Served With Rice
The food diary of a time-poor salaryman. Nutrition conscious, and meal prep friendly.
Category: Weeknight
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An Experimental Beef and Broccoli Stir Fry
Blanche your vegetables before you stir fry to improve texture and increase batch sizes. A technique akin to reverse searing steaks, or parboiling potatoes for fries.
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Shrimp and Egg Stir Fry with Special Soy Sauce
Here’s a meal prep friendly stir fry that doesn’t need high heat! Let me show you how to make this calorie-conscious meal along with an all-purpose dipping sauce, plus a bonus section on how to grow your own scallions.
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New Improved Gyudon, and the Case For Rice On Top
I never make Gyudon the same way twice, but some things leave an impression. A collection of improvements from a year of Gyudons, and an explanation for why you should (sometimes) put the rice on top and not the bottom.
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Shiitake Mushroom and Zucchini Saute
Fresh shiitakes add meatiness without meat. This quick and easy shiitake and zucchini sauté can stand on its own, as well as being a side dish for a larger meal.
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Japanese-inspired Vegetable Stir Fry with Sous Vide chicken
Anything goes with this vegetable variety pack! Assemble a mixture of colours and textures to make vegetables exciting again. Served with an argument in favour of cooking chicken sous vide from frozen, not thawed.
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Miso Honey Chicken Thighs – Low Effort Meal Prep
Get ready for an intensely savoury chicken and rice experience! Good things happen when you round out the strong flavours of miso with some sweetness and acidity.
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Malaysian Chicken Curry, and working around limitations
When life gives you freezer burned chicken, make chicken curry. Here’s a meal prep friendly recipe for chicken with rice, and an accidental life lesson on making do.
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Simple 5-ingredient Bok Choy Soup
Besides stir fries, Bok choy is also wonderful for soup. Learn to make this weeknight pork and Boy choy broth with just 5 ingredients.
My spirit animal is a dinosaur
I guess it would be an Oryzasaurus
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Beef Blog Broccoli Cabbage Carrots Cast iron Cheese Chicken Curry Dashi Date Night Dried scallops Dried shrimp Eggs Fish and seafood Garlic Ginger Glass noodles Gochujang Honey Miso Napa cabbage Old Bay Onion Oven Pasta Peppers Pork Potatoes Salmon Sesame oil Shiitake mushrooms Shrimp Soup Sous Vide Spicy Steaming Stewing Stir fry String beans Sweet potatoes Teriyaki Tomatoes Yogurt Zucchini
