What have you been eating lately?

[petra]

Restaurants are beginning to be restored in some places; other places we're still fending for ourselves. What's on your menu?

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[j00j]

We're in the US in an area that's definitely not going to be open for in-restaurant dining for some time.
We've been ordering delivery or pickup now and then (always calling the restaurant directly so GrubHub doesn't get a cut, tipping about 30% for delivery-- hazard pay!).
Mostly we're cooking, and my partner's wife and I alternate with others stepping in occasionally.
But I've definitely gotten to the point where the novelty of having the time normally taken up by my commute to cook more elaborate things has worn off and I don't always want to do it.
Things I made this week:
- Gluten free pasta with white beans sauteed in garlic, lemon, and olive oil-- takes about 30 minutes and 1 pot, 1 pan (could whack a sheet pan in the oven with the beans and broccoli if you prefer).
- Got more ambitious and decided I wanted to work on Japanese cooking skills (I can do sushi rolls but it's been a long time; have done a curry or two). Sushi rice, negimiso onion miso sauce that I put on some tilapia, tamago sweet omelette (time consuming but fun to make), and teriyaki sheet pan vegetables. Made the toddler nephews' plates into cute bentos, which they admired but did not consume-- we're working on it!

Some low effort things that are frequently in the rotation:
- Oven grilled cheese+ roast vegetables-- stick two sheet pans in the oven, flip once, dinner is done.
- DIY Nacho bar-- tortilla chips, can of refried beans, grilled bell peppers/onions, maybe some greens or other veggies, cheese, possibly leftover meat if we have it, salsa, vary depending on ingredients and interests.
- Breakfast for dinner!

I may also bother to learn to use the grill this summer so that housemate isn't the only one who can manage it.

[petra]

That sounds like a good array of options. Cute and edible is a very important goal for bento--good let ck!