tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49964387643129822262024-02-28T13:05:25.933-05:00BentobirdExploring the flavors, seasons and food cultures of my Sonoma County habitat (and beyond)...Bentobirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608484496354584828noreply@blogger.comBlogger350125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4996438764312982226.post-62873727619374742962020-11-25T17:28:00.016-05:002020-11-28T17:09:22.396-05:00aleppo pepper beef and couscous bento<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVTB0OLzMH0gtqMQOfeJgPE3aOvS8oPRhEKYe7XJBaJRAUQTKgZMHSHuxgF6BQyFrzQvb0a3IcyYnRqICN7dff1WiyVpPrGAs1nhBhM6QQSNIfK5VHozurt-UCBDScw0z44iJ9_xTW94/s2048/IMG_6707.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVTB0OLzMH0gtqMQOfeJgPE3aOvS8oPRhEKYe7XJBaJRAUQTKgZMHSHuxgF6BQyFrzQvb0a3IcyYnRqICN7dff1WiyVpPrGAs1nhBhM6QQSNIfK5VHozurt-UCBDScw0z44iJ9_xTW94/w480-h640/IMG_6707.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Spicy, rich fall flavors for today's late November bento. On a base of couscous combined with pistachios and chickpeas, here's a golden pepper filled with an Aleppo pepper-spiced sauté of organic ground beef, roasted butternut squash, garlic, red onions and red bell pepper. Fennel flowers and violas from the garden, microgreens and a wedge of feta cheese round out this filling lunch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Beef with Squash and Aleppo Pepper</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1 lb organic ground beef</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1 chopped red bell pepper</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">3 garlic cloves, chopped</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">one small/medium red onion, chopped</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1 cup cubed roasted butternut squash</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">2 scallions, chopped</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ground Aleppo pepper to taste</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Ras al Hanout </i>spice blend, to taste</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">cilantro, to garnish</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Greek yogurt, to garnish</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Over medium heat, sauté onion and garlic in olive oil until onion is translucent, then add chopped red pepper and sauté until soft, season with sea salt. Move vegetables to one side of pan and add beef and brown on one side, seasoning liberally with ground Aleppo pepper, add salt and turn over, browning other side and breaking up with a wooden spoon. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Combine vegetables and beef and stir, add roasted squash pieces and scallions. Taste and correct seasonings to intensify spices to desired level. Serve with cilantro and a dollop of Greek yogurt. A side of couscous with chick peas and pistachio nuts is excellent with this dish!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Japanese camellia starting to bloom this week:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5U2COIILNG-UZKx5qQA0b2Ae8NH2agbZmc4ml6IgANO9YVHD0Fxy4nTT5pHnuZGM5GFZME5oyR8GC2OTDSBjjAbZcAFEmEAicGHN6aIfSjXQA5zztkp5F5vp0ZFobmVlAnxzFSS35Y5Q/s2048/IMG_6717.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5U2COIILNG-UZKx5qQA0b2Ae8NH2agbZmc4ml6IgANO9YVHD0Fxy4nTT5pHnuZGM5GFZME5oyR8GC2OTDSBjjAbZcAFEmEAicGHN6aIfSjXQA5zztkp5F5vp0ZFobmVlAnxzFSS35Y5Q/w480-h640/IMG_6717.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPvCPMba8C7HWEVL4r5EH_0c5iXznHArREaQqn0Qf6MFlb90IvHUKW_9C_G_qF2d1vqpLWrqwUOyO6Ch7hj37aux4hX6U1EYQ7HqmBHx5r-L5uMBfmpnYJyyIsStuhck-8pXVTEdJfyM/s2048/IMG_6712.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoPvCPMba8C7HWEVL4r5EH_0c5iXznHArREaQqn0Qf6MFlb90IvHUKW_9C_G_qF2d1vqpLWrqwUOyO6Ch7hj37aux4hX6U1EYQ7HqmBHx5r-L5uMBfmpnYJyyIsStuhck-8pXVTEdJfyM/w480-h640/IMG_6712.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Intense colors of November:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKAqlt-1JmtR8kSWlSCebhk1fcFCB_TjfzwVvEHVCyqraopfl7Kw6O_MA5Q-_WgMHYnI-2JdVnTxl9VAnlIoKDFRQtx2lrRCOvHK-Ny5nrUnMjsHABEkpsNJIk6DHt3xFN5-t1DGnZEM/s2048/IMG_6711.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfKAqlt-1JmtR8kSWlSCebhk1fcFCB_TjfzwVvEHVCyqraopfl7Kw6O_MA5Q-_WgMHYnI-2JdVnTxl9VAnlIoKDFRQtx2lrRCOvHK-Ny5nrUnMjsHABEkpsNJIk6DHt3xFN5-t1DGnZEM/w640-h480/IMG_6711.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> </div><br /><p></p>Bentobirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608484496354584828noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4996438764312982226.post-49187427397491688072020-04-16T18:48:00.000-04:002020-04-16T19:05:52.983-04:00spring breakfast bento<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Exploring Silk Road meets France flavors in this bento: organic ground beef stir fried with eggplant, garlic, ginger, red onion, <i>rogan josh</i> and Five Spice spice blends, topped with Greek yogurt, delicate chervil and tucked inside a lightly toasted brioche bun. Light summery salad of mixed baby greens, radish, sweet golden tomatoes as a fresh contrasting side.</div>
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Speaking of summer, I recently found these beautiful antique Chinese dishes in sunny colors, pictured here with a juicy local peach: </div>
