Lovely lunch 5.4.2011

Black bean burger on fresh baked bread with cheese, red pepper pesto and rum-coffee-soaked cupcake.

today's lunch: stereotypically french potatoes!

 You know what's awkward? Trying to take a picture of your plate with a webcam that's built into your laptop because you can't find your actual camera. But even so, I think it came out pretty well!

Today I had baby red potatoes with caramelized onions, brie and bacon. Seasoned with Herbes de Provence, French grey sea salt, and cracked black pepper. It's 700 calories of awesome, and I'm totally okay with it being half my calorie intake for the day.

Make like so:
Put the potatoes to boil on med-low with sea salt.
Chop the bacon, then cook it slowly on pretty low heat to get all the fat out, until it's crispy and crumbly. Take it out of the pan.
Chop the onions small and cook them in the bacon fat with a pat of butter. Once they're a little clear and juicy, add a pinch of Herbes de Provence. Caramelize slowly for as long as it takes for the potatoes to cook. I like mine pretty soft and sweet.
Drain the cooked potatoes and add a pat of butter, more sea salt and cracked black pepper. Let that sit and absorb while you cut the brie into little rounds or slices.
Dump the taters onto a pretty plate and break them up a little with the back of a fork. Top with the onions, the brie and the bacon bits.
Enjoy deeply.

Lunch

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This is Mi Goreng original flavored Asian-Market good ramen
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Peas, Broccoli, 2 sheets of laver (sesame and salt flavor), 1 egg (soft boiled and crumbled since it fell apart when I peeled it), 1 chicken and pork hot dog, a little say sauce, and black pepper.

Yummy, meets the 5x5x5* requirements, there's lots of food here, and it comes in at a grand total of 364 calories if I did my math right. Probably tons of salt, but I drink so much tea, I should be able to flush it.


*5x5x5= Five colors, five flavors, five textures. A Japanese way to be sure you get a well-rounded meal.

Leftovers: Fishpocket Miso Soup

Remember the fishpockets from the grill? Even after D made the stirfry, there was enough leftover for one little packed lunch: Miso soup with the leftovers.

I get my Miso from J-List (which I’ve probably mentioned before). It’s a moist instant, not a powder*, and all you need is hot water. It lasts for ages and doesn’t need refrigeration, too, so it’s perfect for lunches.

I added sesame seeds, Kastuo bonito furikake and alfalfa sprouts, then mixed the miso and added the grilled veggies and catfish, and there you go! Lovely lunch!

 

*Here’s what it looks like: