I made this bento for lunch today. I need a full lunch on TH because I'm there both days from 9 to 5. I get a two hour lunch break, I usually do homework during it though to help catch me up. Anyway this bento contains:

Top Layer:
Apple Jelly
Shumai "Hamburgers" - From Biggie's Blog
Ranch Dipping Cup
Somen Tsuyo Bottle
Soba Noodles

Bottom Layer:
Somen Tsuyo Bottle
Diced Strawberry
Tomato and Gouda with Med Spices "sandwich" on toothpicks
Carrot and Cucumber Match Sticks
Little Spoon

Please Enjoy~!

Last night my mother and I made sushi for dinner, we had some ingredients left over so I decided to make some for lunch today. I am also showing off the new thermos I got! I've wanted one for a while, it's an authentic chinese style one too and even comes with a tea leaf strainer. Anyway this bento contains:

Top Layer:
3 Ebi Nigiri
2 Kani Nigiri

Bottom Layer:
Wasabi Peas
Piggy Container with Masago and Mini Spoon
Cucumber Sticks
Gari
Azuki Mochi

Please Enjoy~! I know I will!

Occupying the 6th position in the Chinese Zodiac, the Snake symbolizes such character traits as intelligence, gracefulness and materialism. When it comes to decision-making, Snakes are extremely analytical and as a result, they don’t jump into situations. They are effective at getting the things they want, even if it means they have to scheme and plot along the way.

The month of April is the month of the Snake. This bento contains:

Top Bowl: Lotus Seed Soup, Dessert

Face Layer: Shrimp Fried Rice, Nori, Wasabi Sesame

Kimono Layer: 2 Fish Fillet, Broccoli, Pear Slices, Cherry Tomato

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone! Or as I like to call it Happy Singles Awareness Day, or SAD.
I decided to make it a healthy bento since Valentine's Day is a day of lots of sugar and sweet treats. This bento contains:

Char Siu Bao Bun with the kanji for Love made out of Nori
Cucumber Slices
Grapes
Heart shaped Apple Piece
Mini carrots
Heart Shaped Egg
Marzipan Peach (Hidden)
Two Heart Shaped Nutella Sammies

I hope everyone has a sweet day with lots of love and good treats! Please Enjoy~

I decided to make make a few original bento items tonight. I really enjoyed it. Japanese bento is still the best bento. It contains:

Top Layer:
2 Onigiri with Marumiya Shiso no Kaori Furikake and Toasted Nori
Strawberries

Bottom Layer:
Blackberries
3 Mini Fruit Candies
Fried Honey Squash
Japanese Potato Salad
Chicken Karaage

Please Enjoy~!

Happy Easter everyone! I hope that you all have a very good supper, easter egg hunt, or whatever it is you do! This year I'll be going out with my uncle while my parents are in Las Vegas. Anyway here is my little chickie bento! This bento contains:

Top Bowl: Osuimono Soup

Face Layer: Rice, Nori Grass/Flowers, Wasabi/Garlic Sesame, Cheese Chickie with Carrot Beak and Nori Eyes

Kimono Layer: Panfried Chicken Nuggest (Just Bento Cookbook), Corn Cob, Carrots, Edamame, Cherry Tomato

Please Enjoy your Easter!

Since I have Veteran's day off tomorrow I wouldn't get to make a bento meal so I decided to compromise and turn the bento snack that I usually make today and make it into more of a bento meal. I've put a few things in that I haven't tried before and some old favorites that I haven't had in a while. This bento contains:

Top Layer:
2 Onigiri: Shisho (left) and Ebi (right) Furikake
Leeche Jelly with Little Spoon
Bunny Container with Ketchup
Bottle with Wasabi Shoyu

Bottom Layer:
Apple Bunny
3 Fried Shrimp
Pice of Nama Chikuwa (fish cake) Cut in Half and Stuffed With Cucumber Strips
Blueberries Sprinkled with Sugar
Green Tea Mochi

Please Enjoy~!

This is my bento for today. Taking my new bento box out for a test run. I also did an american style bento to show a guy I know that not everything I eat is asian food, though he should have figured that out by now. Anyway this bento contains:

Roast Beef Mini Burger with Cheese and Lettuce
Cheese Triangles
Mini Jello
Cherry Tomatoes
Half a Clementine
Dragon Fruit with Pick Fork

Please Enjoy~!

Tonight I went Italian. This bento contains:

Fried Cheese Ravioli
Marinara for Dipping
Salad with Ranch
Mixed Berries
Angel Food Cake

Please Enjoy~!

Happy New Year Everyone! I decided I wanted my first deviation of 2011 to be a New Years Bento. But not only did I want to pay homage to the American New Year's celebration, I also thought it would be proper to also celebrate the Chinese New Year!
In America Champagne and Strawberries are a classic New Year treat. And during the Chinese New Year money is given to children. This year is also the year of the Rabbit so I thought I should mention that in my bento. The contents of this bento:

American New Year Side:
Champagne - Colby Cheese
Strawberry - Home Made Chocolate Covered Strawberry (by myself)
2011 - Nori
Background - Rice with 3 Sesame (Kuro, Shiiro, Garlic!)

Chinese New Year Side:
Year of the Rabbit - Rice ball with Colby Ears, Crab and Nori Eyes, Black Sesame Eyelashes, Nori mouth and nose, Ketchup cheeks
New Years Money - Colby Cheese, Crab String
Peaches of Longevity - Cherry Tomato, Cilantro Leaves
Base - Spaghetti with Ketchup and Pesto, Broccoli with Butter

I recently decided to get a bento book with my Christmas money and, eager to try out some of their recipes, got inspired to make this bento. The book is called Yum-Yum Bento Box and gave me the instructions for the Rabbit and Spaghetti, which I of course doctored up to match what I wanted and needed. It's a great book and I hope to get more so I can do some really awesome bento in the future!

I hope everyone's new year is filled with good food and creativity! Good Luck in the Kitchen~!