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Bentobirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03608484496354584828noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4996438764312982226.post-69622105335052895752018-10-24T19:11:00.000-04:002018-10-25T11:06:24.913-04:00salmon avo mini bánh mì bento<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A small and sweet little sandwich for today's lunch! I blended canned salmon with mayo and sriracha sauce, then layered sliced ripe avocado, cilantro and pickled jalapeno pepper slices into an oven-crisped mini roll. Delicious with a side salad of romaine and carrot ribbons, sakura cut avocado and a spicy dressing from Dragonfly brand (green chili flavor). </div>
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Enjoying early fall flavors with today's bento: sesame-oil tossed soba noodles with autumnal-colored veggies--purple cabbage, golden carrots and yellow pepper. Korean gochujang</div>
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and ginger marinated chicken a delicious accompaniment. Nasturtium, society garlic blossom, Kadota fig and dahlia from our early fall garden reflect the vivid and beautiful range of nature's palette right now.</div>
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A light duo of summer sandwiches: crab/mayo/fennel flower on the left. goat cheese/baby tomato/basil on the right. Nom!</div>
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Simple and satisfying--Japanese-style fried chicken and potato salad for lunch. The karaage recipe, rich with ginger and soy sauce and satisfyingly crispy, came from the inspiring cookbook <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Tokyo-Cult-Recipes-Maori-Murota/dp/1743365950">Tokyo Cult Recipes</a>, a gorgeous book full of accessible, delicious recipes. Can't wait to cook my way through it! </div>
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A foodie friend told us about <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/thuan-phat-santa-rosa">Thuan Phat</a>, raving about their very flavorful bahn mi. We checked it out this week, leaving very satisfied with two of the menu selections of grilled pork and shredded bbq pork bahn mi. The bread was perfect--very crisp, airy and a perfect foil for the rich meats and bright pickled veggies inside. The service was super friendly and the whole place simple and charming. We got a plate of vermicelli noodles with grilled pork and spring rolls to continue our Vietnamese immersion into the dinner hour. Excellent!</div>
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As late winter merges into what feels like an early spring here in Sonoma County, a bento to celebrate our Meyer lemon tree heavy with dark yellow and tender skinned fruit. I used Meyer lemon zest to add tangy zip to the cream cheese layer of these heart shaped tea sandwiches and decorated them with small bright wedges of lemon. Local smoked salmon really sparkled with the lemon contrast! Butter lettuce lightly dressed with olive oil and yes, Meyer lemon juice, accented with buttery avocado round out this light bento lunch.</div>
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A refreshing lunch for another warm late-summer day: lightly rice vinegared rice, crabmeat. ikura, radish sprouts, Japanese eggplant pickle and a few juicy snow peas. We went to Mitsuwa in San Jose this week and had a great time shopping and eating. Delicious ramen with spicy miso broth from Santouka, co-located with Mitsuwa:</div>
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Finally back to bento after a long break! Today's bento offers cooling flavors and textures for a hot July day. Local scarlet red tomatoes, green figs and lightly dressed chilled shrimp: simple and refreshing. Here's the farm stand/market on the way to the beach where we picked up the delicious tomatoes:</div>
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Cows grazing near where we park to make our way down to the ocean</div>
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Today's bento features Korean-spring flavors: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimchi_bokkeumbap">kimchi fried rice</a> wrapped in aromatic shiso leaves with coconut-oil stir fried baby zucchini and asparagus. These tasty items share the bamboo bento box with scallion pancakes from a local Asian market. Garden chives and a few little yellow tomatoes also for lunch. The soft golden rose is a variety called The Impressionist, now in pastel bloom against the sunny well-house wall. I look forward to these delicate, lush blooms with their softest tint of pink on outermost petals every spring.</div>
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Today's snack with smoked salmon, cream cheese and edible johnny jump up flowers clipped from the garden. We recently had our first dinner outside since spring arrived, including prosciutto-wrapped asparagus on the grill. Here they are right before grilling, expertly prepped by Jamison:</div>
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Spring has come to vivid life here in Sonoma County: roses have started blooming, as have lilacs, wisteria, tulips. When I took photos this morning of what's emerging in the garden, I did so with ringing chorus of birdsong around me: soft-calling doves, raucous crows.</div>
