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Posted on Feb 27, 2007 in Bento, Eggs, For Kids, Gluten Free, Onigiri or Sushi, Parent Hacks, Recipe, Rice, Tips, Tutorial or How-to | 50 comments

Speed Bento: stovetop mini frittata & multi-frying

Today I played around with the speed bento technique of cooking different dishes in a mini frying pan at the same time, and actually cooking in those little foil bento...

Posted on Feb 25, 2007 in Bento, For Kids, Phyllo or Pancake or Other, Recipe, Vegetarian | 2 comments

Bourek lunch for toddler

No speed bento tips today, just a regular bento for my son. Packed in a 300ml box, we’ve got leftover homemade bourek (savory Turkish phyllo pie) with two layers:...

Posted on Feb 23, 2007 in Bento, For Kids, Meat, Recipe, Rice, Tips, Tutorial or How-to | 25 comments

Speed Bento: microwave mixed rice

Today both my son and I have bentos that took about 10 minutes to make. I used a shortcut to make cheater’s 5-minute “fried rice” in the microwave...

Posted on Feb 15, 2007 in Bento, Fish or Seafood, For Kids, Freezing, Lactose Free, Onigiri or Sushi, Parent Hacks, Recipe, Rice, Tips, Tofu, Tutorial or How-to | 90 comments

Speed bento technique: making & freezing yaki onigiri, onigiri

This is another speed bento made with previously frozen yaki onigiri (grilled rice balls) that I defrosted/warmed in the microwave for good texture). The yaki onigiri...

Posted on Feb 14, 2007 in Bento, Eggs, Fish or Seafood, For Kids, Parent Hacks, Phyllo or Pancake or Other, Recipe, Tips, Tutorial or How-to | 13 comments

Speed bento technique: jello cups

Another speed bento. I had made a stash of homemade juice jello cups, so I was able to just drop one in along with a shaped egg from the fridge. The scallop okonomiyaki...

Posted on Jul 24, 2006 in Bento, For Kids, Gluten Free, Lactose Free, Phyllo or Pancake or Other, Poultry, Recipe, Vegetarian | 0 comments

Quinoa salad x 3 bentos

Fighting the hot weather with some quinoa I had around from our year of gluten-free cooking. Three bentos today: this one was for my husband, with mine and my...

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