25 Bento and Side dish recipes

Almonds
Apple
Arugula
Baking powder
Beef
Beef stock
Black pepper
Bonito dashi
Bread
Brown sugar
Butter
Canned red beans
Canned tomatoes
Canned tuna
Carrot
Champignons
Chicken breast
Chili powder
Cinnamon
Cocoa powder
Coconut oil
Cream cheese
Crème Fraîche
Cucumber
Daikon radish
Dried onion
Dry yeast
Egg
Egg whites
Egg yolk
Flour
Fruit jam
Garlic
Garlic powder
Gelatin
Golden syrup
Grana Padano
Grated emmental cheese
Ground beef
Ground pork
Hazelnut
Herbs
Hollandaise sauce
Honey
Instant coffee
Instant oats
Lettuce
Light cream cheese
Mayonnaise
Milk
Mirin
Mustard
Nori seaweed
Olive oil
Onion
Oranges
Pasta
Pineapple
Pork loin
Potato
Potato purée
Powdered sugar
Ramen noodles
Rapeseed oil
Red chili peppers
Red pepper
Red pepper powder
Rice
Rice vinegar
Salami
Salmon
Salt
Sausages
Sesame
Shallot
Smoked salmon
Soy sauce
Spinach
Spring onion (scallion)
Starch
Strawberry jam
Sweet mustard
Sweet pepper powder
Sweet potato
Teriyaki sauce
Tomato
Tomato paste
Vanilla extract
Vanilla sugar
Vegetable shortening
Vitelotte potatoes
Walnuts
Water
Whipping cream
White sugar
Whole-wheat flour
Yogurt
Baking
Boiling
Frying
Kneading
Mixing
Rolling
Simmering
Appetizer
Base ingredient
Breakfast
Cakes
Dessert
Drink
Main dish
Snack
Soup
Supper
Fiber-rich
Gluten-free
Lactose-free
Low-fat
Low sodium
No eggs
No fish
No nuts
No peanuts
No shellfish
No soy
No wheat
Sugar-free
Vegetarian

Cheese and mushroom casserole with chicken

This casserole is simple and delicious, and makes a perfect snack during a picnic (bento anyone?)—you should use it as a basic idea for a casserole, since the pasta sauce is the stable and the most important piece of the meal. It's also a very tweak-able recipe! :-)

French toast

I believe in food recycling, i.e. when something is still edible, and there is a delicious and healthy way to eat it, then why not? We should never let our food spoil, even when there's overabundance of it! :-) Enjoy these delicious, savory French toasts, which make a perfect weekend breakfast.

Maltagliati

When you make your own pasta, you will always end up with some scraps, even more if you make ravioli. You can easily recycle this leftover pasta to make maltagliati, meaning "poorly cut" in Italian, which was traditionally meant as food for the poor. We are way past that, and today you can enjoy rich texture and amazing flavor of your pasta without the social stigma ;-)

Sushi-like rolls

Can you imagine, there was the time I didn't want to eat sushi, because of the raw fish?! Well, that's true, shame on me. Lots of shame. On me. Agreed...

Knowing that, I decided to make a recipe for sushi-like rolls, that look and taste close to sushi, but... are not raw! Nothing in this recipe is raw, and that also means that you can keep them safe longer at the room temperature, place in your bento, take for a picnic or just offer them as a healthy snack for people didn't discover yet the ingenuity of Japanese cuisine! ;-)

Creamy scrambled eggs

I love the creamy texture of scrambled eggs, but I strongly dislike the idea of eating eggs raw, so I hacked a scrambled eggs recipe to be both completely set, creamy, and pack a crunchy punch as an extra. It's so delicious with fresh bread or toast, and the consistency makes it spreadable like a cottage cheese! I come back to this recipe quite often, because it's simple, fast and feels luxurious ;-)