I havent' posted in about a week - for several reasons. First of all, bento # 560, 2which should have been a little more celebratory ended up rather pathetic - but then it was made after I came home from a party and I was pretty far from being sober, so all things considered, it turned out ok I think. Then I was busy with various RL stuff, then out internet had a break down (OMG withdrawal-victims screaming and shouting all over the place!)
But now I'm back ^_^

Bento # 650 Spaghetti with tomato sauce, decorated with cucumber, baloney and grated cheese. Roast duck, peas, broccoli, corn cob and a japanese ramune-candy

Bento # 651 Vegetable/pork stew. Bruschetta. Grapes on skewers. conchili tricolore with garlic oil and parmasan cheese. Teddy face made with eggplant-peel.

Bento # 652 turkey "cordon bleu", skewered grapes, ramune candy, cherry tomato. Fried ramen with vegetables, decorated with carrots and cucumber.

Bento # 653 Mashed potato with sausage. Corn cob. Broccoli. Chicken hotwings. Cherry tomato. Carrot.

Bento # 654 Broccoli, corn cob. Cherry tomato. Grape. Shaslik (from a can!) all decorated with carrot. Animal whole grain pasta with shaslik sauce, decorated with shizo furikake, grated parmasan and yellow pepper.

Fall Walk My family has been doing a lot of hiking this fall. As fall is wrapping up I put together this bento to commemorate these hikes. Tucked underneath are some brown rice and herb encrusted fish (leftover from last nights dinner). This is topped with roasted pepper leaves, a mixture of dried apricots and mangoes and some recess pieces.

Finger Tips My daughter is a big fan of the children's craft and cooking show Finger Tips. She saw the recipe for Omelette Faces and asked if we could make them (recipe can be found here). The two best went into Daddy's lunch for the next day, along with some veggies and a tapioca pudding.

I cleaned out the fridge on Friday and packed a bunch of leftovers for Muffin. Lately I just cannot seem to rouse myself to add any "cute" touches, I feel kind of bad about that. But on the other hand, I feel pretty good that I'm even making bento at all right now. Too much going on! So, sorry for the lack of cute. But arranging a lunch bento-style does do an effective job of using up a bunch of little leftovers.

Today's Bento:



( Bird's Eye View )

Left to Right:
1 - Broccoli & Grape Tomato
2 - Onigiri (cylinders) Wrapped in Turkey Lunch Meat and an Egg Sheet
3 - Meatballs glazed with an spicy orange & ginger sauce 
4 - Baby Patty Pan Squash, sauteed
5 - Carrots

WW Flex Points = 7

The glaze I used to coat the meatballs is one I use frequently, it's very versatile and holds up equally as well on beef as it does on hearty fish (like salmon), poultry and pork.  It is the same glaze I used in Bento #40.  I've repeated the recipe here for your convenience.
( Spicy Orange & Ginger Glaze Recipe... )

The fridge was utterly devoid of anything resembling a vegetable this evening so I see a supermarket shop in my future!  What I managed to scrape together for lunch tomorrow was a rare roast beef sandwich, homemade madeleines, mini cheddars, a Twix, a plum and some Bel Paese cheese.  

I doubt that this will all be eaten but I was desperately trying to find things to fill space.  What kind of things can I add to the freezer stash for emergencies like this that are gap fillers rather than 'mains'?  I have plenty of larger things in there but it's the little things that are eluding me!

I have no reason at all for making a bento, I don't go anywhere during the day, but I wanted to anyways. I will eat this tomorrow. Oh yeah this is my very first bento :D



Bastami rice with butter and salt, boiled potatoes, green beans, brussel sprouts, american cheese flowers with pimento center, octopus hotdog, and onions cooked with the boiled potatoes.

I ate the bits and pieces that were left over for dinner and it is yummy :D

I'm not really sure if this is allowed, but I'll ask anyway.  Since Ichiban Kan online closed I haven't really been able to find a cheap store like. Even J-list is too steep for me.  So I was wondering if any of you guys are selling your boxes/accessories for cheap? I wouldn't mind buying used as long as everything is in good condition.  I'm mostly looking for more boxes in different shapes and sizes and functional accessories like silicone cups and such. 

