Sheep go baa~

Two face bentos in a week? I must be crazy!

But the picture of the sheep was soo damn cute I had to do it, and I wanted my first use of quail eggs to be awesome~ The sheep idea is from the Yum-Yum Bento Box: Fresh Recipes for Adorable Lunches

Menu: Spam hash brown, bacon potato mash, sweet pickled capsicum, rice made to look like a sheep, and broccoli and tomatoes.



Now I wanted to keep the second layer simple, just a mix of easy dishes and stuff I had around. But the first layer with the sheep was my main focus and again simple over complex. The idea was to have the cute sheep in the middle of a "field" of broccoli with mini tomatoes (from the garden too!) to add colour. And finally carrot flowers to tie the two together and add a splash of colour.

PS Landrins bento is in the photo and as its a bit bigger then mine I added saltants to take up more space and be a sweet snack.

Now to munch as I am looking forward to it!

Three bentos

Since I got back from Vietnam I have been keen to get back into bento making. I think that the arrival of my new bento books from Amazon, visiting a Daiso in Vietnam and finding a place in my town that sells quail eggs has gotten me excited.

So one of the new books from Amazon was Easy Japanese Cooking: Bento Love which is actually a bento book for maily bentos! So I made landrin a variation of one of the bentos and he loved it, apparently the way to a mans heart is a steak lunch!

Menu: Steak!, sweet pickled capsicum, mushroom, corn and rice.



While simple and quick the colours were effective and also very filling and manly.

The next bento came from the Yum-Yum Bento Box: Fresh Recipes for Adorable Lunches. Much more girly and suited for myself.

Menu: spam hash brown, beans and bacon, tiger onigiri, jelly, octodog, and a chicken drumket.



The lunch box in the book was only a single layer, so I had to do some thinking about how to fill the lunch box. I dont think I did the best I could have however I feel that the really cute tiger onigiri helps to cover the bad planning of the second layer. And spam hash brows are awesome! Very yummy.

I seem to be having an uploading issue with the third photo... But it was cute and yummy :P However the third book I got was Cute Yummy Time: 70 Recipes for the Cutest Food You'll Ever Eat. While not a direct bento book, should have heaps of ideas for when I am stuck and want to make my lunch a bit more cuter.

Tomorrow I think I will be making another bento out of the Yum-yum book, and I will be using my new ingredient! Quail eggs!

Today's bento

Today's bento is based very closely on the previous two days. Though I was in such a rush I did not get a chance to make it a bit more pretty.


Menu: lasagna, potato salad, salad, salted cucumber, and sweet carrots.

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Yesterday bento

Yesterday I took a photo of my bento at lunch time, you can see I have melted the cheese, mmm cheese.


Menu: lasange, salad, onigiri and shanghai wok tossed eggplants.

I liked the recipe for the egggplants and will definitely use again.

Simple meatball bento

While normally on Sunday I like to do a more complex bento I have taken up beach volleyball on Monday nights. This means I play volleyball on Monday and tuesday nights and therefore it is best to have foods ready for the start of the week. Sunday is now cooking day.

I was busy in the kitchen making a Singapore chicken and potato curry for volleyball nights and some Japanese style sweet grilled fish for dinner. But I found time to get my bento lunch done.


Menu: meatballs, salted cucumber, onigiri, sweet carrots, and a simple salad.

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Friday bento comp

Friday bento comp again and the entries are below:



I went with a simplistic effort, fried rice with a bite of chicken. A single layer bento that while tastey and filling, definetly not creative.



Sisters garden bento is amazing and definetly wins the day!

The challenage is on and I shall have to up my game next time.

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Rolled meat with salad

Mmm rolled meats with vegetables rock and are so easy to make when you get the hang of it. The other salad of sweet cucumber and mandarin is pretty damn nice too, it walks the line of a sweet savoury dish very well.


Menu: rolled meat, curry egg, sweet cucumber and mandarin salad, bacon mash with octodog.

Though this is all just leftovers from the picnic I packed for Territoy Day dinner XD should be nice and tasty for tonight too.

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