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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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Meat Loaf Bento (201)

Posted by on Apr 4, 2008 in Beef, Bento | 7 comments

See my toddler style meat loaf bento with loads of colorful pickled vegetables and carrot flowers. Take a look at all the food we ate at our monthly potluck. Yum yum!

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Spare Ribs Bento (125)

Posted by on Oct 5, 2007 in Bento, Pork | 0 comments

My mother-in-law’s spare ribs are my favorite dish of hers, so against my better judgment, I took a ton of it for this bento and could barely fit the cover on top!

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Grilled Asian Chicken Stir-fry

Posted by on Jul 23, 2007 in Bento, Chicken | 0 comments

Last night I decided to try to make it up to my family for ignoring them for basically 16 hours while I plowed through Harry Potter and...

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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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