A day late

I have no Bento for myself today and Logician did not eat his from yesterday. But I decided to take a break from Bento for the rest of this week in order to give my mind some time to come up with some better ideas! Although Logician's Bento for yesterday is probably the best one I have ever made. I am trying to make sure I incorporate more colors to provide us a better balance and when he couldn't decide which meat to use I left it out!

Here's his:

He only had one onigiri left so I placed it in the side car compartment with some bell pepper dices. He has his Kimchi which he loves so much, and then some radishes in a small sauce container we had lying about in a cabinet. I also gave him a bit more rice by placing a thin strip along the side and covered it with Furikake (also on the onigiri) and basil. His radishes are in a bed of carrots and a field of sliced snow peas finishes his box.

I love how pretty this one came out. I really don't plan my Bento they just sort of happen. It's enjoyable. Mine was nice but not as pretty as his.

Mine:

I am enjoying having the rice all on one side in these boxes. It allows me to make the main compartment look very nice, but I find myself at a loss for what to fill the side cars with. In this one I had some salad olives, a halved hard boiled egg (sans yolk) and my soy bottles. My rice had toasted sesame and basil on top. I used the last few pieces of ham which I diced and placed in the box last. I first put in the snow pea slices, followed by the left over dices of Logician's carrot forest and bell pepper bed.

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I have been trying to make these so they do not have to be refridgerated, but I am definitely sure that they should be reheated. Logician has purchased some traditional Bento boxes for me and I am looking forward to the freedom it will create. Especially in situations where one compartment should be heated and the others don't need to be. I also purchased us a joint gift of some rice/soup bowls with covers. I may start trying to make my own miso soup balls (as found on www.justbento.com) and take one of these with me in my lunch box. We will see. I am going to also try to update the blog a bit and add some of the websites I visit.

Until Sunday night then - Happy eats!

Left Over Bentos

So today is another day of left overs, which I am always happy to enjoy. Logician took left overs from tonight (delicious ribs he cooked) and I took some from Saturday (the precooked ham we bought). So here are today's contenders:

Logicians:

Again featuring his onigiri topped with his furikake. I seem to have devised a trick for the onigiri storage issues I faced before and these should be just as good as yesterdays. He has his ribs with a back garden of basil ribbons, topped with a bit of toasted sesame seeds. Then he has a line of snow peas, some bell pepper and his bottle of soy sauce. Again we both have some kimichi (far less for me thank you!) and radishes. His has a nice grouping of carrot match sticks and some cucumbers.

He opted for no egg again as he is "Egged out."

Mine:

I again put my rice all on one side. This seems to allow me more space to layer creatively. From the bottom to the top I have: a layer of ham cut into strips and layered then topped with a bit of mustard; a small collection of snow peas and diced bell pepper; a double row of coined carrots on top of which is a diced egg white. Then in order to use the remaining small bits of ham and egg I placed them in a sort of pattern on top of the rice with some basil ribbons and sesame seeds. I have some cucumbers with my raddishes and my smaller dose of kimchi.

All in all the bentos are getting rather samey at the moment, but I am hoping once I have some more time and some more bento accessories I am going to try and start making some more cute bentos. I have some punches for scrapbooking that I may reassign to bentoing. :D

Happy eats!