Lunchboxes from February Wk 4

Grandma has been updating Justin's lunchbox during her visit with us, but I've not been able to keep up with them! I'll try to post them as much as possible, but she has them packed before I get up and so I usually wind up missing the opportunity to click pictures. And Justin seems to love her new menus - the lunchboxes have come home empty for the 3 weeks so far that Grandma has taken over.

This new addition to Justin's lunchbox menu is vinegared rice in eggs and bean curds.

I've made the bean curds before - albeit in a bigger size. Grandma cuts the store-bought bean curds in half to make it more edible (does that mean I made them inedible??). After mixing rice, powdered vinegar, and chopped burdocks (우엉), she creates tiny rice balls and wraps them with bean curds (유부) or eggs. For the eggs, after beating one egg, she dollops a spoonful of the egg mix onto a frying pan and adds a rice ball. She wraps the rice ball with the still-wet-egg mixture, which then cooks to hold the rice ball inside without falling apart. Justin loves this, and is constantly asking for it, even outside of his lunchbox ("계란밥 좀 해줘...").

It's wonderful that fruits are coming back in season as well. Winter has been tough with limited fruits (strawberries, grapes, pineapples, oranges... now that I'm writing it seems like there were a lot), but we're excited to see fresh plums (included in today's lunchbox) and peaches as well.

Rice balls, dressed-up Spam, daikon & fruits

Justin has been on a break from rice balls (he must've gotten sick of them because I made them for him constantly) for the last month or so, so it will be exciting to see if he finishes his lunch today. He had egg-coated Spam and daikon as side dishes and strawberry, pineapple, and grapes for dessert.