Week 24

Mexiacan Bento Pile Up.

Bento is not a big thing in Holland. We have to be really creative in finding, creating and composing bento boxes. But we LOVE to do this.

Here is one example which got quite a lot of reactions at my work. It is a baby-milk-powder travel tower (I think that sounds about right) but I use it to make a bento. Because of all the "fuss" I forgot to take a picture before I started eating.

It contained:
Home made guacamole dip. 
Home made frijoles in mole.
Vegetarian meat balls. 
Taco chips. 
A slice of sausage (made by a very good butcher who still does his own butchering next to his store). 

My BFF pointed out that sometimes the photography on this blog is ... well... not appetizing.
She said that in some pictures the food looks like... poo... I can understand her comments.
So I photographed especially for her: frijoles in mole.

*** HAVE A HAPPY BENTO DAY ***

Bento Doggy Bag 2

Again: it is not common in Holland to ask for doggy bags. Such a waste of good food. Luckily Chinese restaurants understand doggy bags. So for my second doggy bag bento:
(ordered by my BFF's mom in Chinese so I thínk this bento contains:)
Chinese spinach with red peppers, fried squid, hot sauce and salad with more red peppers.
Fried chicken with more hot sauce and white rice. Yumm!

 

*** HAVE A HAPPY BENTO DAY ***

Week 23

Rolled meat Bento

A bento made from assorted meats rolled around home-pickled vegetables like cauliflower, spicy peppers, onions and mini cucumbers.

*** HAVE A HAPPY BENTO DAY ***

A bento consisting of two seperate boxes.

One filled with chocolate-carrot-nut cake. Yumm! The other filled with Paté.

Both were prepared by Arco.

*** HAVE A HAPPY BENTO DAY ***

Week 22

Bento Soup Too

This week Rose made again soup, because Liz requested it.
Home made vegetable soup made from onion, garlic, celery, peppers, broccoli, mushrooms and herbs.
On the side: cubes of Schwarzwalder Schinken.
In the green container: home made carrot-nut-cranberry cake. Yumm!

*** HAVE A HAPPY BENTO DAY ***

Bento Olives go Nuts

 Liz made for Rose a very tasty salad with Thousand Island dressing, assorted nuts and very lovely olives served in a cute see through square cup with a cute little see through fork.

 

*** HAVE A HAPPY BENTO DAY ***

Week 21

Liz made for Rose a Caviar Bento! 

 Cute crackers in the shape of mini-toast.
Salad with cucumber, ham rolls filled with soft cheese and yoghurt on the side.

Pieces of triangular white bread with two types of caviar! Yumm!

*** HAVE A HAPPY BENTO DAY ***

Rose made for Liz a Yello Bento.

Beetroot and feta salad in the Lemon container.
Home made vegetable soup in the mini wine bottle.
(Vegetables used: onion, garlic, celery,  tomatoes, peppers and leek).
Assorted nuts in the yellow rectangular container. 

*** HAVE A HAPPY BENTO DAY ***

Week 20

Bento Doggy Bag

In Holland it is not common to ask for a doggy bag. But why? It is such a waste of good food! 

So this leftover salad, put in my new salad container with dressing in the little container in the lid and a fork on the side.

The dressing is Thousand Island dressing, my favorite.

*** HAVE A HAPPY BENTO DAY ***