This is a delicious change from soup and a nice throwback to a lot of peoples childhoods. I haven’t had Spaghettios in probably over a decade and I’ve never eaten the one with meatballs but I can almost assure you this one is way more delicious than the one in a can and honestly, very easy to make! You can sub in any type of meatballs or leave them out for a vegetarian version.
Last week we both caught mild colds so half the week Andrew worked from home which means that two of these are not actually bento. One can argue that actually none or all of them are bentos though so I’m going to take my credit for making lunch while sick and just run with it either way.
Savory scone (goat cheese, pear, pepper), tomato and cucumber salad, boiled egg, apple 
Taco Bowl (rice, salad, turkey, peppers, onion, tomato, corn, sour cream) 
Turkey, Brie, and Cranberry Chutney Sandwich (there’s pickles and oranges on the plate too) 
Broccoli-Cheddar Soup, Rye Bread, Mandarins, Apple 
Vegetable Pot Pie, Side Salad (very sad looking), Apple, Mandarins
We’re coming in to the final days of 2016. I’ll be happy to see it go. Even though it finished strong for me personally, overall it’s been a mixed year. Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah and the Eve of Christmas so I’m cooking up a slightly larger than usual dinner (with dessert!) for that day but everything else should just go on as usual.
Saturday leftovers
Starter: shaved brussel sprout salad, arinchini
Main Course: challah, chicken cacciatore
Dessert: gingerbread cookies, raspberry la flor (cocktail)
Sunday eggs and toast
leftovers
Monday vegetable thai curry, rice, fruit
baked chicken tenders, spiced couscous, green beans and cherry tomatoes
Tuesday falfel, yogurt sauce, corn salad, carrots, fruit
salmon and rice and salad
Wednesday egg and vegetable fried rice, gyoza, fruit
vegetable thai curry, rice
Thursdaybaked chicken tenders with green beans and tomatoes, spiced couscous, apple
falfel, salad, side dish, fruit
Fridayfancy salad, boiled egg, gyoza
egg and vegetable stir fry, gyoza, fruit
Holiday Recipes:
Shaved Salad
Arinchini
Challah
Chicken Caccitore
Recipes:
Vegetable Thai Curry
Sauted Corn Salad
Baked Chicken Tenders
Falfel
Fried Rice
EVOO
canned corn
coconut milk
walnuts
limes
apples
grapes
salad
basil
brussel sprouts
bell pepper
mushrooms
carrots
zucchini
eggplant
onions
cherry tomatoes
coffee
arborio rice
gingerbread stuff
2 colors of decorating stuff
milk
eggs
yogurt dip
mozzerella
parmesan
cat food (both)
TP
chicken thighs
chicken breast
frozen peas
frozen green beans
frozen mixed veg
gyoza
An easy and lightly sweet side dish if you want to make sweet potatoes just a little more fun. You can see in the picture I really got the edges a bit too dark but actually they still tasted really good like that. Just be more observant and you should be fine.
Trying out some new recipes this week but somehow falling in to a pattern anyway. Oh well, at least we got fed right?
Vegetable Miso Soup, Rice with furikake, boiled egg, apple
Vegetable Pot Pie, Salad, apples and bananas 
Dum Aloo, Rice, Salad 
Pasta with meat sauce and roasted Vegetables, side salad, rye bread, apple 
Chicken Goulash, rice, apple
I love the idea of making traditionally sweet foods into savory ones. When I saw this recipe I knew I would be making it. Despite sounding very fancy, goat cheese and pears are not exactly the most high ticket items so this is a pretty cheap recipe if you need to impress someone. On top of all of that, this is also a one bowl recipe so it’s pretty easy on the clean up as well.
Oop, the latest WordPress update almost broke my recipe card plug in but thankfully it seems to have fixed things. This week I tried not to just make boring salads every day but it’s not always the easiest to do that.
Tortilla soup, crackers and cheese, boiled egg, terrible lighting
Chicken noodle soup, bread for dipping, salad, apple
Curried lentils, rice, salad
Turkeyloaf, pasta with cream sauce, spinach/tomato salad, italian mandarins
Vegetable couscous, roast potatoes, side salad, apple
Making a big batch of cookies this weekend for a party has zapped me of the desire to make fancy food so we’re going with some delicious easy, homey dishes instead. I don’t know if I want to do anything really special for the holidays that are coming up soon but there’s a lot of celebrate lately, so I’ll just have to wait and see!
Saturday out @ Grenka
out @ Milan’s
Sunday eggs and toast
vegetarian pot pie
Monday vegetable miso soup, rice with furikake, boiled egg, fruit
mac and cheese
Tuesday vegetarian pot pie, salad, fruit
dum aloo
Wednesday mac and cheese, roasted brussel sprouts, cherry tomatoes, fruit
salmon, couscous, roasted veg
Thursdaychicken goulash, rice, carrots and hummus
vegetable miso soup, rice with furikake, boiled egg
Fridaydum aloo, rice, salad, fruit
goulash over rice
Vegetable Miso Soup
Vegetable Pot Pie
Dum Aloo
Mac and Cheese
Goulash
cashews
apples
oranges
bananas
salad
cherry tomatoes
onion
carrot
mushroom
scallions
potato (12, small)
elbow pasta
bread
butter
cheddar (300g)
yogurt
milk
cat food
cereal
shampoo
-2nd shop
canned tomato x 2
zucchini
carrots
rice
milk
eggs
hummus
TP
chicken (,5kg)
salmon
mixed veg (frozen)
Furikake is basically a dry rice seasoning in Japan and it’s not available everywhere but if you can get a few basic ingredients you can make your own in about 5 minutes. This is really sped up with a food processor.
Some weeks you just get to a weird theme (or really, a rut) which is why this week there is just so much rice going on. Especially in the winter it’s hard to resist the siren song of carbs but hopefully next week will be more interesting carbs at least!
Leftovers from Georgian restaurant (minced chicken liver with spices, cheese dumpling), rye bread, side salad 
Vegetable Quiche, Salad, Grapes 
Honey and Soy Chicken, Rice, Green Beans with Yellow Pepper, Apple 
Chickpea and Vegetable Curry, Rice, Side Salad 
Trash Casserole, Salad