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Mac and Cheese with Ham Bento

Posted by on Feb 21, 2014 in Everyday Lunches | 7 comments

I packed Baby Girl a quick mac and cheese bento with little strips of ham for added flavor.

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Bento Recipe: Pork Shiso Rolls

Posted by on Apr 8, 2011 in Features, Japanese, Recipes | 17 comments

Read a step-by-step photo tutorial of how I made those pretty pork rolls for the picnic lunch for Baby Girl from last month. Shiso leaves add a really tasty punch!

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First Grade Picnic Party Bento

Posted by on Mar 10, 2011 in 2011 Bentos, Bento, Features, Japanese, Kids, Picnic, Pork | 8 comments

Baby Girl’s school was having a first grade kite flying/family picnic activity, so I made a bento for us to eat after we’d made her kite and then we took the kite out for a try.

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It’s beginning to look a lot like…

Posted by on Dec 2, 2009 in Bento, Christmas, Pork | 5 comments

…it’s time for Christmas bentos! 😀 After the Halloween and Thanksgiving bunch of seasonal bentos, having holiday themed...

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Leftover Chinese Bento (323)

Posted by on Mar 6, 2009 in Bento, Chinese, leftovers | 8 comments

My in-laws ordered out for Chinese food yesterday from Golden Dragon Seafood Restaurant and though the food was good, I think I still...

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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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Pork Chop!

Posted by on Nov 21, 2007 in Pork | 0 comments

YaY! Bentos are back! Well, only one for this week like I mentioned, but hey. Better than nothing! My trip was ten kinds of awesome. I got...

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Ige’s Shoyu Pork Bento (147)

Posted by on Nov 9, 2007 in Bento, Pork | 3 comments

I had another training session this morning and during that I found my first ever white hair!!! Proof that Fan Fest, The Mog House, and...

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