Archive for June, 2006

Big volume bento!

My son is crazy for dashimaki tamago (Japanese rolled egg: step-by-step tutorial here), so if I’m organized I have some in the fridge for him to snack on. Happily it works for my husband too!

Left: Pasta with asparagus, mushrooms, yellow peppers and sausages
Right: Salad with Japanese sesame soy dressing, and dashimaki tamago

All in a very deep but boring bento box (good for salads & other high-volume meals).

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Published by Biggie on June 7th, 2006 tagged bento, eggs, meat, pasta or noodles, salad | Comment now »

Lunch jar bento

Not technically a bento, but still lunch, I suppose.

Clockwise from upper right:
* Salad greens
* Sourdough bread, lychees, and homemade brownies. Not pictured: removed a lychee to add a little canister of Japanese sesame soy dressing.
* Salad toppings: tomato, quail eggs, feta, green onions, pine nuts, kaiware (daikon shoots)
* Teriyaki pineapple chicken meatballs (Aidells) with homemade teriyaki sauce

This the inaugural use of my Nissan Stainless thermal lunch tote — same size containers as the Mr. Bento, excellent quality.

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Published by Biggie on June 6th, 2006 tagged eggs, meat, salad, thermal lunch jar | Comment now »

Beaming in: sandwich bento

I’ve recently started posting my lunches (bentos, lunch jars, etc.) on Flickr.com and noticed the action over here on LiveJournal. Thought I’d give it a shot — comments on how to polish my LJ postings are welcome, as I’m a newbie to this forum. Not a newbie to bentos, though, as I lived in Japan for a number of years.

Today my husband got a Wisconsin-style bento, with Johnsonville brats, grilled onions, grilled portobello mushroom, simmered zucchini/corn/onions/tomatoes, cognac & pepper mustard in the container, and a sourdough roll.

The roll is sliced, so it’s easy to make a bratwurst sandwich with the mustard, onions and brats (mushroom if you feel like it, I suppose).

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Published by Biggie on June 5th, 2006 tagged bento, lactose free, meat, sandwich or wrap | Comment now »

Adult bento #1

You don’t have to be a cook to pack a bento.

Direct from Costco — pasta salad, italian deli sandwich, and pickled peppers. Should have put the peppers in a foil cup to keep it away from the sandwich, but oh well.

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