One of the blogs I always enjoy perusing for new bento ideas is Bento Blog Network. They do a weekly theme, and anyone can submit their bento. My themed bentos still leave a lot to be desired, so I don't usually bother to submit mine, although I still love looking at other peoples. This week, however, the theme is "Totally Vegan". Whilst I am not vegan, or even vegetarian, both John and I try to eat meat free lots of the time. Not only is it cheaper and healthier, but it's also much better for the environment. Loads of my bentos are vegetarian, and one or two are vegan, but this was the first time I'd set out with a vegan aim in mind. Whilst veganism is most obviously about protecting animals, a major secondary benefit is the lessened environmental impact. Since that is, to me anyway, the strongest appeal of vegetarianism and veganism, I thought it was fitting to make my "Totally Vegan" bento a nature themed one!
Yesterday, John requested Greek for dinner, so we had pita bread, hummus, calamari and various salad bits. It was delicious, and luckily the leftovers were very easily adaptable to make this lunch!
Chickpea and Aubergine Falafel, Cherry Tomatoes with flower pick, Daikon and Sun-dried Tomato flowers with Lemon and Cucumber centres, Hummus, Olives, Pita Breads, Cucumber and Tomato decoration
This bento is a more basic version of the one above, without the olives or the fancy decorations!
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Your bento is very cute! Also thanks for the link to the falafel recipe!
ReplyDeleteThank you! You're welcome, they were really yummy, but adding the eggplant into them made the mixture really sticky. I had to add a lot of extra flour before I had any chance of getting them into balls! It's easily the best falafel recipe I've tried though :)
DeleteI really like this fresh and colorful bento! Great Lunch here!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I certainly enjoyed it!
DeleteI love it! Thanks for linking this up to Bento of the Week at BNN! I added you to our sidebar blogroll.
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You're welcome, I'm glad to be able to join in! Thank you for adding me to the blogroll :)
Deletetotemo kawaii! wonderful use of color. :)
ReplyDeleteArigatou! I was worried it would be a bit brown, but the tomato and cucumber did a good job of cheering it up!
DeleteThis is so pretty...Love the flowers!!
ReplyDeleteHave a great day!!
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Thank you! I'm pleased with how they came out :)
Delete~Good ideas here. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you! You're welcome!
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