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Showing posts with label carrot. Show all posts
Deconstructed Tuna Burger Bento
Labels:
alfalfa shoots,
blueberries,
bread,
carrot,
leek,
litchi,
pomegrenate,
rucola,
savoury cake,
tuna
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Long time no see !
I know I have gone MIA for a while but bento is like a healthy addiction and although there might be times that you don't feel like making them anymore, you know you'll always go back to it in the end. I am no exception to the rule, thankfully ... or unfortunately, that's for you to decided. :o)
Anyway, for lunch today I brought this bento to the office. The box is new and I scored it for just 2 EUR. I liked the fact that although it was still my favourite single tier set-up, it still allowed some clean separation of the different elements composing my lunch.
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.
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.
Fennel Mushroom Risotto Bento
Labels:
carrot,
cherry tomatoes,
cucumber,
fennel,
oyster mushroom,
risotto,
shitake,
steak
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After seeing Gamene's post featuring fennel, I remembered I still had a fennel bulb in the fridge. I bought it a while back, meaning to prepare it with sometype of fish but never came round to it. Luckily for me, my fridge is an excellent one with the vegetable drawer being at a constant 0 degrees. So more than two weeks after purchase, it was still nice and fresh. :o)
I searched for a recipe that would combine fennel and mushroom as I still had some oyster mushrooms and shitake in that drawer too. And that's when I came across this recipe. Because cups aren't a regular measuring unit over here, I had to wing it a bit as far as quantities were concerned but it came out perfectly. To accompany the tasty risotto (containing shitake, oyster mushroom, fennel, asparagus and spring onion), I cooked some steak and added a little tomato skewer and carrot sakura for a bit of colour. For dessert I have a little sidebox, but I didn't take a picure of it.
Bon appetit.
Falafel bento
Labels:
bell pepper,
blackberries,
blueberries,
brocoli,
carrot,
cauliflower,
falafel,
orange,
pomegranate,
radish,
strawberries
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A quick bento for lunch today, because I just wasn't up to cooking up something special last night. So, I have some taboule (couscous with cucumber, tomato and spring onion), store bought falafel, curried cauliflower with carrots, brocoli and bell pepper on top and for dessert the regular red and black fruits.
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.
Nameless Bento
Labels:
black rice,
blackberries,
blueberries,
brocoli,
brussels sprout,
carrot,
grapes,
green asparagus,
onigiri,
pomegranate,
purple rice,
ramiro pepper,
snow peas
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I couldn't think of any name for this bento a there isn't really anything that sticks out or characterises it. It has all the usual vegetables that are crowding my fridge (brussels sprouts, ramiro pepper, snow peas, asparagus, carrots, brocoli, mini corn) which accompanied by a purple rice onigiri and some veal. Fruits are all blue and red today : grapes, blueberies, blackberries, strawberry and pomegranate seeds.
This will be my last bento of the week. We are having our annual New Year's lunch with the whole office tomorrow in some fancy restaurant, so I don't have to prepare anything for lunch.
Nothing left to do, but to wish you all a great weekend.
See you back on Monday.
Saveurs d'orient bento
Labels:
brocoli,
carrot,
cauliflower,
chicken,
cucumber,
grapes,
olives,
orange,
ramiro pepper,
redcurrant,
strawberries,
taboulé
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As the title already suggests, today's bento is inspired by the Orient and more particularly, Morocco and its cuisine. I made some taboulé (couscous with tomato, onion and cucumber) to accompany a bit of lemon chicken, sprinkled with green olives. I need to finetune the recipe a bit so I will post it later on. The "greens" are mini corn cobs and cauliflower hidden under some carrot slices, brocoli rosets and ramiro pepper slices. The dessert section is composed of black and white grapes, blueberries, blackberries, redcurrant, a strawberry and orange slices.
Bon appetit.
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.
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.
Terriyaki Turkey Bento
Labels:
apple,
bell pepper,
blackberries,
blueberries,
carrot,
cheese,
cherry tomatoes,
grapes,
nectarine,
peach,
radish,
scallion,
snow peas,
strawberries,
turkey,
witloof
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Today's bento is already looking a bit better than yesterday's (if I may say so myself). Proof that I am slowly getting back in a certain routine :o)
Bottom tier has terriyaki turkey (I was planning to make duck but they were sold out), glazed carrots, a bell pepper/snowpeas/endives/spring onion stirfry, some grenaille potatoes and radishes and cherry tomatoes for decoration. I also added a little container of orange sauce (I deglazed the frying pan with some orange juice after frying the turkey).
