Got a long taxi ride.

[dejana]

Time for some bento catchup! :D

These first few were actually made a couple of weeks ago, but I never got around to posting the pictures.



Rice with furikake on the bottom, chicken nuggets, steamed green beans and cheese on the top. I also packed some crackers for the cheese in a plastic baggie so they wouldn't go soft.



Onigiri and grapes on the top, chicken nuggets and corn on the bottom. It looks a mess, but onigiri have to go in the top, and the bottom isn't tall enough to put the chicken nuggets sideways like I usually do. -_-



Similar stuff, but arranged nicer. :)



This one had a ham and cheese croquette thing in the top. No chopsticks for that one, sadly. I made a similar one for my sister.



My sister's other bento. Ramen noodles in the bottom, chicken nuggets and corn in the top. I made one like this for myself as well.

After those, I had five days off from work, and then I took a couple of days off from bento-ing at the beginning of this week. Now here are the ones I made this evening, for my four-day stretch over the weekend.



Chicken nuggets and green beans again, plus some bite-size shrimp. Rice with furikake in the bottom.



Hash rounds, bite-size shrimp, and green beans in the top, mac & cheese in the bottom. I made two for my sister as well, similar to the above two.



Chicken nuggets, green beans, and shrimp. White rice on the bottom and wow does that ever look white. I think I'll bring a little bottle of soy sauce with this bento. A couple of peanut butter cups under the lid for dessert. :)

I'm still short a couple of bento boxes, so I have to wash them in the middle of a work run and refill them... but not for long, I ordered two new ones from jbox.com. >)

Comments

[untangles.livejournal.com]

...I know it's weird to call food cute, but there is really no other way to describe those bento boxes.

[dejana.livejournal.com]

Cuteness is the point. ;) Mine aren't nearly as cute as some, because I'm lazy. Have you seen bentolunch?

[nessabutterfly.livejournal.com]

do the boxes hold up well in the microwave? Or do you just eat it cold? since you had cheese and chicken nuggets in the same section, I can't figure it out.

[dejana.livejournal.com]

Technically bento are supposed to be eaten cold, but I cheat and eat the cold stuff first and then microwave the rest. >.> Most bento boxes are microwave safe if you remove the lids.

[ayadec.livejournal.com]

Where did you learn to make Onigiri? I have been dying to have one for like years and haven't been able to find them or a recipe to make them anywhere! I know I could get some in Hawaii...but I'm probably not getting to Hawaii anytime soon.

So share how you did it. Please?

[dejana.livejournal.com]

They're really easy, all you have to do is form rice into a shape with a little salt. I cheated and bought an onigiri mold, though. You might be able to find one at an Asian grocery near you. With a mold, you just wet the inside, sprinkle some salt on, and then fill it with rice and press it together. I steam up the seaweed sheets a bit while I'm cooking the rice so it'll bend over the onigiri easier.

Of course, that's just the plain ones. A lot of people put filling in them, but I've been too lazy to try that yet.

[demandingvoice.livejournal.com]

Did you see the really cute Totoro bento at Jbox?

I'm soooo tempted for Christmas.

[dejana.livejournal.com]

The double-layered one? ...it's already on its way to me >) It was one of the two I ordered xDD

So cute! *_*

[demandingvoice.livejournal.com]

Yes! That's the one.
*_*

[kats-kradle.livejournal.com]

NOES DON'T KEEP MAKING ME SAD

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(clutches hope of finding a decent bento box in TO)