Archive for July, 2006

Mini-sandwiches and gold kiwi

Made these with rye cocktail bread, two sandwiches deep.

sandwiches: 1) ham, slivered onions, mustard, and cream cheese with caramelized onions and Creole seasoning 2) Marmite & cheese, 3) Branston pickle & cheese, 4) peanut butter & blackcurrant jam
plums: big one from the store, little ones I picked from a nearby tree
gold kiwi
sauteed broccolini, mushrooms & onions with Thai oyster sauce & lime juice
pepperoncini
quail eggs

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Published by Biggie on July 18th, 2006 tagged bento, eggs, meat, sandwich or wrap | 4 Comments »

North Carolina pulled pork sandwich

Spent Sunday smoking a couple of pork butts on our kludged-together flowerpot smoker for pulled pork sandwiches. All packed in my Nissan Stainless thermal lunch jar to keep the cole slaw fresh and cool.

bun cut to fit the container
homemade pulled pork, smoked for 15 hours
vinegar hot sauce for the pork
homemade buttermilk coleslaw
blackberries and “mango nectarines” — a new kind of nectarine with a slight taste/texture of mangos (quite good!)

Here’s the pork shoulder on the smoker.

Insulated smoker kludged together from flower pots and an electric coil burner a la Alton Brown’s Good Eats — our first smoker (details here). We’re looking at getting a proper smoker now that we’re really into it.

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Published by Biggie on July 17th, 2006 tagged equipment, meat, salad, sandwich or wrap, thermal lunch jar | 2 Comments »

Yellow shrimp curry and somen

Somen two ways: it can either be dipped into the warm curry, or eaten as is with the somen tsuyu sauce. I packed the curry in my small 300ml Nissan Thermos food jar, and the rest in my two-tiered 600ml bento box. Lighter than the full-on thermal lunch jar, and this should fit nicely into my husband’s messenger bag.

Thai yellow curry with shrimp, broccoli and red pepper
two layers of cold somen noodles curled into bite-sized nests for easy eating
somen tsuyu (sauce to be squeezed over the cold noodles)
English cucumbers cut with a wavy slicer
the last of the cherry tomatoes
little pudding with a tiny spoon tucked below

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Published by Biggie on July 14th, 2006 tagged bento, curry, fish or seafood, food jar, pasta or noodles, tips | 1 Comment »

Kimchi spam fried rice

No bells and whistles today, just flavor and comfort food. Fried rice with kimchi, spam, carrots, orange bell pepper, enoki mushrooms and onions, plus a snack container of blueberries.

My toddler son’s bento is below — it’s the same as my husband’s, but everything is cut up very small so my he doesn’t choke. Packed in my small 240ml Asvel bento box.

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Published by Biggie on July 13th, 2006 tagged bento, eggs, for kids, meat, rice | 4 Comments »

Somen: mother and son bentos

An outing to the children’s museum called for bentos for me and my toddler. Hot weather means cold noodles! I curled the somen into bite-sized nests before packing, making them very easy to grab and dip into the sauce. I poured the somen tsuyu into the upper left container in my box, added the green onions and karashi, and dipped the noodles into that. Very convenient to eat!

cold somen noodles curled into bite-sized nests, with kizami nori and karashi (hot mustard)
somen tsuyu (bottled dipping sauce for speed)
green onions for the dipping sauce
pan-fried shrimp and chive dumplings
cherry tomatoes
homemade Cajun creamed spinach (my son’s favorite)
snack bento of blueberries and cherries

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