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Posted on Feb 26, 2007 in Freezing, Parent Hacks, Rice, Tips | 22 comments

Speed Bento Technique: Freezing Rice to Fit Your Container

In a previous post I described freezing onigiri to make a bento stash for busy mornings. In a twist on that, you can freeze fresh rice in the shape of your bento box to...

Posted on Feb 23, 2007 in Bento, For Kids, Pasta or Noodles, Poultry, Tips | 5 comments

Speed Bento: leftover storage and portion guidelines

Another speed bento that took about 5 minutes to pack, using leftovers and a microwave mini steamer for the broccoli. There’s also chicken salad from CostCo and...

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 21, 2007 in Bento, For Kids, Freezing, Parent Hacks, Sandwich or Wrap, Tips, Tutorial or How-to, Vegetarian | 35 comments

Speed bento technique: Freezing sandwiches

Today’s vegetarian toddler lunch took about five minutes to pack up, using leftovers and frozen cutout sandwiches (today’s speed bento tip). The sandwiches...

Posted on Feb 16, 2007 in Organize, Parent Hacks, Tips | 33 comments

Organization madness: Lunch accessories

My bento lunch accessories were threatening to take over my kitchen, so I took some drastic organization measures. This is my obsessive way of keeping them neat and...

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...

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