Soon I’m going to be done with exams, then I’ll get to post much more. I really want to include a few recipes for things I posted during this busy period and I’d also like to make more general posts about quick filler dishes for bento that you can store in the fridge and use when needed. For now only the list of contents (recipes coming soon): Tortellini with tricolor Read More ...
I’m sorry for the lack of posts lately, I’m still very busy with exams. I did manage to make this bento today though, so I’m posting it quickly, without the usual wall of text! But fear not, I’m eager to start babbling again as soon as I get a bit more time Oh and I decided to add a french section to my posts as I seem to get a Read More ...
Just a quick heads up that things got quite busy over the past few weeks, with Christmas/New Year’s Eve preparations. Also we just about entered the stressy period of exams. Still a quick picture of a bento we made not so long ago! Contents Taboulé 2 Onigiri (with tuna) 1/2 Egg 2 Cherry Tomatoes Peas Raspberry Roulade Best wishes for 2008, may you stick to your resolutions longer than I Read More ...
Contents 2 Onigiri 1 Vegetable burrito, cut in half Salad (Baby spinach leaves, cherry tomatoes, surimi) 1 Hard-boiled egg 1 Store-bought raspberry roulade, cut in half Verdict The bento was really tasty, especially the vegetable burritos, and I think the meal as a whole turned out to be visually appealing. Also it didn’t contain any heavy meat dishes (I’m not much of a meat fan). Preparation went smooth and it Read More ...
Contents Rice sprinkled with toasted black sesame seeds Salmon cakes Simmered Sweet Potatoes Green beans Quick carrot pickles What I liked about this bento The bento was put together rather quickly and pretty much everything is easy to make: While I put the rice to cook I used the steaming container that came with the rice cooker and steamed the green beans at the same time. Then I cut the Read More ...
Contents Potato pancakes (see below for recipe) Radishes Ricotta (for the potato pancakes and the radishes) Red pepper/green bean stir fry with soy sauce Mini sandwich (using whole-wheat bread with poppy seeds) with comté (french cheese) and ham Chocolate cookie What I liked about this bento Visually thumbs up. Pretty happy about the balance of colors and the overall detail of this bento. The ricotta cheese went really well with Read More ...
Contents Tuna Salad (recipe below… and you’ll want that one!) Whole-wheat bread with nuts (for the salad) Brussel Sprouts with Parmesan Little Chocolate Cake What I liked about this bento This bento was quickly assembled. Quick steaming the brussel sprouts (in the microwave if you want) at the same time putting eggs to boil and cutting vegetables for the tuna salad. After grating the Parmesan and making the vinaigrette for Read More ...
Contents taboulé (recipe below) 1 hard-boiled egg, halved beetroot salad (steamed beetroot diced and seasoned with vinaigrette) 2 red bean burgers with ketchup 2 cheese cubes 1/4 apple, sliced What I liked about this bentoThis was incredibly easy to prepare because of the simple ingredients: instant couscous, canned carrots, chickpeas, red beans, tuna, 2 eggs (one sliced and one in the taboulé), steamed beetroot and an apple. Nothing of this Read More ...
Contents Fried rice (scroll down for recipe) Corn cakes (scroll down for recipe) Baby spinach salad with ricotta California roll Cherry tomatoes Little bottle of vinaigrette for the salad What I liked about this bento This bento allowed me to use up an incredible amount of leftovers. Over the past days I had gathered up leftovers of: ham, steamed carrots, cooked corn, rice and ricotta. It was really fun to Read More ...
Contents Quick Mac’n Cheese (scroll down for recipe) Japanese Rice Red Bean Burgers (scroll down for recipe) Chicken sausages in octopus form (didn’t work very well, more about that later though) Tamagoyaki When we decided to prepare a bento this morning we wanted to use up a few things that gathered up in the fridge: rice, pasta, sausages and some grated cheese. Grated cheese and pasta made me think of Read More ...