Bento #15: Mini hamburgers (03.31.09)

Bento for Tuesday, March 31, 2009:


Bento contents:
* Mini hamburgers (recipe courtesy Just Bento, here) in doenjang sauce
* Carrot and broccoli kinpira (Just Bento recipe)
* Collard greens seasoned with rice vinegar and soy sauce
* Steamed rice with umeboshi and black sesame seeds

Bento Menus (March 31-April 2)

Preview for next week - sorry, orders have already been filled for these lunches.

Tuesday, March 31st Menu:
* Mini hamburgers (beef and tofu) in doenjang (Korean bean paste) sauce
* Vegetable sides TBD
* Steamed rice

Wednesday, April 2nd Menu:
* Shrimp and veggie stir-fry in black bean sauce
* Steamed rice
* Fruit TBD

Thursday, April 3rd Menu:
* Indian-style potato and vegetable curry
* Another veggie side TBD
* Basmati rice

Bento #14: Blue mac n' cheese (03.26.09)

Bento for Thursday, March 26, 2009:


Bento contents:
* Blue mac n' cheese, with optional hot sauce
* Berebere-spiced sweet potatoes
* Collard greens seasoned with garlic and apple cider vinegar
* Salad greens (in some lunches; not pictured)

(Excuse the poor quality; it was a very gray day today and I had to use the flash)

Bento #13: Herbed root vegetable and white bean turnovers (03.25.09)

Bento for Wednesday, March 25, 2009:


Bento contents:
* Herbed root vegetable and white bean turnovers
* Hard boiled egg
* Salad greens with mandarin orange segments and white sesame seeds; balsamic vinegar and olive oil dressing
* Green grapes

Bento #12: Wafu gyoza (03.24.09)

Bento for Tuesday, March 24, 2009:


Bento contents:
* Wafu gyoza (recipe from "Washoku: Recipes from the Japanese home kitchen" by Elizabeth Andoh)
* Stir-fried vegetables: green cabbage, baby corn, carrots, and sweet red pepper, seasoned with soy sauce and a little gochujang
* Steamed white rice with black sesame seeds
* Dipping sauce for the gyoza (in small bottle) - rice vinegar and soy sauce

Bento menus for next week (March 24-26, 2009)

After a week's hiatus, our bento lunches are back! Here are the menus for this coming week. Orders will close tomorrow at noon because of the half-day for the inservice, so get your orders in (and your boxes, if you can) before then! A hard copy of this menu, with a sign-up sheet, is on the table in the upstairs kitchen at school.

Tuesday, March 24th Menu:
* Wafu gyoza - Japanese-style steam-fried pork and vegetable dumplings with wakame seaweed
* Stir-fried vegetables TBD
* Steamed rice

Wednesday, March 25th Menu:
* Herbed root vegetable and white bean turnovers
* Hard boiled egg
* Salad greens
* Fruit TBD

Thursday, March 26th Menu:
* Blue mac n' cheese - Pasta in a blue cheese-spiked white sauce, topped with minced green onion and chopped walnuts
* Berebere spiced sweet potatoes
* Collard greens
* Grapes

Mr. Chen's Challenge

For Bento Society members:

I have mentioned this idea to some members but wanted to blog about this: the idea of having you submit your favorite dishes from Mr. Chen's for me to make a version of for a future bento lunch. I realized that I haven't included a Chinese item in your bento lunches yet and this would be one way for me to do that.

One word of caution, though: I've heard that stir-fried rice noodles do not necessarily hold up well in bento - they tend to dry out. I am up for trying any stir-fried dishes served with rice, though!

Let me know what you would like me to make, whether in person or by leaving a comment on this blog or a note in my mailbox at school.