Sea Flavours Bento

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For my bento today, I have several things coming from the sea, hence the title :o)  

I cooked a small piece of salmon (below the shrimp) and used the oil released by the fish to fry a couple of shrimp I still had in the fridge as well as another sea related item, i.e. sea aster leaves.  I never made those before but they are advertised as a healthy green that goes well with all type of fish.  They can be eated raw in a salad, blanched or stirfried. In this bento I used shredded raw leaves to top the potatoes and stirfried ones with spring onion to accompany the brocoli rosets.  Nothing special in the fruit department today, just a couple of sweet apricots and physalis (cape gooseberries).

Bon appetit.

Terriyaki Beef Bento

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Terriyaki Beef Bento

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

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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.

Beef chimichurri bento

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Chimichurri Bento 

After a long hiatus, I am back to bento (again). I need to get on the diet train (again) as well, so doing both at the same time seems appropriate. 

For lunch today, I have the leftovers from last night's dinner : Beef Chimichurri. I doubt that it is the true version of the Argentinian dish, but it's the one I make and that is liked by all joining me at the dinner table. Looking back to my last post back in February, it seems I am still on my tour around the world. :o)

So in the bottom tier, beef chimichurri with snowpeas, corn and red bell pepper, accompanied by rice, a small sauce container and a little cucumber skewer for decoration. In the top tier, I have two mini strawberry clafoutis I made yesterday, as well as the usual fruity vitamins i.e. apple, apricot, plum and strawberries. 

Buen provecho.