Top tier holds the dessert and snack section : white peach, nectarine, strawberries, pink lady apple (my fave), white and black grapes, blueberries and blackberries, a piece of Camembert, and two mini tartines russes. I don't know how they are called in English, literally translated these are "Russian sandwiches", basically two crispy biscuit slices with some buttercream in between. Yumm.
Usually, I don't use a same box two days in a row but as I am housesitting for my parents at the moment (who are enjoying some happy time far from cold and rainy Belgium) my packing possibilities are rather limited. I already dragged along my "bento accessories" storage box, so I couldn't take all my bentos with me as well. I'll try to pick up a couple of other ones at home tonight, so I break the monotony. Somehow the vivid red of this box, is just too much for the camera to handle.
Talking about boxes, I encountered some wonderful boxes and tiffins while perusing some (food) blogs yesterday and a couple of them just scream out "come and get me". I don't know how long I will be able to resist their siren song, but I will do my best. And because shared happiness is always better, these are the ones I am talking about.
First of all, this gorgeous handpainted Lolita tiffin on sale at monbento.com. The price is steep and its volume and weight quite impressive, but you have to admit that this stunning container is one of those "got to have".
The second box that charmed me is the Jenggala Rantang from the Indonesian factory Jenggala Keramik Bali. Unfortunately the post on Decorablog dates from last year and I couldn't find this ceramic and wooden box anymore in Jenggala's online catalogue. At 32 EUR, it would have been a wonderful addition to my growing collection. Maybe I'll get lucky on ebay. Anyway, this is what this beauty looks like. If anyone sees it on sale somewhere, please drop me a line.
Until tomorrow, enjoy your bentos ! :o)
Bami Goreng Bento
Today I am trying out a new red two-tier box I got as a free gift with a bento cookbook. OK, I'll admit that the box was the main reason for buying the book ... I always live up to the marketeers' expectations ;o)
As for the contents of the box, I am not really excelling in originality. And although I do tend to eat with my eyes too, sometimes producing something tasty is just that tiny bit more important than delivering a picture perfect dish. So please bear with my rather unattractive bento.
The bottom tier has some leftover bami goreng from last night's dinner : stirfried noodles with chicken, omelette and assorted vegetables. The top tier has some carrot and cheese sticks in between slices of tuna cake and the usual fruity vitamins : apricot, nectarine, apple, kiwi gold and a strawberry.
Smakelijk !
Coconut Lemon Chicken Stirfry
Labels:
bell pepper,
carrot,
chicken,
stirfry,
sugar snaps,
zucchini
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I didn't spend a lot of time preparing my bento last night as I was too caught up in following the progression of the bushfires in Roleystone, Western Australia. A very close and dear friend of mine is living in that area and being on the other side of the world, there wasn't a lot I could do except watch and pray that he and his loved ones would stay safe from harm. Meanwhile, we did manage to make contact today and I am so relieved that they're all doing OK and that he managed to save his home after battling the fires all through the night.
Back to the bento. As I didn't want to spent a lot of time in the kitchen away from the news updates, I stirfried some strips of chicken thights with a mixed assortment of veggies (carrots, bell peppers, zucchini, sugarsnaps, ...) all seasoned with a ready made coconut & lime spice mix. And that's what I had for lunch today. Because I didn't add any noodles, rice or potatoes, this is a low points value bento, only 6 points for the chicken and the oil. Decorations are cucumber slices topped with black & regular sesame seeds.
Smakelijk.
Chicken Chipolata & Oyster Mushroom Bento
Labels:
apple,
brocoli,
carrot,
cauliflower,
chicken chipolata,
goat cheese,
grapes,
orange,
oyster mushroom,
pomegranate
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I wanted to call today's lunch Oyster Mushroom bento but considering that they are hardly visible on the picture, I opted to add the chipolata in the title as well, at least the meat part is clearly visible :o). So today's bento features, mini chicken chipolatas, baby oster mushrooms sauteed with apples and a bit of goat cheese, steamed brocoli and cauliflower rosets, baby potatoes and some carrot slices as baran. The WW total for today is 8 propoints.
For dessert I am having roughly the same as the previous days : white grapes, apple and blood orange slices and more pomegranate seeds.
Bon appetit !
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