Bento #6

This is D Man's bento. The top layer has a salad with diakon and bell peppers in it and topped with three egg slices. He also has two small sausages with a koala pick in one, a small cup with edamame and a tree pick. In the Buzz Lightyear container are M&M's and the other one has sesame salad dressing. The bottom layer only has rice and in the lid part is furikake and nori. All of this is in a 100 yen blue bento. Added is a frozen jell cup with milk.
Here is a close up of the tree made with edamame.
I went shopping over the weekend in Hachanohe and at Toys R Us I found this mold to make eggs. I used 5 eggs separated to make 4 shapes. The white goes in first with a mold place inside it to make the shape and that is boiled. Next the yolk is added into the middle and then it is all cooked again. Next time I will fill the white part up more and oil it. I had a hard time getting the eggs out after cooking them.The shape not shone is a diamond.

Bento #5

Today's lunch had a few problems. The container I put D Man's milk into froze some of the milk and he didn't like the onigiri. He likes to add his own furikake instead of me doing it. D Man thought the rice didn't have enough flavor. I did get to try out my new punches and make faces on the onigiri. This lunch is mostly the same as it has been all week, clementine (they are in season and available everywhere in Japan right now), two quail eggs (with faces), green salad with shredded dikon, two picks of edamame, two onigiri flavored with furikake, and two small sausages. Plus in the lid are two packs of nori (seaweed). And in the white container is sesame dressing.

Bento #3 ans #4

This time I tried to be creative and make octopus dogs. Using small cocktail hot dogs I cut them following directions I found on-line. The eyes are made with edamame. The quail eggs has a face on it made from an egg mold, but it is hear to get a picture of it. Little Bit's box also contains two cherry tomatoes quartered, three onigiri cubes, a clementine, and two picks with edamame. All of this is in a 300 ml Anpanman box. Little Bit had her lunch after play group today, where we were told that next week the room will be an office! So no more playgroup.



After seeing little sis with the onigiri cubes D Man wanted some too. I made him both 3 cm and 2.5 cm squares. He has two quail eggs with faces, a salad with peppers and shredded dikon, four small octopus dogs, clementine and two picks with edamame. The blue Buzz Lightyear container has ketchup, and the small white one has dressing.

Both children ate everything.

Bento #1 and #2

This year I want to create bentos for my family. I live in Japan and have seen many beautiful bentos made by caring mothers when my son attended preschool.

This is for my daughter "Little Bit". She is two years old. It has three cherry tomatoes, quartered, three-fourths of a clementine, 4 onigiri cubes of rice mixed with furikake, and edamame on heart picks.These are all her favorite foods and she left nothing in the box.

I made this for my son, "D Man". He is in second grade and loves all Japanese foods. He has a two tier box from the 100 yen store. In the bottom is plain rice with a packet of furikake in the lid to add. The top layer has a clementine with a strawberry in the middle, edamame on the flower picks, a green salad with shredded diakon (white radish) and in the container is sesame dressing. The orange cup has gel to be frozen and holds milk.

Of course being new to taking his own lunch he forgot to bring it home today.