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Fried Poke & Costco Fried Rice Bento

Posted by on Jul 9, 2007 in 2007 Bentos, Blog, Chicken, Everyday Lunches, Fish | 0 comments

After hosting a UFC party, I’ve got some leftovers to use up in a bento.

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Somen, Miso, Chacha Rice Bento

Posted by on Jul 6, 2007 in 2007 Bentos, Bento, Blog, Everyday Lunches, Japanese | 0 comments

I made miso soup with tofu for breakfast and packed the rest of it for lunch. To eat with the soup, I packed some of my rainbow somen noodles.

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Teri Chicken Bento

Posted by on Jul 5, 2007 in 2007 Bentos, Blog, Chicken, Everyday Lunches | 1 comment

My plans for a soup and salad lunch were nixed when I stepped on the scale this morning and found that I’d lost almost 2 whole pounds overnight.

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Pipi Kaula & Onigiri Picnic Bento

Posted by on Jul 4, 2007 in Beef, Bento, onigiri, Picnic | 0 comments

Today we were going to take the kids to the pool nearby here, but when Mr. Pikko went to check out how crowded it was, he found out that...

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I Would Do Anything for Loaf

Posted by on Jul 3, 2007 in 2007 Bentos, Beef, Blog, Everyday Lunches, leftovers | 1 comment

Last night we had meat loaf and though it is a bit hard to arrange nicely in a bento, it tastes really really good.

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Return of the Shrimp

Posted by on Jul 2, 2007 in 2007 Bentos, Blog, Everyday Lunches, Shrimp | 0 comments

Having just returned from my class reunion, I go to my freezer stash for a quick bento. Hear about the time capsule that I got to open from myself from 1997!

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Meat Jun & BBQ Chicken Bento

Posted by on Jun 29, 2007 in Everyday Lunches | 6 comments

We ate takeout from Kim Chee 7 last night and I took a piece of Mr. Pikko’s extremely oily but oh-so-good meat jun for my lunch.

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Curry Croquette Bento

Posted by on Jun 28, 2007 in 2007 Bentos, Bento Box, Blog, Everyday Lunches, Vegetarian | 3 comments

A brand new cute bunny bento box arrives from Japan, see what I put in it to break it in! Mr. Pikko complains about his online moniker and gets another one.

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Mango Wazowski Bento

Posted by on Jun 27, 2007 in Charaben | 3 comments

Monsters, Inc. is one of my favorite Pixar movies and with a Pixar bento challenge going on, I decided I had to give him a try.

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Mapo Tofu Bento

Posted by on Jun 26, 2007 in Bento, Pork | 2 comments

My ultimate mother-in-law (she’d kick your MIL’s ass in a cooking contest for sure) made us beef broccoli and her version of...

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