Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Butterfly Dreams



Blue rice with topped with stars and sesame seeds, baked sweet potato slices (with clove decoration), and steamed pork dumplings- on a bed of raw sunflower seeds, and with little butterflies for decoration. I definitely didn't steam the dumplings right because they flattened. I will have to figure out how to do this better next time! Thankfully I bought a big bag of them and only steamed a few at a time, so it will give me lots of practice! (If you read this blog and know why they flattened or how I can avoid it next time, please feel free to tell me!!)

6 comments:

  1. Wow, what a gorgeous bento and beautiful butterfly accents! I kinda like the dumplings that way. :)

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  2. What are the stars made of? Sweet potatoes are cute! No ideas on the dumplings, but it all looks good :)

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  3. Susan- Thank you!!

    Sherimiya- The stars are actually decorations I got in the cake decoration aisle at the grocery store! I take them off after photographing- they dissolve into the food and are not very yummy, as I've discovered!

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  4. This bento is awesome Melanie!! Love the colors and the arrangement :)

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  5. I like the butterflies the most :) But sounds delicious ;)

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