Showing posts with label steak. Show all posts
Showing posts with label steak. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Baked Apples


Obviously, I love me some baked apples. Of course, I probably should come up with something else to do with the apples I get in my CSA box, but I like my baked apples.

On the bottom is more of the panfried noodles with beets, greens, and carrots, some grilled flap or skirt steak that found its way out of the depths of the johbisai in my freezer (it needs some marinade or sauce or something, I discovered), and some broccoli salad.

Actually, the broccoli salad is a hybrid between broccoli salad and kidney bean salad. Traditionally (or at least in my family), broccoli salad has broccoli, raisins, red onion, bacon (or in this case prosciutto bits) and then a mayo-red wine vinegar dressing. Kidney bean salad has a similar dressing but has kidney beans, celery, cheese, and I think red onions. Not sure. It's funny, I actually had the kidney bean salad recipe out this morning, but the one I can remember is the broccoli salad. Anyway, I took my favorite parts of both and made a single salad. Broccoli, celery, kidney beans, raisins, and prosciutto bits with the dressing. Mine actually subs a large part of the red wine vinegar with champagne vinegar, but I think it was a minor mistake. The champagne vinegar is not as subtle as the red wine vinegar - I wouldn't expect to say that, but there you have it.

Friday, January 23, 2009

Bentoing Again

So, I fell off the bento wagon this week. I didn't get my johbisai done this weekend, and then I stayed home Monday because of the holiday so I didn't bento Monday. I actually had a sum total of one bento this week. And though I packed a huge salad today for lunch, it didn't get eaten. In my defense, salad when it's raining out doesn't seen very appetizing. Instead I went for something hot - a burger - and was dissapointed when it wasn't as good as what I could have brought from home if only I'd put in the prep work.

In any case, here's the one bento of the week:


Top: greens, tuna, and shiritaki with miso

Bottom: leftover Tampiqueña

Friday, January 9, 2009

Fun on Friday Bento


I managed to make things a little cuter today with carrot flowers and my little quail egg in its acorn squash "nest." Thankfully, the flavor combination worked well and lunch was tasty. Carrot flowers separating the cornichons from the pineapple was a total must.

Top: green beans, steak, sesame greens, acorn squash, quail egg
Bottom: Cypress Grove Truffle Tremor, carrot flowers, paté, cornichons, and pineapple.
Not pictured: two choc. chip cookies that I stashed in the lid/chopsticks compartment.

Monday, January 5, 2009

Top: Spaghetti with Mushroom Marinara and parm/romano cheese, steamed green beans, sliced steak, and cole slaw

Bottom Left: carrot flowers, paté, Cypress Grove Truffle Tremor, cornichons

Bottom Right: a whole lotta pineapple

I had a slightly different lunch planned, but due to lack of time, I didn't get the inari made and then I forgot about my quail eggs.....better luck tomorrow.

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Dinner Bento 1/3/09


Top: Salad with carrots, tomatoes, and garlic cheese curds. The lettuce was separated from everything else during the day by virtue of a foil baking cup holding the other things.

Bottom: Pineapple, sliced flap steak marinated in cholula chile-lime seasoning with lemon juice, paté, and roasted potato slices.

Not pictured is my salad dressing and the cauliflower-cheese soup that I have been keeping around in case my bento dinners aren't enough.

Bento 1

A small dinner bento.

From Mead and Other Musings


Top: a salad with carrots
Bottom: grilled flap steak marinated in cholula chile-lime seasoning and lemon, steamed asparagus, and pineapple

Not pictured: Cauliflower and cheese soup, dressing for salad.