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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 Feb 13, 2007 in Bento, For Kids, Freezing, Meat, Parent Hacks, Pasta or Noodles, Tips, Tutorial or How-to | 22 comments

Speed bento techniques: frozen spaghetti

This was a super-fast toddler bento (less than 10 minutes to pack both mine and my son’s). I nuked frozen homemade meatballs, steamed the broccoli and kabocha...

Posted on Feb 1, 2007 in Bento, For Kids, Freezing, Meat, Onigiri or Sushi, Rice, Tips | 0 comments

Meatball lunch for toddler

When I made meatloaf for dinner a couple of weeks ago, I also made up a batch of miniature hamburgers and meatballs for lunches and froze them. This is the first of...

Posted on Jul 14, 2006 in Bento, Curry, Fish or Seafood, Food Jar, Pasta or Noodles, Tips | 0 comments

Yellow shrimp curry and somen

Somen two ways: it can either be dipped into the warm curry, or eaten as is with the somen tsuyu sauce. I packed the curry in my small 300ml Nissan Thermos food jar,...

Posted on Jul 12, 2006 in Bento, Dumplings or Buns, Pasta or Noodles, Tips | 2 comments

Somen: mother and son bentos

An outing to the children’s museum called for bentos for me and my toddler. Hot weather means cold noodles! I curled the somen into bite-sized nests before...

Posted on Jun 22, 2006 in Bento, Eggs, For Kids, Onigiri or Sushi, Recipe, Rice, Tips, Tutorial or How-to | 120 comments

Williams Sonoma for egg molds?!?!

How did I make this barnyard snack bento for my son without a traditional rice ball mold or egg mold? So my bento fixation is getting worse, and I’ve been...

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