Oh I do love it when there's an excuse for packed lunches!
What have we here? Rice rolls/mini onigiri/gimbap/not-quite-sushi with cucumber and yakiniku hot dog fillings, with yakiniku sauce for dipping; boiled eggs (or a babybel for one family member who doesn't like eggs); lemon and bramble jelly; prawn cocktail Wotsits; grapes and a Groovy biscuit.
Close up of those rice rolls! The hot dog ones are rolled in sesame and spring onion.
If I were mayor of Picnictown, every picnic would have the following: a blanket, a 1:1 dog-to-human ratio and esquites. The blanket’s there because grass is itchy no matter what the most outdoorsy person in the group says; the dogs because dogs are great. The esquites are essential because my favorite outdoor corn is elotes, but they don’t travel nearly as well as esquites. (The laws of Picnictown consider how easy it is to carry your picnic things on public transportation.)
This is barely a compromise, though, because Kay Chun’s esquites capture all the beloved and balanced elements of elotes: sweet summer corn, tangy lime, creamy cotija (and crema), spicy ancho chile. The smoky flavor you get from grilled corn is here, too, as the kernels are charred in a hot skillet until browned and caramelized. Perhaps the most enticing part of the recipe is this note from Kay: “Leftovers transform quickly into a great pasta salad the next day; simply toss with cooked pasta and olive oil.” Picnictown loves a resourceful pasta salad.
More picnic decrees, because it’s the first day of summer! Make Zainab Shah’s sheet-pan chicken tikka thighs ahead of time, and then toss some roti or naan in your tote bag for effortless but extremely delicious sandwiches. Ali Slagle’s green bean salad with dill pickles and feta is perfect all by itself, but if someone else wanted to bring a container of cooked barley or farro, that would be a really nice collaborative grain bowl picnic moment. (For even more lovely, easy picnic ideas that travel well, check out this recipe collection.)
Every June, the summer produce flows into and overwhelms my corner grocery store, and every June I am positively giddy about it. Right now the shelves are buckling from so many cherry tomatoes, and I’m doing my part with salad e-shirazi, basil and tomato fried rice and salmon and tomatoes in foil, a five-star, five-ingredient dinner from Mark Bittman.
I am trying to be more adventurous with my vegetables, branching out and bringing home goodies I don’t usually cook. I’ve never really loved bitter melon (I’m not alone), but I do like bitter things — extra dark chocolate, dandelion greens, Campari. So I’m going to try this stir-fried bitter melon with eggs, a recipe from Chutatip Suntaranon (known as Nok) adapted by Cathy Erway.
The creamy scrambled eggs, salty soy sauce and molasses-y brown sugar will mellow out the harshest edges of the bitter melon. And I trust Nok — I’ve had the pleasure of dining at Kalaya, Nok’s restaurant in Philadelphia, and Nok never misses.
Lastly: It’s hot out there, and I’d like to give you an excuse to stand in front of the open refrigerator after a long afternoon in Picnictown. Here’s Lisa Donovan’s new recipe for buttermilk tres leches cake, which is best served extremely chilled, straight from the pan. I interpret this as spooning giant mouthfuls of cold, creamy cake into my mouth while bending into the fridge, but if you’d like to use plates and forks and a table, by all means.
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I’d like to think this would happen [Carmen Sandiego Headcanon]
Carmen: What the hell is this?
Shadowsan, shoving a lunch box into Carmen’s arms: This would be a lunchbox and inside, is a lunch for your mission
Carmen: I got the part where it’s a lunchbox, I just don’t understand why you’re making me one. You know I’m not five right?
Shadowsan: Well apparently you are because all you three seem to eat is junkfood and instant ramen packets.
Zack, joining in and who has already started eating his own lunch: Hey, that’s not completely true, we had an authentic homemade Mexican dish just last night!
Shadowsan, pinching the bridge of his nose: You mean tacos?
Zack: Yeah exactly!
Carmen. trying to hand back the lunch: Look this is nice and all, but you really don’t need to pack us lunches, we can find something to eat when we land at our destination
Shadowsan:....I packed brownies and an applejuice
Carmen:......
Shadowsan:......
Carmen, snatching the lunchbox back and stomping out: Fine, I’ll take your stupid lunch, this time.
Packed Lunches, Sticky Fingers and Accidental Levitation
by LadyLondonderry
Harry Styles is a skilled work-from-home potionist five years out of university with a steady job, a house, and... eight kids.
He also might be heading towards a breakdown if he doesn't get a bit of help.
Enter a meddling pixie and an old university friend he might or might not have had a lot of feelings for.
Words: 10033, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: One Direction (Band)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Assorted children
Relationships: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson
Additional Tags: Foster Care, Magic-Users, Alternate Universe - Magical Realism, Pixies, Babysitting, Harry adopted a lot of children, Single Parent Harry
via AO3 works tagged 'Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson' http://ift.tt/2tIftLi
I am a lunchbox fiend. I love lunchboxes, I love packing lunchboxes, I love watching videos about packing lunchboxes, I haunt eBay looking for lunchbox accessories. I just love them.
Today's feast: not-quite-sushi with carrot and sugar snap peas; cheesy omelette; sweet chilli sauce; cashews; grapes and blueberries; apricot yoghurt and fancy choc chip cookies.
This is my motherhood win. I suck at housework, I'm not very organised, but I make a MEAN packed lunch.
faster than witches,
Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;
And charging along like troops in a battle,
All through the meadows the horses and cattle:
All of the sights of the hill and the plain
Fly as thick as driving rain;
And ever again, in the wink of an eye,
Painted stations whistle by
"From a Railway Carriage", R.L. Stevenson
Cuppa: hot genmaicha with honey.
Meal: a real railway bento! Fried chicken, rice, teriyaki meatballs and pickles, with red bean dango to follow.
View: out the window of the Tokaido bullet train on the way from Tokyo to Kyoto yesterday. We hit 180mph at one point!
Its been half term this week and even though I’ve not done alot of couponing or yellow sticker shopping, I’ve still been able to make some savings this week.
Days out with english heritage.
We’ve had two fantastic days out with english heritage this week. Both castles we visited were rough less than 45 minutes drive from home, so not too far. I purposely picked the days i went to coincide with…
