Friday Lunch Box

So sorry this is late, mixture of visitors and sick kids! But better late than never I guess....
I'm taking my inspiration for this box from a fantastic book that Kazumi (Taiga's mum) gave to me, on Bento boxes, looks fantastic with lots of pictures on how to make the items but unfortunately for me all in Japanese - therefore I just used my imagination and fortunately the lunch box came back empty and i got a big thumbs up.

Snack - humous dip with carrot, cucumber and apple sticks
Lunch - Japanese rice (or any other rice of your choice) cooked and cooled it the fridge, mix with nori and these fantastic little sachets of dried vegetables and herbs that you can buy in the Japanese store. Serve a normal size portion and put in the lunch box with a salad (see below) and simple egg omelet (see below).

Salad
Half a peeled carrot, quarter of a cucumber, handfull of sweetcorn and cooked mange tout - use a potato peeler make slices of the carrot and cucumber, then put in a bowl with the sweetcorn and cooked mange tout, mix together and dress with olive oil, raspberry vinegar, salt and pepper.

Omelet
1 egg, tiny splash of water, salt and pepper, olive oil for frying - in a cup whisk the egg up with a fork, add the seasoning (you could also add herbs here) and water, heat the oil in a small frying pan and cook the egg. Cool then cut into strips.