Cookbook Project, Book #199
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ladysprite"Bento Love," Kentaro Kobayashi
I love bento. I've been making bento lunches for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
umbran and myself for almost two years now, aside from the time that I was out of work, and I am still completely enamored with the entire concept. It's more fun than just sandwiches, it's healthy, and it suits my style of eating better (I'm much more of a slow-nibbler than a 2-3 meals-a-day person). And for the longest time I was just working off one cookbook and a handful of web pages. But before I went out of work on medical leave, I found this book while I was browsing at Barnes & Noble one day. And the recipes looked reasonable, simple, and tasty, so I decided to pick it up. Sadly, then, I was out of work for several months, so I didn't have the chance to give it a try until recently.
A few weeks ago I was cooking something that called for half a head of cabbage, leaving me with the other half left over, so I pulled out this book and decided to make Stir-Fried Pork and Cabbage.
Sadly, it was not nearly as good as I hoped it would be. The recipe was honestly *too* simple - there was almost no seasoning, and the cabbage itself stayed kind of bland and rubbery. It was edible, but nowhere near as tasty as the stuff I'm used to making.
I'll keep the book; there are enough other recipes that I'm willing to give it another try. But I'm likely to be a lot more careful in picking and choosing which ones to try, and I may just take seasoning into my own hands.....
I love bento. I've been making bento lunches for
umbran and myself for almost two years now, aside from the time that I was out of work, and I am still completely enamored with the entire concept. It's more fun than just sandwiches, it's healthy, and it suits my style of eating better (I'm much more of a slow-nibbler than a 2-3 meals-a-day person). And for the longest time I was just working off one cookbook and a handful of web pages. But before I went out of work on medical leave, I found this book while I was browsing at Barnes & Noble one day. And the recipes looked reasonable, simple, and tasty, so I decided to pick it up. Sadly, then, I was out of work for several months, so I didn't have the chance to give it a try until recently.A few weeks ago I was cooking something that called for half a head of cabbage, leaving me with the other half left over, so I pulled out this book and decided to make Stir-Fried Pork and Cabbage.
Sadly, it was not nearly as good as I hoped it would be. The recipe was honestly *too* simple - there was almost no seasoning, and the cabbage itself stayed kind of bland and rubbery. It was edible, but nowhere near as tasty as the stuff I'm used to making.
I'll keep the book; there are enough other recipes that I'm willing to give it another try. But I'm likely to be a lot more careful in picking and choosing which ones to try, and I may just take seasoning into my own hands.....
