Getting Bent(o)

I know this is meant to be a book/culture blog, and I don’t plan to turn it into a bento blog. But I love my lunch packing skills, and sometimes I just want to show off. So there. Another of my (many) New Year’s Resolutions was to take our lunches every day. This was of [...]

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Soy Sauce Egg Snack

Stillmog’s SnackOriginally uploaded by firefaery29 I tried out a neat recipe I found on JustBento for Soy Sauce Eggs. You heat soy sauce in a pan and roll hard boiled eggs around in it until they are brown all over. This way, you don’t have to take salt in your lunch for your eggs. I [...]

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Heart Themed Bento

Here is the lunch I made for Stillmog Saturday morning. I have a big bucket of 100 various cookie cutters, and used the heart shaped ones today, just to tease him. I had to do each sandwich slice separately, than put the halves together, because the cutters weren’t thick enough to go through an entire [...]

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Get Started Bento Challenge

I’m thinking about doing this. Get Started Bento Challenge Starting January 13th, you make a goal list for five weeks relating to your bentos, and then follow that list until February. Whether it’s healthier bentos, bentos at least three times a week, or whatever. And you post your bentos to the flickr group, Just Bento. [...]

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Water Boy’s Bento

I made my first bentos last night! I first heard about American Style Bentos from this awesome mom-run website, Lunch in a Box. It really inspired me to start making my own, and I finally got my first chance. Water Boy has to take a cold lunch to daycare tomorrow, so I decided to try [...]

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