bento lunch 020509

I'd planned on making another version of orange-beet salad, but after I'd sliced the orange into supremes, I found the beets were spoiled. So instead, I made it into a Moroccan inspired carrot & orange salad with scallions, sherry vinegar, cumin, cinnamon, mint, salt, pepper, and some gomashio sprinkled on top. Then teeny saucy meatballs, steamed green beans with a little butter & salt, and misshapen & fantastically yummy sushi with the last of the lobster, avacado, scallion, and julienned simmered shiitake. A bit of pickled ginger, and a soy dipping sauce.

This took a long time what with making the rice and the beans, but it was pleasant work, and altogether worth it.