f u l f i l l m e

This is the bento I assembled from the shrimp scampi dinner I cooked. Chocolate Silk is in the drink container, and the second L&L contains dried apricots and mango, and in the middle is trail mix with raisins, nuts, chocolate and peanut butter chips.

( Shrimp Scampi )
Alterations:
- Added double the amount of red chili flakes
- Used linguine instead of angel hair
- Omitted dry white wine (no replacement)
- Minced and peeled garlic

Notes:
Next time I won't be so liberal with the parsley.

Didn't feel like cooking tonight, but my bf helped so it wasn't too bad. We just threw together some pasta, shrimp, butter and basil. I used the garlic butter to make some bread with Parmesan cheese on it. Yum!

This recipe is really quick and simple. I got it from Better Homes and Gardens' Cooking for 2, one of those impulse buys at the checkout stand in the grocery store.

( Pasta with Shrimp and Basil )

Alterations:
- Cooked, tail-on shrimp because they were on sale (pulled off tail before adding to pasta)
- Rotellini (though I did look for fusilli)

Also, I got excited when I went to the grocery store and saw so many different flavors of So Delicious, my favorite soy ice cream. I have only seen it in vanilla, but at the store the other day, I saw it in three additional flavors. ( So I went a little overboard... )

So I haven't been posting, but I HAVE been cooking. I don't like the way this messes with the accuracy of my calendar, but here are some things that I've made or have been made for me. I may or may not separate these into different posts later. I'll post recipes if anyone is interested, but with them all grouped together like this I thought it would be a little much.




( so much food )

Tonight my boyfriend bought and cooked Alaskan crab for us and I made garlic cheesy potatoes.

( Microwave Crab legs with ghee with pics )
Alterations:
- Legs instead of claws

---

To the right is my new 2-tier bento box (here for a pic of it open). It arrived in the mail from Canada (eBay seller gatchaman) while I was away. It's considerably bigger than I expected, which is good. And it says "Cookies" all over it, which is even better ^_^

But the bottom has confusing instructions on it:

1. Do not put this lunch box lid into microwave oven.
2. Do not put this lunch box into oven or place near the fire.
3. This lunch box is for food reheating. Make sure to allow space for vapour to escape easily.
4. Temperature range: +120°C - -20°C

This is confusing because it sounds like it's microwave safe, but the numbers don't match any of my other microwave safe bento boxes... Any ideas on that?