Sunday, October 12, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
fall tree
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
pandas
Friday, September 12, 2008
bento quickies
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
party girl crackers
Monday, September 8, 2008
car quesedilla
ok, I spent waaaay too much time on this one. Mostly because I went at it without anything planned. It took an hour to make 2 of them and my kitchen was a huge mess afterward. But if my kids will eat cleverly disguised beets, well, it was an hour well spent, right? Right???? The car is a quesedilla done with a cookie cutter and nori for tires.
sleeping bear bento
Sunday, September 7, 2008
onigiri
I just received a huge lot of egg molds and a rice mold for onigiri from ebay this weekend, so I gave the onigiri a try. The round rice mold made it very easy. I made the rice overnight in my slow cooker and it turned out perfect so when I woke up, voila! Perfect sticky rice. I discovered the rice needed to be cold for the rice balls to hold their shape. And since I'm vegan, I had a shortage of meat goodies, I used hummus for filling. It was surprisingly good, unconventional but good.
kissing animals under a palm tree
Sunday, August 24, 2008
my first bad bentos
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
ok, I'm lisa and I'm a blogging newbie so pardon me as I learn both blogging and bento-ing simultaneously. Now that I'm a mom and have to actually cook things for people to eat all the time, I've discovered a new passion for bentos and the art of lunch. My son, who is 4, hates everything except dinosaur shaped chicken, mac n cheese, and bananas. We've tried calling green beans green french fries, peas are called green berries, anything with cheese near it is called a quesedilla... you get the idea. Picky. My 2 yr old daughter on the other hand loves everything from indian food to capers (she didn't get that from me!) So, my need to feed met my passion for cute little things and the need to make art of some form. Voila, bento! I fell in love. So, with a modest beginning and my big german hands (well, in comparison to the japanese bento masters, I'm sasquatch), I'm off on my new venture. I'll post as many pics as I can, even if they're bad... bare with me!
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