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Got it here! There's a rabbit & bear one too.

@Amerane I recently discovered I love the taste of miso, that chicken looks super good. Here's today's bento in my new super-cute kitty bento. Jasmine rice and shrimp soaked in the leftover broth from my absurdly tasty sesame ramen from the other day, carrots and broccoli. For the poster that asked about letting a bento…

I leave my eggs in the mold all the time. The trick is to put the mold in a sealed container. Sometimes if the egg feels like it's going to be tough to get out, I open it underwater.

Depends on what's in them. Today's lunch for example was frozen this morning, but I put it my box frozen and by lunch it was thawed. I wouldn't keep shrimp hanging out in the fridge for multiple days. But I also make one out of chicken, rice & black beans that would easily hold for a week (I've done it!). Most of your…

Today's lunch is brought to you by "oh *kitten*, I forgot to make my lunch, what's in the freezer". Shrimp, tri-color carrots, rice & edamame. Simple but tasty.

Back on the bento wagon! Today's lunch is leftover sesame chicken from last night's dinner, jasmine rice, tri-color carrots and some kind of mochi thing (packaging is in Japanese :lol: ) Calories are kinda unknown as I did not make the sesame chicken. My guess is around 560 cals.

I was on Topamax for around 8 years for migraines, 100mg 2x a day. The only side effect I had for years was a taste change (soda and chocolate tasted unbearably bad). Then in the last year on it, it was starting to cause some kidney damage, so I had to change. Now on gabapentin 100mg 3x a day and I have had no side…

This looks amazing! I think you definitely nailed it, and I also love "integral spork".

I just stuff them in the silverware tray in the dishwasher.

How cute! Now you need new egg shapers...

Trust me, it only goes downhill from there! Even though I'm not currently bento-ing, I have amassed quite the collection :wink:

Did you put the hummus in the wrap? I love the Sabra red pepper hummus, but never considered putting it inside the wrap.

I use black sesame seeds for eyes, they just kind of stick on with a little pressure.

I think that every time I make a bento!! :laughing:

I've only had jicama raw, I would think it would have the same hang time as a carrot, the edges might get a little dry, but otherwise it should be fine. So far the only thing I didn't like in my bento after it sat around all day was cut red plums. They got kind of gross.

Yay for bento! I found 5 minutes to rub together so I got a chance to make a bento for today! Lunch box has mixed rice (kinda gluey, did something wrong here), lobster flakes, cocktail sauce, edamame and a crunchy sesame thing. Snack box has vegetable thins crackers, a cheese stick, a non fancy egg & a kiwi.

I think they look awesome! If you had fun, and enjoyed eating your lunch/snack, I call it a win.

This website is a great resource. I don't freeze my rice in plastic wrap, I use 1 cup size gladware containers and it works fine. I pack it hot, stick it in the freezer and nuke it when I'm ready to eat it or pack it.

You are not alone, stupid, stupid movie, but it had Brendan Fraser in a loincloth, so that makes up for it :blush:

@LadyAhiru what are the cute orange flower things in your rice?

Just when I thought it was safe to bento again, there's all this cheesy here! You guys will be forever provolone for such bad puns :lol: Even though my bento is nothing special today, I wanted to share it for all our newbies that you don't need a fancy box to bento. I needed to microwave this so I put it in a gladware.…

A lot of us started out with plain old gladware/tupperware, give it a go and share your pictures :smiley:

Ah, man. I can't figure out how to not make that gigantic. Nvm, got it.

Ah, so many bentos look so tasty! I haven't had time to mess with my bento (I'm still a super slow preparer) but I've still been eating pretty lunches. Here's today's for example: Tangerines, strawberries, a shaped egg, a brie and roasted almonds.

Oh, I've always wanted to go to one of those places! I, sadly, am the only person I know that eats sushi :frowning:

OMG, I think I just drooled a little :cry:

I actually toast it a bit over an open stove burner before making sushi with it, but I don't think you *have* to do anything special. I had read that in one of my sushi cookbooks that the author likes the toasted taste. When I've over toasted them, they became like SeaSnacks, but maybe the oven would be better for that.…

Today's first bento in a while! Matcha soba & broccoli on the bottom tier, pink shrimp, dry roasted edamame and candy corn in the top tier.

I'm okay with the conversions (mostly) and I prefer to weigh food in grams (but me in pounds!) I just can't visualize something like a km, or the volume of a liter. Centimeters wig me out. I bought something online in cm (thinking inches) and it was sooo tiny! They teach us metric in schools, but I think that's only to…

I got my monbento on a massive clearance, but I do have to say, while the box is super high quality, its probably my least used one. It's kinda big. The sizes are all listed in in liter and mililiter which makes it hard for me to gauge size and melts my little Imperial American brain. Just make sure when you pick a…