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St. Patrick’s Day Sushi Bento (328)

Posted by on Mar 17, 2009 in Bento, St. Patrick's Day, Sushi | 15 comments

For St. Patrick’s Day I use some wasabi tobiko that I found at Marukai one day to make some green California maki and some ume maki as well. Happy St. Patty’s!

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Frog Onigiri Bento (305)

Posted by on Feb 11, 2009 in Bento, Kids, Pork | 6 comments

If you haven’t done so yet, be sure to vote in my 200k Bento Contest! I’ve also got the Furikake Frenzy going on all this...

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Korrigan Bento (287)

Posted by on Jan 12, 2009 in Bento, Charaben, Chicken | 12 comments

As you guys can probably see, I’ve done some work on the site! I finally got my new banner to work in both Firefox and the...

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Shrimp & Egg Patties (283)

Posted by on Jan 5, 2009 in Restaurants, Shrimp | 3 comments

Christmas in 2008 was very good to me bento-wise. All three of my gifts were bento items! Mr. Pikko and the kiddies got me a Zojirushi Mr....

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And the winner is…

Posted by on Jun 23, 2008 in Chicken, Christmas, Kids, Winners | 11 comments

Find out who the lucky winner of my 100K Bento Contest is and see a meatball bento made with some pink rice. Read about what Baby Girl is crazy for now.

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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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Mapo Tofu Bento

Posted by on Jan 16, 2008 in Bento, Pork | 5 comments

Grandma J’s delicious mapo tofu is always a welcome sight come lunchtime for me, except for today. Find out what happened to this bento and the poor box it came in.

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Veggie Burger Bento

Posted by on Jan 7, 2008 in Bento, Sandwich, Vegetarian | 3 comments

With bad news being delivered about the fate of the University of Hawaii football team, I don’t have much enthusiasm for lunch, but make a fast bento anyway.

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Stuffed Aburaage (162)

Posted by on Dec 20, 2007 in Pork | 4 comments

Yesterday morning my cousin Jennifer e-mailed me to say she’d missed her flight to Honolulu and that she needed to find a hotel to...

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Meatball Bento (157)

Posted by on Dec 13, 2007 in Bento, Chicken, Kids | 2 comments

Buying meatballs from Costco means using the same food in a bento every which way you can think of. Read about what Baby Girl did at the preschool Christmas pageant!

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