Today’s Lunch Box/Bento (’11/36): Heat Wave Bento!

We are going through a blasting heat wave seeing us almost reach 40 degrees, which means probably higher inside town!
The Missus had to devise a bento that could be kept safe in spite of the adverse conditions!

That is why she mixed shredded sweet umeboshi/pickled Japanese plums with the rice after having steamed. Not only great for taste, design and color, but it will also keep the rice safe for a long time.
She added some black sesame seeds for decoration and supplementary seasoning.

The same conditions applied for the side dish/box: design, color, nutrition and safety!

Pickled celery with hijiki/sweet seaweed and tamagoyaki/Japanese omelette! The latter is for the dessert part!

Great colors there:
Lettuce.
Sauteed salmon seasoned with a mixture of mayonnaise and wasabi tsuke/wasabi stems and leaves pickled in sake white lees.
Sauteed yellow zucchini, okra and plum tomatoes.

Low in calories, very tasty and so colorful!

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8 Responses to “Today’s Lunch Box/Bento (’11/36): Heat Wave Bento!”

Sissi Says:
June 29, 2011 at 8:18 am | Reply
I popped in just to boast I have finally posted your daikon leaves furikake recipe Thank you for your kindness. It was delicious every time I made it!
- dragonlife Says:
  July 3, 2011 at 12:45 am | Reply
  Could you please give me the url?
  Cheers!
  - Sissi Says:
    July 3, 2011 at 7:56 am
    Excuse-me, I should have done it at once!
    http://www.withaglass.com/?p=5642
  - dragonlife Says:
    July 3, 2011 at 1:09 pm
    Cheers, my good friend!
Sissi Says:
June 28, 2011 at 11:02 am | Reply
Beautiful and delicious and … low calorie! This is one of the reasons why I love Japanese cuisine (though the “beautiful” applies to your wife’s bentos, but not always to what I make of the Japanese recipes .
It’s so hot in Switzerland I only think of refreshing food too… And I have just bought a big piece of watermelon thinking of tonight’s cocktail with ginger juice (the recipe from your blog of course ) Since I made it a couple of weeks ago, when I see now watermelons I only think about this drink!
Mixing umeboshi with rice is the idea I will try out. I am still looking for recipes with umeboshi (I make chicken skewers, a sauce for daikon salad advised by Hiroyuki from Hiroyuki’s blog and that’s it!).
- dragonlife Says:
  July 3, 2011 at 12:44 am | Reply
  I’ll see if I can find any recipes with umeboshi!
  - Sissi Says:
    July 3, 2011 at 7:58 am
    Thank you, Robert-Gilles, but if you have any, even very vague, ideas, it would already be wonderful! (The rice idea is great!).
  - dragonlife Says:
    July 3, 2011 at 1:10 pm
    Don’t woory! I’m pretty sure Ill comeup with something! LOL

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