Don’t worry! Today’s lunch is as animal-friendly as always: no marinated moose or any other kind of meat. ;)
The main dish, giving its name to this bento, is pasta (corkscrew and moose-shaped) with a soy cream sauce, spinach, oyster mushrooms and a topping of pine-nuts and sunflower seeds. The sauce contains onion, garlic, mushroom stems, red bell pepper, a basil herb cube and powdered vegetable broth. It tasted great last night during dinner as well as today. :)
This Monday bento also holds the result of the first two recipes I made from my recently acquired cookbook, La Dolce Vegan!: Sleepy Sunday Morning Scramble (which I indeed made on Sunday morning while I was still rather sleepy) and Roasted Red Pepper Hummus. My oh my, both are quite a success! I’m glad I didn’t fill a whole container with just hummus because I would have eaten it all! Dipping my raw veggies (cucumber, green bell pepper, cherry tomatoes), sesame bread sticks and half a slice of toasted pumpkin-corn bread (not shown).
The tofu scramble is really nice as well; comforting (which I contribute to the nutritional yeast) though you shouldn’t really expect it to taste like scrambled eggs or anything.
Other goodies: olives, mixed nuts, corn salad, garden cress and of course those lovely raspberries with a bunch of purple cress. On the side I had an apple that didn’t get to be in the picture. ;)
Another great bento lunch to start my vegan week with! This is my 11th bento of 2011 and they’ve all been 100% animal-free.
Graasland 
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maandag 14 maart 2011 bij 23:00
Iris
It looks lovely. I make a tofu scramble the other day, and to me it tasted a little like scrambled eggs. But then, I haven’t had scrambled eggs in such a long time that I’m easily fooled ;)
maandag 14 maart 2011 bij 23:13
Gnoe
It’s was my first time making tofu scramble — have been wanting to for a while now but didn’t get round to it (so many recipes on line to choose from!).
Scrambled eggs with tomato is one of my favourite special breakfast dishes, so it’ll probably be a looong time before I forget what it really tastes like. You win some, you lose some. ;)
maandag 14 maart 2011 bij 23:15
Leeswammes
This looks so nice. I love it how you always have a great variety of foods in one bento.
dinsdag 15 maart 2011 bij 00:12
Chinoiseries
That looks so delicious!! Gah… I see that I’ve not been keeping up with your lovely bento posts… so many wonderful dishes!!
I have heard of the book before, but don’t have it myself. Great to hear that your scrambled tofu was good, I need to try that soon too :)
Are the raspberries defrosted ones? So looking forward to berry season xD
dinsdag 15 maart 2011 bij 04:13
sheri
Cutie moose! and those raspberries look awesome!
donderdag 17 maart 2011 bij 09:32
elma
Ooh Ikea pasta – one of my favourite Christmas-time foods (I thought they were reindeer but you may be right about the moose thang). Where do you get raspberries from at this time of year? They look as fresh as if you’d just picked them from the garden…(Have you secretly moved to New Zealand or Chile when I wasn’t paying attention?)
vrijdag 18 maart 2011 bij 03:56
Bellezza
Your bento boxes are beautiful and alluring enough to make me want to eat my vegetables. Like the name of your new cookbook, too. ;)
zaterdag 19 maart 2011 bij 13:28
Gnoe
Thank you all for your kind remarks!
About the raspberries… You make me feel slightly embarrassed – like I’m a better person than I actually am ;) I try to be a conscious consumer but I can’t always resist buying out of season food that has travelled long distances. These fresh raspberries were on offer at the Albert Heijn supermarket!
About the pasta… Now that you mention it, it could as well be a reindeer? I really have no clue which one it is. *runs to the kitchen to check the packaging* Hehehe I’M RIGHT and YOU’RE WRONG! ;) But don’t feel bad; you can think they’re reindeer anyway! :))
@La Dolce Bellezza: LOL I bet you like the name of La Dolce Vegan! And yes, eat your veggies ‘cause they’re good for you! ;)
zaterdag 19 maart 2011 bij 21:48
elma
When I finally become rich and famous (hahaha) will you come and be my full time cook please? I always love the look of the food you make but am far too lazy to make such yumminesses for myself.
zondag 20 maart 2011 bij 22:51
Gnoe
I will, I will! :))