Using Bento Boxes for lunches.

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  • moribunny
    moribunny Posts: 417 Member
    PixelPuff wrote: »
    bunnyxhime wrote: »
    PixelPuff wrote: »
    Because of your penguin bento, I finally sprung and bought the Kotobuki Geisha Doll one for myself. xD I'd had my eye on it forever [and it suddenly had a huge drop in price].
    I've had my eye on that one, too. ^^
    It went down to around $13, and I already had other stuff in my cart to make it to the limit for free shipping. :'D
    hehehe epic, I do that, too! I know a lot of people pay for prime, but I don't wanna >__<;
  • Oh oh, someone went to Daiso a few weeks back and forgot to post all her goodies.

    Loving my new chopsticks, food picks and smaller silicon cupcake molds (had the larger ones before). Have yet to use my onigiri boxes. No idea what to put inside them but will go back through this thread to get some ideas.

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    How about putting onigiri in your onigiri boxes? :P

    LOL, you crack me up. I meant I don't know what to put in the onigiri as a filling.
  • moribunny
    moribunny Posts: 417 Member
    Oh oh, someone went to Daiso a few weeks back and forgot to post all her goodies.

    Loving my new chopsticks, food picks and smaller silicon cupcake molds (had the larger ones before). Have yet to use my onigiri boxes. No idea what to put inside them but will go back through this thread to get some ideas.

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    How about putting onigiri in your onigiri boxes? :P

    LOL, you crack me up. I meant I don't know what to put in the onigiri as a filling.
    Some just eat it plain, some with salt, others use umeboshi, fish, etc.; I like to think you could put anything you want in there though. ^__^
  • madiao
    madiao Posts: 119 Member
    edited September 2015
    I actually like putting scrambled egg in ongiri :smiley: i think it's quite tasty!
  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    Oh oh, someone went to Daiso a few weeks back and forgot to post all her goodies.

    Loving my new chopsticks, food picks and smaller silicon cupcake molds (had the larger ones before). Have yet to use my onigiri boxes. No idea what to put inside them but will go back through this thread to get some ideas.

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    How about putting onigiri in your onigiri boxes? :P

    LOL, you crack me up. I meant I don't know what to put in the onigiri as a filling.

    Sorry, couldn't help mahself o:)

    If you want a 'filling', try tuna or salmon that's been well drained, mixed with a little bit of mayo (and touch of chilli powder or yuzu pepper if you have it), a mini meatball or similar. Something not overly moist or oily, because that could make the onigiri fall apart.

    I personally love using the shiso (purple) furikake with a pickled plum in the centre.
  • PixelPuff
    PixelPuff Posts: 902 Member
    If you have the ingredients for oyakodon, you can always use the leftovers for onigiri! The slight bit of dashi on the eggs/onion/chicken seep into the onigiri a bit, but the nori makes it hold together well. Just scrumptious. /so happy she found ingredients for dashi stock in town
  • HanamiDango
    HanamiDango Posts: 456 Member
    Leftovers, but finally made the baked croquette. They turned out well, just a bit bland. We used ketchup instead of tonkatsu sauce. Might just try the tonkatsu sauce next time.
    Ketchup in little pandas, leftover fresh corn, and two korokke (133 calories each). So about 390 calories total, I did not weight the corn or ketchup, so a semi-guess there.

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  • SpecialKitty7
    SpecialKitty7 Posts: 678 Member
    Leftovers, but finally made the baked croquette. They turned out well, just a bit bland.

    They look exactly like the picture! That almost never works out for me.

    Today's bento. Pork tenderloin, cooked in the method someone about 50 pages ago suggested, fried rice mix (no actual fried rice here, it was a rice packet), broccoli, carrots and almond/cranberry mix for sweets. Because it's cute today, I also posted my snack box, which is a fishy egg (which doesn't really show in the pic), plums, grapes and a baybel cheese. Lunch clocks in at 445 cals and both snacks together are 258 cals. You're going to see variations on a theme this week as husband is travelling and I cooked a 1.5 lb tenderloin. We'll have to see how creative I can get by day 4 of this bento :disappointed:
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  • PixieGoddess
    PixieGoddess Posts: 1,833 Member
    I'm back from con! It was so fun, and I treated myself to a box of Hello Panda cookies from the dealer room :3

