"Ebi Mayo" bento - エビマヨ弁当

Today's o-bento:
 - Ebi Mayo (Boiled Shrimp in Mayonnaise)
 - Sunny Side Up with BBQ sauce
 - Fried Onion and Japapeno
 - Broccoli
 - Rice with Beef soboro

 We had lost electricity for three days because of the hurricane! America's power lines are so weak. Or, maybe Japanese ones are strong? I couldn't even cook anything because our stove isn't gas stove. Thanks to our kind neighbor who has a cool generator, we could survive. We found out the power was back last night when we got back home, but we thought it was going to last for a week. I am so happy it got back though. 
Anyway, I boil some shrimp in salt water and add mayonnaise and shichimi Japanese pepper in it. This was the first time to make it so I hope it turned out well.

 3日間の停電を経験しました。次回のために卓上コンロを購入しようと思います。



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"Grilled Chicken" bento - チキングリル弁当

Today's o-bento:
- Grilled Chicken (Soy and Garlic Marinated Chicken)
- Green Beans and Bacon Rolls
- Egg Rolls
- Rice with Umeboshi

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"Cheese Ton Katsu" bento - チーズ入トンカツ弁当

Today's o-bento:
- Cheese Ton Katsu (Deep Fried Pork)
- Deep Fried Shrimp
- Rice with Furikake
- Boiled Egg
- Sliced Jalapeno

 From today to Satuday, I will be working from noon until night so I made my own o-bento for dinner too. O-bento for husband is for lunch as usual though. Last night, I asked him what kind of meat he would like to have, beef, pork, or chicken? and he answered "pork" while I was a little hoping he would say 'chicken'. He told me, "Don't ask next time" when I said "It's hard.". Anyway while I was thinking what I can make with pork, he said "tonkatsu", the problem was solved quickly. I got not paper think like Japanese ones but regular thin sliced pork so I put sliced pepper jack cheese inside in it. Panko is made by tossing a piece of bread in blender. I love this panko a lot better than bread crumbs in the market.

This is my o-bento. It has cilantro instead of japapeno. I can't wait for the dinner break at work.



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"Beef Soboro & Fried Vege" bento - 肉そぼろと野菜炒め弁当

Today's o-bento:
 - Seasoned Ground Beef and Green Beas on Rice
 - Fried Vegetable  (Cabbage, Broccoli, Carrot and Egg)


 I came back home around 10:15pm last night. It was a long day and it will be just like that on Mondays for the next a few months. I have no school or work today, there are a lot of things I'd like to do such as laundry, cleaning, cooking, and things I used to do and I only had to do all the time. Anyway, today's o-bento,  I sometimes miss my mom's "san shoku" bento, which means "three colored" and it has scrambled egg, pan fried spinach, and pan fried ground beef seasoned with sugar and soy sauce. I already used an egg for fried vegetable so I didn't make it in 3 colors.

今日は完全なる休みですが明日はまた早起きして学校です。明日は夫がお弁当を作ってくれるそうです！



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"Sandwich" bento - サンドイッチ弁当

Today's o-bento:
 - BLT with Cheese and Jalapeno Sandwich
 - Egg & Cucumber Sandwich
 - Slices of an apple and broccoli

Egg sandwich might be Japanese style. It's kind of like tartare sauce, minced boiled egg and pickle, seasoned with mayo, pepper and salt. Sliced cucumbers are in it too. That was my favorite back in the days. Since I started to go to school from today to take a biology class, I prepared all the ingredients last night. I am at a library right now and blogging. It's so nice and quiet here.

今日から毎週月・水は学校に通います。
車が無いので朝6時に家を出て夫にバス停で降ろしてもらいました。
クラスは12時半からなのですが・・・。
今日は自分用のサンドイッチも作りました。上の写真は夫のお弁当です。


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"Yakisoba" bento - 焼きそば弁当

Today's o-bento:
 - Yakisoba (Pan-Fried Noodles)

 This is an o-bento just for me. I have to work from 2:30pm to 11:30pm today, so I made my own lunch/dinner. My husband is having a weekend off with his friend since last night. He'll come back home tomorrow morning. Well, his friends make him happy in a different way from I do and I am happy to see him being happy.

