Today's bento's main feature is a traditional South African dish, which we had for dinner yesterday : Bobotie. It is an oven dish made up of mainly of ground meat (pork/veal in my case), green beans and apple. I didn't make it from scratch but used a spice mix I had in one of my cupboards. However you cqn fnd many different recipes around the net, if you want to give it a try.
The bobotie is accompanied by rice cooked with raisins, a carrot baran and some steamed brocoli.
Running out of time so the post will be very short. I tried the duo lunchbots today to pack my bento. Not completely convinced by this separation, but I'll have to try a few times to get the hang of it.
In the left part I have a small cordon bleu, with snowpeas and carrots, covered with brocoli rosets. On the right side, I have some basmati rice covered with a mushroom stew (brown mushrooms and shitake, apple and a bit of goat cheese), decorated with asparagus, carrot and yellow cherry tomato.
Yesterday was a bentoless day, but today I am back in my routine ... and **rolling drum** I am packing one of the coveted Lunchbots :o) I found them all on amazon.uk, including the trio and insulated bowl, but for some odd reason they refused to ship it across the Channel. So, I had to continue the search and I found some on a Dutch site, specialised in organic stuff. I still want the trio and quad ones as well as the insulated bowl, but I have a few new boxes to work with now. And did you see? The cover is purple <3.
Today's bento main ingredients are polpette, italian veal meatballs, which are accompanied by some black rice, brocoli, carrots, snowpeas, green asparagus and mini corn slices. I need to buy more fruit today, so I just have an apple for dessert.
The title says it all. Uninspired. I had great expectations as to my bento planning for this week but somehow it fell flat. So I've just got steak, boiled potatoes and steamed brocoli for lunch and some fruits for dessert. Hopefully better tomorrow ...
Today's bento is composed of yesterday's leftovers so there isn't too much to describe : boiled potatoes, garlic chicken and green beans with a tiny bit of bacon in it. For dessert, I have black and blueberries, grapes, apple and for once, a little piece of dark chocolate.
Have a great weekend everybody and see you back on Monday.
Quick bento for today : rice noodles with garlic shrimp, carrots, shitake and baby pakchoi in the lower tier and grapes, blueberries, blackberries, clementine, apple and a little goat cheese in the top tier.
Like so many before me, I recently discovered bentos and the joy of bringing healthy and goodlooking lunches to the office. Besides having colleagues jealously looking at my pretty lunch, it also saves me from having to buy another one of those insipid sandwiches oozing with mayonnaise.
This new blog will try to document my hesitant steps into the wonderful world of bento.
So, come in, take a seat, grab a drink and ... bon appetit :o)