Showing posts with label apple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apple. Show all posts
Three cheeses macaroni bento
Several lights from the living room's main light fixture decided to call it a day last night and taking a wel lit picture in these conditions turned out rather tricky. So I apologise for the poor quality of today's picture.
Ham & Veggie Stirfry Bento
Because I had a lot of different vegetables left in the fridge and the weekend is already looming closer, I decided to use them in a stirfry with some noodles. So in this stirfry, you find (besides the udon noodles) ham cubes, zucchini, eggplant, green asparagus, snow peas, spring onion, a mini corncob, a few shiitake and the last shimeji.
For dessert, I packed an apricot, a few lychees, a saturn peach, white grapes and half an apple.
Bon appetit.
Nicoise Bento
I was planning on taking a salade nicoise for the bento tonight, but I haven't figured out how I can pack lettuce without the leaves becoming all mushy. So this is my alternative for nicoise : steamed potatoes, tuna with black olives, green beans, carrot and an orange tomato with radish and spring onion.
For dessert I have a couple of litchi, a piece of apple, white grapes and a piece of peach.
Bon appetit.
Tomates crevettes bento
Labels:
apple,
apricot,
brocoli,
brown rice,
cauliflower,
cherry tomatoes,
nectarine,
radish,
tomate-crevettes
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Today I have a skinny version of a typical Belgian dish in my bento : Tomate-crevettes. Tomate-crevettes can be a starter or a main dish and is basically an raw tomato, emptied out and filled with a shrimp stuffing (peeled sand shrimps with mayonnaise in the original version) which is commonly served with fries and salad.
Instead of the kcal bomb that is mayonnaise, I used a light petit-suisse and blended everything together, adding a bit of herbs and a radish for more taste. No fries neither in the bento, but the usual amount of rice and some brocoli and cauliflower rosets for greens. The cherry tomatoes and radishes supply the necessary dash of colour. For dessert, I have half a nectarine chopped up half and apple and a little apricot underneath it all.
Bon appetit.
Bobotie Bento
Labels:
apple,
apricot,
beans,
beef,
eggplant,
plum,
strawberries,
white rice,
zucchini
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I prepared Bobotie last night, a Southafrican dish which always encounters a vivid success at home. As usual I made sure that I cooked up enough to fill a bento for today. Little mishap in the kitchen though: my rice cooker had a shortcircuit :o( I smelled something burn and was looking all over the place for the source of the smell but couldn't detect anything unusual ... that is until I wanted to check on the rice to see how near to readiness it was. And obviously it wasn't ready at all. Guess who has to go shopping for a new rice cooker this weekend?
Back to the bento. I have a serving of bobotie, some rice topped with radishes and the last of the tian as extra greens. For dessert, I packed a piece of apple, more strawberries, an apicot and a mini plum hidden beneath it all.
Bon appetit.
Ham Salad Bento
Labels:
apple,
apricot,
blackberries,
bread,
carrot,
cucumber,
green asparagus,
ham,
strawberries,
yellow tomato
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For a change, no rice, pasta or potatoes in my bento but a bit of bread, ideal to accompany the homemade ham salad in the purple box. The salad (minced ham with 1 Tbs of philadelphia cheese, herbs, onion and radish) is topped with two green asparagus spears.
In the green box, I have a veggie salad composed of yellow tomato, cucumber, carrot, shallot and green asparagus, sprinkled with chives.
Dessert is coordinated with the colour of the box it is in : mini strawberries, blackberries, a sliced up pink lady apple and a little apricot.
Bon appetit.
Terriyaki Beef Bento
Labels:
apple,
apricot,
banana,
bean sprouts,
beef,
mushroom,
snow peas,
strawberries
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Another day, another lunchbox ... and this one has an old favourite (and regular feature in my bento), Terriyaki Beef (incidentally also the leftovers from yesterday's dinner).
I took out my three tier purple box again and filled it with all this yummy goodness. My terriyaki stirfry has beef (obviously), snowpeas, bean sprouts, spring onions and mushrooms. I was unable to find any shitake at the supermarket and had to make do with ordinary brown mushrooms. I guess they might be out of season, after all mushrooms are more of a autumn vegetable.
The stirfry is accompanied by some white rice sprinkled with carrot pieces in a second tier and the last tier has half a banana, some strawberries, half an apricot and an apple quarter.
Itadakimasu !
Summer bento
Although the weather is far from summery at the moment, I decided to go for a sunny bento today. So, in the bottom tier, I have a quinoa salad (with mint, spring onion, tomato and cucumber), a grilled piece of corn and a few slices of zucchini and feta terrine. The top tier has the usual suspects : srawberries, a tiny plum, apple, nectarine and the last two mini clafoutis.
Bon appetit.
