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Cheap and Delicious SPAM Fried Rice

Cheap and Delicious SPAM Fried Rice

Even though it’s brutally hot and humid, our meal for today is a delicimous concoction that vaguely resembles fried rice. If you don’t like SPAM, I don’t understand your language, because this is a dream to make.

Granted, we don’t have the money for SPAM so we had to get the half-priced Luncheon Meat (any generic discount SPAM or canned ham will do in a pinch!) we so affectionately refer to as Lint Loaf in our house. It’s really no comparison to SPAM, but it’s fairly good and it works well in this recipe!

Heat up your pan or wok to medium on a gas range and melt a tablespoon of real butter. Toss in the following:

1/2 Small White Onion – chopped
1 Clove Garlic – crushed

Saute until the onion starts to get transparent, then pour in:

1/2 C of filtered water (necessary out here in the boonies)
1.2 Bag of Frozen Peas
1 Packet Ramen Noodle Seasoning (your flavor choice)
2 tsp. Shoyu / Soy Sauce
1/2 Can of Lint Loaf / SPAM – Cubed

Stir gently, if you stir too hard the SPAM will become mushy and fall apart. Heat for 2-3 minutes.

Fold in:

3 C of Cooked Rice

Until thoroughly coated. Scoop out into a bowl and enjoy! I personally like mine with a liberal shake or two of white pepper and a couple of make-shift spring rolls. Don’t forget the green chai tea!

Tags: Fried Rice, Peas, Ramen, Rice, Spam

A Batch of Holiday Cheer!

Ooh, it’s that time of year already! I can already smell the Chistmas cookies baking! Okay, I can’t really because I haven’t started my holiday baking yet – which is insane because it’s only a few days until Thanksgiving!

So I’ve obviously got to get on the ball, and I’ve been introduced to some amazing cookie recipes thanks to an amazing, fabulous and very informative website called Mom’s Who Think.

I’m just in love with this website! I’m in awe of all the delicious recipes they’ve got there, all free for the taking just in time for the holidays! My absolute favorite comes in the form of their oatmeal cookies recipe, which means I now have to go and buy some oatmeal because the recipe looks so easy I could probably make a lot of them on my day off and have cookies in my bento every day for a week or two! I love new recipes. :D

Tags: Cookies, Favorites, Links

Recipes A-Comin’

I’m compiling my favorite bento recipes that I’ll be sharing here along with pictures of the gadgets and tools you need to use to make them – if you have a recipe you’d like to see here, please let me know. :)

Shibuya 109′s

Many people have contacted me wanting to know how my Sakura cookies ( called Shibuya 109‘s or Easy Peasy Sakura Blossoms ) were made so they could make them for their own families or to put in their own bentos, well Charlotte gave me a reason to write it out – you may have to adjust your amounts, I make mine from memory so I don’t know the exactness of it, lol. So, for the holidays, here is my all time favorite sugar cookie recipe with “Happy Frosting Dance” Favorite Family Frosting from me and Laota. :D

(Shibuya 109‘s) Easy Peasy Sakura Blossoms:

1 1/2 C Sugar
1 1/2 stick Butter ( better yet, the same amount of Crisco Pure Vegetable Shortening – not butter flavored, makes it light and airy)
2 Eggs
2 Tbsp Milk
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
2 tsp Maraschino Cherry juice
1 tsp Hibiscus Blossom Extract ( may need to extract it yourself, can be omitted )
1 tsp Lime Zest
3 1/4 C Flour
2 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt

Sakura blossom cookie cutters ( available on eBay as Bento Cutters ) would be nice, but not required.

Mix your ingredients together slowly, scraping the bowl often, until they’r well combined then wrap them in plastic wrap and chill for AT LEAST 3 hours.

Roll your dough out on floured plastic wrap until 1/6 inch thick and cut with your Sakura cookie cutters ( they’re about 3/4 inch wide ) and place on a lightly greased baking sheet into a 400 Degree oven for 6 minutes. If you use ‘regular’ sized cutters ( about 3-4 inches wide ) bake for 10 minutes, larger ( 4-5 ) 12 minutes or until light brown. Let them cool completely before icing.

Worded from LaotasGallery.com:

“Happy Frosting Dance” Favorite Family Frosting

2 Cups Powered Sugar
1/4 Cup Crisco Pure Vegetable Shortening (not butter flavored)
2 1/2 Tablespoon of Milk
Teaspoon of Vanilla
( for Sakura cookies, mix in 1 drop of red food coloring to make a pale pink decoration for your cookies! )

Combine ingredients and beat it on high for three minutes with an electric mixer until blended and creamy, then cover and refrigerate, and do your “Happy Frosting Dance” for half an hour, until the frosting is stiff. Food coloring can be added.

Wasn’t that quick and painless? You even got some dancing in!

The frosted cookies have a sweet, but not too sweet, florally cherry taste and you can even crush some chocolate kisses and sprinkle it ontop of the frosting with chopped up pieces of cherries for an added sweetness. :D

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