After a "OMG! I'm late! I need lunch! I'll just throw something in a box..." quite extensive period, I think my new start at work will help me to get back into the bento habit. ;-) I have two jobs now and I'll need plenty of energy to get me through the day, hence the three-box combo. Contents. Bigger box: (mildly curried and peppered) egg salad on hard wheat bread with corn salad as garnish...

Contents: Coconut shrimp, pasta with tuna, homestyle baked beans, carrots, broccoli. The bento box I got here in America, but the utensil set was a gift from my host family when I went to Japan for an exchange program. I was so happy that they matched!! The characters are from "My Neighbor Totoro" one of my favorite childhood films. (The lunchbox itself is "Le Petit Prince" and...

Some days I just put food in a box and others I manage to throw something like this together.  I'm very happy with this one, I like my bento to have lots of little things going on and this one certainly delivers.  From the top left: a star shaped egg, a babybel on top of some baby plum toms, ham whirls, cherries on top of cucumber wedges, strawberries, more baby plum tomatoes, a kitty of mayo...

Holy Crap. I haven't posted Bento since, uh, January. And apparently I made some in February I never posted....so this'll be an attempt at trying to remember what's in the boxes. LOL. I returned to the US in April, and only tonight decided to make my mom a bento to take to work tomorrow since we had fresh basil and cucumbers growing in the garden and it inspired me. Bento 206 for Tim in a clear...

This is a charaben of Kon from Bleach (an anime/manga/musical). My boyfriend doesn't care for Bleach, where I'm a fan, so its fun to torture him with the cute mascot character threatening to eat his jelly. (See how menacingly he holds the spoon?) I shaped him with saran wrap, but I didn't stuff the separate rice pieces. I used swiss cheese for accents, coloring some of them with food markers....

we have a yummy chicken breast slices and spinach wrap held together with my awesome little elephant picks ^______^ we have cucumber pieces , cherries, broccoli, and a cute little cup with veggie dip in it

For the pool! Muffin and I have a nicoise salad, grapes, kielbasa with mustard, two tiny tomatoes, bread and butter pickles, ginger snaps and crackers. I put cheese in a separate container.

Very basic bento today... I had a friend coming later. And no snack bento as I'm out for the most of the day. Le sigh. So I have octopus hotdogs, spinach and cheese ravioli (just when I think I've used up all of the family's leftover pasta, we have more. We're a pasta-loving family, I can tell you that much), Smartfood popcorn, broccoli florets, tomatoes, and little cubes of cheddar. Oh, and...

# 10 is not pictured, it was just so-so. We're off to a day at the zoo, bringing lunch will save us tons of $$! Three takes on a theme. :) Ham and salami skewers with cheese girls on top, babybel cheese and goldfish crackers Ham, salami and cheese girls with strawberries for the toddler Ham underneath salami and cheese bear skewers with strawberries, babybel and goldfish crackers Not pictured...

Husband came home and we are going on vacation. I am SUPER excited.  It was much deserved and highly anticipated!  We'll be hitting up some states this island girl has never even dreamed of visiting.  Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. I will most def have lots of blogworthy food photos for all of you when I return.  This is the last post I will be posting for the next three weeks. (click for...