Candlemas Bento
Labels:
apple,
blackberries,
brocoli,
cauliflower,
crêpes salées,
grapes,
ham,
strawberries,
zucchini
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In the christian (catholic?) tradition, one celebrates Candlemas on February 2. Depending on whether you live north or south of the linguistic border, you will either call it Maria Lichtmis (Flanders) or Chandeleur (Wallonia). But no matter where you are in Belgium and regardless of the name you give to this Feast, a recurrent item is ... the crêpe (pannenkoeken in Dutch).
In order to honor the tradition, my bento of the day holds savoury (for the recipe see this old post) and sweet crêpes. The savoury crêpes are filled with zucchini and ham, decorated with weaved zucchini peel and a little radish and accompanied by some steamed cauliflower and brocoli rosets. Dessert has a little sweet crêpe aumonière filled with strawberry and banana and the usual suspects from the fruit department : grapes, strawberry, apple, blackberries and pomegranate.
Bon appetit.
Ginger pork bento
Labels:
apple,
blackberries,
blueberries,
carrot,
cauliflower,
ginger pork,
grapes,
orange,
pomegranate,
radish,
strawberries
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I am not really happy with the looks of this bento. Kind of like the pull apart bread of this weekend : lovely taste but horrible looks.
In this bento I have some ginger pork (recipe in this old post), potatoes, curried cauliflower, carrot swirls, cherry tomato and radishes. Fruits are well represented with strawberries, cara cara oranges, white and black grapes, blue and blackberries, a piece of apple and some pomegranate seeds.
Hello Monday. Welcome back to the rat race.
Shrimp Stirfry Bento
Labels:
apple,
blackberries,
blueberries,
carrot,
clementine,
noodles,
orange,
oyster mushroom,
pomegranate,
radish,
shrimp,
stirfry,
strawberries,
zucchini
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Again pressed for time last night, so the bento is again an easy stirfry one. The noodles are a killer for my diet, but they are so good :o)
Besides the obvious shrimp, the stirfry also has cabbage, zucchini, carrot, onion, mushrooms and leek. I added some black bean sauce to the stirfry for a bit of extra flavour.
Second tier is all fruit : cara cara orange, apple, redcurrant, blueberries, blackberries, pomegranate seeds, strawberries and clementine.
Bon appetit.
Scaloppina alla Milanese bento
Labels:
apple,
blackberries,
blueberries,
brocoli,
brussels sprout,
carrot,
cauliflower,
clementine,
corn,
grapes,
green asparagus,
green beans,
pomegranate,
purple rice,
radish,
redcurrant,
snow peas,
strawberries
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I hope you all had a great weekend. I spent a nice couple of days off work but am not really looking forward to getting back into the rat race. In order to cheer me up a bit (much needed on this cold and windy winter day, I put lots of vibrant, colourful foods in my bento.
In this Monday bento, I have scaloppina alla Milanese, some black/purple rice (which will probably be a regular this week as I made a batch of it on Sunday), assorted steamed veggies (cauliflower, brocoli, carrots, brussels sprouts, mini corn, snow peas, green beans, green asparagus), radishes and cherry tomatoes. My daily fruit vitamins come from white grapes, clementine wedges, apple, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, redcurrant and pomegranate seeds).
Bon appetit !
Ginger & Sweet Chili Turkey Bento
Labels:
apple,
babybel cheese,
cabbage,
carrot,
cherry tomatoes,
clementine,
grapes,
noodles,
pineapple,
turkey,
zucchini
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I didn't have much time to prepare my bento last night, so I opted for a one-pan dish, a stirfry. It doesn't make for an attractive view but the taste definitely makes up for it. In the bottom tier , the stirfry has noodles, turkey slices, zucchini, carrots and white cabbage, all seasoned with ginger and sweet chili.
The top tier has a piece of mini pineapple, a clementine, white grapes and a piece of apple for the fruit section. The second half has a mini babybel, raw carrot sticks and cherry tomatoes.
The end of the week, so no more bentos until Monday. I wish you all a great weekend.
Brocoli Stoemp Bento
Labels:
apple,
brocoli,
brussels sprout,
carrot,
chicken chipolata,
clementine,
grapes,
green beans,
kiwi,
manchego,
mushroom,
potato,
snow peas
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Sakura bento again today and I carried the sakura theme into the food as well. My sakura cutter is my favourite of the bunch, simple but pretty. :o)
As for the contents of today's lunch, I have brocoli stoemp (for more info on stoemp, you can check out this old post), topped with cheese sakura. All around there : diced up chicken chipolata, the usual steamed vegetables (brussels sprouts, snowpeas, green beans, sakura carrots and mushrooms). The fruity vitamin section features grapes, apple, kiwi and clementine.
Bon appetit.
