It’s the final term before lil’ one starts her internship and then onward to the next path.
9th Apr (Wed)
Porridge cooked the night before. Always the easiest to settle one meal.
Using the leftover yellowtail fish. Quite a lot of leftover actually, I didn’t use the full portion of this marinated fish. This marinated fish includes the Japanese garlic and ginger paste, I’m really beginning to love the paste. So easy to use. Kept the half for another porridge, maybe next week 🫢.
Ready to scoop into the slow cooker. This tastes a little different as I added sole powder
10th Apr (Thu)
Back to Fight-Do means whatever I prep in the morning must have minimal mess, coz nobody helps me wash up, by the time I get home it’ll be hours later.
Thermos flask and teriyaki chicken taken out the night before. Rice washed and Ms Thermie prepared for next morning. If only Thermomix has such function where I can set a pre-set timer.
Still in a zombie mode walked into the kitchen. Transferred the chicken into the bowl and prepared chawanmushi. Maybe next time I’ll try pre-bowl everything the night before and fridge it? Not sure if will spoil the eggs 🤨…
Set Ms Thermie and went to get myself ready. Yawn…..🥱
Her lunch - rice with CP’s teriyaki chicken and chawanmushi
16th Apr (Tue)
It’s pastaaaaaaa!! Quick but messy coz can only be cooked on the day itself. Sianz! I’ll think to clean the kitchen mess up later.
Fried with picnic ham. I tried and it’s not bad altho I did add a little extra onion (50g more) to this sauce. I had to cook the whole pack of 220g pasta sauce, I hope it won’t be dry by the time she eats it at 1pm (about 6hrs later)
After I scooped out her lunch, I had a little pasta left for myself to try, I love mine a little spicy so added chilli sauce. Maybe I’m hungry … I can’t deny this sauce is nice. This recipe is a keeper.
23rd Apr (Wed)
Simple fare. (1) Chawanmushi with oyster + sesame marinated shiitake and scraps of yellowtail fish (2) popcorn chicken with extra rice from last evening.
Chawanmushi look so mor-peng-diao-deng 🤣
24th Apr (Thu)
I wonder, I really wonder how the Japanese mummies can have the energy to prepare nice beautiful bentos daily and wake up always looking so fresh. I always grouchily zombie-walk into the kitchen 😂 in the mornings. Not a morning person, not an afternoon person generally not a whole day person 😜.
Lunch cooked the night before. Porridge! Using the last bit of marinated yellowtail fish meat and mushroom. And into the slow cooker it goes.
30th Apr (Wed)
Marinated pork the night before with oyster sauce and fish sauce
In the morning. Super loving this style of steaming food, though for now I’m only packing for one kid I’m more than welcome to pack for che-che if she wants / if she doesn’t fuss with food.
Done! 10 more meals ! 10 more meals to pack then I’m done packing for the year and hopefully for a longer time too or no more.
7th May (Wed)
Cooked the night before
Scooped out the next morning
8th May (Thu)
The mince chicken I marinated on Monday night
Took a portion out from the freezer to defrost last night and this morning into the pan for steaming
Another easy meal settled for lil’ one’s lunch. Too bad the girls have a lousy cook as their mummy. They grow up eating shitty food 🤣.
She likes this chicken. I seasoned with Japanese pantry items.
14th May (Wed)
Packed this on Tuesday. I realised my laziness has made me a smarter person. I decided to pack x2 portion. Pasta meant for Tuesday’s dinner for lil’ one and me. Fried rice for her lunch for school.
The two portions fit into one glass container
Night before, I portioned out some into the slow cooker for the rice to be heated up and kept warm. Yup! Another smart move so I can sleep in 10mins longer.
This morning - done in 3 mins. But pity that I can’t adjust my slow cooker to LOW setting, the fried rice and (usually) porridge forms a crust on the sides the next morning.
15th May (Thu)
The last portion of Hanis fried rice 😉 She says it’s not nice but I don’t care.
21st May (Wed)
The easiest yet not rubbish unsustainable meal for my girl
The night before, took out the extra rice and the marinated pork which I had thawed since morning
Dished them into a bowl and cling wrap and put it back in the fridge
Prepared the pan with water. So tomorrow will just leave a small opening in each bowl and steam. I might steam chawanmushi for her. See what time I wake up tomorrow 🤣
22nd May (Thu)
Prepared last night. Didn’t know the x1 portion of pre-marinated basil chicken is too little, I must have been so tired when I was packing and when I took it out last night to thaw .
This morning ….. ok really pathetic amount of food for the same amount of time needed for steaming 🤦🏻♀️.
28th May (Wed)
I kept some clean mee-hoon-kueh soup from last night coz I wanted to make my life easier today. Cooked udon with marinated minced chicken
29th May (Thu)
Will this be the last packed lunch for lil’ one forever? Mince pork with all the sauces ('' the best one you've ever cooked'') + chinese sausage
I had mixed feelings as I pack her food today. I have been packing food for her since primary school, that's 13 years! Holly molly!
I can now post this out and let's see if in the future I'll have to pack food for her again. Running out of ideas what to pack for her.
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