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Bentos # 104 and 105 - breakfast boxes



Breakfast box from last week. Pitabread, greek salad with rucola, grape tomato, bell pepper and organic feta, olive, hummus and baba ghanoush, and some grapes and physalis.
One big box for me and one small for the bf, who isn't a big breakfaster either. My colleagues at work saw this and said "This looks like an airplane lunch"! XD~



Breakfast for today. The theme was "red" since I was planning to give blood. And they moved the bloodbus date under my nose again! Hrmph. Oh well, at least I have a reason to make smoothies and breakfast next week as well!
Big box: Rye bread with baba ghanoush and carrots, corn "flowers", grape tomatoes and pear slices.
Small box: Mini banana muffins (thriftily made in fastfood condiment containers!), chocolate covered coffee beans, more pear, grapes and a frozen strawberry.
The smoothie in the glass next to it was liquid breakfast made by my BF :D

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My bentoblog: http://wererabbits.wordpress.com
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Sunday cooking - mmm, organic veggies

This sunday was used to relax after a particularly nasty coding crunch until saturday - it's not EA proportions yet, but still - and therefore, no fascinating culinary experiments were made.
Our dinner consisted of pitabread with Greek salad, hummus and baba ghanoush.

*whirls around* Did someone say "boring"?!?

Not my Greek salad!



Read on here...
http://wererabbits.wordpress.com/2…

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Bento #101 - Eyes bigger than the box?



I wanted to make oven-baked burritos oringinally which would have fit the box better on account of being rolled up and sealed by lovely melted cheese. But my kitchen was a mess and I kicked myself to clean it up instead, so I didn't have time for that... so wraps it was!
They are filled with red kidney beans, onions and corn in tomato sauce (what I had originally planned to put in the burritos), and salad leaves. Sprinkled on top is grated cheese, bell pepper pieces (for color) and a dab of avocado-yoghurt dip. On the side we have roasted veggies from last night's tortilla dinner, a kitty with more avocado dip and grapes.

Since I used corn tortillas instead of wheat tortillas, I think this might qualify as gluten-free as well, but I'm not sure. What do you think?

You think that big thing can't actually really fit the box? Visit Were Rabbits to find out how it looked after the photo! (and think that I'm a lousy cheater if you want ^^; )

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Bento #100! Whee!



And it only took me a full year... *mumble*
Bento #100 and what should I choose as a main attraction but... *drumroll* a sandwich. I don't think I've ever made a sandwich the main attraction of a bento before!
But to my defense, it's a sandwich topped with a lettuce leaf and One Hot Stove's Eggplant Caponata. It tasted fantastic even cold!
The letters are cheese and there's a sprig of thyme and some basil leaves.
Then we have a were rabbit made out of a hardboiled egg (which *cough* had a minor slicer incident before I stuck it in there and tried to repair it with clever cutouts), mayo, nori and carrots, a plum tomato, sugarpeas and a carrot "100", and in the upper compartment another mini creamcheese tart with veggies and a silicone cup of assorted sweets and some grapes.
The creamcheese ended up tasting too weird for me (pineapple? Whoever puts pineapple in creamcheese?) and wasn't eaten, though.

There will be a self-congratulatory anniversary post up at Wererabbits later, when I have had time to poke at the last details. ^_^
Yay for the big 1-0-0!


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Bento #99 and no balloons anywhere in sight

OK, that was lame.
I was hoping to get to #100 this week but unexpected seminars and other disasters kept me from it. Or maybe I'll manage to make #100 a picknick bento this weekend, but I doubt it.



Today's bento is in the "male" box that I bought last time I was at the Japanese store. That box is seriously huge but it does allow me to pack a lot less tight and allows for more delicious vegetables and fruit on the mealplan! (Side note: OK, a muffin cup of spaghetti was still too little. I was hungry when I came out of work!)

Starting in the upper left corner: Carrot and bell pepper strips, a tiny packet of creamcheese covered in black pepper (the packets were so cute I had to buy them for bento!), sugarpeas, some rye bread and an olive on one side of the divider, more carrot and bell pepper, rolls cut from a sweet ricecake in a banana leaf, grapes, and spaghetti with pesto, parmesan and basil leaves in a silicon muffin cup on the other side.
Question: How long do sweet ricecakes (Edit: Google says it's Suman) usually last in the fridge after defrosting?

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My bentoblog: http://wererabbits.wordpress.com
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Bento #98 - Putting the RAT in Ratatouille!



I can't wait to see Ratatouille! It's not out in Sweden yet :( but it has rats AND cooking so it's already a hit with me.

The thermos container holds homemade ratatouille with eggplant, zucchini, bell pepper and champignon mushrooms, and the side container has grapes, wholewheat toast with cheese and a toast, bell pepper, nori and carrot Remy. (Dang. I missed his tail. >.<;)

Post isn't up on Wererabbits yet (it's blocked at work), but there's a recipe for the ratatouille here.

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Just for those who think I always eat healthy:

[22:08] * jokergirl has nachos and cola and icecream for dinner
[22:09] Dark_Wolf> all the essential food groups
[22:09] jokergirl> nah, I lack cheese dip
[22:09] jokergirl> ^^
[22:10] jokergirl> I do have chocolate sauce though, think that makes up for it?
[22:10] Snowball^> yup
[22:10] jokergirl> Ah, that's reassuring
[22:10] Vicious> sauce, soda, chips and dairy.. yep.. all the essential groups

(argl. I forgot to update again. Sorry! Will spam you tomorrow or so.)

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