottage with Ginger Chicken Meatballs

Open Tuna Melt

February 14th Lunch

February 14th,

It's cold, it's cold, it's co~ld!!

Pumpkin and Cucumber with Meat Ankake

Ankake is a thick sauce.

Curried Carrot and Daikon Radish Yogurt Salad

Onion and Tofu Miso Soup

February 12th Lunch

February 12th,

Easy Japanese menu using canned sardines

Miso Sardine with Cucumber

Avocado and Tomato Yogurt Salad

Pumpkin and Tofu Miso Soup

February 10th Lunch

February 10th,

Made my favorite chicken meat sauce again.
It's super easy to make and very delicious!!

Meat Sauce and Cheese Open Sandwich Topped with Cucumber

Basil Oven Pumpkin Fries

Daikon Radish and Tomato Salad

February 9th Lunch

February 9th,

LUUUNCH!

English Open Tuna Melt & Basil Oven Fries

Pumpkin Soup

February 8th Lunch

February 8th

It's so cold!!! I didn't want to stand in the kitchen for long.

So, I made a simple menu using only the toaster oven and silicon steamer.

English Muffin Pizza Toast with Peppers, Onions, and Fish Sausage

Basil Oven Pumpkin Fries

Apple Slices & Fruit Tomatoes

February 6th Lunch

February 6th

Today's Lunch:

Avocado and Cottage Cheese Open English Sandwich with Daikon Radish Carrot Salad

Tofu and Pumpkin Pottage with Chicken

February 5th Lunch

February 5th

Lunch:

Basil Chicken with Tomato Sauce and Apple Pasta Salad

Pumpkin and Tofu Pottage with Fish Sausage

February 1st Lunch

February 1st,


Lunch:

Basil Chicken with Avocado Sauce and Tomato Egg Salad

 Pumpkin Soup

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