~ Edited to add that this bento is featured at JustBento in the Great Bento Idea series! ~
Today’s bento is overflowing with bright colours. Anything to keep the dark November days back! And a little hint of the Middle-East.
Upper tier
- couscous salad with tomatoes, red onion and smoked paprika, with extra gherkins and tomato
- a friendly niqab babybel lady peeping out from behind ;)
- cilantro
- lettuce
Lower tier
- falafel ball
- cauliflower floret
- red beet hummus
- baby figs
- SkyFlakes cream crackers
- a dip of ketchup & home-made sambal bawang for the falafel
- mung bean sprouts
On the side I brought an apple doused in lemon juice.
The falafel, shallot sambal, hummus and couscous are all leftovers from this week’s menu.
Home-grown: chilli peppers (sambal), bean sprouts
Local & organic: lettuce, tomato, red onion, beetroot, onion (hummus), shallots (sambal)
Organic: chickpeas (hummus), cilantro, couscous, falafel, tomato ketchup, lemon juice (hummus), garlic (hummus & sambal)
Submitting this post to Midnight Maniac’s Meatless Mondays {no.5} & Shannon’s What’s for Lunch Wednesday (week 23).
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donderdag 4 november 2010 bij 22:39
Iris
Dit klinkt als een bento die ik helemaal na wil maken (afgezien van het babybell kaasje, ben niet zo’n fan van kaas). Kan niet wachten om ooit eindelijk eens een bento lunch te maken!
donderdag 4 november 2010 bij 22:40
Iris
Oops, sorry, not sure why I suddenly wrote that in Dutch. Living in Sweden, talking English, but sometimes Dutch to family is making me mix up languages a lot.
donderdag 4 november 2010 bij 23:47
gnoegnoe
LOL it’s okay to write in Dutch of course, I just post in English for a broader audience ;)
I’m glad you like my bento. And I can’t wait to see one by you! ;)
But… How can you *not* like cheese, being a ‘kaaskop’ (cheese head)?? :-o I wish I could stop eating cheese & other dairy products but I find that too hard. Trying to cut back though.
vrijdag 5 november 2010 bij 00:59
Lyndsey
I love your bento! You have so many things going on there! I have to try thr red beet hummus. I love to try new and different things in my hummus!
The ketchup & home-made sambal bawang is another good looking thing I would like to try!
It’s funny my family’s background is Dutch, my dad is all Dutch and my mom is half Dutch Half English, but I don’t know any Dutch. Just a lot of Dutch names and words. (I don’t know why I felt I had to add that)
Have a wonderful weekend!
vrijdag 5 november 2010 bij 06:23
sheri
That looks really good! Wonderful!
vrijdag 5 november 2010 bij 10:31
Emily Ng
Oh..so nice, look yummy too. You like sambal bawang too??? This is very common in Malaysia. :)
vrijdag 5 november 2010 bij 12:11
Lia Chen
Looks delicious! Really bring out the bright colors. We just love sambal here, your sambal looks perfect :)
zaterdag 6 november 2010 bij 14:32
gnoegnoe
@Lyndsey: How nice to hear you have a Dutch background! So I’m glad you said so :)) Beet hummus is really nice but beware of making it too ‘wet’ (= too much beetroot). I used a 50/50 ratio for chickpeas & cooked beets.
@Emily ng & @Lia: I looooove sambal! I think my favourite kinds are brandal and badjak, of which we always have a jar in the fridge. So I wanted to try something else with the bunch of chilli peppers I harvested from my balcony! Our organic CSA shallots are marvellous too so samabl bawang seemed the perfect recipe. And I really like it! I guess I’ve eaten it before but I often just don’t remember what variety I had ;) I didn’t know it’s so common in Malaysia btw! Any recommendations on what type of sambal to try next time?
@sheri: Thanks sheri, I’m glad you like it! :)
maandag 8 november 2010 bij 08:24
bobo
Nice bento
hmm.. you love Shallot sambal too.. interesting..
we eat sambal with “Nasi Lemak” ( rice cooked with coconut milk). yummy
dinsdag 9 november 2010 bij 12:34
gnoegnoe
LOL what do find “interesting…” about it? ;) Nasi Lemak sounds good too. I love nasi koening, which is rice & coconut milk as well (& spices).
maandag 8 november 2010 bij 23:23
Crystal
It looks stunning especially with this gray weather. Di you make the beetroot hummus yourself? I clicked on it and got a beautiful photo on flickR, but not the recipe.
dinsdag 9 november 2010 bij 14:09
gnoegnoe
Yes I made it myself. I’ll try to add the recipe soon!
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