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Shiso Onigiri Bento
Ugh, I’m so behind on blogging my bentos already! I made this one for Wednesday, going lighter without meat, but still bringing in calories with three onigiri. Using shiso furikake for onigiri is still...
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Korean BBQ Chicken Bento
As I mentioned on Saturday, I had my cheat meal last Wednesday when we took the kids out to eat at Kim Chee 2. I left one piece of chicken for my lunch and swooped up all the kim chee and bean sprouts...
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Pot Roast Leftovers Bento
Yikes, talk about being behind only in January. This bento is actually from January 11th! Anyway, it’s leftover pot roast. Not your most traditional bento fodder, but still a moneysaver since it uses...
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Ham & Cauliflower Bento
Last week, I was at a loss for what to pack for lunch, so improvising something Maki made in one of her bentos in Yum-Yum Bento Box, I fried cauliflower and ham and packed it with leftover roasted...
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Oyako Donburi Bento and Weight Progress
Last month I made this oyako donburi bento but apparently forgot to do a post about it. I am still hoping that one day my family will get over their Mr. Pikko-instilled fear of green onions and let me...
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Hearty Valentine’s Day Sandwiches Bento with FunBites
Mr. Pikko gave me a bread machine for Christmas and I’ve been puttering away trying to find my favorite recipes for breads we enjoy. We usually eat Honey Oat bread all the time and so I baked one of...
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VIDEO: How to Make a Star Pizza Bento
Note: This post was written forever ago and I never published it, so here it is! Back in January I packed a lunch for Buddy with leftover pizza slices by cutting them into star shapes with a cookie...
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Two Sammie Bento
It feels like forever since I’ve written here and I feel terrible about it. I’ve been fixing up all the broken images here, reading past posts and looking at old photos and thinking I need to get back...
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Musubi and Spam Bento
Last night I fell asleep putting the kids to sleep and so I didn’t get to do prep work for Baby Girl’s lunch today such as picking the box and working out the kinks in her food choices, making this...
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Mac and Cheese with Ham Bento
In the words of Baby Girl, yesterday was “some icky tuna lunch” at school, so we discussed lunch alternatives and ended up going with mac and cheese. And while I realize I’m not being a very healthy...
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Two Home Lunches
School started here in Hawaii at the beginning of August, so Buddy is now a month into kindergarten and I’m happy to say he has adjusted very quickly to the surroundings. I wasn’t sure if he was going...
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Butter Yaki Bento
It’s been a while since I made butter yaki, so this week when I went shopping I picked up shrimp, thin beef, won bok, and a zucchini. Normally I’d buy bean sprouts too but the last few times I’ve eaten...
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Steak Bento and a School Lunch Experience
For Labor Day, we pulled out the big, ginormous water slide one more time and I grilled a ton of steaks for quite a small amount of people, so we had a lot of leftover steak. I threw together a quick...
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Chicken Soboro Bento
On Monday I decided it’s time to stop making myself fatter and fatter and get back on Weight Watchers. I have to admit I’m stupid and have been paying for my subscription this whole time but not doing...
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Paprika Chicken Bento & Buddy’s Fame
Before I get to a bento I made last week, here’s a peek at Buddy’s claim to fame in Japan: Yes, it’s unbelievable, but my little man is in an iPad 2 commercial. People have been asking me how this...
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Pork Cutlet Bento
This is a bento I made last week from leftover tonkatsu. I’m calling this pork cutlet though because I didn’t have enough panko to double batter this one and it was a very thin piece. The rice went in...
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Mini Teri Beef Bento for Buddy
On Sunday, we invited Mr. Pikko’s parents over for dinner so we could have some of our fish and rabbit, since they were getting past their prime. They brought some marinated beef to supplement it and...
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Halloween Picnic Bento
My family just came back from a week long vacation at Disneyland, so I’m still dealing with vacation blues while I try to get into the Halloween bento swing. My aunties paying a visit from Hilo while...
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Simple Ham Sammie Bento
Sheesh, it’s been so long since I’ve blogged about my lunch I almost feel like I’ve forgotten how! Ever since stuff for The Hunger Games and Fictional Food picked up, I haven’t had much time to make a...
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Pink Panda Bento
As I was frying some of my leftover tuna patties from the freezer this morning, I found out that these don’t keep all that long. Either that or I need to fully defrost them before frying them because...
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