bento #13
So, this was the last bento this year since I have holidays now, my mom cooking and won't be in need of bentos until the middle of January. =)
Today's nothing fancy, because I just needed a quick snack for lunch. So everything is rather finger food like.
These are my first onigiri decorated with some veggies. Behind are brie, pumpernickel, some red bell pepper, peanuts and a chocolate cupcake.
The brown on the onigiri is caused by soy sauce in which I fried them a little. Since these were my first onigiri (filled with curry chicken left from yesterdays dish) I was concerned that I wouldn't like the pure rice taste. I'm not Japanese so I don't have this appreciation of the pure rice flavor yet =)
But they tasted great and would have even without the soy sauce (as I'm quite happy to report, that opens so many new possibilities in bento making =D )
These are the side dishes, as mentioned, all finger food. Got to use all of my new silicon cups at once.
I made some cupcakes especially for bento use. I think they will have to be even smaller because I think it looks much nicer when you can put in several little ones. (I think I will try with the little paper cups for pralines but I will have to experiment with the baking time...)
So, as there won't be another a bento related post this year I wish you all a very nice Christmas and a Happy New Year! (Yes, with capitol HNY! =D )
Today's nothing fancy, because I just needed a quick snack for lunch. So everything is rather finger food like.
These are my first onigiri decorated with some veggies. Behind are brie, pumpernickel, some red bell pepper, peanuts and a chocolate cupcake.
The brown on the onigiri is caused by soy sauce in which I fried them a little. Since these were my first onigiri (filled with curry chicken left from yesterdays dish) I was concerned that I wouldn't like the pure rice taste. I'm not Japanese so I don't have this appreciation of the pure rice flavor yet =)
But they tasted great and would have even without the soy sauce (as I'm quite happy to report, that opens so many new possibilities in bento making =D )
These are the side dishes, as mentioned, all finger food. Got to use all of my new silicon cups at once.
I made some cupcakes especially for bento use. I think they will have to be even smaller because I think it looks much nicer when you can put in several little ones. (I think I will try with the little paper cups for pralines but I will have to experiment with the baking time...)
So, as there won't be another a bento related post this year I wish you all a very nice Christmas and a Happy New Year! (Yes, with capitol HNY! =D )