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!