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|  I finally broke down and got a keroppi sandwich case. This lunch was for the Hubs, and it's exactly what he requested. Contents: smoked turkey, cheddar, and mustard sandwich; sour gummy bears, carrot sticks, grapes, bear-shaped egg, and half an orange. I wish the orange wasn't so pithy, it makes it look moldy or something. | |
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|  Muffin needs snacks for summer rehearsals -- this was for the first day of rehearsal. Onigiri filled with smashed sweet beans, grapes, blanched sugar snap peas, carrots, jello snack. | |
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| Thanks to .. er.. OMG what's your LJ name again... You know who you are.. I hope.. who bought a lovely set of Shinkansen bento boxes for me and had the trouble sending them here I can now make a train bento to take with me on my train *L* I hope at least ONE of my colleagues will notice ^_^ I went a little overboard with the filling, the largest box is almost large enough on its own really.. but I wanted to use more of those nice boxes.. so here's three out of four:
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Bento # 587
Chicken katsu with tonkatsu sauce. Edamame on skewers. Roasted mixed mushrooms. Corn cob in slices. Rice mixed with shizo/basil furikake, decorated with tulips made of cherry tomato and sugar snap peas.
Strawberries in slices with mini marshmallows. |
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|  Not the most exciting bento, but I wanted to post it as I think it's the first time I've ever managed the five different colours rule! This is for v. picky ten year old, and all the items are pre-approved. ( details ) | |
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| Well neither my mom or I have to work since the 4th falls on a Saturday, but I still tried to make our bento's a little more patriotic with the deco. Here's mom's bento #6:  Top: Red cup with cottage cheese mixed with diced peaches, and a cup of kiwi stars and leftover peaches. Bottom: Ham and Pepperjack Cheese rolls. [She liked these so much last time, she asked for them again.] And my bento #13... under the cut: ( Read more... ) | |
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| hi!!! i haven't posted anything really before, and i'm sad to admit that i haven't made any bentos in a while either, however, with the upcoming holiday, 4th of july, i was hoping to make a bento for myself, and a snack bento for my mom... to eat while watching the parade...
but, i need to find something that tastes good, is healthy and keeps well in the heat... so, any suggestions??
hope this is okay.... much appreaciated!!! Thank you!!
(oh, and i will post pictures!!! i got a new fujifilm camera!) | |
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| Umm, hello. I am for the time being just a lurker here. Recently stumbled across this community in back entries of LJ spotlight. Since the rules said it was sometimes ok to ask questions, I realized that I had a few and decided to neatly place them in the form of a poll if you lovely members wouldn't mind taking it ( behind this little cut... ) | |
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|  Contents: leftover Panang curry in bottom tiered, mixed with rice and carrot kinpira, pickled radishes and asaparagus salad in upper tier. ( Notes... ) | |
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| (I hope a post with no pics is okay, but I'll take it down if it's not)
I didn't make a bento for tomorrow, but made some onigiri for my freezer stash. I came up with an onigiri filling that my husband really liked. It was canned crab meat, a glop of mayo and a spoonful of onigiri paste all mixed up --seafood salad style.
I gave an extra onigiri to him as a taste test and have been informed that he likes the savory fillings like this with the meat and umeboshi paste in them better than the umeboshi alone. Fortunately, he's okay with canned.
This man wouldn't even eat salads when we first married, so I am amused at his expansion in food pleasure. | |
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|  I made this for my friend who loves Umbreon. Unfortunately, she lives far away, so I'm eating it. Top tier: Long grain rice, heavily peppered chicken with tomatoes, and spinach. Umbreon made from nori, processed cheese product, and part of a tomato. I have some homemade sweet and sour sauce for the chicken and rice. Bottom tier: blueberries, slices of lemon for the blueberries, mochi daifuku, and kiwi (yes, I like the skins.) I should have packed this in my black bento box, but too late. ): I wish I had a decent camera, but I honestly can not afford one. Sigh. | |
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|  Lunch for July 2nd. I've noticed that my bento have become decreasingly elaborate since I started making them. I'm coming up on the last exam of organic chemistry (who knows what OsO4 and hydrogen peroxide do to an alkene? anyone?), so hopefully after that, my bento lunches will become both more frequent and more involved. Topmost tier: Sliced farmer's market apple with a little container of peanut butter (cleaning be damned!) Bottommost tier: Steak and daal, underneath a blanket of scallions so you don't have to look at the gray-brown mushy masses. - Mood:blah
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| After a little break, my own working hours today falls so it would be sensible to bring a bento. Oh and am I the only one who still, regardless of the fact that since my kid is home on her summer hols and do not need a bento, still scours the shops for bento-suitable things? Only to come to the realization of "but.. I do not NEED this because..."
