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

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

Onigiri for Elegance

I thought for this Bento I would go the traditional way with nontraditional ingredients. I made traditional onigiri with Tomatoes in the center instead of the pickled plum, they were pretty large and filling for the side I had broccoli that was a bit overcooked but still delicious because I flavored it with soy sauce mixed with duck sauce Mmmmm... Next to the limp broccoli I had the potato faces with a sauce bottle filled with ketchup mixed with mayo, salt and pepper.

-Bento Chick

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.

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

Cherry tomato stuffers Recipe

Here is the recipe for the tomatoes I used on my first bento.

This is a great filler for your bento stuffing. It's nice for squeezing into the corner or your bento and it tates great too!!

You'll need cherry tomatoes and whatever you like with your tomatoes. I used ground beef and cheese but you can use anything that will fit in there.

-Cut the top of the cherry tomato like a hat.
-With a small spoon scrape out the insides
-Cook the beef until done with salt and pepper
-Stuff the tomatoes with the beef and cheese and place under a toaster oven or nuke it in the microwave for a few seconds and you have a delicious bento stuffer thats cheesy and delicious.

Enjoy!
-Bento Chick