Salmon today was broiled in olive oil with pepper, garlic and lemon juice. I served it with potato "chips" that I tossed in the same pan to crisp up. Also in this bento is steamed broccoli, yellow carrot flowers and cherry tomato ladybugs with nori detail. I stuck the nori on with olive oil. You can't use water; you'll find the nori will just curl up and fall off. The bugs are sitting on steamed baby potato halves. Everything looks so garden-y in the lettuce leaf, doesn't it?
For fruits he gets red grapes, a kumquat for contrast, a luscious strawberry and some cara cara orange wedges. These oranges are back in stock in a big way at my local market. Yay! Good thing too, since we probably each eat one a day.
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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I love the ladybugs and going to try it in tomorrows lunch.
ReplyDeleteHa! Thank you for the olive oil tip! I have had trouble with shriveling nori in the past.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, those ladybugs are perfect! What a great idea to use olive oil, I was wondering how you got the nori to stick! The salmon sounds delish!!!
ReplyDeleteLooks so yummy :) I will have to try olive oil, I always use honey, but I bet the olive oil is easier to work with :)
ReplyDeleteThanks KJ's Restart Button! Have fun with your ladybug bento :)
ReplyDeleteThanks ehmeelu ~ I'll use whatever sauce or gravy is closest; anything like that works great too :)
Thanks a lot Susan!
Thanks Kashmirkat, never thought of using honey but that's a great sticky alternative too!
This one looks beautiful! ...Well, they always look beautiful. But the ladybugs are especially cute.
ReplyDeleteSheri, thanks for the olive oil tips! You always produce a good looking bento, very colorful and yum! Those ladybugs are cute and love the tiny flowers on the top of broccoli :)
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Lili!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Lia, so sweet :)
Yummy yummy yummy yummy salmon!
ReplyDeleteCould you please send it to me so I can eat that? it looks absolutely delicious!
ReplyDeletewow, those lady bugs are FABULOUS! this would have been a wonderful garden entry (though i loved your floral trio too), i guess you are just in a garden-y mood... not surprising with the wonderful things springing to life and bloom in your own outdoor space! the salmon looks yummy too - tasty AND adorable bento.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a wondreful blog. You are an inspiration. Ive recently begun making bento boxes for my son but I dont thik I could become this good! Thanks for sharing!!!
ReplyDeleteJuliet
It looks very gardeny!! So cute! I love the little lady bugs!
ReplyDeleteOh this is such a perfect little bento, I love it. I just love the colors! and the ladybugs!
ReplyDeleteThanks Lil'chan!
ReplyDeleteMartyna, surely --thank you!
Thanks megan! Didn't even think about ladybugs for garden theme :) We never have enough ladybugs in our garden. Perhaps these will stay...
Thanks Juliet, that's so sweet. Thank you for reading!
Thanks a lot Jenn!
So sweet, thank you Lyndsey!
Thank you so much. I've been Bentoing for a couple of years but have never figured out how to stick nori onto my cherry tomatoes. I'll give this a try in the next coupe of days.
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