Terriyaki Beef Bento
Labels:
apple,
beef,
blood orange,
brocoli,
carrot,
cherry tomatoes,
grapes,
green asparagus,
green beans,
kiwi,
mushroom,
potato,
radish,
snow peas
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Strange how despite the numerous amounts of bento boxes in my cupboard, I usually end up using the same ones over and over again. So unsurprisingly, I grabbed the M4SB again today. I think what I like most about that box is that I can keep everything nicely separate, sometimes colour coordinated, but always looking neat. Someone told me yesterday that I am a control freak with a longing for things to be square and orderly. Maybe that's the reason that my bentos look the way they do. :o)
Anyway, today's bento has some boiled potatoes, an assortment of steamed greens (brocoli, green beans, snowpeas, asparagus), carrot sticks, a mushroom skewer and cherry tomato, terriyaki beef and a sweet section for dessert (golden kiwi, white grapes, apple slices and a piece of blood orange).
Hump day today ... and I am already starting to look forward to the weekend. :o)
Happy Wednesday everyone.
Vegetable méli-mélo bento
Labels:
apple,
babybel cheese,
brocoli,
carrot,
cherry tomatoes,
chicken,
clementine,
grapes,
green asparagus,
mushroom,
snow peas,
sugar snaps
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Lots of vegetables in today's bento, hence the title. Next to some chicken patties, I have two brocoli rosets, mini corn cobs, green asparagus, sugarsnaps, snowpeas, carrots, a couple of mushrooms and cherry tomatoes for that necessary splash of colour. Dessert is the same as yesterday : clementine, apple, grapes and a mini babybel cheese.
Bon appetit.
Mini burger bento
Labels:
apple,
babybel cheese,
burger,
clementine,
corn,
grapes,
sugar snaps,
zucchini
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For the first bento after a very long absence, I chose my M4SB ... nothing I put in this box can ever go wrong (even if I am a bit rusted in the bento making). As far as the content goes, nothing fancy today : potatoes for carbs, mini burgers for protein, mini zucchini, sugarsnaps, green asparagus and mini corn for greens and dessert is made up of white grapes, clementine wedges, a piece of apple and a little babybel cheese.
According to scientists the third Monday of January, called "Blue Monday", is the most depressing day of the year. As if to prove them wrong, I am in an excellent mood today : although it is freezing outside, the sun is shining, the air is crisp and frost is making everything glisten like little diamonds.
I am bursting with energy and ready to start a new workweek. Are you?
Have a nice week everybody !
Perle d'Asie Bento
Labels:
apple,
beef,
black rice,
blackberries,
blueberries,
chicken,
ginger pork,
grapes,
scampi,
strawberries
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I didn't feel like cooking last night, so when I got an last minute invitation to come over for some Chinese takeout at a friend's, I couldn't pass on the occasion. Moreover, as there usually is always more than enough for the next day, I came over carrying an empty box (very subtle :o)) So I spent not only a very nice evening over a tasty meal, I also came home with a full bento.
And that is what I am having for lunch today (counter clockwise) : yellow curry scampis, cantonese rice, beef with vegetables and the last section has lacquered pork and lemongrass chicken. The only "homemade" part is the fruit section although I have to admit that not too much effort went into this neither : grapes, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries and a few apple slices.
請慢用 (-> should be "bon appetit" in Chinese).
Have a nice week everybody !
Frigo Pulito Capellini Bento
Labels:
apple,
bell pepper,
blackberries,
blueberries,
cappellini,
carrot,
grapes,
peach,
pork,
snow peas,
strawberries,
witloof,
zucchini
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Ok, so I could have called this bento "Fridge Clean Out Pasta Bento" but somehow, that doesn't sounds as good as the Italian version, does it? :o)
It's Friday again (yay), so I'll be going for groceries tonight and in order to make some room for the fresh stuff, I needed to clean out the fridge of all bits and pieces of vegetables I still had in there. The result was this maybe not very attractive looking, but nevertheless tasty pasta dish.
I have some capellini pasta coated with tomato sauce, all kind of veggies (endives, zucchini, bell pepper, snow peas, eggplant, carrots) and finally some pork dices for proteins.
The sweet section features my regular fruit selection : white and black grapes, peach, strawberry, blueberries, blackberries and a apple square.
And that's it for this week. Only have one more thing to do and that is telling you to
See you next week !
Chicken Sausage Bento
Labels:
apple,
bell pepper,
blackberries,
blueberries,
brocoli,
carrot,
cheese,
cherry tomatoes,
chicken chipolata,
grapes,
peach,
radish,
scallion,
snow peas,
strawberries,
witloof,
zucchini
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Another day, another bento. And for today's lunch I dusted off my sakura box which had been laying fornlorn in the bento cabinet for these last few months.
In this single tier box I squeezed in everything I will be eating today : a stirfry of all the veggies I had in the fridge (i.e. carrots, zucchini, bell pepper, endives, snowpeas, spring onions), a steamed broccoli roset topped with a cheese maple leaf, a diced up chicken chipolata, some grenaille potatoes with a cherry tomato on top and a radish for decoration. I also packed my usual fruit selection (the advantage of summer and its abundant supply) : white peach, strawberries, apple, white and black grapes, blueberries and blackberries.
Bon appetit.
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