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bento #8
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Jun. 15th, 2007 @ 10:35 am
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♥ M E N U ♥
* spaghetti
* jazzed-up jarred meat sauce
Not much to say again, because I exhausted my entire story over at bentolunch on LJ and I don't really want to type it over again. Today's bento was kind of boring, but yummy all the same!mood:  accomplished |
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bento #7
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Jun. 11th, 2007 @ 04:55 pm
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♥ M E N U ♥
* stir-fry broccoli and carrots
* chicken salad
* egg chick
* pocky
* brazil gourmet passion fruit nectar
Chicken salad was easy-peasy. Hooray for finding leftover rotisserie chicken in the fridge~ I just tossed it together with some mayo, pepper, and salt.
Stir-fry was also easy, and the broccoli turned out nice and green and pretty. The egg chick in the middle was made by following the tutorial on Cooking Cute. No recipes for today!mood:  cheerful |
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bento #6
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Jun. 5th, 2007 @ 01:44 pm
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♥ M E N U ♥
* pork jiaozi/gyoza
* rice
* leftover xiang tsai/tofu
Nothing much to say about today's bento. It was good, though. :) I'll post a recipe for the jiaozi the next time my mom makes a big batch of them. The leftovers I really have no idea what was in them, so I just guessed when I was putting it in the menu. My bentos aren't very colorful lately, which makes me sad. I need to get more colorful foods to stick in them!mood: busy |
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bento #5
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Jun. 4th, 2007 @ 12:50 pm
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Bento five. No picture yet, because my other computer (where all of my bento photos are) is dead, and it has no internet.
(image added!)
♥ M E N U ♥
* japanese dry rice (curry)
* boiled egg
I had wanted to make some hotdog octopi and crabs, but I couldn't find the mini sausages in the freezer. I guess my mom tossed them out. :(
This bento was pretty good, but the rice was still a bit hard after nuking it in the microwave for 2 minutes. The egg was yummy, but it kind of fell apart after I sliced it. XDmood: cheerful |
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ooh la la (bento 4)
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May. 25th, 2007 @ 10:28 pm
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Bento #4!
♥ M E N U ♥
* maruchan microwave yakisoba
* mini pepperidge farms chessmen cookies
* curry dried bread pieces (from china)
Once again, please excuse the bad photo. I didn't even bother messing with layers on Photoshop today.
Quick and easy bento today. I fixed up a microwave pack of yakisoba and tossed in a few florets of broccoli and some slices of beef from dinner last night (heated up, of course). It wasn't bad, but I think that buying a packet to cook on the stove from the asian grocer would make it a bit better. :) See the noodles? Some got really mushy while some stayed crunchy. If I had a stove pack, then I would be able to make sure that all of the noodles were cooked to a good softness.
No drink today, I bought a can of orangeade again. I really need to buy that thermal water bottle (MY MELODY!!) from Sanrio so I could bring something from home like tea. But oh well --- school's almost over so I can't really show off, so I'll get it in time for next year's bento. :D I am also determined to buy that My Melody bento box to add to my collection, though I really want a nice Hakoya bento or something along the lines of that.
The snack bento was full of chessmen cookies and curry bread from china (neither of which I really touched).
As you can see, this was a bento packed for two people. I packed lunch for both Carissa and I and we had a feast in the middle of the freakin' lunch table. People were jealous. I should learn not to bring so much food next time, however. I was yelling at Carissa to shove food down her mouth and we ended up throwing away a bunch of noodles anyway. The snack bento's still full, so I think she's eating the snacks I packed in it right now (I left my bentos at her house since I went over for a party).
No recipe tonight, sorry. =( Also no bento collection photos, because both of my bento boxes and my utensils are at Carissa's house, as well as my FIRETRUCK LUNCHBOX. The only thing I have on hand that is bento-related is the Tenorikuma bag I use to carry my bento boxes when I only have one on hand.
I'll see if I can't go to the asian grocer tomorrow with my mom. If I don't, then I'll get her to buy a pack of rice vermicelli so I can make pad thai on Monday in preparation for Tuesday. Yay! ♥mood: cheerful |
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This is the first post of my bento blog. ♥
I do not have a picture of bento #1 or #2, how sad. )': Bento #1 was a rather pathetic attempt, two riceballs filled with tuna and wrapped with nori on a bed of lettuce. The decorations did not stay in place, the riceballs sucked quite badly. I had to buy cafeteria food after downing half of my first riceball.
Bento #2 was made earlier last week, while I was scraping for time in the morning. It had a sandwich sliced diagonally, with deli sliced turkey, provolone cheese, and spicy mustard inside. The decorations I made were a nori teddy bear face, a nori star, and two wiener flowers. I did have the camera, but the memory card was full so I couldn't snap a picture of it before school.
Moving on to the bento I completed today.
♥ M E N U ♥
* zephyrhills half-pint water bottle
* thai-style beefy wraps
* pack of preserved tofu with seasonings
Please excuse the slightly bad-quality photo. My digital camera does not shoot as sharply as I would like it to, and I was a bit too lazy to sharpen the image up after adjusting layers and resizing it on Photoshop.
Anyway, the beefy wraps were slightly adapted from a recipe on Cooking Cute. They were quite good, says Carissa. I think I could have put more fish sauce to improve the kick from the seasoning I put on the flour tortillas. (I had one roll, then traded the rest of my bento for Carissa's sandwich while proclaiming the godly status of her mom's orgasmic sandwichs. D:)
I hardly touched my bottle of water, I went to buy a can of orangeade because I was in the mood for a bit of flavor that lunch. However, the half-pint bottles that Zephyrhills produces are quite cute, and good for a bento pack. It is also a nice amount of water for one lunch. I found that I didn't even finish my bottle when I had packed one the last time I brought a bento to school.
I didn't eat the pack of preserved tofu either, though I think it would have gone quite well with the wraps. My dad's friend brought a large pack of them over from China, and I found that they were in cute little bento-sized packets. ♥ They're quite yummy and flavorful as a snack, so I shall pack one again when I have a bento with the majority of it being a less flavorful food.
I found that the wraps were quite large and took up all of the room in my bento --- even the room I had wanted to save for perhaps a stick of edamame or two. :( I shall make use of my removable divider for that bento box eventually, though I think I shall use my Chi Chai Monchan bento for tomorrow's meal --- I will probably be packing Yakisoba. Mm!
( Thai-Style Beefy Wraps )
I shall post photos of my bento collection tomorrow or Saturday when I have time. ♥ Entry coming tomorrow!
May. 24th, 2007 @ 09:01 pm
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