Using Bento Boxes for lunches.
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hehehe epic, I do that, too! I know a lot of people pay for prime, but I don't wanna >__<;
It went down to around $13, and I already had other stuff in my cart to make it to the limit for free shipping. :'Dbunnyxhime wrote: »
I've had my eye on that one, too. ^^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].
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mangrothian wrote: »aussie_girl_del wrote: »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.
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.0 -
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. ^__^aussie_girl_del wrote: »mangrothian wrote: »aussie_girl_del wrote: »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.
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.0 -
I actually like putting scrambled egg in ongiri
i think it's quite tasty! 0 -
aussie_girl_del wrote: »mangrothian wrote: »aussie_girl_del wrote: »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.
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
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.0 -
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 town0
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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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HanamiDango wrote: »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
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I'm back from con! It was so fun, and I treated myself to a box of Hello Panda cookies from the dealer room
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
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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.0 -
Welcome back! Glad it was fun~^__^PixieGoddess wrote: »I'm back from con! It was so fun, and I treated myself to a box of Hello Panda cookies from the dealer room
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
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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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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!0 -
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!
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Congrats on the job! And your lunch looks so yummy!Narcissora wrote: »Guys!!! I have a job!!! And that means I can bring bento lunches to work again!!!
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Today's bento:
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!0 -
@Narcissora yay for the new job!
Tomorrow's bento: rice, tamagoyaki, dumplings, salad and teriyaki chicken
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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.
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Today is leftover sesame chicken from last night's dinner, rice w/ black sesame & some broccoli. Nothing fancy
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hmm apparently I'm doing something wrong...0 -
Two boxes from this week.
(Not) Butter Chicken with rice and carrots
And this one is leftover One Pot Mexican Pasta with colby jack cheese on top.
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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
Also gonna try a recipe for some bacon furikake that I saw online... because bacon makes everything better XD0 -
mangrothian 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).'
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.SpecialKitty7 wrote: »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!
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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.0 -
SpecialKitty7 wrote: »Today is leftover sesame chicken from last night's dinner, rice w/ black sesame & some broccoli. Nothing fancy
Mmm that looks delicious! I love the box too! Where did you get it from?fitfor30th wrote: »mangrothian 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).'
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.SpecialKitty7 wrote: »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!0 -
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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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