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Toddler lunch with octodogs

* cut-up hiyashi chuuka (Japanese pasta salad: tomatoes, egg, cucumber, and salami slices with cold pasta and soy sauce-based salad dressing)
* fresh pineapple (still using that up!)
* octopus-cut hot dogs on a bed of cucumber slices
* container of ketchup for hot dogs, container of yogurt/herb dip for cucumber
* drink container with apple, berry and cherry juice cut with water

I cut the tops of the octodogs because my toddler chokes on full-width hotdogs. Also substituted salami for the traditional sliced ham in the hiyashi chuuka. In my new Lock & Lock bento set,

An exploded view of the little Lock & Lock bento set — the Korean tupperware by Hanacobi Co. You can see that the bottom right container is divided, while the bottom left container is not. The bottom two containers are 350ml each (12 oz), with a 300ml drink container/cup on top. Microwave/dishwasher/freezer- safe, and water/air-tight.

The containers all stack and fit into their own little fitted carrying case with zipper.

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Published by Biggie on June 17th, 2006 tagged bento, equipment, for kids, meat, pasta or noodles, salad | 1 Comment »

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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