Lunch Last Week

Just to share another aspect of my life with you, and give you some completely useless information, I thought I would share some of the lunch menu from last week.

Tuesday: Rice, Miso soup, broiled mackerel, chicken/green bean/noodle stir fry

Wednesday: Rice, miso soup, grilled salmon, pork/lotus root stir fry

Friday: (always a noodle day) Spaghetti, green tea flavored steamed bread, a small piece of generic white cheese.

Food notes:
Most food items are served in their own dish.
Miso soup is a very traditional soup made with dashi (fish & seaweed stock) and miso (fermented soybeans made into a paste)
The broiled mackerel was served, as usual, with a sauce made from miso
The spaghetti here is practically meatless and very, very light on the sauce. Very light.

It’s really rather good food, actually. I appreciate the fact that school lunch introduces me to lots of different types of what might be considered “home cooking”. I just get tired of fish, sometimes. Especially when it has eggs in it or still has a tail.

For more information on that wonderful (?) concoction known as MISO, check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miso

…and if you are just dying to know more about DASHI….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashi

OH, and yes, the kids eat everything on their plates!