Tricolor lunch

I gave stewed collard greens a new look by scrambling them with an egg. This lunch reminds me of a Japanese tricolor soboro bento, but with different flavors. Packed in my Lock & Lock bento set.

Tricolor lunch お弁当

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July 25th, 2006 | Categories: bento, eggs, leftover remake, meat, rice | Print This Post Print This Post | Email this post Email this post | Comment now »

Octodog toddler lunch

Cocktail sausages cut like an octopus (see the full ‘octodog’ tutorial here), black grapes, cucumber, Laughing Cow cheese, sauteed orange bell pepper and onions, and Thai spiced coconut rice. For my son, packed in a tiny 280ml box. Couldn’t find my black sesame seeds for the octodog eyes, so I used onion seeds instead.

Octodog toddler lunch お弁当

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July 25th, 2006 | Categories: bento, for kids, meat, rice | Print This Post Print This Post | Email this post Email this post | Comment now »

Quinoa salad x 3 bentos

Fighting the hot weather with some quinoa I had around from our year of gluten-free cooking. Three bentos today: this one was for my husband, with mine and my son’s behind the cut.

Quinoa salad and watermelon lunch

Quinoa Salad Recipe: 1 cup quinoa
2 cups water
1 Tb or cube of dried bouillon (chicken or vegetable)
1 small tomato, seeded and diced
1/2 orange bell pepper, seeded and diced
1/3 cucumber, diced (I used an English cucumber, so no seeding necessary)
6 or so stalks of asparagus, sliced (tips reserved)
1 clove garlic, minced or put through a garlic press
dash of salt & fresh ground black pepper
1/2 tsp. thyme
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
splash of black fig vinegar (optional)
less than 1/4 cup regular extra virgin olive oil
heavy splash of orange-flavored extra virgin olive oil (optional)

  1. Prepare the quinoa according to the box directions (bring the quinoa, water and bouillon seasoning to a boil in a 1.5-quart saucepan, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes until the moisture evaporates, fluff with a fork). In the last 2 minutes of cooking, stir in the chopped asparagus. When the quinoa has finished cooking, stir in the asparagus tips. Put this all into a metal bowl by the window or cool place and allow to cool (fluffing periodically to help it cool)
  2. Make any vinaigrette dressing you like in a separate small bowl, and adjust seasonings to taste. I used garlic, red wine vinegar, black fig vinegar, orange olive oil, regular EV olive oil, salt, pepper and thyme. This would also be good with a splash of balsamic vinegar instead of black fig vinegar, or a squeeze of orange juice to bring out the orange olive oil. But play around and make your favorite.
  3. To the cooled quinoa and asparagus, add the diced tomatoes, orange bell pepper, and diced cucumber. Add some of the vinaigrette dressing and stir. Taste and add more vinaigrette dressing as you feel necessary.

Quinoa salad lunch (mother and toddler versions)

A vegetarian version for my toddler and I, with black grapes.

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July 24th, 2006 | Categories: bento, for kids, glutenfree, lactose free, phyllo or pancake or other, poultry, recipe, vegetarian | Print This Post Print This Post | Email this post Email this post | 1 Comment »

Beef Rellenos

Beef rellenos lunch お弁当

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July 21st, 2006 | Categories: bento, dumplings or buns, meat, potatoes | Print This Post Print This Post | Email this post Email this post | 2 Comments »

Sushi & onigiri bentos

Made sushi and weird onigiri this morning for kicks.

Sushi bento lunch お弁当

I also made some weird fusion onigiri (*tipping my hat to my friend Camille, who came up with the filling ideas*).

Fusion onigiri snack bento お弁当

Sundried tomato pesto in one, mango chutney and fresh mint in the other. The chutney one was really good!!!

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July 20th, 2006 | Categories: bento, dumplings or buns, for kids, lactose free, onigiri or sushi | Print This Post Print This Post | Email this post Email this post | Comment now »

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