Hanamachi Lights: Bento & Food » Cookery http://hanamachi-lights.org Faith's Faboulous Bento and Food Blog Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:19:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Photos: Strawberry Spongecake Thievery http://hanamachi-lights.org/2012/04/25/photos-strawberry-spongecake-thievery/ http://hanamachi-lights.org/2012/04/25/photos-strawberry-spongecake-thievery/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:15:29 +0000 Faith http://hanamachi-lights.org/?p=695 Oh, silly mother for showing up with stawberries and little, store-bought sponge cakes then forgetting them when she left. A little homemade buttercream, some warmed preserves and I have a feast! A feast of sugar! BWAHAHAHHAAAAH! *coughs* Ahh, ouch!

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Frijoles Refritos

]]> http://hanamachi-lights.org/2012/02/20/photos-frijoles-refritos/feed/ 0 Bento: #0001 – Baked Chicken, Broccoli & Meatballs http://hanamachi-lights.org/2011/11/23/bento-0001-baked-chicken-broccoli-meatballs/ http://hanamachi-lights.org/2011/11/23/bento-0001-baked-chicken-broccoli-meatballs/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:41:51 +0000 Faith http://hanamachi-lights.org/?p=553 I’ve decided to start counting my bento all over again in an attempt to get back into the habit of blogging them – let’s hope it sticks this time!

Baked chicken, broccoli and rice with stir fried peppers, sausage crabs and meatballs.

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Pasta and Meat Sauce

I can’t stand Hunt’s canned pasta sauce, there’s just something too bitter about it. So I cooked up some spaghetti, browned some ground beef and added the pasta sauce + about 2 T of honey to round out the flavor. Worked like a charm – I do so love spaghetti!

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Long time no see! I’ve been snapping pics of everything, but I haven’t had time to come on and post for a bit – sorry about that! I may yet still be a bit shaky getting back into it, but I’m giving it my best!

We made a couple of hand-tossed crust pizzas the other day, this pic is of the pizza with olives and mushrooms (both canned – which tasted surprisingly great on the pizza). The first pizza has cheese, the second has velveeta because we didn’t realize that Hubby had used up all the cheese in at breakfast – was still good!

]]> http://hanamachi-lights.org/2011/07/09/home-made-pizza/feed/ 1 Photos: Easy Bread Machine Cinnamon Rolls Recipe http://hanamachi-lights.org/2011/04/19/photos-easy-bread-machine-cinnamon-rolls-recipe/ http://hanamachi-lights.org/2011/04/19/photos-easy-bread-machine-cinnamon-rolls-recipe/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:54:43 +0000 Faith http://hanamachi-lights.org/?p=462 I found this great recipe for cinnamon rolls at AllRecipes and it looked too easy to be very good – but it’s about the best dough recipe for cinnamon rolls I’ve ever come across! Here are the pics of my *almost* step by step process (my phone battery died on me, so no pictures of the cinnamon mixture spread out on the rolled out dough – sorry!) from start to finish. You make the dough in your bread machine, so no fuss and no muss!

Dough Recipe:

# 1/2 cup milk
# 1/2 cup water
# 2 tablespoons butter
# 3/4 teaspoon salt
# 3 cups all-purpose flour
# 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
# 1/4 cup white sugar
# 1 egg

The Rest at Allrecipes.com

These are a bit dark for cinnamon rolls, as they were in the oven for only 3 minutes longer than they should have been. I didn’t hear my timer go off, but 3 minutes was all it took. They were still delicious, but make sure to watch them carefully while they’re cooking!

001 - Add half a cup each of milk and water to a saucepan and turn the heat up to medium low 002 - Add 2 TB REAL butter to saucepan and heat until hot but not scalded 003 - To your bread machine pan add 3 C of all purpose flour, 2 and one fourth tsp of active dry yeast, one four cup of sugar and one lightly beaten egg 004 - Now let your bread machine, set to dough, have at it - let it run it's entire dough cycle 005 - Flour a surface - we use plastic wrap to avoid mess 006 - Take your dough out of the bread machine, turn it over onto the plastic wrap and punch it down 007 - With your hands, try to gently stretch the dough into a loose rectangle - no worries if it's not perfect 008 - Lightly dust the dough with flour and cover with another sheet of plastic wrap 009 - Melt 3 T of butter in the microwave for 10 seconds, add 1 tsp of cinnamon, one fourth cups each of white granulated sugar and chopped pecans and mix well 010 - Roll dough out on floured work surface into a large rectangle that is half an inch thick and spread with cinnamon mixture 011 - Roll the dough up into a long log and cut into one to one and a half inch pieces, place on parchment lined baking sheet cut side down and back on 375 for 20 to 25 minutes 012 - Watch them very closely, mine went 2 minutes over and got a little too dark ]]> http://hanamachi-lights.org/2011/04/19/photos-easy-bread-machine-cinnamon-rolls-recipe/feed/ 0 Two Types of Onigiri Bento http://hanamachi-lights.org/2011/02/25/two-types-of-onigiri-bento/ http://hanamachi-lights.org/2011/02/25/two-types-of-onigiri-bento/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:04:06 +0000 Faith http://hanamachi-lights.org/?p=393

Not a very fancy bento today, in fact this awesome little ‘bento box’ is one of the plastic take-out containers from China King (which is why it’s a tad too big for my bento today). Here’s what deliciousness awaits you:

BBQ Lamb Onigiri, Sweet Wasabi Chicken Onigiri, Hard Boiled Egg, Carrot Slices, Almonds, Chocolate Chips:

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