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Bento of the Day
Using leftover baked chicken from last night’s dinner, I heated it up and chopped it finely. Then, I rolled it with leftover rice and nori. After slicing the pieces, I dusted the top with seaweed and sesame rice seasoning. Due to my son’s special request, the sushi was garnished with red bell peppers. This lunch [...]
Sprouted grain bread BLT bento
We don’t eat lunch meat or most other pre-packaged “lunch items” you can find at grocery stores. Rather, I use ingredients and food items we already have at home and then figure out how to stretch it out into a decent lunch or snack for my son and me. I love bento containers for their [...]
Two-Lunch Bento: Sweet Potatoes and Circles
One morning, I woke up my son for preschool. He was exhausted. Utterly fatigued. I helped him get undressed, so he could put on his day clothes. When I peered in his room to check on his progress, he had curled up on top of his covers, naked as a blue jay, and buried his [...]
Tamagoyaki egg sushi bento for preschool
I’ve been reading The Just Bento Cookbook: Everyday Lunches To Go by Makiko Itoh. This beautifully photographed cookbook features delicious and healthy bento lunch recipes with prep and cooking timelines to help with planning. Tamagoyaki (Japanese egg omelet) sushi: Recently, I used the basic tamagoyaki recipe (with some minor variations) to make the delicious Japanese [...]
Thai red curry chicken dumplings bento for preschool
Thai red curry chicken dumplings with pickled cucumbers and egg bento lunch When I made this bento for my son’s lunch, I made a similar one for myself. That was the day I was the designated helper at my son’s preschool–we ate lunch together. Dumplings: For the dumplings, I repurposed leftovers of the Thai red [...]
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