Star Wars Bento

Well, when the theme is "Movies" what comes to mind: Star Wars!





Here we have my Star Wars tribute bento:
From the top:
R2D2 banana (made with banana, peanut butter, crushed nuts and a kit-kat finger. For the recipe see the Banana Trees listed here)
Jabba the Hut Jelly - green with orange mandarin segments, and star shaped kiwi fruit.

2 suns of tatooine toast (toad in the hole, with 2 holes)
Sand people crackers with the droid I am looking for
Death Star cheese and coleslaw
In a galaxy far far away peppermint slice
Light sabred cheese, grape and pineapple

This was accompanied by some pumpkin soup.

The recipe for the no-bake peppermint slice is posted here, and the toast was a simple deal:




Cut out the crusts and centres of the bread





Toast one side in a pan with butter. Flip.



Pour a little egg mixture in the centre

Thankful ploughmen....

This week has been filled in the blogosphere with thanks, and it had me thinking.  What was I thankful for?  Well, I have a lot to be thankful for, but today especially, I have people to thank for who I am.  I worked at this amazing vineyard cafe at Muirlea Rise.  There I was the slave, I did dishes, cut foods, poured wine, and generally did whatever.  Lea and Will were amazing to work for, always positive and encouraging and they taught me a lot about life, love and food.

My favourite dish on the menu was the ploughman's lunch, with hunks of great cheese, various breads, and branston pickle, with pickled onions and grapes.  It was amazing.  Today, the day of "Toast Martinborough" the food, wine and music festival, I honour them with my thanks, and a bento-snack variation of the ploughmans lunch.

Here we have 3 slices of baguette, with Edam cheese flowers and lashings of Branston pickle.  I only wish I had picked onions as well.  And a nice glass of red wine.