Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Bentos: The Freshmaker


My newest obsession is a bento. I saw them in Korea and I'm wanting to bring my lunch into work so I can eat more healthily and stuff. Now the point of a bento is to eat small amounts. It is automatic portion control. I bought a less than totally cute bento from ebay that will take 2-3 weeks to arrive. I ordered it on Sunday, so we'll see how long it will take until it gets here. I think I'll paint it or something to make it cuter. I really wanted pink paisley, but could only find these wacky cartoon characters and flowers. Hmmm. So until it arrives, I'm using normal tupperware sorts of things. I make thai dumpings (basically egg rolls) yesterday along with a tortilla soup without tortillas. It's basically a chicken soup with tomatoes and chilis. Yum. I also brought a dollop of sour cream. So to go with the dumpling and soup is cherry tomatoes and green grapes. So this is sort of healthy.

My rice didn't go so good and I used garlic salt in it so I can't exactly make it into rice pudding since those flavors would not meld. I accidently put the rice into the water before it boiled and I ended up with mushy, sticky rice. I tossed it with a bit of oil and will try it tonight and see how it goes.

Hmm. I also made this mini crustless quiches in foil cupcake tins. They are pretty good too. I did not however share with my family because they always complain about my cooking. So even though they kept mentioning how good it smelled and how hungry they were, I neglected to offer them sustanance. But they ALWAYS complain about my food, so I don't feel too badly about starving them. There was plenty of food to eat, just not mine.

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Saturday, June 7, 2008

New Sewing Patterns

So I went to Hancocks Fabrics to pick up an upholstery needle and some heavy duty black thread for my convertible top and noticed that much of the fabric was 50% off and I resisted it :smiles proudly:. It was rather difficult, but I decided to use the fabric I already own before buying anymore on impulse. The same does not hold true for patterns. Butterick was .99, Simplicity 1.99, and Vogue 3.99.

I bought...

Butterick 4985

Butterick 5214

Butterick 5209

Butterick 5178

Vogue 1042


The only one I've cut out is the 40s style Butterick 5209. I think I'll make it with the sleeves for 4th of July. Hmm, now I have to plan something to wear it to... Maybe a family picnic or we could go out to some fireworks.