OK, well, I ended up doing one more because I had put aside a muffin and stuff already for this one. Ham and pineapple skewers, lemon pepper for beans (in apple), oatmeal-raisin cookie, string cheese, ham and cheese corn muffin, green beans with a couple carrots stars. What I learned:Â Kidlet didn’t like the cold […]
Probably the last practice bento — Kindergarten starting this week, so its the real thing next ;) I have a couple of days to go, but I’m not sure I’ll have the time to bento. Besides, Kidlet said “OOoh, I like this one the best! Can I have rocket lunches every day?” so I may end […]
Hard boiled egg, broccoli, sungold cherry tomatoes, sweet bell pepper flowers, fresh mozzarella balls. Lemon peper in the little soy sauce bottle (kidlet loves it on his eggs). Strawberries, ranch dressing, banana pound cake and a banana snake. What I learned: I didn’t put enough lemon juice in the acidulated water and the bananas got […]
Blurry Picture today. After snapping the photo (and bento in process of being devoured) I discovered that the camera that I’ve been using for oh, I don’t know, but years anyway, has a focus setting for close ups. I’ll try that for the next one 😉 Jicama, carrots and celery. Honeydew and mango stars. Cream cheese […]
Kindergarten looms ever closer. We visited the school  on Wednesday, for kindergarten assessment. We should find out a couple of days before he starts which classroom will be his. I have to wonder what exactly they were assessing since we weren’t allowed in the room. And what will they DO with the assessment? Do they […]
In preparation for packing bento lunches (kidlet starts Kindergarten on the 10th!), I’ve been doing some practice runs. I’m learning to use the tools, how to really pack them tight. how MUCH to pack in there to suit his appetite, if certain traditional things will get eaten (like nori decorations), and so on. The first […]
Of all the many things I should be doing to prepare for the new arrival in a few months, one of the most important is finding more time to spend with the kidlet. I can only imagine it will be rough for him to adjust to suddenly sharing mom and dad’s attention once his sibling […]
One of the bento groups that I follow is Bento Challenge over at livejournal. Every Saturday (in theory, sometimes she misses one), she posts a theme for the week, and the community of posters puts up pictures of thier bentos in that theme. So far I have only posted one, which was for the “Under […]
Bento is a relatively new interest of mine. While the Japanese term “bento” roughly translates to “box lunch” in English, and I guess even a happy meal would qualify, a typical traditional Japanese Bento is not an average packed lunch. It’s really a craft, an art. The goal with bento is to assemble a meal […]
The title? Oh, well, imagine me squealing like a little girl. Not very diginified, I know, but my last package of bento box goodies that I’ve ordered arrived today. Ever since I first saw the “Ringo” (Apple) line by Shinzi Katoh, I just had to have it! Katoh is a zakka artist. (Zakka refers to super cute, […]
