May 12th Lunch

May 12th,

I dish I ate a lot as a kid but not as an adult: Sloppy Joes.

I loved sloppy joes and you can't really find it here so I decided to make it!

Sloppy Joe with Avocado and Egg & Carrot Oven Fries

It ended not being so sloppy as the sloppy joes I remember for my childhood but still I liked it.

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.

April 9th Lunch

April 9th,

Tried something new.

Rice burger!!

You can find rice burgers at places like Mosburger (a burger chain in Japan)

I made my favorite chicken meat sauce  instead of a patty.

It was delicious!!!

April 6th Lunch

April 6th,

Breakfast for lunch?

Chicken cooked in worcestershire sauce, scrambled eggs and tomatoes in a flour tortilla.

Breakfast wrap!

Always a yum decision to do breakfast.

April 2nd Lunch

April 2nd,

Keep forgetting to post.

Cherry blossoms are a-bloom here and it's so beautiful!

But isn't just the way, we've been getting some serious rainy days so who know how long these pretty petals will last.

Lunch:

Avocado Chicken Wraps.

Nothing special, but none the less yummy.

March 19th Lunch

Sorry, it's been a while.

Went with my Aunt to the airport, then my Mom.

Anyway lunch from the 19th.

Roast beef sandwich with cottage cheese and cucumbers, tomatoes, and avocado chips with yogurt dip.

Yumm... I love roast beef!

March 14th Lunch

March 14th,

Mom's over for lunch and I tried a new dish!

Chicken Banh Mi, Avocado Chips with Yogurt Dip, and a Simple Salad.

Banh Mi sandwich is a Vietnamese sandwich usually served in a baguette and usually includes things like cilantro, fish sauce, and pickled carrots.

The original Banh Mi recipe also uses hot sauce, but because I cannot eat spicy foods I used oyster sauce instead of hot sauce + fish sauce.  A very good decision if I do say so myself.

It was so yummy and my mom loved it too!

It's a success!

Must add it to the recipe list.

March 4th Lunch

March 4th,

Today, Mom is visiting from the States!

Unfortunately, she didn't make it in time for lunch.

Chicken Sauce Cheese Open Sandwich with Avocado & Mackerel Burger Salad

A dish from Yamanashi-ken, Japan; Seidanotamaji.

Potatoes cooked in sweet miso sauce.

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 22nd Lunch

February 22nd,

When I can't think up a menu I turn to the tuna melt.

A tuna melt will never let you down.

Open Tuna Melt with Avocado and Tomato

Basil Oven Fries

Fish Sausage and Cucumber Salad

All the round open sandwiches were made with English Muffins.
Mmmm... tasty.

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 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 7th Lunch

February 7th

Day before a major snow storm!!

Lunch:

Chicken with Avocado Open English Sandwich & Oven Fries

Peppers and Fish Sausage Soup

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

January 31st Lunch

January 31st,

 Lunch:

Chicken Salad on Toast

Milky Carrot Soup with Broccoli

Avocado Chips with Ume (pickled plum) Yogurt Dip

January 30th Lunch

January 30th,

Lunch:

Basil chicken, steamed onions, and fresh salsa

Chicken pita sandwich