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Somen Bird’s Nest Bento (432)

Posted by on Jan 15, 2010 in 2010 Bentos, Animals, Blog, Charaben, Japanese, Recipes, Vegetarian | 26 comments

A somen salad recipe of my mother’s gets a cute remodeling with a chick sitting in a nest surrounded by flowers. See the first photos taken with my spiffy new lens!

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Catching Up

Posted by on Oct 7, 2009 in 2009 Bentos, Bento for Men, Bento Love, Blog, Chicken, Everyday Lunches, Japanese, Kids | 4 comments

See three yummy lunches with two ideas for making bento for men!

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Pork Tofu Bento (319)

Posted by on Mar 2, 2009 in 2009 Bentos, Blog, Everyday Lunches, Japanese, Kids, Pork | 7 comments

Today’s lunch is a simple bento with pork tofu leftovers and green beans.

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Yakisoba Bento (288)

Posted by on Jan 13, 2009 in 2009 Bentos, Bento for Men, Blog, Everyday Lunches, Japanese, Pork | 3 comments

I finally get a chance to use the Mr. Bento thermal lunch jar that I got for Christmas from Mr. Pikko! It’s huge with four tiers, so I packed a lot of yummy food in it to eat!

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UFC 83 & Kokua Festival

Posted by on Apr 21, 2008 in Japanese, Ramen, Restaurants, Reviews | 0 comments

See two bowls of ramen that I ate and what I thought about them and take a look at my photos of the Kokua Festival featuring Dave Matthews and Jack Johnson!

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Sesame Omelet with Shrimp Bento (203)

Posted by on Apr 8, 2008 in Bento, Japanese, Shrimp | 7 comments

Using a recipe from one of my Japanese recipe cookbooks, something goes terribly wrong with the amount of pepper I put in and the thing tastes great, but too spicy!!

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Miso Pork Bento (195)

Posted by on Mar 18, 2008 in 2008 Bentos, Blog, Everyday Lunches, Japanese, Pork | 6 comments

Here’s a leftover miso pork bento with healthy rice!

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Butter Yaki Bento with Bunny Egg

Posted by on Mar 4, 2008 in 2008 Bentos, Blog, Everyday Lunches, Japanese, leftovers, Shrimp | 3 comments

I’ve got some yummy leftover butter yaki for lunch with a pink bunny egg.

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Happy New Year 2008!!

Posted by on Jan 1, 2008 in Japanese | 12 comments

Happy New Year 2008! See what yummy stuff I eat to ring in the new year: fried mochi! Most people eat it with kinako, but I love it with just sugar and soy sauce!

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California Roll Bento and The Dreaded Ex

Posted by on Aug 27, 2007 in 2007 Bentos, Blog, Everyday Lunches, Garden, Japanese, Sushi | 2 comments

California roll is simple and easy to make. When rolled in tobiko, the orange makes for a truly brilliantly colored bento. Updates on my struggling flower pot garden!

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