Belated B-day Bento (#134)

Last week we spent my birthday in the cinema watching Oscar nominated movies all day long. A perfect way of celebrating as far as I’m concerned, but of course it’s fun to have some family over (and get presents!) too. So I had a belated B-day party on Sunday and some leftover yumminess ended up in tomorrow’s (Tuesday) bento.

Right container

• The Adirondack Chick’s ‘Unstuffed Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers‘: brown rice with tomato, green peppers and zucchini (really good recipe!)
• marinated mushrooms (cremini & namelo)
• radish flowers
• parsley olives on a skewer
• garlic olives on a skewer
• lettuce lining
• basil, courgette and carrot details

Front container

• marinated grilled courgette
• raw vegetables: orange pepper, cauliflower, zucchini, cherry tomatoes, corn salad & rocket
• store-bought baba ganoush (really wanted to bring some of my homemade creamy hummus but ran out of it at the last minute)
• fried tofu
• mixed nuts

On the side

• 1/2 apple
• 1/2 Poire Williams

The gorgeous tulips were a present from my mother-in-law. Yep, the in-laws are awesome. :) My sister-in-law gave me my very first vegan cookbook for a present: La Dolce Vegan! by Sarah Kramer. And she didn’t even know I was looking for a cookery book to suit my new eating habits! She’s also the one who gave me the World Food Café cookbook that I recently raved about. So you may expect another review somewhere along the line. ;)

And finally — no birthday without cake! Newbie vegan or not. Here’s what I’ll be treating my colleagues to: vegan Brownies & Spicy Applesauce Cake with Lemon Frosting. YUM!