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[mmmbento]

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[thekat03]

i have to giggle... my bento today has zucchini, spiral pasta, and honeydew in it as well. it's interesting how you can tell what season it is based on what foods people are eating (:

[mmmbento]

Well, it's either that or...great minds think alike! :)

[leanne_opaskar]

GF pasta is one of those hit-or-miss things. I found that the brands of rice pasta I tried were all difficult to reheat and either got mushy or really hard. If you can get your hands on Ancient Harvest Quinoa pasta, that stuff is absolutely the best GF pasta I've found. It tastes very similar to wheat pasta, reheats nicely, and doesn't get as mushy as all-corn pasta does when it's leftover.

You'll probably also find -- we did -- that non-wheat pastas are much more filling than traditional wheat pastas.

Hope the GF diet is going well! ^_^

[mmmbento]

I'll have to try that quinoa pasta - I wonder if it is safe for a yeast free diet (hubs is now on that too). Have you tried Tinkyada brown rice pasta? It is the only rice pasta that has a super-wheaty pasta feel to it that reheats well. The spirals are better than the penne in my opinion.

[leanne_opaskar]

No, I haven't tried Tinkyada -- it's not available where I normally get my gf pasta. Maybe I can find it at Mitsuwa. I'll look. Thanks for the recommendation!

The ingredients on the quinoa pasta are only quinoa and corn flours, plus dried veggies if you get the veggie pasta (red peppers and spinach), so unless they process it strangely, it should be safe.

[leanne_opaskar]

Aw man. He can't have corn. So that pasta is out for the time being too...

[capn__cunt]

That pasta looks really good. Do you have a recipe? :3

[mmmbento]

Posted it! Check out http://www.cookingcute.com/recipes.htm

[capn__cunt]

Cool :D Thanks!

[jengagne]

Thanks for showing us all these neat bentos. I really admire your work, both artistically and uh... yummily? :D

I see you weren't thrilled with the lighting in that pic, so here's a fixed version, if you'd like to replace your photo:
http://beware-of-art.com/temp/cook-cute.jpg

I know I'm violating your copyright so let me know after you grab it and I'll immediately delete my file! I just thought you'd like to have it. If this isn't OK, I apologize.

[mmmbento]

Thanks so much! I swapped out the pics. :) I really should improve my photoshopping skills. ;)

[jengagne]

If you do start trying this in Photoshop, the adjustment tool you're looking for is called "Levels". That way you can keep your darks dark while pulling up your whites.

"Brightness" pulls up EVERYthing and turns your blacks into grays, so I'd advise against it.

And, you're welcome. :) I've removed it from my server now that you have the pic!

[mmmbento]

Duly noted. I am such a photoshop baby. :D

[citizen_lily]

despite the bad lighting, the food still looks good!

[mmmbento]

Lighting is fixed! :) And thanks.