Mr, Bento - August 1, 2007

Mr, Bento - August 1, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

August already? For the first day of the month, my Mr. Bento will be filled with a black rice ume onigiri, a feta + tomato + onion omelet with ketchup, stewed tomatoes with roasted corn and basil, and tuna salad with a black sesane star.

Mr. Bento - July 31, 2007

Mr. Bento - July 31, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Here are my Mr. Bento's contents for Tuesday, July 31, 2007. Yogurt & Cheerios for breakfast. The contrasting ume onigiri (pre-made and thawed) are homemade. The wasabi mayo on the tuna salad came in a kewpie bottle with a star tip, so I made a crude attempt at flowers with pickle stems. The fresh basil on the stewed tomatoes, as usual, is from a potted plant on the deck. We got in at 11 pm last night, so I threw it together this morning.

Mr. Bento - July 27, 2007

Mr. Bento - July 27, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Lots of colors in my lunch for Friday, July, 27, 2007. I packed really early.

The big bowl has white kidney beens and forbidden black rice. The soup bowl is beef broth with sauteed mushrooms and spinach. The veggies are steamed cauliflower, broccoli, and carrots topped with sesame oil, rice vinegar, and sesame seeds. Dessert is a sweet mochi rice cake filled with red bean paste (daifuku mochi shiro goma).

Mr. Bento - July 25, 2007

Mr. Bento - July 24, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Found stuff fills my Mr. Bento for Wednesday, July 25, 2007. The dish towel's from Hawaii. There's left-over pizza with grape tomatoes, topped with basil from the deck garden. The yogurt container is smiling because its backside is being tickled secretly by a gazillion blueberries. Bottom left is one Cheerio surrounded by a bunch of other Cheerios. Bottom rigjht is Dole lime and pineapple gel. Unpictured is a small chocolate bar.

Mr. Bento - July 20, 2007

Mr. Bento - July 20, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Friday's Mr. Bento contents for July 20, 2007. Main dish is barbecued chicken over butter lettuce. Side dish has ume onigiri, mini-cheddar, and grape tomatoes. Vegetables are roasted mini-zucchinis. For dessert, there's a visit from Mr. Cookie.

Nairobi Trio

I found a link to the incomparable Ernie Kovacs' Nairobi Trio.

Mr. Bento - July 16, 2007

Mr. Bento - July 16, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Monday, July 16, 2007, will see these in my Mr. Bento. One container has mixed vegetables with sesame oil and sesame seeds. A second has rice and fried tofu topped with furikake and wasabi mayo. The third has daifuku mocchi aka (sweet rice with read bean past inside) and cherries. The fourth has breakfast of greek style yogurt with orange blossom honey and blueberries, topped by a hunk of Whole Foods gingerbread.

Mr. Bento - June 13, 2007

Mr. Bento - June 13, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Not for the paraskavedekatriaphobic, here's my Friday the Thirteenth Mr. Bento items for June 13, 2007.

Included are a toasted ume genmai onigiri with sesame seeds, nova/chevre rollups with chives, carrots, cherries, and water crackers. Except for one inarizushi, that's the last of my frozen brown rice, so I have to fire up the rice cooker this weekend.

The cherries are pitted. Our new Oxo pitter arrived today.

Mr. Bento - July 12, 2007

Mr. Bento - July 12, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

For Thursday, July 12, 2007, here's what's in my Mr. Bento. For lunch, there are a chicken tamale and pan-roasted carrots. Side-dish are genmai topped with sauteed porcini and lobster mushrooms and garlic
For dessert there are yogurt raisins, peppermints, and a chocolate. For breakfast, white cherries and Cheerios -- milk to be added later.

Mr. Bento - June 11, 2007

Mr. Bento - June 11, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

We took our youngest son to Mike's American Grill for his 21st birthday. I'm taking my leftovers for lunch in my Mr. Bento on Wednesday, June 11, 2007. Upper left are sliced drunken ribeye steak, asparagus, and mushrroms. Upper right are carrots and grilled avocado poblano wrap. Bottom left are candy and raisin bread. For breakfast in bottm right are Cheerios and white cherries, milk to be added later.

Mr. Bento - July 10, 2007

Mr. Bento - July 10, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Mr. Bento is carrying this for my breakfast and lunch on Tuesday, June 10, 2007.

Breakfast's Cheerios and cherries are waiting for milk.

I breaded and baked the sardines and put them on genmai, wth katsu sauce on top. There are carrots and pickled beets, and peanuts with a chocolate.

Mr. Bento - July 9, 2007

Mr. Bento - July 9, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Here are the contents of my Mr. Bento for Monday, July 9, 2007. Upper left is a breakfast of Cheerios, greek style yogurt, and white cherries. Upper right are pickled herring, pickled beets, and (not pickled) carrots. Lower right are Virginia peanuts from the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and a chcolate. Lower left is a daifuku mochi kuro goma -- a sweet rice cake with red bean filling, coated in blackened sesame seeds -- that I bought at Global Foods in Woodbridge, VA.

Mr. Bento - July 5, 2007

Mr. Bento - July 5, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

I am traveling to the office only on Thursday this week, so July 5 will be my Mr. Bento's one journey until next Monday. For breakfast, there are zero fat greek-style yogurt, shredded wheat, and blueberries. Upper right has (homemade) genmai inarizushi, with chili tofu and tomatoes. The salad comes with ranch dressing. For dessert, there are koala choco biscuits and candy.