Leftover Hot Pot Stir-fry

Occasionally, when I made hot pot, I have left over veggies that are already cut up. This is super convenient and these can be reworked into many, many different dishes. I decided to make a stir-fry because I hadn't made one in awhile. I used baby carrots, napa cabbage, baby bok-choy, cauliflower, broccoli, a variety of mushrooms and snow peas. I plated it on a bed of udon noodles which were cooked in a flavoured broth, and also threw in some shrimp (also cooked in flavoured broth). I topped it all with a homemade sweet and sour sauce with a bit of a kick. 

That's all for now! Until next time, Happy Munching!

Best of Luck Bento

   I had my first day of my new job today! I wanted to start off my week right, so I made this adorable and very delicious bento.

I used this cute sakura shaped bento with two tiers. 

I remade left overs of bbq steak (sliced very thinly) and sauteed vegetables (mushrooms and bok choy) into a stir-fry with rice. I also used some fresh salsa as sauce with my vegetables. I made sure to season this well because I planned to eat it cold.

I included halva (this is a dessert type item made with tahini, this particular one has chocolate, too), a mochi, a stalk of celery with peanut butter, some fruit snacks and a Vache Qui Rit Cheese (a.k.a. Laughing Cow Cheese).

     This lunch was not only nutritious but also delicious and easy to eat. It was a good lunch to keep me going through the whole day!

     When you pack nutritious, good food, it can give you the energy to get through the day, and keep you full until dinner time! You can also pack some healthy snacks (like celery with peanut butter) to ward off hunger mid/late-afternoon. Until next time, happy munching!

Caribbean Resort Food

 Just got back from my honeymoon in St. Lucia and thought I would share some pictures of the food that we ate while we were there. Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures of some of the more gourmet meals we had, but I thought I would share with you the pictures I did take.

One day for lunch I had a fajita, and some eggplant and tomato curry on rice and some steamed carrots. The curry was so good... I really want to find a recipe to try to make this myself. If I do find one that is similar I will be sure to upload the results to you all.

Prosciutto and melon balls with a dijon mustard sauce.

This was very tasty. I tried prosciutto with melon for the first time at one of the other restaurant on the resort and thought it was great, so when I saw it on the menu a different night I did not hesitate to order it again :).

Tomato and Fish Bisque.

My husband tells me it was quite good.

The chicken chiquita. It was stuffed with cheese and sundried tomato.

It was very tender and tasty.

One night they had an Asian themed buffet.

Here is all the sushi! I believe all the sushi had cooked fish however.

They had a stir-fry station set up. You could fill your bowl with all the vegetables you like, and then bring them to the chef and they would cook them up with chicken, beef, shrimp or combinations of the three options.

I got lots of veggies, some chicken and some beef. it was very good.

Well that covers all the food pictures from my honeymoon. I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek into the culinary aspect of my honeymoon.

Until next time, happy munching!

Lickity-Split Bento!

I was really tight for time this afternoon when I was making my dinner bento, fortunately, I had all the ingredients on hand I just had to prepare them. First, I grabbed the steaks and cut them up into smaller strips, then I tossed them in the frying pan with some olive oil and lemon pepper while I cut up the vegetables, then for the sake of quickness I tossed those into a separate pan and cooked both at the same time. Afterwards I tossed them together with some teriyaki sauce and served it over some rice.

For vegetables I used snow peas, carrot, mushrooms, cabbage, and red pepper. 

I packed it all up in this single tier Hello Kitty bento that features an adorable picture, a snap tight lid, and  stores a fork and spoon between the tier lid and the bento lid. It is very convenient. Also, unlike usually, I packed my bento hot so it was still hot when I got to class! Hurray! Overall it was very delicious and filling.  That's all on this quick bento! Until next time, happy munching!