Second Shot at Greek Bento!!

Hey folks!!

I made another Greek bento, also a pita, and I think this one turned out just as good as the last one. This bento is more for the meat eater, where as the last one was suitable for vegetarians. I made Greek inspired meatballs with beef and included all of those delicious fresh vegetables to go with them. I also made cute little heart carrots for some color and flavor. In the little sauce bottles is a Greek tzatziki sauce that is made with yogurt, cucumbers and a lot of garlic. Please check out the recipes section to make your own tzatziki sauce. I found this bento to be very refreshing and flavorful. Enjoy your bentos and I wish you happy bento-ing.

-Bento Chick

Greek Bento!

Hello all,

Long time no post! So sorry for the lack of updating, this will change in the New Year!! My New Year's resolution is to make more bentos and update the site more often, so keep checking in and prepare to be amazed!!!


This bento is Greek inspired. I made a pita with tons of fresh vegetables and a delicious tzatziki sauce. One of the pitas has grilled chicken that goes very well with these flavors. Please check out the recipe to make this pita. Not only is it delicious, it is also very healthy. This is a great bento to take to work for all of those New Year's resolutions to eat healthier. On the side I decided to add a little dessert of pumpkin spice pudding with a vanilla sprinkle lightning bolt to go with the Holidays. I hope you all enjoy this bento as much as I have. Happy Bento-ing folks.

-Bento Chick

Bento Pack Part 2

I wanted to make a bento pack of my own, I didn't have all of the choices DJ had but it was close enough for me, plus I ate everything in the pack! I had leftover General Lee's chicken, Snow peas in my favorite sauce mix, lovely heart shaped onigiri stuffed with Salmon, and a caprese salad style stuffed cherry tomatoes. In case you do not know what a caprese salad is, it contains sliced tomatoes, fresh mozzarella and fresh Basil seasoned with salt, pepper and olive oil. in the Bento bag I had cookies for dessert, a mini pear and canned pineapple.

-Bento Chick

Curry Chicken

MMmmmm, this is a great way to eat healthy, you have a lean Chicken Curry with a ton of vegetables and on the side instead of Rice, DJ used Quinoa which is actually a seed that has lots of protein. Use this instead of rice in any of your Bentos and you will be filling your body with healthy goodness.

Enjoy!!

DJs Bento Pack

As DJ Always says "A girl's gotta have options" this Bento fits that saying exactly, it has a wide variety of food to choose from. This Bento had everything from roasted chicken, carrots, tomatoes, rice with furikake and thats just inside the bento box, she also included a Banana, fruit jello cups, tea and soup base in the bento bag. If you're making a Bento and dont really want to eat just one thing, pack as much as you can and eat what you want and save the rest for later.

-Bento Chick

Three Layer Bento

Hello all!!

This is a quick Bento that literally took me minutes to make in the morning. I browned some ground beef, scrambled an egg and cooked leftover rice flavored with a little bit of salt and rice vinegar. For the sides I gave myself a cup of cranberries and carrots. Despite the messy look, the bento was very well seasoned and easy to eat.

-Bento Chick

Lamb Gone Pink

Even if you don't like lamb, you will love this pink cutie. This is a design I picked up from the "Yum-Yum Bento Box" book by Crystal Watanabe and Maki Ogawa, this is a great reference book when you have a Bento's block (writer's block for bento-ers) I also made a grassy pasture with broccoli and green rice for the Lamb to graze upon and carrots act as the fence. For dessert I had orange segments sprinkled with a little salt. this was so delicious I hope you all enjoy.

-Bento Chick

Pink Tortilla Rolls

Sorry for the delay in updating, from now on I will try to update as soon as the meal is eaten...I mean before the meal is eaten.

Anyway enjoy one of DJs bentos, I like to call it the Pink Tortilla Rolls because it is made with pink rice that was colored with food coloring. There are other ways to color your rice to make a bunch of fun designs and characters. Visit the "How to make a bento" Page for more tips.

Simple yet Satisfying

Happy Holidays everyone!!

Here is a Bento DJ made before going to see her family for the holidays.

Rice balls with grape tomatoes, good for stuffing. For dessert the strawberry mochi and a gingerbread man cookie.

