Today's lunch includes a pair of hot dog octopi that appear to be in the middle of an intense discussion, and some smoked salmon sushi with cucumber, which is to say I just strapped a thin slice of cucumber onto the top of the rice block with the fish. Then there's edamame, baked Japanese sweet potato, carrot & raisin salad, and banana bread. ( Website post , with links to recipes.)

Today I have some fried calamari. Or some squid tempura; six of one and half a dozen of the other. Some were single-breaded and some were double-breaded, hence the two different colors. Then I have... I assure you that that is purely coincidence* and has nothing whatsoever to do with the ReBoot revival and webcomic.** * No, it isn't. ** Yes, it does. ( Website post , with links to recipes.

Our of the blue I got the urge to make my Mom's Greek chicken. The problem is, I don't know how, and the recipes I find on the 'net don't match hers. So I did what I always do in said circumstances...Greek chicken for real I'll post that recipe. Wish me luck, though, as Mom doesn't use recipes or measurements, making it kind of hard to get the info I need. ( Website post , with links to recipes.

I've hardly made any sushi in, what, a year? Now all of a sudden I decide I want lots of it. So, here's some smoked salmon sushi and hantako sushi, the latter of which is my fancy way of saying I strapped...potato arranged in a way that I thought was artistic, but now looks kind of corny to me. Finally, some zucchini & onion stir-fry and carrot & raisin salad. ( Website post , with links to recipes.

No, I didn't color my meatloaf purple, or whatever color you see in that photo. For some reason my kitchen lighting takes good-looking meatloaf and makes it look zombie-ish. Complete with ketchup "blood...this bento box is that I can separate my lunch into hot and cold halves. Put what I want to heat in one half and the cold stuff in the other. Handy, that. ( Website post , with links to recipes.

Today's box is a festival of secondary colors, ne? Green steamed snow peas and steamed broccoli, baked purple sweet potato, and orange carrot & raisin salad. I'd have an unbroken streak if it weren't... aren't those sweet potatoes weird-looking? Okinawa sweet potatoes often have color variations, but this is the first time I've seen anything this dramatic. ( Website post , with links to recipes.

Maybe it's just me, but I tend to see faces in the lunches I pack if I make any effort at symmetry, which I often do because I'm just fussy that way. Today's lunch looks like a crab or bug of some kind...potato, green beans right out of a can, a boiled egg (the eyes of the bug), and carrot & raisin salad. And... that's it' cause I'm hungry. Can't post; eating. ( Website post , with links to recipes.

Veggies and more veggies Iridori is neat stuff. Basically it's Japanese chicken & vegetable stew, with things like bamboo and potatoes and carrots, all cut in thick chunks. Normally I make it with taro...to me. Then there's steamed broccoli and carrot & raisin salad. Three cheers for veggies! OK, cheering is a bit much, but I do give them my quiet appreciation. ( Website post , with links to recipes.

When people have suggested in the past that I cook curry, I've firmly refused on the grounds that 1) I hate hot spices, as they render food inedible to me, 2) all of my memories of curry were of meals...vegetable curry over rice. It is flanked by my everpresent baked purple sweet potato and steamed broccoli, and I have some carrot & raisin salad for dessert. ( Website post , with links to recipes.

Today's lunch begins with - shock and surprise! - pseuki yaki. Oh, honey, if you saw the amount in my fridge and freezer... but having that ready to dish out frees me to try some new things, like the...forward, wagging its tail hopefully, and before you know it you're putting newspapers down in your spare room. Anyone got any good puppy cauliflower recipes? ( Website post , with links to recipes.