Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Hello Kitty snack bento


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Like you see, I really love Hello Kitty...

This snack Bento was really an experiment, just to find out what would be nice to use in the Hello Kitty veggie cutters... And the mango turned out to be very nice..

Manderin, grapes, melon, kiwi and mango...

Sweet olives


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Since my parents life in a small town nearby Utrecht, I've discovered sweet olives... Yummie and unfortunately, can't buy them everywhere... I thought it might be nice for in the Bento and it was really delicious, this salad with bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, bear egg and of course, the sweet olives....

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Hamburgers


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Sometimes we just like to have something differents... These small hamburgers we made we're really yummie....

Homemade Hamburgers, Hello Kitty egg and a small salad...

The papercups I use to bake muffins, are also great for seperating the food and, most important, the colour doesn't give off...

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Snack Bento


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In Japan, fruit is treated like it's candy or snack... This small snack bento was for the coffee break, but because of the work we need to finish, we just had time to eat it in the train...

Fruitsalad with Mango, grapes, raspberries and a flower manderin.

I really love the cute animal food picks, it just ads a certain factor of cuteness in it...

Monday, February 16, 2009

small salad


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Using egg molds and the Hello Kitty vegie cutters, it is really easy to make a super cute small salad....

Salad with corn, cherry tomatoes, carots, Hello Kitty bellpeppers and a bear egg.

Bento gear


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I've bought some Bento gear in a webshop and it arrived on my birthday... I was so happy with it... and just liked to get started...

I've bought a new sakura bento box, some egg molds, a Hello Kitty Onigiri decoration set, some food picks and Hello Kitty vegie cutters...

I thought it was quitte much when I've filled in the order, but then I just got one small box... hahahahaha... surprise....

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Udon


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Udon noodles, I really love it... We thought of making some more, so we could put them in the bento for the next day, unfortunately, there was nothing left.... If we really intend to put it in the bento, I think we should make even more then we did...

Udon stirfried with bellpeppers, chikuwa and onions...

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Rice with mushroom


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I've bought the book: Bento Boxes and found this receipt for rice with 3 types of mushroom. I've put some bellpeppers, carots and cherry tomatoes for the flavour and colour.

Looking back to those first Bento boxes I've made, I see it was quite boring, but it tasted really nice...

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Delicious!!!!


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My cousin Kawin is staying at my place and helping me at work...

He just came back from Japan and you know, we really think the Onigiri are delicious!!!!!

Kiddy Bento


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Making Bento for Kids is quite hard, especially if they are just one year old.. Luckely they don't need much food...
Melissa really loved the macaroni with cheese and the flower manderin. But to be very honest, it was much to much food....

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

First Onigiri's


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These are the first Bento lunches we made and the first time we made Onigiri. We filled the rice with Tuna, Teriyaki chicken and we seperated the Nori to keep it crispy. The blue berrie muffins we had for the coffee break...

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In februar I started making Bento boxes for lunch. My dear cousin bought me a bento box as a gift for my little girl... We started making bento's for fun, but soon, we decides to continue, cause it really makes us happy when we see such a nice looking lunch. Lunchtime became a really cheerful moment of the day.