So I have not been so much standing in the kitchen at 6 a.m. racking my brain, as ticking over different ideas and thinking yes or no, nice thought but not today, and then YES.
This bento had ham and egg roll-ups, Savoy cabbage stir-fried in sesame oil and 2 cheese hearts on top, two of my best rice balls ever! with furikake container, skewers of sausage and shrimp seared in hot chili oil, sugar snap peas and a couple of cherry tomatoes. Oh and Pocky in the lid, thanks to Avie's BentoMovie Network which told me Pocky fits in bento lids - to quote my favorite movie of all time Princess Bride, "Brilliant!!"
Today's bento has some of the same things:
More of my pride-n-joy rice balls, cherry tomatoes, pork cutlet from last night's dinner, monkey with ketchup, furikake shaker (Jan has discovered he loves furikake, at least this one which is sesame, nori, and spices), hard-boiled egg with salami hearts and mixed chili pepper on top, a couple of random celery chunks, and a brownie bite wrapped in foil.
Bento has changed my way of grocery shopping too; I look for small things, color, shape, pick potential, and cuteness. This has to be good!
HEY!!!! How are you making your rice balls? By hand or mold? Any fillings or just plain? Can I tell you how addicted I am to umeboshi??
ReplyDeleteWhat type of furikake? I found a veggie type that I like - it has pumpkin in it! ^^
I'm glad you like the pocky/lid idea! :)
Wow! How fun! I don't know what a furikake is, but I do know what a Bento Box is and have a particular Japanese restaurant at which I like to order them. I had no idea there is a whole world of bento artisans out there. This is fascinating. I may have to ask my husband to take me to that Japanese restaurant soon.
ReplyDeleteAvie: I have a new rice ball mold and it works really well; these perfect sphere emerge, and it's very easy to put a filling in between the two dollops of rice before squishing.
ReplyDeleteI now need some pumpkin furikake. this one is called wasabi fumi furikake. Pocky lids rule!!
OnceUpon: Furikake is a sprinkle for rice or whatever, to add flavors to the plainer rice balls, noodles, or such like. You put it in a little kyoot container because its crispy crunch is part of the pleasure. We will now attempt to draw you into the insane world of bento obsession: you are getting sleepy, sleepy...you are dreaming of little lunch boxes shaped like koi fish, or pandas...You are logging on to EBay now...(at least that's how it happened to me :) ).
I am developing a panda thing (see my blog from today - http://honeysheistwisted.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-think-i-might-be-developing-thing-for.html) LOVE your box!!!
ReplyDeleteCoveting your box!!!!