Your BENTO pictures!

[Maneki Neko]

Honto? I didn't think that there was such a sushi. Haha.

Actually, sushi refers to vinegared rice -- not the roll itself. ^_^ Kaya yung chirashi zushi ay "scattered sushi rice". Yun namang maki-zushi ay 'rolled rice'. Basta ganun.

Mamenori... does this mean na all soybean siya? Walang seaweed? *Curious* Bestfriend ko rin ang soybean or tofu. I may also try this. Ok lang kasi sa'kin sweet food.

I think so; soybeanplus food color ata. Kasi colorful ang mamenori e. Di pa lang ako nakakita nito dito. Online ko ang sya nalaman.
Sige na, gawa na kayo ng bento -- kahit try try lang. ^_^ Ako try ko talaga tomorrow. May leftovers ako na dinner tonight. Tignan ko kung makagawa ng matinong bento, kasi wala akong veggie & fruit sidings na mailalagay, sobrang kulang...[]
Pakita ko lang sa inyo yung bear container ko ng sauce. Binili ko sa Ebay. Wala lang, naiinggit kasi ako dun sa mga cute na nakikita ko sa Internet kaya bumili na rin ako ^_^ (The smiling onigiri has longanisa bits inside)

[Maneki Neko]

Ahhhhh, binabaha ng masasarap na onigiri ang thread na ito!!! Nape-pressure na si Jed-san na mag-onigiri na din, woot! (Ginugutom nyo ko sa pictures na yan...)
Ito...nagbento ako ng Tuesday! Yes! Di lang Thursday ang bento ko! This is my tocino bento for June 24.
1 - Plain rice topped with, what else, furikake. Added a carrot flower for color.
2 - Carrot and cucumber flowers
3 - Small container of patis (I like my rice salty)
4 -Cherry tomatoes - for added nutrients and color, hehe
5 - the star of the show ^_^

[fujiringo]

^ Oishii so, Maneki Neko-san!!! Wow, itlog na maalat na lang ang kulang! I'll try fish cakes and crabstick nga kung ayaw ko naman ng veggies...

Ang mahiwagang tocino, bow...

[Maneki Neko]

Post ko lang yung latest na bento na ginawa ko. Bigay ko yang lunch kay Wigent-san, haha. Pink! Quail eggs pretending to be strawberries!
I really should start taking pictures with a real camera...wala kasing batt yung digicam e, kaya laging sa phone cam lang ako kumukuha.

[Maneki Neko]

I made another bento using longganisa. Instead of fying the longganisa as is, I took the meat out of the casing and form them into very small patties about the size of a 10-peso coin. The carbs are from the onigiri (cubes and balls) and from the sardine spaghetti. The rest of the bento are stuff I have in the ref.

[yammy-chan]

This is my first bento ever ... so it deserves a post ... hehehehehe





I ate this for lunch at home and I used left over food like ma-ling luncheon meat for the stem. This bento is supposed to be flowers (pork siomai and tamagoyaki) and nori for the leaves and placed on top of lots of white rice ... parang pang grade one na art hehehehehehe ... too bad I don't have a cute bento ... so I just used our lock and lock containers ...

[Maneki Neko]

Was finally able to use my Hello Kitty onigiri molds and come up with a Hello Kitty-themed bento! Ito ang may kasalanan kung bakit late na ako nakatulog kagabi. Pero worth it naman kasi cute din ang kinalabasan. Supposedly, simple lang...per nung gnagawa ko na, asar na asar ako kasi ang hirap ilagay yung nori sa face nila kasi masyadong maliliit. Each onigiri is really small, about 2 inches across. Tapos, di ok yung nori puncher na kasama sa set kasi plastic lang kaya ang hirap mag-punch ng nori.

Ayan tuloy...banlag si Usagi-chan. Heheheh. Yung isa palang mata nya, mata ni Kitty ang nagamit ko!!

Simple lang ang food ko, maski mahirap gawin yung onigiri. Onigiri is plain rice (no salt, filling, etc) decorated with nori (eyes, mouth, whiskers), red bell pepper (ribbon, flower) & takuan (Kitty's nose).

Main dish (in the pink cup) is hotdog & onions sauteed in ketchup (from a Japanese recipe book). Side dish is (in the green cup) iridofu decorated with green bell pepper flowers. Tofu and scrambled egg, also from a Japanese book. Others are bacon-wrapped hotdog ball, takuan slices, broccoli, sweet peas & Chinese tapa slices. The box is lined with lettuce leaves for added color and nutrients. Ayan, nalevel up ang veggie content ng baon ko dahil sa lining, hehe.

[yammy-chan]

waaah kasi nainggit ako sa bento ni maneki_neko-san kaya I'm post my second bento that I made this week





I'm trying to portion my rice intake so I measured 1 cup rice ... I used my mom's kitchen-aid measuring cup and when I inverted the cup with rice, that's when I realized it formed a circle and I placed peas for the eyes and mouth

the main dish on the left side of the picture is purefoods sisig (from the can), I sauteed some onions and removed it from pan, then I fried the sisig from the can until the juice dried up and poured 1 beated egg over it, i retured the oinion in the pan mix it up until the egg is cooked

the side dish on the right side of the bento is mixed veggies: baby corn, carrots, mushroom and green peas that are steamed and mixed with herbed butter ...

oh, and I still used my lock&lock bento box ... I'm still trying to check other bento sets kaya lang some are really expensive or too small or are not microwavable ...




@maneki_neko-san, I saw the silicon cups you mentioned, I was really tempted to buy kaya lang sobra talaga mahal ...maybe I'll check out hatchin next time ... or maybe I'll buy a bento box with separators built in na ... may nakita ako na lock&lock na ganito ...

[Maneki Neko]

Yung whiskers ni Kitty-chan eksakto! Hehe. We are looking forward to more of your bento series. ^_^

Aba dapat lang sumakto sya! Durugin ko sya eh. Sa totoo lang, gigil na gigil ako nung nilalagay ko yung nori. Nakakaubos ng pasensya T_T

OK, so this is my bento contribution for this week:



Simple lang kasi chicken nuggets lang yung ulam ko (Purefoods). Dinaan na lang sa kung ano anong kasama sa bento. The green cup contains iridofu again, because I made a small batch to put in several days' bento.

I sauteed carrot sticks and asparagus in olive oil then seasoned with salt and pepper.

I have another hotdog ball (because I made lots in one batch). The spaces are filled in by broccoli, takuan (yellow pickled radish) and boiled okra. That yellow ball in the front is quail egg simmered in curry powder.

Wala naman masyadong effect yung curry powder, slight lang yung lasa nya. Yung kulay lang talaga yung habol.

The fried rice is garnished with green and red bell pepper flowers -- the same ones as the Hello Kitty bento. Again, I got carried away with making the flowers so I made lots to store in the fridge.

Sana dumami pa ang gumagawa ng bento dito sa Japinoy!! Para share share tayo ng ideas natin sa paggawa ng bento ^_^

[yammy-chan]

this is my third bento

if you will notice, medyo pareho sila nung second bento ko kasi I made them the same week ... but this time, I was really interested in experimenting with colored rice that's why my rice is yellow ...

I used ground turmeric (McCormick brand), it said in the label to mix 1/8 teaspoon to 1 cup rice and that's what I did. the rice had a nutty smell and flavor after adding the turmeric and a nice golden yellow color ...

my main course was toasted corned beef, which I fried until it almost burned to a crisp and then I still had some herbed buttered veggies but this time I added brocolli (my fave veggie) and zucchini to the mix of veggies ...

no new bento for the month of April, but I still have some bentos from march that I haven't posted yet ...