    No bento today (I slept most of yesterday & I'm still exhausted) but I went to the sushi cart and got a spicy tuna, avocado, and peach handroll with a cup of miso soup. No picture, it was gone too fast :p
  • sagj
    sagj Posts: 256 Member
    edited September 2015
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    I have salad bentos for the next two days. This is tomorrow's. Today's had an avocado on it too. Here's what was in there:

    Spring mix, turkey, broccoli, yellow squash, cucumber, red pepper, mushroom, tomato and avocado (not pictured)

    I also have some blackberries in another container.
  • moribunny
    moribunny Posts: 417 Member
    I'm back from con! It was so fun, and I treated myself to a box of Hello Panda cookies from the dealer room :3

    No bento today (I slept most of yesterday & I'm still exhausted) but I went to the sushi cart and got a spicy tuna, avocado, and peach handroll with a cup of miso soup. No picture, it was gone too fast :p
    Welcome back! Glad it was fun~^__^

  • SpecialKitty7
    SpecialKitty7 Posts: 678 Member
    Round 2 of pork, broccoli & rice. Today I couldn't fit the carrots in, but I did still get the cranberry/almond mix. I'm now out of broccoli, so not sure what I'm going to do tomorrow. Lunch is 450 cals, snack box is 290. Snacks are a bunny egg, edamame thins, baybel cheese and plums. Bunny egg doesn't come through too clear in the picture.
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  • Plain Greek yoghurt for breakfast (209cal)
    Strawberries for morning tea (42cal)
    Beef strips in black bean sauce on a bed of rice for lunch (411cal)
    Sugar Snap Peas with ricotta for afternoon tea (57cal)
    Total of 815 for the day inc morning coffee exc dinner.

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  • Narcissora
    Narcissora Posts: 197 Member
    Guys!!! I have a job!!! And that means I can bring bento lunches to work again!!!

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    Today I had broccoli, mini burgers, leftover spaghetti, and a honeycrisp apple. Simple and delicious!
  • SpecialKitty7
    SpecialKitty7 Posts: 678 Member
    Narcissora wrote: »
    Guys!!! I have a job!!! And that means I can bring bento lunches to work again!!!

    Today I had broccoli, mini burgers, leftover spaghetti, and a honeycrisp apple. Simple and delicious!

    Congrats on the new job!

  • moribunny
    moribunny Posts: 417 Member
    Narcissora wrote: »
    Guys!!! I have a job!!! And that means I can bring bento lunches to work again!!!
    Congrats on the job! And your lunch looks so yummy!

  • HanamiDango
    HanamiDango Posts: 456 Member
    @Narcissora Congrats on the new job. Bento looks yummy.

  • Narcissora
    Narcissora Posts: 197 Member
    Today's bento:

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    Rice with the best ever beef burgundy that I cooked in the slow cooker all day yesterday, green beans, babybel cheese, and banana bread that I baked last night. Ohmygodyum! I can't wait until lunch time!
  • madiao
    madiao Posts: 119 Member
    @Narcissora yay for the new job!

    Tomorrow's bento: rice, tamagoyaki, dumplings, salad and teriyaki chicken

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  • DawnEmbers
    DawnEmbers Posts: 2,451 Member
    So many yummy looking bentos. Now I wanna make banana bread. Bad news, no pic from me as my Mac laptop is being repaired. I am posting from a tablet, the pictures are from phone loaded to dropbox and it didn't worm from netbook as it was ginormous to the point it would mess up the whole page. Just words from me for now and hopefully soon will have Mac back.

    Yesterday was leftovers: chicken thigh, long green beans, cabbage, sriracha, scrambled egg, banana and golden kiwi.

    Today is carne asada, more leftover veggie, zucchini, spicy seaweed rice crackers and some gummies.

  • SpecialKitty7
    SpecialKitty7 Posts: 678 Member
    Today is leftover sesame chicken from last night's dinner, rice w/ black sesame & some broccoli. Nothing fancy :smile:

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  • cbnorris
    cbnorris Posts: 204 Member
    edited September 2015
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    hmm apparently I'm doing something wrong...
  • HanamiDango
    HanamiDango Posts: 456 Member
    Two boxes from this week.

    (Not) Butter Chicken with rice and carrots
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    And this one is leftover One Pot Mexican Pasta with colby jack cheese on top.
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  • HanamiDango
    HanamiDango Posts: 456 Member
    cbnorris wrote: »
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    hmm apparently I'm doing something wrong...

