Stephelle's Kitchen: Why Baked Bean

One can of 425g baked bean

make four servings

 

I therefore can only cook it

over the weekend

and this suits me fine because

 

on weekend

I would like to cook only once

and serve it for two meals

with minor "modification"

 

which will usually take me less than

15 minutes to prepare my dinner

 

Sounds vague isn't it?

a baked bean dip

served with wheatmeal bread for

lunch at 4pm

 

Followed by a baked bean pasta for

dinner served at 10pm

by adding in boiled pasta and water

 

nom plan changed because

I was not that hungry after all

make it a veggie soup then

 

just water and a tomato

the result is surprisingly great

given a more creamy texture

and fragrance which wasn't that

noticeable during the first serving

probably because I added in another tomato

So that's how it is..

to add flavour to the dish

the baked bean I chose is

in fact the LIGHT version

with 50% lesser of sugar

 

So I added in

pasta sauce and chili sauce

to enhance the flavour and

the consistency of the dip

 

Why is baked bean ever called

baked bean?

 

Wikipedia informs that

the bean is actually stewed

Instead of baked

 

I thought so too

baking will take forever I guess

 

I think the more

suitable name would be

ketchup bean since it is

stewed haricot bean

soaked in ketchup

 

I don't know

who knows

am kinda sleepy to think now

Stephelle’s Kitchen: Pasta Sauce(s)

the pasta sauce i am currently consuming

• Prego by Campbell Soup
• Classico by Heiz
• Leggo’s by Henry Madren Leggo by (Australian-based)

 

for a quick but

hearty and warm dinner

of whatever i have in the fridge

they all end with the “O”

probably so that it sound Italiano

 

here’s the range of pasta sauce

each and every brands have

not necessarily suggesting you to try them all

but if you would, why not

 

well just to give you an idea that

that’s how you can play with flavours

get the classic one and

start playing around with your favourite ingredients

Classico by Heinz

 

Leggo’s

 

Prego by Campbell

 

i think each of them have their own flairs

from marketing aspects:

Classico

• the vintage label design appeal to some consumers like me

 

Leggo’s

• in terms of varieties

 

Prego

• the product shot look better
• not forgetting the classification,
• there are eye catching one such as Veggie Smart, Heart Smart

 

in terms of taste

i don’t know

i am not picky and sensitive enough

they all taste the same to me

and i use them interchangeably

 

that’s how Steph is

la..la..la..la..la..la

sing a happy song

Look.. X These’re Real Good: Peanuts Mooks

remember i was making a fuss over

Japanese Mook

Magazine X Book which comes with

awesome goodies, usually a tote

 

there’s a good (..bad for my wallet) news

i found a way to ship these

from Taiwanese online bookstore, Books.tw

 

i bought CD, DVD, toys from them

reasonable price

…. if you were to ignore the shipping

and so that i get hold of pre-order version for some 

 

Snoopy in Season MOOK (2013 Oct Issue)

with

Peanuts × BOOFOOWOO tote bag

106 pages of fun-filled Peanuts

Click me to buy

 

SNOOPY in SEASONS ～Play with PEANUTS！

(2014 Apr Issue)

Click me to buy

  

 

Peanuts Ranking Book

(2013 July Issue)

Click me to buy

 

so..

i probably going for the last one

KEEP COOL AND GOING ON

 

and i just regretted buying the

Uniqlo X Peanuts tote bag

for a higher price compared to the

MOOK X tote combine

 

how many totes do you

exactly have, Steph?

 

tu..tu..tu..

the number you are trying to dial is

not in service

tu..tu..tu..

 

Woodstock Mook with tote bag

 

p.s

and this one

which is not a Peanuts Mook

yet i mean

just take a look at the totes

 

優質生活俱樂部特別號（2014.07）附史努比保冷提袋

 

other magazines

which include Snoopy tote as gift

 

follow Snoopy Japan

for more marketing info

posts are written in Japanese

but love for Peanuts is always

beyond the language barrier, am i not wrong?

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