just a quick entry today by way of explanation for my long absences and spotty posting this summer… still figuring out my schedule, and eating lunch at home most days, so no need to pack a box. today, though, i’m helping out a friend’s art gallery, so i am bringing a little something: brown and white basmati rice layered over matar paneer (indian peas and cheese), with steamed broccoli, carrot leaves, takuwan flowers, CSA blueberries in a paper food cup, two vegetarian chicken strips, and the cutest tiny tomato from my friends’ garden. two radish “cherries” (cilantro and mint “stem”) top off my rice.
hope you all are having a wonderful summer, full of as many possibilities and projects as mine so far!
Glad to see your beautiful bento again! Radish cherries and tiny tomato are so cute 🙂
thank you lia, missed seeing yours too! trying to catch up on all the blogs now, so much fun!
Its lovely and we missed you! Good to hear that you are just busy, and not trapped under a refrigerator and unable to post bento blogs. 😉 is that newspaper as a baran, or baran that just looks like newspaper? I like it!
thanks sonoma bento, haha, no disaster here, phew! the baran is a wax paper that comes with printed designs – i have newspaper and strawberries. i got it from the online japanese superstore, rakuten.
Always a DELIGHT to see a new gamene bento! Sweet and witty “cherry”…and I’m amazed cos I was thinking about a similar design using bright red mini pipaw peppers just last night (inspired by your recent pepper-mock strawberry bento)! Very cool baran–one of those wonderful, stylish details that make your bentos so fun to explore…
Glad your summer is unfolding with new and vital paths and possibilities, megan!
thanks so much jenn! ooh, can’t wait to see your pepper-cherries!
Simple and gorgeous, megan! Glad you’re enjoying your summer and happy to see your bento! Love the cute fork too!
thanks sheri! i can’t wait to see everything i’ve missed on HLB… hope you and TS and MM are having lots of fun too!
oh, and the fork is from rakuten 🙂
Simple, yet effective. I’m a sucker for mutter paneer :). How did you get your radish SO RED??
Glad you’re having a good summer and doing something different – I’ve really missed your bentos!
thanks mils, that’s so sweet! i’ve missed seeing what you and all my other pals have been up to, too! not sure why the radishes seem so red — they are very fresh, but i think it’s also the lighting in my apartment, maybe?
Hi Megan! Clever use of radishes! Lovely idea that I will have to borrow. 🙂
And matar paneer?….why thank you! Yum.
thanks debra! would love to see how you use the radish cherries – i’m sure it will be fab!
Glad to see new post from you! Love this simple yet gorgeous bento! Look so yummy!
thanks so much kidsdreamwork, it *was* yummy (yay for take-out curries)!
So happy to see one of your beautiful bento! Love the idea of the radish cherries!
thanks pipaw! the radish accent was so easy, i hope you give it a try!
Love love love it! This kind of post just simply makes me fall in love. Oh, How I miss your bento posts, hope to see one sooner 😀
thanks ta, you’re so sweet!
Beautiful! 🙂
thanks margot! 🙂