    I clicked on the link and than open picture in new tab and use that link (from the picture by itself in the new tab) as the image and it worked ^_^
  • FitGeekery
    FitGeekery Posts: 336 Member
    It's been ages since I've been back here, but goodness all these bentos are inspiring!

    Planning on getting back into bento'ing again, and this 4-day weekend is gonna be perfect for getting myself prepped :smiley:

    Also gonna try a recipe for some bacon furikake that I saw online... because bacon makes everything better XD
  • Fitforevermore
    Fitforevermore Posts: 399 Member
    EAK_09 wrote: »
    I've seen those types of lunch boxes. I'd love to get one, one day. :#

    The Bento boxes are pretty, but you definitely don't need to have one to get on board with the concept. I and many others started off with gladware and other basic containers. I was looking at sistema products in my local supermarket last night, and they have a split container that exactly the same size as the majority of my Bento boxes. It even comes with a spoon, a removable compartment, and is leakproof (something which many traditional boxes lack, but then again, the traditional bento box isn't meant to have soupy ingredients floating around).'

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    They actually advertise it as a breakfast container, but I find their lunchboxes, although well compartmentalised, way too big. Their smallest lunchbox that isn't a sandwich box is over a litre in volume.
    it's a lot of fun! i ordered some actual bento boxes, but they haven't come yet. i thought i'd be hungry, but i found i'm not because although it's a little bit of everything, you feel like you're eating a lot, some weird psychology going on there...

    and that's the other reason I love them. Can't decide what you want? Have a little bit of everything! It's an extreme comparison, but it's like a little buffet in a lunch bag :)

    I have this container and it is excellent. Completely leak proof. I fill the bottom with fridge porridge, and the top with smoothie :) breakfast sorted. Love this Bento thread, need to get more adventurous with my lunches!

  • sagj
    sagj Posts: 256 Member
    edited September 2015
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    I forgot to take a picture until after I mixed my latest salad bento. It is not very pretty anymore but it contains the following: turkey, ham, pineapple, strawberries, blackberries, spring mix, and goat cheese served with white balsamic vinaigrette.
  • madiao
    madiao Posts: 119 Member
    Today is leftover sesame chicken from last night's dinner, rice w/ black sesame & some broccoli. Nothing fancy :smile:

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    Mmm that looks delicious! I love the box too! Where did you get it from?

    fitfor30th wrote: »
    EAK_09 wrote: »
    I've seen those types of lunch boxes. I'd love to get one, one day. :#

    The Bento boxes are pretty, but you definitely don't need to have one to get on board with the concept. I and many others started off with gladware and other basic containers. I was looking at sistema products in my local supermarket last night, and they have a split container that exactly the same size as the majority of my Bento boxes. It even comes with a spoon, a removable compartment, and is leakproof (something which many traditional boxes lack, but then again, the traditional bento box isn't meant to have soupy ingredients floating around).'

    f3337tcx1kwo.jpg

    They actually advertise it as a breakfast container, but I find their lunchboxes, although well compartmentalised, way too big. Their smallest lunchbox that isn't a sandwich box is over a litre in volume.
    it's a lot of fun! i ordered some actual bento boxes, but they haven't come yet. i thought i'd be hungry, but i found i'm not because although it's a little bit of everything, you feel like you're eating a lot, some weird psychology going on there...

    and that's the other reason I love them. Can't decide what you want? Have a little bit of everything! It's an extreme comparison, but it's like a little buffet in a lunch bag :)

    I have this container and it is excellent. Completely leak proof. I fill the bottom with fridge porridge, and the top with smoothie :) breakfast sorted. Love this Bento thread, need to get more adventurous with my lunches!

    I used to have this box too. It says it is dishwasher safe but I can tell you if isn't. I put it in the top raexk of my dishwasher and it warped so the lid doesn't fit anymore. I did like the spoon attachment though, very handy!
  • SpecialKitty7
    SpecialKitty7 Posts: 678 Member
    edited September 2015
    @madiao I got it here. I bought the green one too.

    I also just discovered these on Jlist

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  • DawnEmbers
    DawnEmbers Posts: 2,451 Member
    Got my Mac back early. They had wait 3-5 days due to needing a part but after 2 days I had the email. Yay for laptop with working mousepad, keyboard and decent battery. Now I can post again. Today's was just chicken thigh, zucchini, couple of mochi, 2 gummies, honey apple snacks (they were different) and a golden kiwi.

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