Today I fell back on another standard: pasta with meat sauce. This time I used miniature bowties, which I boiled in water I used for cooking beets. I was hoping it might turn the pasta red, but the best I could get is reddish-brown. As a result, it kind of blends in with the meat sauce. Oh well! I topped with a piece of steamed broccoli "tree" and a bright orange kumquat to add some color.
We have lots of ripe blackberries so I sliced some up to flavor the cottage cheese and topped with crushed walnuts and wheat germ. In the third section I tossed some edamame along with a skewer of purple and yellow carrots. Is it a happy meal? I think so :)
Monday, April 19, 2010
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Looks delicious! I love the cute carrot skewer! :) I wish Paige and Sean would eat kumquats, they are so perfect for bento!
ReplyDeleteeeek, the carrot faces and brocco-tree are so cute! the beet is a great idea for pasta, i think the color it produced is lovely and that "matching" the pasta (they are different enough that to me they match, not blend) is very stylish!
ReplyDeleteThanks Susan! My girl won't either, but I'm thinking about trying to trick her again soon. I just got a whole bag of 'em, heh.
ReplyDeleteThanks megan! Oh, yeah, beet noodles look so cool! So kind of you to put a positive spin on my "brown" meal, hehe!
Purple and yellow carrots skewer are very contrast with the edamame! And I like how the pasta color turned out ... is blending perfectly with your meat sauce (IMHO). I wish somebody will invent the seedless kumquat so my boy will eat it voluntary :)
ReplyDeleteYummy bowties! You right Sheri, that bright orange kumquat does merry up the box by killing the dominant brown-green-white colors :D
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely a happy bento! I especially like the cute little happy tree! If I get this bento, it sure will brightened up my day with so many happy faces smiling at me :)
ReplyDeleteThe broccoli tree is adorable! :o)
ReplyDeleteYep, a very happy meal indeed! The berry-cottage cheese section looks so esp yummy, and I love your smiling carrot-sakura skewer--adorable!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a super happy meal! I love the little tree!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Lia! Kumquats are a hard sell. And with all the seeds and the skin, hardly any flesh there at all anyway!
ReplyDeleteThanks tatabonita! Always add a bit of color to make the bento look better instantly :)
Thanks a lot KidsDreamWork!
Thanks Asfora!
Many thanks bentobird :D
Thanks bunches, Jenn!