Japanese Bento box

I made tempura shrimp for the first time to put in my bento box today!

Here's my work station. :D

I tried to make a chopstick rack that they could sit on while I waited for the oil to heat... But they fell back in the bowl later on, haha.

Waiting for the oil to go up to 375 degrees!

Splatted everywhere!

Finished!

White container: soy sauce, tempura shrimp, kale, and cocktail sauce.

Blue container: Apricot, lemons, avocado, onigiri (rice balls) with nori sheets (seaweed).

Just bought a new soy sauce and I love the container! :D

I ate my bento box on the patio, it tasted good! :)

 Mini onigiri (rice ball) dipped in soy sauce and toasted sesame seeds.

mixing the rice, shrimp, avacado, and soy sauce tasted like sushi!

Turkey pinwheel bento box

I made another bento box for lunch yesterday!

 In the blue container: Coconut yogurt with sprinkles, cheese, raisins, sour pickles, and fritos! (Yay fritos!)

In the white container: turkey pinwheels, brocolli, carrots, cucumber, and blue cheese salad dressing to dip in.

And I even had a fruit punch caprisun to have with it. :) I love caprisun.

There was nothing left after I was done with this bento.

But don't worry, I didn't eat the orchid. :)

Pancake Breakfast Bento Box

Today I made a breakfast bento box with mini pancakes! And I decided to cook Tamagoyaki (Japanese rolled omelet) for the first time!

My original idea...

 And the result! I had fun making it. :)

 Here comes the maple syrup!

On the left is Kiwi and a strawberry, in the middle I made mini biscuits and put fresh thyme on one and fresh black pepper on another, and on the right is Italian sausage.

 There's my happy pancake buddy! And on the left is the rolled Japanese omelet that I put spinach in.

 How do you get your hair so buttery smooth!

 Everything tasted good too.

 These are the mini biscuits before being baked.

 

  And here's my rolled omelet before I cut it.

Not all pancakes passed inspection. some were too scary to make it to the bento box.

This pancake looked fine! Until I flipped it...

Tetris Attack Bento Box

I made a Tetris Attack Bento box for lunch yesterday, complete with colored jello!

Intro music!

 I definitely didn't need to make a full batch of  each colored Jello so I made a 1/4 batch each.

This was my original idea for the Jello (I did this the night before). Blue was my favorite. It smelled so good.

But the next day I had a hard time getting it out of the mold without WRECKING IT! So I went with plan B, using cookie cutters! :D 

Here it is in the sun to show the colors better.

 I made a cheesy tuna fish sandwhich and a Yoshi egg too!

I even threw (gently) some white cheddar bunny crackers in there.

The Jello didn't come out perfect but I got the colors I wanted. :D

GAME OVER

The Hobbit Shire Bento Box

Something's different about Middle Earth... And it looks delicious! 

I ate the Shire, Smaug AND the Lonely Mountain.

I used melted dark chocolate to decorate.

Ham and cheese sandwich! (The bun is supposed to be a bench)

SMAUG!

The Lonely (delicious) Mountain.

One does not simply eat the shire! But I did. :d

Bunny Bento Box

I made a Bunny themed bento box for lunch today. It was fun to make and it tasted great!

Here was my design idea before I made it. :)

 And here it is finished in REAL life! The top one has mashed potatoes, pork, tomato and bananas. And in the bottom one I dipped pretzels in dark chocolate and refrigerated, made a marshmallow bunny, and an arugula ginger salad.

 I had to take pictures fast because the chocolate pretzels were melting in the sun...

Chili Bento Box

I made a chili bento box with homemade chili, cheese, sour cream, Outback steakhouse bread, and a couple mr. good bars. It was really good!

Marinated Chicken Bento Box

I made a marinated chicken bento box with italian sausage, hard boiled egg, black olives, pan-fried yellow grape tomatoes, rice, and apple slices! It was great! :D