Thanks!

x-posted to eat_my_bento.

Salmon Salad that can be rolled up or not. Saba Man's choice.

Read more on hapabento blog.

now i know these are NOT classic Bento boxes (or even close, really) but many of us Bento fans also like the Laptop Lunchbox system.. so i thought i would ask here....

the webpage has a sale going on on the original "Laptop Lunchbox" in a carton of 24 sets.
now obviously most of us have no need for 24 of the things.... but i was wondering if enough of us have any interest..... we could do a group order and split a case.( avoiding shipping.... ) (i personally would like the black ones with teh red interior trays as they look more classicaly Japanese... and more grown up)

i have no financial interest in the company, nor do i usually retail these... i just like them and thought getting them at about half off retail was a good idea.

I have two daisies in my lunch today! Read about it here!

Spanish Tortilla, Asparagus spears, broccoli, pomegranate, cherry tomatoes, olives and (I needed a last-minute injection of cute) a dog container with Ajvar.

;)

My bentoblog: http://wererabbits.wordpress.com

PS: You can now also get new post alerts of wererabbits via twitter: @wererabbitsblog

hi everyone!

hope this is allowed. my local paper did a round-up of the cutest bento lunches they can find, some of which have been featured in this community before! thought that was neat enough to share. there's even some LOST-themed bentos!!! 

here's the link!

Seitan adobo with roasted veggies.  The recipe is on the hapabento blog.

These bentos are from Monday. Check out my blog to see my meat loaf hand!

Today's bento:



( Top View )

Clockwise from Top Left:
1 - Quick Pickled Veggies (Carrot, Onion & Cucumber)
2 - Turkey Nuggets
3 - Rice Ball
4 - BBQ Sauce (for nuggets)
5 - Baby Bel Cheese
6 - Sauteed Yellow Squash

Side Container:
1 - Grapes

WW Flex Points = 7

I bento on and off. I have like 4 different sized bento boxes for various occasions and never use them anymore. I wanted to change that. Here is my boring bento from earlier this week. I call it boring because it has no protein and I have an extreme lack of fruits or veggies. It was one of those it's-the-end-of-the-week-and-I-have-no-food-left types of lunches :p




Spaghetti with marinara sauce, buttered bread, and cherry tomatoes with some greens :3

Couscous with raisins for some extra sweetness, broccoli, phyllo rolls with spinach and feta (I bought those recently thinking they'd be perfect for bento), cherry tomatos and a slice of pomegranate.

;)

My bentoblog: http://wererabbits.wordpress.com

I keep looking through the q and a but I cant seem to find my answers! :)
Thanks for your help with the rice cooker question! I ended up buying a 30.00 model for now and plan to upgrade if I use it quite a bit :)

Next question:

What is your favorite brand of sticky rice?

I am hoping for a good one for rice cookers. One thats practically no fail? lol. I am HORRIBLE at making rice but I want some good sticky rice for sushi and for Onigiri. I have heard that there is a brown rice Gen Ji Mai rice and wonder how it does in a rice cooker.


SO...tell me all your favorites? :) THANK YOU AGAIN!

I made teeny tiny loaves of bread today so tomorrow's lunch is a make your own teeny tiny sandwich bento!  There's cheese, pickle, ham, laughing cow and salad for sandwiches and then almonds, craisins and mini chocolates for pudding. 

Details here:) http://krajeebentomom.blogspot.com/

Today's bento is a little sparse, I have to hit the grocery store today.  Here it is:



Left to Right:
1 - Refrigerator Pickles
2 - Scotch Eggs
3 - Broccoli
4 - Cous Cous

I'd been wanting to try Scotch eggs, but didn't want to bread & deep fry them, so these are my "faux" Scotch eggs.  Lean turkey sausage wrapped around quail eggs and baked.  The sample batch was very tasty, hopefully they will be good at room temperature too.

WW Flex Points = 4

( Sorta Scotch Eggs Recipe... )