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For lunch, healthy soba noodles layered with ginger flavors and tossed with asparagus and plump shrimp. Minced fresh asparagus went into the asparagus-shrimp stir fry, and pink pickled ginger was sliced into the cooked noodles along with some of the tart pickling liquid, along with a bit of Q-P Ginger Sesame dressing. Peppery arugula plucked from outside and some pretty radish flowers join the gingery noodles for a bright and springy meal.</div>
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Images from a recent visit to Christmas tree farms in bucolic Sebastopol (Frosty Mountain Tree Farm, Reindeer Ridge and Garlock Tree Farm). The beautiful creatures at the farms were a huge highlight:</div>
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Hi friends! Last night I made a simple but really tasty stir fry of ground turkey with chickpeas, garlic, onion, garlic, eggplant, peppers and lots of smoked hot paprika. Warming fall flavors! This bento was made for Jamison's lunch today and includes the turkey dish with brown jasmine rice, sautéed red cabbage. Garnishes: a gingko cut green apple, garden calendula petals over the rice for golden color and vitamin C.</div>
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smoked hot paprika, freshly ground black pepper, sea salt</div>
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In a wok or sauté pan, heat olive oil and add garlic and onions, stirring until softened and lightly golden. Add eggplant pieces and pepper slices and chickpeas, turning until coated with oil. Season with sea salt, paprika and black pepper and continue to cook until tender and aromatic. Remove from pan, add ground turkey and sauté, using wooden spoon to break up clumps. Add tomato sauce, season with paprika and salt and brown lightly. Add chickpea-vegetable mixture and raise heat. Add feta, combine. Taste, correct seasonings and enjoy! </div>
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Hi friends! I was so happy to find this hand-appliqued pot holder in an antiques shop last week. It inspired this rustic bento, which contains a smoked ham and Italian cheese pastry with chopped salad, zippy radish and roasted mini peppers.</div>
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Hi friends! Today's bento features a pastry owl filled with an autumnal combo of feta cheese and sweet roasted butternut squash. Stir fried Brussels sprouts and a little skewer of Okinawa purple potato, juicy orange and the last of our garden grown raspberries fill the rest of my favorite magewappa box.</div>
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<span class="userContent">Happy Harvest Moon and Asian Mid-Autumn Moon Festival! </span><span class="userContent">With this holiday's traditional associations of love and romance, it was fun to make this bento for hubby today. Inside: savory ramen with sesame oil, Korean spicy braised chicken thighs<span class="text_exposed_show">, broccolini, and this in particular for Jamison: okra! Sautéed with garlic and ginger, finished with oyster sauce and white pepper--yum! This</span></span><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"> <a href="http://thebigfatnoodle.com/2011/11/11/for-jane-fried-okra-chinese-style/">delicious recipe for the okra</a> found at a tasty blog called The Big Fat Noodle. </span><span class="text_exposed_show">A moon-rabbit egg and some garden baby tomatoes also in today's bento. Enjoy the beautiful moon tonight, friends!</span>
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Hi bento friends! A zippy, bright bento today inspired by the vibrant colors of the artist Henri Matisse. A ripe garden tomato is filled with tuna-basil salad and rests on ribbons of bright carrot lightly dressed with mayo. Edible flowers (sage, arugula, nasturtium) and spicy green sprouts also for lunch along with crisp pita cutouts based on Matisse's own!</div>
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Hi folks! Today's bento is a mix of summery colors and flavors. A pretty purple pepper is filled with Japanese-style curry made with ground turkey and dark leafy greens. Curry made with Golden Curry brand cubes has become something of a staple dish for us--it elevates ground turkey, in particular, to savory-spicy new heights. </div>
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Quick-cooked snow peas and summery sliced tomatoes with a light ginger dressing also in the bento. For dessert: garden-gathered raspberries and blackberries and yummy berry filled chocolates from Daiso.</div>
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Hi friends! This simple bento was designed to make the most of summery goodness growing in our main garden bed, including golden zucchini, peppery arugula and lots of pungent, delicious basil. The golden zucchini grows next to a stone frog--I think they make a great pair!</div>
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Fried rice is such an easy, delicious bento meal. Here, I sautéed the golden zucchini with garlic, arugula and basil and before combining with cooked brown jasmine rice. It just needed a touch of sea salt to bring out the bright summer-garden flavors. Smoked salmon wrapped around nasturtiums was the final touch for a light lunch! </div>
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