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bookmark_borderDish Bento Lunch

Posted on by Elliott Evans

I actually served myself lunch in the dish bento the other day. Here’s what it looks like:

Maple Bento with Dishes of Food

Starting in the upper left, I had:

  • Kimchi (from a jar) and pickled radish (home made)
  • Simmered kabocha squash with dried shiso sprinkle
  • Shredded fresh napa cabbage with sesame dressing
  • Rice with flaked salmon, sesame seeds, and aonori
  • Mackerel (from a tin) with plum sauce and naruto maki kamaboko
  • Marinated poached lotus root, roasted japanese eggplant, and shiitake mushrooms with black bean sauce

Lots of food, to be sure, but mostly vegetables, fruits, and grains. I don’t always have this much variety, but sometimes I go a little overboard when I’m grocery shopping. Such hardship, I know.

bookmark_borderBento Lunch

Posted on by Elliott Evans

I’ve been making these bento lunches for a few years now, but for some reason I have never posted about them here.

Bento Lunch 2022.10.18

Upper left: pickled daikon, pickled cucumber and peppers, pickled carrot, pickled ginger with yukari, simmered taro

Upper right: Shredded cabbage with dressing, topped with salmon flakes, black sesame seeds, and seaweed flakes

Lower left: Mushroom rice with roasted shiitake mushrooms

Lower right: Tofu with soy sauce and togarashi spices, imitation crab meat with spices

I have to do quite a bit of prep work on the weekend to be able to put these together in ten minutes in the morning, but it is fun and tasty.