The quest for an easier way to pack food/lunch
I've been on a search for ways of preparing or creating food that are easily packable so that John can bring them to work for lunch. Also, the idea of a wife packing lunch for her husband before he heads out to work just seems like a very cute/sweet thing to do. It's like a husband's fantasy, no? You know, the image of the hardworking husband providing for his family, and his wife sustaining him through the day with her home made love-filled packed lunch. Hahahaha.
Unfortunately for John, I am not a morning person at all, so on most days his lunch mostly consist of leftovers from dinner the night before (I usually prepare extra for this purpose). However, if I am short on ingredients or if the food is something that doesn't pack well, then he's pretty much on his own XD ahaha. I usually make Asian stir-fry for dinner, but they don't pack particularly well the next day because they're generally too saucy or mushy. Neither do steak dinners for that matter (since we like eating them medium-rare).
As such, I began venturing into Japanese cuisine when I realized a lot of their dishes were centered around bentos. I'm not sure if bento cooking became widespread in Japan due to the way they like to keep their food prep and recipes as simple as possible, or if they created simple recipes for the purpose of bentos because of a really busy work culture. Either way, most Japanese recipes call for only a few ingredients, and most of the time, they don't require any complicated cooking steps. The most complicated part of their dishes is really in the visual aspect of the final product's presentation. But if you don't care about how your food looks, then it's really almost a no brainer.
Here are some of the YouTube food vloggers I've been following in the past months:
So far, I am really digging onigiri (rice balls) and the shiozake (salted salmon) + tamagoyaki + soup meals. So simple! I have to admit that at first I wasn't the biggest fan because I felt they were lacking in flavor when compared with typical Chinese cuisine. But the preparation is sooooooo easy that it is absolutely fitting for a lazy person like me. To be fair though, I think the true Japanese versions probably taste a whole better. I read about how they supposedly put so much care into food and quality that food prep doesn't just start in the kitchen, but all the way from the type of grains and fields they raise their cattle on, or the meticulous care they put into their crops. I've also seen a lot of traveling vloggers praise how much better ANY kind of food tastes better when they're in Japan. Supposedly even just eggs taste more HQ.
Ahhh~ I so wanna go to Japan someday and try their food!
Unfortunately for John, I am not a morning person at all, so on most days his lunch mostly consist of leftovers from dinner the night before (I usually prepare extra for this purpose). However, if I am short on ingredients or if the food is something that doesn't pack well, then he's pretty much on his own XD ahaha. I usually make Asian stir-fry for dinner, but they don't pack particularly well the next day because they're generally too saucy or mushy. Neither do steak dinners for that matter (since we like eating them medium-rare).
As such, I began venturing into Japanese cuisine when I realized a lot of their dishes were centered around bentos. I'm not sure if bento cooking became widespread in Japan due to the way they like to keep their food prep and recipes as simple as possible, or if they created simple recipes for the purpose of bentos because of a really busy work culture. Either way, most Japanese recipes call for only a few ingredients, and most of the time, they don't require any complicated cooking steps. The most complicated part of their dishes is really in the visual aspect of the final product's presentation. But if you don't care about how your food looks, then it's really almost a no brainer.
Here are some of the YouTube food vloggers I've been following in the past months:
So far, I am really digging onigiri (rice balls) and the shiozake (salted salmon) + tamagoyaki + soup meals. So simple! I have to admit that at first I wasn't the biggest fan because I felt they were lacking in flavor when compared with typical Chinese cuisine. But the preparation is sooooooo easy that it is absolutely fitting for a lazy person like me. To be fair though, I think the true Japanese versions probably taste a whole better. I read about how they supposedly put so much care into food and quality that food prep doesn't just start in the kitchen, but all the way from the type of grains and fields they raise their cattle on, or the meticulous care they put into their crops. I've also seen a lot of traveling vloggers praise how much better ANY kind of food tastes better when they're in Japan. Supposedly even just eggs taste more HQ.
Ahhh~ I so wanna go to Japan someday and try their food!
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