I'm Biggie: avid cook, speedy lunch packer, mom & former expat fluent in Japanese. 
Recipes
Recipes from Lunch in a Box for dishes well suited for packed lunches
(Don’t miss the Top Tips page for a master list of speed tips, tutorials and equipment reviews, and a list of Decorative Food on Lunch in a Box. An organized list of all the food books in my kitchen is here.)
EGGS
- Curried quail eggs (or chicken eggs)
- Fried quail eggs in a ladle (TUTORIAL)
- Frittata for one
- Japanese rolled omelette (a.k.a. tamagoyaki or dashimaki tamago) (TUTORIAL)
- Shortcut tamagoyaki (Japanese omelette) (TUTORIAL)
- Shaped eggs using common ice cream sandwich molds (TUTORIAL)
- Pasta frittata using leftover pasta
- Sausage & quail egg “sunflowers” (TUTORIAL) (NEW)
- Scrambled egg purses
- Stovetop mini frittata
- Thin egg sheets (usuyaki tamago) in the microwave (TUTORIAL) (NEW)
MEAT
- Autumn lamb stew with squash, lemon and mint (SLOW, from Paula Wolfert)
- Grilled minted leg of lamb (SLOW, from Alton Brown)
- “Octodogs” (octopus hot dogs) (TUTORIAL)
- Sausage “rabbits” (rabbit-shaped hot dogs) (TUTORIAL)
- Sausage & quail egg “sunflowers” (TUTORIAL) (NEW)
- Shumai “burgers”
- Teriyaki chicken cubes (FAST)
- Thai curry master recipe
SEAFOOD
- Slow-cooked salmon (SLOW but easy)
- Takoyaki (octopus balls) (TUTORIAL) (SLOW)
- Thai curry master recipe
VEGETABLES & SALADS
- Broiled mushroom cups
- Cucumber & cream cheese ’salad’ (super-FAST)
- Fast butternut squash (microwave)
- Honey-simmered kabocha squash (microwave)
- Mini bell peppers stuffed with soft cheese
- Okonomiyaki cabbage ‘pancake’ or ‘pizza’ (TUTORIAL)
- Quick spinach side dish
- Quinoa salad
- Roasted asparagus
- Roasted mushroom caps
- Roasted mushroom caps stuffed with chevre, pancetta, broccoli rabe and garlic
- Sauteed purple kale with garlic and red wine vinegar
- Skewered tomato/cheese ’sandwiches’
- Steamed broccoli with aonori mayonnaise sauce
- Tuna & white bean salad
RICE
DUMPLINGS
- Curry gyoza, a leftover remake (TUTORIAL) (NEW)
PASTA, POTATOES, PHYLLO
SAUCES & DRESSINGS
- Chipotle cream dipping sauce
- Chogochujang sauce (Korean spicy sauce)
- Ponzu-sanbaizu vinaigrette
- Sanbaizu sweet vinegar sauce
- Tonkatsu sauce
- Yuzu miso glaze
FRUIT & DESSERTS
- Rabbit-shaped apple wedges (TUTORIAL)
- Decorative banana wedges (TUTORIAL)
- Fruit juice jello cups with chopped fruit
- Galaktoboureko (semolina custard baked in phyllo) (SLOW)
- Zig-zag kiwi fruit (TUTORIAL)
DRINKS
