Backdated Bento #31 – Halloween!

* Black rice with bell pepper and carrot Jack O'Lanterns
* “Orange” curry (red cocos curry with orange bellpeppers, carrots, sweet potato, red onions and tofu), Nori divider
* Roast Marshmallows because you gotta have some for Halloween! (okay, they were a failed experiment)
* Oreo cookies
* And Mango stars for no particular Halloweeny reason other than [...]

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Backdated Bento #30

Tomorrow's bento is spoils from the weekend's shopping excursion!

* Inarizushi, tiny “inside out” rolls and a nori pocket with Wasabi.
* Maki rolls
* Reese's cup and Jelly beans
* Mikado “pocky”!
Can you believe I never had a Reese's cup in my life? You don't usually get them here. I saw them at an English food shop on [...]

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Backdated Bento #29

Happy Austrian national day!

* Top layer: Salad whose name I have forgotten already* with red onions and cherry tomatoes (so tiny!) tossed in balsamico and olive oil; ovenbaked potato stars
* Bottom layer: Ovenbaked salmon and a shrimp.
* Small container: Lime aioli (bought at the supermarket deli)
Not shown: Haven't decided on a dessert for tomorrow yet.
I'm [...]

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Backdated Bento #28 – Bento deluxe!

* Top tier: Risotto with shrimps and mushrooms
* Bottom tier: Banana cogwheels, fresh mango stars, plum hearts, more banana cogs (all dripped with lime juice) annnd… a Mozart ball! One of the original ones, which are actually handmade (hence the “heart” shape of the marzipan, and the stroke through it where the stick went).
Tomorrow's bento [...]

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Backdated Bento #27

Friday's bento.

* Top tier: Vegetarian curry (which got very red) and brown rice, decorated with light and dark sesame. I wanted to try out my new stencils, but the dark asterisk just became a splotch…
* Bottom tier: Chèvre (soft goat cheese), dried fruit and prunes, crackers, and a plum.
* Breakfast snack: Manna, which the dictionary [...]

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Backdated Bento #26

We were going to a wine testing with work tonight and had planned for early dinner (pizza) so it's only a simple and quick bento today.
They do seem to be getting more filling though!

Top tier: Eeeeasy (but so nummy!) tuna and wholemeal pasta salad in yoghurt/mayo dressing
Recipe: Cook pasta, rinse cold. In a bowl, mix [...]

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Backdated Bento #25

Thank you all sooo much for the sweet potato recipes!
I went to work on monday evening and made three batches, each in a different way, from the suggestions. The leftovers went into a bento for today!

Top tier: Cocos curry with sweet potato, eggplant and carrot; brown rice.
Verdict: The curry was great, but I cooked it [...]

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Backdated Bento #24

Another meze/fusion bento, mmm meze.

* Upper tier: Avocado chunks, oven-toasted eggplant slices, tabbouleh (well… that's probably an insult to those who know how *real* tabbouleh should look like, but anyway… bulgur salad) with feta, grape tomatoes, mint and parsley and lime juice.
* Lower tier: The rest of the radicchio salad with the same yoghurt dressing [...]

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Backdated Bento #23

* Top tier: Thai green cocos curry with cashews and veggies; slice of lime, thai basil and red chilies as decoration
* Bottom tier: brown rice with grape tomato tulips :)
* Dessert/Snack: Mochi, sliced plums
Photography worked better today :) I moved the bento to a lighter spot, as my kitchen table is pretty much the darkest [...]

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Backdated Bento #22

I finally got around to actually make something in the evening that I could pack as a premade bento! But taking a photo in lamplight made the colors go all horrible ;_; I fixed it up as well as I could in photoshop (the original was MUCH darker) but it still irks me.

* Mezze [...]

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