Perogies and Patties

Perogies are pretty much the dumplings of Europe. Usually found in the frozen section of the grocery store, these perogies can be made at home very easily, I will have the recipe posted for you to enjoy them as much as I did. I was feeling in a potato mood (not couch potato) and decided to make the perogies with a potato filling.

For the protien in the meal I made beef patties that went great with the caramelized onions also used for the perogies. The sqeeze bottle contained just enough ranch for the carrots. Last but certainly not least, infact I think I ate this first, is the vanilla cheesecake dessert with graham cracker topping. that meal was so satisfying and fun to eat!!

Sandwiches Anyone?

This Bento was pretty easy to make and pack, I had some left over Italian burger patties and peperoni in the fridge so I cut them up and made two Italian sandwiches with mozzerella cheese and onions. I also made a rice block with avocado and ham. they were all so happy the carrot even lost an eye it was so excited to come to work with me!!

Broccoli Forest

Forest with broccoli makes for a good lunch...

Picnic Bento

This is my picnic Bento

I love how happy all my food is, the rice star and bear are having a ball (no pun intended... well maybe a little) and my mashed potatoes are just happy to be out of the freezer sitting under the broccoli tree. I made the egg frittata for the first time and it was delicious and convenient. I made ten of them and just froze the ones I wasn't going to use right away. I finally got my mini squeeze bottles so I filled one with ketchup for my potatoes to draw hair and stuff on them and I filled the other with furikake for the rice balls. I will post the recipe for the egg frittata later because I figured I should share the wealth and it was delicious!!!!

Enjoy fellow Bento-ers

-Bento Chick

Under the Sea Bento

Long time no post...
Well here is my second attempt at the Under the Sea Bento. I have a cute Octodog and Octocrab and they're smiling, now wouldn't that just make you happy to eat your lunch? To accompany the Octo folk I have an egg goldfish and starfish, and you can't forget the tomato clams, arent they cute?

Well I hope you enjoy this Bento.

-Bento Chick

Lazy Bento

Hello all,
Its been a while since I've posted one of my bentos. I was experimenting with my new bento toys and tried for an "under the sea" theme but it didnt quite turn out. First the eggs I used for the egg shaper were to small so nothing showed up. I ended up stuffing the egg shaper with rice and was able to make rice fish instead which I think turned out OK. I also made my first octo-dogs I think they turned out pretty cute! In the smaller compartment I tried to pass off the tomato slices as coral and the little jelly cup as a jelly fish. I realized to late that I should have made a star fish apple instead of a flower. Overall it was a lazy bento but it was still better than nothing and it was delicious!

-Bento Chick

Funky Panda

This should be called "Leftovers in a Hurry" - it was very tasty but could have been arranged a little better! Next time I will take an extra minute to make a better arrangement. I had leftover chicken and vegetables and I put some little grape tomatoes in for color.

The Bunny Twins Bento

Is it possible that rice tastes better when shaped like a bunny? I think so! I enjoyed this bento lunch with leftover steamed zucchini, feta stuffed grape tomatoes, rice bunnies with furikake, grapes and heart shaped cheddar cheese slices. Just looking at the picture makes me wish I had prepared a bento lunch for tomorrow!

Starry Meadow Greek Salad Recipe

Here is the recipe for the starry meadow greek salad that appeared on my first bento post. This recipe can also be found in the Bento recipes section.

Ingredients
-Leafy greens, preferably romaine lettuce
-Red Onion
-Cucumber
-Kalamata Olives
-Feta Cheese
-one small pepperoncini pepper
-A good greek dressing(I used Kraft's)

Tear the lettuce leaves to desired bite size. Cut cucumber slices and cut out the flowers. Take one onion layer and cut the stars. I used a fondant cutter that I bought from Michael's Arts and Crafts store for the cut outs. Slice the Kalamata olives into thin rounds. Assemble pieces on top of bed of lettuce and crumble feta cheese over top. I used a small container that is usually used for Ketchup at fast food chains for the dressing since I am still waiting for my order of sauce bottles.

Enjoy this delicious and beautifully romantic salad!

-Bento Chick

Bunnies Love Trees Bento

Bunny wanna take a stroll down the park?

Broccoli makes the perfect tree! My little bunny egg looked plain all alone so a bed of mint leaves helped and it smelled good too.

Happy to see me Bento

Another awesome Bento by DJ!