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Japanese fun: Bento bowl

Try your hand at homemade bento bowls—everyone will be eyeing your creative lunch at work! It's a practical option that covers all your nutritional bases: meat, rice, cheese and vegetables (you can have fruit for dessert). For the animated onigiri (rice balls), wash 1 1/4 cups Japanese sushi rice several times, then cook them in vinegared water. Wet your hands, grab a bit of cooked rice, and add a piece of seared meat to the center. To make them into funny characters, cut a sheet of seaweed into various shapes and fix them onto the rice with vinegar. Serve with a few more meat pieces, sugar snap peas, carrots and sliced cheese.


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VIDEO: Salted Caramel Thumbprint Cookies

These salted caramel thumbprint cookies are easy to make and super delicious!

INGREDIENTS:

  • 1/4 cup / 50g of softened butter
  • 1 egg (divide the yolk and white)
  • 1/4 cup / 50g of sugar
  • Pinch of sea salt
  • 1 cup / 150g of flour
  • 1 cup / 100g of chopped nuts
  • Salted caramel
  • Melted dark chocolate

METHOD:

  1. In a bowl, mix together the butter, egg yolk, sugar, and salt.

  2. Add the flour and mix. Roll into a ball.

  3. Chill for 30 minutes.

  4. Remove from refrigerator. Divide the dough and roll into 1-inch balls.

  5. Dip each ball in egg yolk, and then roll in chopped nuts.

  6. Place on baking sheet (lined with parchment paper), and press your thumb into the center.

  7. Bake at 340°F/170°C for 12 minutes, or until golden.

  8. Remove from oven and let cool.

  9. Pour the salted caramel into the center groove,and drizzle with dark chocolate.

  10. Enjoy!