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Vegetable Tempura Bento

Posted by on Mar 7, 2011 in Adult Bentos | 4 comments

Some leftover vegetable tempura makes a delicious bento lunch the next day, even though it’s not crispy anymore! Sides include corn and edamame, yum yum!

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Easter Roundup

Posted by 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.

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An In-Flight Bento from Ajira Airways

Posted by on Feb 16, 2010 in Baking, Beef, Bento, Chicken, LOST Bentos | 13 comments

If you were flying on Ajira Airways and ordered a bento, what would arrive on your tray table? See what I think they’d serve on board and see my Valentine’s Day food.

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Halloween Wrap-up and Two Bentos (411)

Posted by on Nov 5, 2009 in Adult Bentos | 9 comments

See my disastrous attempts at chocolate ganache for spiderweb cupcakes, my disgusting meat loaf hand, and two teri chicken bentos!

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Lasagna Bento, Garden Update, and Cake Pix

Posted by on May 21, 2009 in Bento, Garden, Kids, Pasta | 14 comments

Since I made two trays of lasagna for dinner for Baby Girl’s birthday, we ate that for dinner again last night and I have even more...

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Cupcake Pops and Frazzled Nerves

Posted by on May 19, 2009 in Baking | 19 comments

Bakerella’s cupcake pops have been something I have been wanting to do for a long time and when I finally do it for Baby Girl’s class, everything that can go wrong does go wrong.

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Happy Easter!

Posted by on Mar 23, 2008 in Garden, Kids, Salad | 4 comments

I had a rather hectic weekend with a lot of things to do ahead of time for Easter. Add in the fact that my two little devils very...

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Witch Bento (141)

Posted by on Oct 31, 2007 in Charaben | 3 comments

Baby Girl has a preschool party for Halloween, so I decided to make cupcakes, only I missed a note in her backpack. See the ugly witch that decided to land in my bento.

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