Easter | Adventures in Bentomaking

Easter Bento Demo Tomorrow at Celebrations

Posted by Pikko on Mar 15, 2013 in Blog, Easter, Events, Yum-Yum Bento Box | 0 comments

Tomorrow I will be at the Celebrations store in Mapunapuna (next to Ben Franklin) to do an Easter bento demonstration.

Easter Bunny Trio Bento

Posted by Pikko on Apr 21, 2011 in 2011 Bentos, Bentos, Charaben, Chicken, Easter, Food, Themes | 10 comments

See three smiling quail egg Easter bunnies in yellow, pink, and blue. Brighten up a spring lunch with these cuties with cheese ears and fish sausage noses!

Baby Chicks Bento

Posted by Pikko on Apr 19, 2011 in 2011 Bentos, Animals, Blog, Charaben, Easter, Italian, leftovers, Turkey | 7 comments

Three baby chicks cheep for their mama to bring them food from a nest of leftover spaghetti! The chicks are made from quail eggs and carrot.

Easter Bento Ideas

Posted by Pikko on Apr 15, 2011 in Bento, Easter | 3 comments

Need some help planning cute bentos for next week in anticipation of Easter? Take a look at some of the past Spring themed lunches I've made in the past!

Daisies Spaghetti Bento (483)

Posted by Pikko on Apr 19, 2010 in Beef, Bento, Bento Hoodlums, Easter, Italian | 18 comments

ZAM's Mog House Decorating Contest has me very busy, so I packed a quick spaghetti lunch and dotted it with little cheese daisies to brighten things up.

Flowery Onigiri Bento

Posted by Pikko on Apr 7, 2010 in Bento, Bento Hoodlums, Easter, Pork | 9 comments

Easter is over, but it's still a great time for spring themed bento boxes. Since flowers were the most popular suggestion in my contest, here they are!

Easter Roundup

Posted by Pikko on Apr 5, 2010 in Baking, Bento Hoodlums, Easter, Yum-Yum Bento Box | 6 comments

Another Easter has come and gone in the Pikko household. See the cool Easter eggs we colored, the cupcakes we ate, and my yearly batch of Jello eggs.

Sesame Choy Sum Recipe

Posted by Pikko on Mar 29, 2010 in Bento, Bento Hoodlums, Easter, Pork, Recipes | 13 comments

Check out the cute bento my niece made for her Japanese class, see the latest Hoodlums adventure, and get a recipe for some yummy sesame choy sum, great for bento!

Easter Somen Salad Bento

Posted by Pikko on Mar 26, 2010 in Bento, Bento Hoodlums, Charaben, Easter, Fish, Japanese, Kids, Videos | 25 comments

Similar to the bird's nest bento I made in January, this nest is filled with tiny decorated quail eggs. Watch a video showing how I make a somen salad Easter themed!

Tamagoyaki Chicks Bento

Posted by Pikko on Mar 25, 2010 in Bento, Bento Hoodlums, Charaben, Easter, Shrimp | 16 comments

To keep the Easter bento theme going, I bust out an "old" but unused tamagoyaki mold that helped me shape my slices of omelet into cute little chicks!