Spice Up Your Life With a Taste of Japan

*Fun Bento Box**Cute and Natural Food From California*

8/19/2012

Vegetable Quiche



*Crust*
1 Egg
30g Olive Oil
1/2tsp Salt
150g Flour

Mix oil and egg well.
Add salt and flour. Mix well.
Form a ball and roll out. Place in a pan.
Make holes with a folk.


*Filling*
2 Eggs
100ml Soy Milk
A lot of vegetables!

Mix eggs and soy milk.
Saute vegetables with butter.
Put sauteed vegetables on the crust above.
Pour egg mixture.
Bake at 350F for about 30 mins.


Lemon and Salmon Chirashi Sushi



Add lemon to regular sushi vinegar!


For 3 cups of rice (3cups, before cooked)

3Tbs Lemon Juice (about 2-3 lemons)
2Tbs Vinegar
4Tbs  Sugar
2tsp Salt

Microwave the ingredients for about 30 seconds and mix well.
Add to cooked rice.

Cheese Souffle with Japanese Panko Crust





Japanese panko(bread crumbs) is not only for fry! You can use it for sweets too.
This panko crust is very easy to make!
You need just 3 ingredients each for the crust and cheese souffle. Simple is the best:p

*Crust
90g  Japanese Panko
50g Butter (room temperature)
2Tbs  Honey

Place all the ingredients in a Ziploc. Mix well.
Push the mixture into a cake mold.
Bake at 320F for about 15mins.
(That's it!)

*Cheese Souffle
150g Creme Cheese (room temp)
3 Eggs
80g Sugar

Mix creme cheese and egg yolks.
Make meringue with egg whites and sugar.

     <some tips to make meringue>
Use cold egg whites
Put a hint of salt in egg whites before you start whisking.
Whisk egg whites slowly until it gets smooth.
Add 1/3 of sugar and whisk fast.
Add another 1/3 of sugar and keep whisking.
Add the rest of sugar and whisk again.

Mix meringue and creme cheese mixture.
Pour into the crust.
Bake at 320F for about 30-40mins.