This weekend's farmer's market combined ripe summer tomatoes, peppers, melons and wildly colorful zinnia bouquets with the first hints of autumn as early squash, apples and amber-toned grapes graced a few stands:
This bee happily buzzed amid the bright bouquets, perhaps as enchanted by the intense colors as I was:
We were treated to a yummy meal with homemade dumplings at a friend's house on Saturday and she insisted we take home all the extra dumplings, yum. Today's bento features one of those savory dumplings, wrapped in romaine lettuce with mint, Thai basil and avocado tucked inside, all secured with a scallion band:
Red cabbage and carrot slaw dressed with lime and sweet chili sauce, plus some little orange tomatoes and nasturtium cushion the romaine-dumpling packet. The purple pepper was sliced and munched with a little salt after I took this photo. Greek yogurt with cinnamon, honey and coconut was lovely with honeydew and mango stars, a combination I'll definitely want to enjoy again!
The angle of daylight is just starting to soften and diffuse, the evening chorus of crickets and cicadas an intense and enveloping late-summer song...think I'll take a walk outside and listen.
30 comments:
I love the fresh flowers you put in your bentos. They really are works of art!
You have the most gorgeous photography! Amazing, really!
Hi and thank you OhayoBento...I love edible flowers, thanks for your sweet comment :D!
Gorgeous photography, you have a gift! I love following your blog and on Flickr. :)
Wow, thanks so much, slushygirl!
Beautiful flowers and fruit and your bento looks so colourful!
Hi thisnthat, welcome and thanks for stopping by with your kind comments! Looking forward to following your bento adventures :D!
The flowers are so vivid with all those colors. I love the photos. The lighting on your beautiful bento works perfect. I needed this to cheer me up after a rough day at work.
Hi there Lyndsey, I'm so glad this post was cheering after a challenging day...hugs and here's hoping for a happier day tomorrow! Your bento pal =^^= Jenn
Hi Cooking Gallery, how are you? Colors are so bright right now, its fun and exciting to be out and about with a camera. Wonder what yummy meals you've been cooking up :D
Me too, just today I noticed the changing light in my home. Will be seeing a change in my photography as a result. Nice bee capture! The last summer hues are captured beautifully in your lovely bento.
I definitely need to try coconut in my yogurt.
Amazing colors for all your photos! Love the flower bouquet in your bento :)
Hi Sheri, that is so cool, love sharing the changing seasons with you :D!
Hi Lunch Buckets! I highly recommend it, so yummy and healthy, too :D
Thank you dear Lia for this bright sweet comment!
Ah, this is so gorgeous Jenn! I was wondering if the colors could even be real! :) I love your vivid sense of color and composition. I bet this lunch was really tasty, too. :)
Look at all those COLORS! I'm sad to say my purple pepper (which wasn't even totally purple) was bad on the inside so I couldn't use it. But I think you have hit the purple pepper jackpot so that is great! ^_^
Hiya SB! Thanks so much, and I'm STILL salivating over your recent BLT bento, ahhhhhh!
Hi Megg, :( pepper bummer...maybe better luck next time? Wish I had those stunning candy-cane colored chiogga beets at my market, enjoy them for me!
I love the way you've styled the yogurt, so cute with the little stars :)
Beautiful bento! Love all of the vibrant colors. Absolutely amazing to just look at. :)
Hi Lexi, thanks a bunch!
Susan, you are SO sweet, thanks for your encouraging comments, I appreciate them!
oh...beautiful photos and delicious bento. I love to see all your photos, so real and so pretty. The colours "kill" me..LOL. Feel like wanna eat those photos..haha.
Hi Emily, I too get so hungry flitting around around bento community, wanting to eat so many lovely combinations of colorful foods! Many thanks, it's a treat to have you visit here :D!
such an inspired idea to wrap a dumpling in greens like that - just beautiful! the slaw and tomatoes also look delicious :-)
hi there megan, glad you liked this one!!
I could spend my whole day here on your blog.
Hi Debra! Thank you so much!
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