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Bento # 586
Fish/tofu cubes, deepfried and skewered. Sugar snaps, strawberry in slices with two mini-marshmallows. Edamame with garlic-pepper. Quail eggs with nori faces.
Rice with shizo/basil furikake. |
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|  Kidlet's lunch today was quick and simple. Leftoever pierogis with a cheese lion, grapes, cherries, and blackberries | |
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| My bento #12  Top: Cucumber Skewers, Finger-sized bologna sandwiches. Bottom: Green Salad w/ malt vinegar not pictured. [Yeah our lunches look a bit similar, we're low on groceries and money this week lol] I got my order from Ichibankan today and everything was so cute, as expected. It makes me even more sad they won't be around much longer. Well, in the order I got my mom a bento box which she really loved. Got pics of her bento box, open and closed, under the cut. ( Read more... ) | |
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| HELLO EVERYONE! I'm a long time Lurker but first time Poster! I've had this box for awhile now but haven't had a chance to use it. Now that summer is here and I went grocery shopping for a nice variety of food, I figured I'd give it a shot! Pardon the poor quality but I only had my cell phone handy! I'd love any feedback you guys could give me. ;-D I present you my first bento EVER! (What my lunch is made up of and a close-up are behind the cut below!)  ( Close-up and Contents of my Bento! o(^0^)o ) - Mood:HUZZAH!
 - Music:Linkin Park - New Divide
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| Heya, I'm kinda a long-ish time lurker, first time poster C: So here's my first ever bento!  ( 2 more photos and details under the cut )Just a simple little lunch for me and my boyfriend on our year and a half anniversary x - Mood:accomplished
- Music:Till We Die // Slipknot
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| It's Canada Day today and here is my Canada Day bento. I wish I'd been able to make the pasta a little more saucy as that would have added to the flag effect. But in the end, I'm just glad my new maple leaf cookie cutters made it here in time. The other bento I made last Saturday but I hadn't had a chance to post it yet.
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Canada Day Bento
Cheese ravioli in tomato sauce with mozzarella cheese on top. Fresh strawberries, meatballs and a two bit strawberry coffee cake. |
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Craving Green Beans
Top-left is brown rice with shrimp. Top-right is yogurt with blueberries. Bottom section is green beans stir fried with garlic and sesame seeds and a left over tomato aspic. |
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| I haven't had a chance to post lately. But here are the latest bentos.  Top: mixed green salad and ham, swiss and pickle rolls Bottom: apple sauce, broccoli and carrots  Left: tortellini, apple sauce, edamame, boiled egg and baby carrots Right: mixed greens with mushrooms, apples, beets and raspberry vinaigrette  I just got my new stuff from ichiban kan. Whoo! So a little bit of a star themed bento. :) Top Tier: star and heart shaped onigiri Bottom Tier: star shaped egg, edamame, cheese stars and soy paste Sidecar: goulash and cheese stars - Mood:happy
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|  sidecar: plain sushi roll, olives & pickles and various rice crackers.  full: rice with coconut vinegar, asparagus, brocolli, carrots, corn, sugar snap pea and a teeny red pepper rose. It's so lame, but I think it's cute, lol. - Mood:weird
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| Ok well this is my first bento. I've been watching this site for a while! I made this for a road trip tomorrow. Any advice on my food and where to get items would be greatly appreciated!  On the top tier there is 1/2 of a poppyseed muffin cut into cubes. Along with cherries and carrots. On the bottom tier there are some sandwich rolls with bell pepper, roast beef, and lettuce in them. Along with a cherry tomato. | |
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| http://anamericaninbento.blogspot.com/ June 30 --
Bottom Tier: Mixed Spring Greens w/ star shaped sliced boiled egg, carrot flowers, radish slices and ham turkey & swiss pinwheels
Top Tier: Macaroni salad w/ kamaboko & green onion flowers, sundried tomato hummus, blueberry mochi, green tea candy and chocolate covered sunflower seeds
Side car: Pickled veggies (Giardiniera) in lettuce leaf 'cup', pineapple and blueberries
He also had some rosemary garlis triscuits in the lid for the hummus and of course his light ranch dressing.
Click here to read more and see the larger photo and close-ups Happy Bento-ing! | |
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| This was a lunch from last week, using leftovers from a roast beef dinner: coriander couscous, roast beef, asparagus, strawberries and grapes.  ( Recipe for another dish under cut ) | |
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|  So LittleMan wanted a pteranodon. Of course a wing broke off, and his response to this was "that's not really what I had in mind mom. Next time just do the head". Thank you, Mr. 5 yr old!. I like the color combo of the oranges & black grapes. Pasta, hot dog & tomatoes with pteranodon, and pea crips in the side car. Last time I take a pic on my glass table top. | |
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