Showing posts with label banana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label banana. Show all posts
Three cheeses macaroni bento
Several lights from the living room's main light fixture decided to call it a day last night and taking a wel lit picture in these conditions turned out rather tricky. So I apologise for the poor quality of today's picture.
Terriyaki Beef Bento
Labels:
apple,
apricot,
banana,
bean sprouts,
beef,
mushroom,
snow peas,
strawberries
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Another day, another lunchbox ... and this one has an old favourite (and regular feature in my bento), Terriyaki Beef (incidentally also the leftovers from yesterday's dinner).
I took out my three tier purple box again and filled it with all this yummy goodness. My terriyaki stirfry has beef (obviously), snowpeas, bean sprouts, spring onions and mushrooms. I was unable to find any shitake at the supermarket and had to make do with ordinary brown mushrooms. I guess they might be out of season, after all mushrooms are more of a autumn vegetable.
The stirfry is accompanied by some white rice sprinkled with carrot pieces in a second tier and the last tier has half a banana, some strawberries, half an apricot and an apple quarter.
Itadakimasu !
Salade Liegeoise Bento
Labels:
apple,
banana,
bean sprouts,
blackberries,
blueberries,
carrot,
clementine,
grapes,
green asparagus,
green beans,
ham,
potato,
radish,
ramiro pepper,
stirfry
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As I was feeling a bit under the weather last night (and unfortunately not any better today), I didn't feel like whipping up something extra special for my bento. Quick and tasty were my only objectives. So I opted for another typical Belgian dish to add to my bento : Salade Liegeoise, although in a slightly less calorific version.
Salade Liegeoise, is a one pan dish that is usually eaten hot, but which you can eat at room temperature too so perfect for bento. It is a mix of green beans, potatoes, onions and bacon although I substituted the bacon by diced ham. I didn't know it was "popular" outside my little country's frontiers, but apparently the recipe even made it to the New York Times at one point :o)
So, for lunch today I have : some salade Liegeoise, more ramiro pepper/beansprouts stirfy, carrot kinpira, a few green asparagus tips, a few radishes for decoration and some zucchini slices as a baran. Like the previous days, the fruity vitamins consist of strawberries, white grapes, blackberries, blueberries, apple, half a banana and a few clementine wedges.
As the only ingredients to be counted are the oil, potatoes and ham, this bento is very low on points, only 6 WW propoints.
This also happens to be my last bento for this work week, as we are having or corporate New Year's Lunch tomorrow at noon and I don't have to pack anything.
See you all next week and I hope you'll have a great weekend!
Chicken Sausage Bento
Labels:
banana,
clementine,
cucumber,
edamame,
grapes,
green asparagus,
potato,
romanesco,
sausage,
snow peas,
strawberries
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First of all, yes I am aware that the furoshiki I used as a background is in bad need of ironing, but as the main focus of the picture is supposed to be the bento, I thought that all in all it didn't look too bad. Call it artistic freedom :o)
When looking at all the bento boxes last night and considering which one to pick for today's lunch, I was again drawn to my favourite M4SB, with its colourful compartments. As usual I didn't really plan on the box to be (rather) colour coordinated but halfway through packing, I realised I was doing it again ... OCD anyone? :o)
Anyway, today I will be having a sliced up chicken sausage, green veggies (being romanesco, edamame, snowpeas, cucumber slices and green asparagus tips), steamed potatoes with spring onion and the usual fruit selection i.e. grapes, clementine, strawberries and two banana chip slices.
And all this for a total points value of 9,5 WW propoints.
Bon appetit !
Chicons au gratin bento
Labels:
apple,
banana,
carrot,
cheese,
cherry tomatoes,
cucumber,
grapes,
ham,
strawberries,
witloof
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Today's bento features a typical Belgian dish : (Belgian) Endives rolls, locally knows as Chicons au gratin (in French) or Witloofgratin (in Dutch). Basically these are braised endives, rolled in a slice of ham, covered with bechamel (or as I did cheese sauce - although I didn't add any liquids to the bento) and generously sprinkled with grated cheese, before getting a tan in a hot oven.
It is a typical winter dish as well, as endives are very much in season now. I always go for the field-grown variety as I find those more savoury and less bitter than their greenhouse counterparts.
So besides, the endives, my bento has a few cherry tomatoes, shredded carrots and cucumber slices. The sweet dessert portion consists of half a banana, white grapes, apple and a few strawberries. And all this for a total points value of 6,5 WW propoints.
Bon appetit !
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