Bento boxes!

LadyMustard

OMG BENTO POSTS!!!!! I was so disappointed when I saw the bento group die. I'm going to upload the pics as soon as I can.

Fun things to add to bentos:
Pre-cooked shrimp (pure protein)
baby carrots
steamed asparagus
fat free meringue cookies
nuts/fruit
apple slices soaked in lemon water
melon slices

Recipes:
~Chicken Soboro (Good for topping rice!!)
1.5oz serving
107 cals
3.5g fat
6g carbs
11.5g protein

~Egg Soboro
1.5oz serving
90cals
5g fat
4g carbs
6g protein

~Meatball Nirvana (3 cheese, from allrecipes.com)
1 meatball (I usually put 2-4 in a box)
54 cals
2.6g fat
1.7g carbs
5.5g protein

2 egg tomagoyaki
1 serving
179 cals
9.6g carbs
12.1g protein

LadyMustard

Note: HA!! Thank you imgur!! Successful Pics! =D


Used a peeled mandarin orange with a celery slice for the stem to make a pumpkin. Cut out the hearts from imitation crab.



Usually don't add this much detail but its one of my best looking ones. The things with the seaweed is marinated seaweed chicken.

LaurenEllexx

I love this website-- it has hundreds of pics of bento style lunches. I used this site when planning meals to send for my kids' lunches... but they can easily be for us grown ups, too! These were just some of my favorite pictures. Check out their website!!

what was the website? It's not showing up for me

LadyMustard

More Bentos:


Soboro Bento (Using Egg and Chicken)


Bento with little cheese cutouts.

jkepler77

Thank you!!

Carnivor0us

More Bentos:


Soboro Bento (Using Egg and Chicken)


Bento with little cheese cutouts.

Wow!!! I am in awe! Those look beautiful!

Carnivor0us

Hello Carnivorous, I am new here. Your bento box items look wonderful. Are those recipes that you prepare yourself? Ty

Yes, I sadly cannot eat a more rice-laden bento due to some metabolic issues so I have to get nutritionally creative. I'm still very much a beginner at bentos though!

LadyMustard

Wow!!! I am in awe! Those look beautiful!

Thanks so much!! ^o^

LadyMustard

I get a lot of my ideas from here: http://justbento.com/

FrankWorsley

Wow...bump!

Carnivor0us

I get a lot of my ideas from here: http://justbento.com/

Me too! Love that site.

LadyMustard

Hello Carnivorous, I am new here. Your bento box items look wonderful. Are those recipes that you prepare yourself? Ty

Yes, I sadly cannot eat a more rice-laden bento due to some metabolic issues so I have to get nutritionally creative. I'm still very much a beginner at bentos though!

The site that I listed (justbento.com) has a lot of vegan, low carb and vegetarian bento recipes.

I got the recipe for seaweed chicken from www.bentomonsters.com under the recipe tab.

Both sites come with lots of photos and tutorials and stuff.

On another note...
You have no idea how impossibly happy I am to have someone to talk to about Bentos! ^o^ Its been a hobby of mine for over a year now and its kind of surprising how low the popularity for them is. TnT

LadyMustard

I get a lot of my ideas from here: http://justbento.com/

Me too! Love that site.

Sorry, made the above post before I saw your reply ^-^;

redversustheblue

Note: HA!! Thank you imgur!! Successful Pics! =D


Used a peeled mandarin orange with a celery slice for the stem to make a pumpkin. Cut out the hearts from imitation crab.



Usually don't add this much detail but its one of my best looking ones. The things with the seaweed is marinated seaweed chicken.

These are so cute! I really want to try these, but I dunno if I'm that creative. :laugh:

Carnivor0us

Hello Carnivorous, I am new here. Your bento box items look wonderful. Are those recipes that you prepare yourself? Ty

Yes, I sadly cannot eat a more rice-laden bento due to some metabolic issues so I have to get nutritionally creative. I'm still very much a beginner at bentos though!

The site that I listed (justbento.com) has a lot of vegan, low carb and vegetarian bento recipes.

I got the recipe for seaweed chicken from www.bentomonsters.com under the recipe tab.

Both sites come with lots of photos and tutorials and stuff.

On another note...
You have no idea how impossibly happy I am to have someone to talk to about Bentos! ^o^ Its been a hobby of mine for over a year now and its kind of surprising how low the popularity for them is. TnT

I'll have to check out Bentomonsters. Always looking for a new source of inspiration! And I'm also glad to be talking to someone about it, most of my friends and co-workers think it's neat but pointless, LOL!

KuroNyankoSensei

Props on the bentos! They look great x3!

I own thirteen bento boxes myself, although I never thought to take pictures of my lunch, hehe x3~

Carnivor0us

Props on the bentos! They look great x3!

I own thirteen bento boxes myself, although I never thought to take pictures of my lunch, hehe x3~

Taking pictures of you food is fun! Facebook taught us that!

Also, you have thirteen? Nice! Post pics of them!

LadyMustard

Props on the bentos! They look great x3!

I own thirteen bento boxes myself, although I never thought to take pictures of my lunch, hehe x3~

I can imagine it doesn't take long to start getting a lot of them. We're up to six bento after about a year.

Definitely take pictures and post them sometime!! It's always great seeing all the cool ideas that everyone has. ^o^