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Toasty sesame seeds

Feb 27, 2006 13:47

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pastry, chinese broccoli, carrots, tofu, orange, gluten-free, shrimp

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littleyuzu February 27 2006, 20:14:05 UTC

Mmm...gyoza! I should buy a bunch of frozen ones for future bento making. ;)
Those Korean walnut cookies look familiar - I ate something very similar to that from a Japanese market once. They had sweet potato and azuki inside. Yummy.

mmmbento February 28 2006, 20:31:33 UTC

You should! Frozen gyoza and dumplings are a great bento filler. :) My hubs is a bigger fan of the walnut cookies than me. I like the choux-a-la-creme's better. ;)

I wonder if they are Japanese walnut cakes. Hmmm...

labyrinthcookie February 27 2006, 21:01:22 UTC

I made my first bento the other day, and I must say it didn't look nearly as pretty as yours lol! Any tips on packing it? Also, do you line your bentos with anything?

I wish my grocery store sold pre-made gyoza...the ones I tried to make didn't look very nice :( Yummy, but not very nice, nor did they have a lot of filling.

I'm looking forward to your Bento Stuff post :)

mmmbento February 28 2006, 20:34:51 UTC

Hmm, well I tend to pack things by a what-looks-pretty standard. I pay a lot of attention to color -- if I have two food items of similar color, I space them apart with other colors in between. I also like symmetry and geometry, so I will envision triangle shaped spaces, etc. in the box and arrange the food accordingly. Does that make any sense? And I usually don't line my bentos, but I sometimes separate some items using sushi grass or foil cupcake liners.

amandasan February 27 2006, 21:51:21 UTC

thanks for the sesame dressing recipe! i ate a ton of sesame flavored things when i lived in japan and have been craving it since being back in the u.s.
oh and your blog is super cute and fantastic!

mmmbento February 28 2006, 20:35:22 UTC

You're welcome! This is a very sesame-y seseame dressing. :)

love_janine February 27 2006, 22:03:25 UTC

^_^ I'm glad it worked out for you.

I had a veggie-gyoza bento for lunch today! Not as charming as yours looks though, because I was in a rush this morning.

I was so excited about this new recipe because I have a cutlet of fried tofu hanging out in my fridge...then I realized I'm totally out of carrots. Gah. @_@

Next time...

joanne511 February 28 2006, 01:59:00 UTC

I love, love, love your icon collection! :)

love_janine March 1 2006, 03:30:15 UTC

^_^ Thank you.

mmmbento February 28 2006, 20:36:18 UTC

Hahaha! Get some shredded carrots!

popcorn_feet February 27 2006, 22:06:12 UTC

so pretty!

mmmbento February 28 2006, 20:35:37 UTC

Thank you!