Contents: Corn cream croquettes with tonkatsu sauce (a popular kids' bento item), sliced cucumber, plain rice ball with strips of pre-cut nori, sliced takuan pickles, and slices of kamaboko (fish cake) cut to loosely resemble rabbits. The side dish holds cherries and grapes.  Morning prep time: 10 minutes to pack, plus 10 minutes to let everything ( Read more... )

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I am trying to be a good earth inhabitant and this bled over into the easter/spring feast.
Natural egg dyes.

To make the dye, bring the water and color source to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for about 15 minutes. Cool and strain through cheesecloth-lined strainer, then stir in vinegar.

Red
2 raw beets grated
2 cups water
2-3 tsp white vinegar

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I have a few things in my fridge that need to be used up before they go off. Any ideas would be great. A slice or biscuit (some sweet that can be packed in a lunchbox) would be awesome to use up some of it ( Read more... )

I hope it's okay to ask this here but I'm not really sure where else to ask it. A friend of mine sent me a 'care package' from the US (I live in England), which included the grape jelly I've missed so much since I moved back here from Canada. Unfortunately, she didn't quite think it through and sent me a gigantic jar, which it would be impossible ( Read more... )

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