I bought this yakisoba noodle bag at an Asian grocery store. All I have to do is fry cut vegetables & sliced pork (or maybe bacon) along with noodles, then add the seasoning (sauce) in the bag. Easy and tasty!

自分のお弁当となると１品だけで済ませてしまう私でした。でも美味しいので良し。






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"California & Kappa sushi" bento - 巻き寿司弁当

Today's o-bento:
 - California Rolls (Immitation Crab and Avocado)
 - Kappa Maki (Cucumber Rolls)

 I don't really know if sushi is really healthy because sushi has actually a lot of rice with salt and sugar along with vinegar. Anyway, I cooked 2 cups of rice last night and made a half of them sushi rice. Usual a cup of rice makes five hoso maki roll just like the kappa maki in the picture. California rolls requires a little more rice, I think.

 金曜日です。今週のお弁当作りも今日で最後。



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"Deep Fried Salmon" bento - 揚げ鮭弁当

Today's o-bento:
 - Deep Fried Salmon with Lettuce & Jalapeno
 - Salsa Omelet
 - Bacon Rolled Green Beans & Carrot glacé (Sweet simmered carrots)
 - Rice with Sesame Seeds & Wasabi


 I used American style seasoned bread crumbs for deep fried salmon. I have never tried it and I actually don't like seasoned bred crumb so much, but I can't waste something I already have, right? I hope it tastes alright.
My husband likes my homemade salsa. Since I went to grocery shopping two days ago, I had enough tomatoes and cilantro to make it. I wanted to make burrito for his breakfast so I made salsa. This omelet was easy to make. Just put a piece of plastic wrap in a small lid of a bowl, pour one beaten egg along with salsa, cheese, salt and pepper, then microwave the whole thing. After it became like a clot, make an oval like shape by using the plastic wrap.

 何がメインかよくわからないお弁当ですが、今日はいい色合いになったなぁと思います。鮭は揚げずに焼こうと思っていましたが、何となく揚げてあるほうが色が綺麗な気がします。（上手に焼けれないので・・・？）



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"Fried Rice and Teriyaki Chicken" bento - 炒飯と照焼チキン弁当

Today's o-bento:
 - Fried Rice
 - Teriyaki Chicken
 - Apple Rabbit

  I woke up at 4:15am this morning to make this. Haha, I actually wanted to go grocery shopping today near my husband's office so I left home with him. I don't have a car yet so if I want to driver I have to drop him at work. Anyway, today's o-bento is very easy as usual. it would have been the easiest one in my life because I used Fried rice no moto! I will write about it next time. (I just don't know how to say that in English for now...)

夫のお弁当に入りきらなかった炒飯と照焼チキンを別容器に入れて私もミニお弁当として持って出かけました。簡単だったけど美味しかったです。簡単で美味しいって最高。

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"Garlic Chicken" bento - ガーリックチキン弁当

Today's o-bento:
 - Pan-fried Chicken & Garlic
 - Spicy Black Beans
 - Rice with Kombu & Sesame Seeds
 - Apple Rabbit

 My husband's back! We still don't have much groceries in the refrigerator, but I tried to make o-bento for him.
Sliced garlic is a little easy to burn so I know I have to be careful but I did it this time again. Sorry! I took the bone off from chicken tight, seasoned it with salt and pepper, then fried the both side of it in a pan slowly along with the garlic. I think I will go to grocery shopping tomorrow, so the o-bento day after tomorrow should be better!?

久しぶりのお弁当作りでした。ゴハンもチキンもニンニクも冷凍しておいたものを加熱、調理しました。ブラックビーンズは缶を開けてホットソースを混ぜただけ！だんだんレパートリーの少なさがばれそうです。




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