Posted in bento, italian, vegetarian, tagged bento, brinjals, vegetarian on January 28, 2010| 1 Comment »
Quite a simple bento today… (I have a cold… Meh.)
Pasta, caponata made with baby eggplants from the Asian supermarket (brinjals), asparagus and rosemary decoration.
I tried Brinjals in curry before, but not in European dishes. From a try last night I’d say… interesting.
The taste is there, but the texture is quite different, lots of tiny seeds. It’s a bit of a surprise feeling them on your tongue the first time. But we’ll see how it works at lunchtime!
Posted in bento, tapas, vegetarian, tagged bento, vegetarian on January 26, 2010| 5 Comments »
Leftover potato tortilla, a demented looking apple bunny, cherry tomato and roasted mixed bell peppers with balsamico vinegar in the foreground.
Couscous with a cherry tomato and nigella seeds in the background. (you can’t see it, but there are sundried tomatoes mixed in with the couscous as well.)
Posted in bento, spanish, tapas, vegetarian, tagged bento, vegetarian on January 25, 2010| 1 Comment »
Big box: Potato tortilla on lettuce, cherry tomato decoration.
Small box: Broccoli, carrot chips, ajvar and mayo, olives and avocado.
BF gets the same in the square HK box.
Posted in bento, vegetarian, tagged bento, vegetarian on January 22, 2010| 2 Comments »
Some random leftovers from dinner. Can you tell it’s Friday?
Foreground: Something coleslaw-ish with lettuce, chinese cabbage, celery, sesame seeds and a yoghurt-mayo dressing; carrot chips, potato wedges and a cherry tomato.
Background: Stirfried random() (peppers, apple and leek with oregano and chili), chocolate, fried marinated tofu on lettuce and another tomato.
My camera’s still behaving so it’s rather blurry. Meh.
Posted in bento, vegetarian, tagged bento, vegetarian on January 20, 2010| 3 Comments »
I got bored of rice bentos…
Spinach and feta rolls, potato croquettes, cherry tomatos (which are somewhat on the orange side :P), rolled up carrot slices, broccoli, lettuce and a bottle of dressing.
Weird Japanese strawberry chocolate candy as dessert. :)
Posted in bento, japanese, vegetarian, tagged bento, vegetarian on January 19, 2010| 1 Comment »
Small box: Rice with sesame and a cherry tomato.
Big box: Abura-age (fried tofu), celery, cherry tomatoes, mangold with soy sauce, pickled chiles and cucumbers and tamagoyaki slices.
BF’s bento has the same, just in a bigger box.
And before anyone asks: He doesn’t mind the box being pink. Or the food being cute.
Posted in bento, mediterranean, vegetarian, tagged bento, vegetarian on January 18, 2010| 2 Comments »
Spinach and Feta rolls , fried mixed bell peppers with balsamico vinegar, rice and a cherry tomato. Lettuce.
This is the BF’s bento – mine was prettier, I thought, but I absolutely didn’t manage to take a photo of it in anything resembling useful lighting. I don’t know, sometimes the camera just don’t wanna. Or I did something wrong with the white balance. Or something. :P
Posted in bento, vegetarian, tagged bento, vegetarian on January 15, 2010| 1 Comment »
Falafel, yoghurt with chives, homemade pickled chili, carrot stars, carrot and potato chips and cherry tomatoes in the big box. Mixed rice with a cherry tomato in the small box.
We bought a mini-friteuse as our christmas present to ourselves! It’s awesome. I’ve always been worried about deepfrying and fatty food, but if you use it right, the food doesn’t take up much fat at all – and it doesn’t smell either. (The latter is important if you have a small apartment.)
I’ll be writing up the falafel recipe later, as well!
Posted in bento, salad, vegetarian, tagged bento, vegetarian on January 12, 2010| 3 Comments »
Ushering in the new year – and after all this holiday food and candy I had a HUGE craving for a big, green salad!
So I stuffed the thermos section of my thermos box full of lovely green lettuce, carrots and sundried tomato strips. The little marmelade jar holds French vinaigrette.
The other box has somewhat more nutritious spelt and a few pieces of Halloumi, and some parsley and cherry tomatoes as decoration.
Were rabbits 