Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Easy lunch today.
Paket of miso flavor ramen. Boiled mixed vegetables. Crock potted pork roast.

Crock pot roast pork:
Small roast pork in the pot. Add a nice splash of soy, small splash of rice vinegar, 1tbs minced garlic and 1tsp grated ginger. Leave to cook overnight.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Paper Flower hairclip/pin

I saw this CUTE idea on pinterest. Paper flower
I decided to use an old comic book (seriously, not like a Wonder Woman #1 or anything)
I think it turned out seriously cute! I love it. I put it on a pin back hair clip so I can wear it as a brooch too.


Bento Lunch 1/29/2013

I rarely follow a real recipe. I make a lot of changes when I open my cabinets. Problem is, I rarely remember what I did when it comes out well. So maybe you will enjoy seeing my "recipes" I use too. Keep in mind, I don't often actually measure so measurements are approximate. If you cook the same way I do you don't need to pay much attention to the actual quantities...

Red bean cake from our local Asian grocery. Venison Soboro inspired by the Justbento.com recipe found here. I made some pretty nice changes based on what I had on hand. Meal completed with rice pudding and hard boiled eggs soaked in soy sauce overnight.

Soboro:
In my food processor- 1 inch ginger, 1 TBS minced ginger, 4 baby carrots, 3 green onion, 1/2 cup chunked zucchini. Pureed until baby food consistency.
In my pan- 1TBS sesame oil, sauteed puree for a bit. Added meat and browned. Add splash rice vinegar, 3TBS soy, 3TBS Gyoza. Simmer until sauce is gone and serve on rice.
Easy peasy and YUMMY

Rice pudding:
Never easier.
1 cup cooked rice, 2TBS coconut milk, 1TBS sugar. Stir.
Sprinkle cinnamon, EAT


Monday, January 28, 2013

Just made tonight. A friend wanted something done with one of her son's baby spoons. Being stainless I had a very difficult time with it. But ended up with this very cute charm.

Washer pendant/bracelet

Seems like as good a place as any to start.
I made this pendant by painting a basic hardware store washer with nailpolish. Then I coated with dimensional Mod Podge.  After it was all dry I flipped it over and did the same thing on the other side. LOVE this effect

I found a good tutorial here I can't wait to try it with scrapbook paper!