Showing posts with label Letter R. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Letter R. Show all posts

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Letter R Alphabento: How-To


Today, I will demonstrate step-by-step directions on how to recreate this Letter R Bento.


Here are the ingredients that I used: Ritz crackers, Ranch dressing, Romaine lettuce, Red bell peppers, Roast beef deli slices, Radishes and Red Raspberries.


These are the non-food items that I used: two-tiered bento boxes, circular silicone baking cups, mini silicone baking cups and condiment containers.


Thirst, place romaine leaves in the bottom of both tiers of the bento box. Then add two silicone cups to the top tier.


In one of the silicone cups, add a handful of raspberries.


Next, roast beef roll-ups. Fold each roast beef slice in half, and then in half again, creating a long strip of roast beef. Beginning at one end, roll up the roast beef; it's similar to rolling up a cinnamon bun. Place roll-ups into the bottom portion of the bento.


Add the red bell pepper strips, wedging them into place next to the roast beef roll-ups.


The Ritz crackers go into the other silicone cup in the top tier. Make sure to not overfill the cup with crackers; you don't want to make cracker crumbs when you put the lid on!


Add a condiment container full of Ranch dressing, as a dip for the veggies.

Lasty, throw in a few radish roses, or keep it simple with sliced radishes. (Note: I meant to put the radish roses into the mini silicone cup; however, they didn't fit well, which is why you see it in previous pictures, but not in the end product.)

What type of R Bento will you create?

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

List of R Foods

The letter R has SO many foods associated with it. If you haven't made a "Letter Lunch" yet, try it with this one. Pick one food from each group. Put it together, and presto! Your very own R lunch!

Breads/Grains:
Ramen
Rice
Rice cake
Rice-A-Roni
Rigatoni
Ritz crackers
Rolls
Rye bread

Dairy:
Ranch dressing
Ricotta cheese

Desserts:
Reese's pieces

Fruits:
Raisins
Rambutan (red, spiny exterior with sweet and sour taste)
Raspberries

Meats/Protein:
Rabbit
Rasher (thin slice of bacon)
Ribeye steak
Roast beef
Roe

Vegetables:
Radicchio
Radish
Ragu sauce
Ratatouille (stewed vegetables)
Red bell pepper
Red potatoes
Rhubarb
Romaine
Rutubaga

Combos:
Raisin Bran cereal
Ravioli
Reuben sandwich
Risotto

Monday, May 19, 2014

Letter R Alphabento


Back to Alphabet Bento Lunches again, or what I coined as "Alphabentos"!
This week is the Letter R.

Plump, juicy Red Raspberries fill a silicone cup in the top layer of the two-tiered bento. Ritz crackers are tucked into another silicone cup. In between those two baking cups, a small condiment container of Ranch dressing, a dip for the veggies, is securely snuggled.

Romaine lettuce is tucked into each bento layer as the background, complimenting the other foods with a pop of bright green. Bonus: we grew these romaine leaves in our milk jug garden on the back deck. I'll post about that another time.

Rolled Roast beef slices and strips of Red bell pepper make up the majority of the second bento layer, while Radish roses comprise the remaining space.

Come back to visit on Wednesday, and I will give you a list of other foods beginning with the Letter R. And then, return on Thursday for step-by-step directions on how I crafted this particular Letter R bento.