My journey into bento lunch boxes
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16 Feb 2009I call this my East meets West bento lunch because the steamed herbal chicken and blanched greens is very eastern whilst the tomato based pasta shells are very western! The steamed herbal chicken was made the night before and merely heated up in the morning, and the green vegetables blanched in hot water with a [...]
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11 Feb 2009Sorry for the silence!
Here’s a simple bento lunch I packed one morning. It had shredded leftover chicken breaston a bed of letttuce leaves. The pasta was leftover tuna pasta salad which I tossed into a pan and stirfried with an egg to heat and for bulk. Cherry tomatoes and a couple of cocktail sausages completed [...]
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8 Jan 2009The wonders one does with leftovers! This bento lunch came from some leftover tuna pasta salad. There wasn’t much so I substantiated it with some fried chicken pieces that came from a frozen pack. I try not to use processed food where possible, but sometimes you can’t avoid the convenience.
There were no greens so I [...]
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16 Oct 2008I was in a bit of a hurry this morning, but I did want to bring something for lunch, so I skimmed quickly through my freezer and found some leftover tuna pasta sauce. So, quickly tossing the sauce into a saucepan, I put some water to boil and then put in 2 handfuls of fusili [...]