Purchases!

Star Wars bento hasn't happened yet, but I hope to make it soon... or three of them (one for me, one for my honey, and one for my baby).

We did, however, get some nifty items yesterday for belated Mother's Day, early Father's Day, and very early birthday gifts for my husband and me. Of course, we really got them to use for my son, but hey... why not? :-)

These are the items we got from Williams Sonoma:

Starwars Pancake Molds, Star Wars Cookie Cutters


Latticework Pocket Pie Mold, And Heart Shaped Pocket Pie Mold


My husband already broke-in the Latticework Pie mold last night. He made us apricot-pear pocket pies! I'm a lucky woman.

I hope to get the star shaped pocket pie mold, because the Williams Sonoma around the corner has some left, and they are not available online or in most places. I'd also love to get the Buttercup Cakelet Pan below.



Wouldn't that be just perfect for strawberry shortcakes and the like???

Today's Lunch and How to Egg Sheets

Today's lunch was not really that pretty, but it was tasty enough for a stomach that isn't too happy. I will try to add a picture of it later, but if that doesn't happen, here's what it was.

One Tier: Brown rice mixed with leftover lasagna cheese filling, topped with basil cheese tomato sauce and shredded mozzarella and a side of corn. I also packed some spicy cucumber banchan for my ramen noodles, but don't think I'll be eating that today.



Now for a nice "How To" found on MyBentolicious. For her instructions, click on the following link: http://www.mybentolicious.com/2010/04/tips-009.html

I usually make egg sheets a bit more simply, but I want to try this method out, since mine don't look nearly as pretty as hers! And do I see another use for my tamago pan? Why, yes I do!

Carved Carrot Flowers!

I found this 3D carrot flower carving technique on Bento Zen. The carrot flowers are amazingly cute and I love how they are steamed, making them more vibrant, easier to carve, and easier to eat! The image on the left is from her entry.

Click the following link to read the entry and instructions:

http://bentozen.wordpress.com/2010/04/27/carved-carrot-flowers/

Update

Since my last post, I found out I am pregnant. Making bentos became low priority due to constantly feeling sick. Hopefully, since I'm in my second trimestor and food is looking appetizing again, I will start my bento making with renewed interest.

In the meantime, I found this link on a bento forum I frequent. The costs look really good and I know several of the items they are selling because I ordered them from another company that no longer takes online orders.

The website is All Things For Sale.

Enjoy! :-)

Lunch: Easter Bento: March 31, 2010

Mobile pics of today's bento lunch! It was very pretty, healthy and inexpensive. I prepped and steamed the veggies, pealed and dyed the egg, cut the nori, and arranged the bento before heading to work, and took very little time. And it was very tasty and satifying.

What was in the bento:

dyed hardboiled egg with nori polka dots, steamed sweet potato flowers (held in place with gochujang, aka korean red pepper paste), sugar snap pea (sliced), scallion (cut into long pieces), pickled red onion slices, yellow cauliflower, furikake seasoned nori, brown rice

Catching Up

Time to catch up on some of the bentos I've made and didn't post. I have more photos in my computer and camera, but these are some I took with my cell phone. :-)


(22 Mar 2010)
sigeumchi namul (korean seasoned spinach)
inari sushi
sesame shiitake namul
pea salad


Onigiri with furikake.


Homemade kimchee over white rice.

Nakji bokkeum (spicy octopus stirfry) over white rice.


Nakji bokkeum (spicy octopus stirfry) over white rice.

Target finds!!!

Found these at our local Target store.

Tiffin picnic bentos: available in pinks (below, available online) and blues (not shown, stores only) These are like the Vivo 4 layer bentos on Amazon... I'm not sure how different they are, but they are only $19.99 at Target, compared to Vivo's version (priced at $39.99). I got both the tiffin color sets.

And Sassy baby bento: available in pink and blue. (Also available in Babies R Us, Amazon in varied colors, and elsewhere.) We already had one of the multicolored sets from a year or so ago (bento pictured in an older post). Since I loved that set, I figured I'd go ahead and get a blue and pink set. *grins*