The Missus (or Greenpeace…) will have mine for posting such a title…
But the Missus loves meat balls and tuna, so the combination was only natural!
For once I must say that the rice dish was more elaborate than all the rest!
Everything was laid on plain steamed rice.
The balls were made with “negitoro”/tuna flesh grated off the inside of the skin. I only know that the Missus seasoned it with mayonnaise, Japanese sake and wasabi dressing and what else before shaping small balls and stir-frying them in light sauce, probably ponzu, soy sauce and mirin.
She just placed them atop the rice beside opened snap peas in their pod. Interesting design!
She then added a typical Japanese garnish: hijiki/sweet seaweed, small pieces of carrot, red cabbage and aburage/deep-fried tofu pouches and peas all lightly fried and seasoned together. A vegan’s delight!
The salad dish consisted of a half-boiled egg, lightly marinated and seasoned with black sesame seeds, fresh buckwheat sprouts, lettuce and mini tomatoes!
Very colorful!
This picture will prove that the Missus enjoyed her own cooking as she had exactly the same for lunch!
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PepperBento
I love how the beans are set out, lovely shapes and colour.
By the way just wanted to let you know I tried the Gomadare and beans today my husband loved them, thank you.
dragonlife
Good on you! Glad to have contributed to the happiness of Hubbie!
Patricia Yarrow
So the Missus is “Greenpeace” or is it “Green Peas”?
Anyway, delicious looking and informative as always!
Especially funny, too. 🙂
dragonlife
Definitely “Green Peas”! LOL
Charles
Wow, that’s quite a lunch – I’m loving that perfectly soft boiled egg… and the side-salad with the pieces of carrot… looks so delicious!
I have to say – I’ve never had buckwheat sprouts… I’m really curious as to what they taste like… would love to try!
dragonlife
As for the half-boiled egg, scale it and marinate it in some ponzu, soy sauce and mirin for a day!
You can grow buckwheat sprouts very easily by leaving seeds on wet cotton. Great fun!
Sissi
Beautiful presentation! I must make the balls one day. They sound terrific and easily adaptable to cheaper fish too…
By the way, I have cooked rice with hijiki today for lunch (remember? I saw it in one of your bentos). It’s actually good (but I didn’t like the smell when it was steaming, maybe I have put too much hijiki?)! A kind of “meaty” texture and very unusual taste. I have read somewhere it can be toxic in big amounts, so if I eat it in small amounts I will become gradually resistant to the poison?? (It reminds me of a king’s story…). Sounds like a great adventure!
dragonlife
When you repare the rice with the hijiki, put the latter on top of the rice and mix it with the rice when it has been steamed!
Hijiki is poisonous only if it is harvested in polluted areas!
yuet-ching
Oishii sou~~^^~~
dragonlife
I loved the balls, although it might mean something else to some….