Lunch

TOWER OF LUNCH

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With just a few ingredients and a careful selection of whatever I have lying around in the kitchen, I’ve put together the perfect bento for tomorrow morning’s snackage.

Tier 1: Snacks

I have a lineup of fruit and protein for when the first break hits. Some beef jerky, sliced medium cheddar and homegrown strawberries. This will be plenty enough to tie me over until half time, then I’ll have this:

Tier 2: Mediterranean Salad Swag

I have a bed of spinach, with some Tzatziki (also known as cacık, or tarator depending on what part of the world you’re in) dressing and Kalamata Olives (right) and Feta Cheese (left). Tzatziki is a yogurt based mixture usually consisting of herbs and cucumber (there are many kinds), and is served either as a dip, a cold soup, a sauce, or in this case a salad dressing. For added protein I always go for greek yogurt, when I’m not making it as a soup.

Tier 3: That’s a wrap!… and more fruit

My brother was nice enough to buy me watermelon while I was sick. You can’t see it, but I have a smoked salmon wrap ready to go, rolled with most of the ingredients you see for the salad. I also included a satsuma mandarin because hey, you can never have too much fruit… unless you start pissing fruit juice.

Bowls 4 Breakfast

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It’s funny how breakfast can be many different things. In China they love their rice congees, noodles, dumplings and more. I decided to try making a spicy pork bowl with some leftover spinach, red bell pepper, ground pork and homemade Shanghai Red Pepper Sauce from one of my favourite cookbooks… which I topped with some diced cucumber. I had it with some egg flower soup and a tangy cucumber tomato salad on the side. It’ll make a nice work breakfast, and maybe some after work lunch too. I also washed it down with some Oolong tea I recently ordered, in fact I’ve been experimenting with different types of Oolong, though I’ll probably save that for a different post. Tea can be it’s own topic when it comes to my collection. 😛

Obligatory Food Post

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It’s been awhile since I’ve been able to make a food post… I must change that.

My brother was kind and decided to buy me an entire watermelon yesterday, and I wanted to have it with a fruit themed breakfast. Over my holiday I started working on a recipe for creamsicle oatmeal, and pretty much have the ingredients down. I use milk mixed with vanilla extract, orange juice, a nut of some sort (walnuts and/or pecans do nicely), and for added sweetness I’ve been using homemade golden syrup, but honey or regular sugar would also work. I’ve made creamsicle oatmeal three times now, and I’ve really been enjoying the blend of cream with actual orange juice. Some people might think it strange to use juice with oatmeal, but this isn’t my first time.

This is a tropical blueberry oatmeal bowl I made awhile back, and instead of using water or milk as the base I used blueberry lemonade and added my blend of fruits and nuts. I didn’t need to add any sugar, it was already provided in the lemonade.

It’s been awhile since I’ve had a handcrafted lunch smoothie, and so I decided to whip up a peanut butter and apple smoothie using greek yogurt, milk, peanut butter, cinnamon, frozen apple cubes, and a small bit of golden syrup. It was good, but I’m thinking of using less milk next time… too runny for my liking.

Oats n Grains

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Since I indulged myself on caramel with my breakfast I went with ALL OF THE FRUIT!!! plus some maple syrup and brown sugar. This and some toast held me over til lunch, which I actually made today!

I had some kielbasa and peppers with onion and garlic mixed with quinoa. It was so good that I had to have seconds. Should have enough for some after work munch tomorrow too. My stomach is feeling much better, just in time for me to go back to work I guess. :assy:

I have made another attempt to have portable oatmeal for my work adventure tomorrow… This week I’ve decided will mostly be overnight oats in the morning. Aside from Caramel Banana Mach II I’ve also made a cherry vanilla matcha and mexicocoa cherry oatmeals to enjoy!