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Apr. 28th, 2008 @ 02:30 pm
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Sorry for not posting in a while. It's been hard to get back into the swing of things; I didn't realise just how hard papa's death would be to cope with, how much I would miss someone I was seeing every day for a while. I cried every day for a couple weeks before I felt like doing anything...bento was about my only hobby. It was something that didn't have memories attached to it. It was new.
( Grief and Other Various Emotional Outbursts Under the Cut )
In an attempt to be cheerful, and because I promised Mnem that I'd post, I'm still making bento - made 60 of them now, in fact. And I've dropped one size just from healthy food and portion control. Amazing isn't it?
This is my newest pinnacle of bento greatness:
This is not a 'real' bento box - it's a pencil box I've had since gradeschool, with a handy center divider. It's a little too big for a traditional men's bento, I think, but it's about right for the skinny hubby's voracious appetite. Anyway, I am SO proud of the way it came out. Rice done with rice cubers; alternating black sesame seed and homemade carrot-egg furikake. In the green cup is my first attempt at tamagoyaki (rolled omelette) with shredded crabstick in it. It's really good! Then there's cucumber flowers with strawberry, and a few slices of the cucmber 'negatives' to fill space. Parsley garnishes. Not shown, a sidecar with the rest of the cuke negatives and some cookies.
This I'm showing because it's my favourite new bento box from shoppingkawaii.com or something. Cost $18 and shipping, but it's SO adorable. It has grape tomatoes, green beans, and a tamagoyaki heart in the top half of the first tier. Second half has another tomato, half a strawberry, cucumber slices under 40 spices hummus with cuke and tomato garnish. Second tier is sticky white rice with carrot and egg furikake. Pocky in the lid.
And this is my other bento box, with a matching side car. Food isn't worth mentioning, except for the fact that the sprouts I grew myself, and cantaloupe melon balls are AMAZING when sprinkled with ginger sugar.
Some other notables:
Hubby bento with onigiri and melon balls and meat wraps
Molded onigiri with melon balls and a grape flower - so pretty
Spinach salad, veggie fritatta thing, fruit salad and veg
Lame Pikachu Charaben
Sandwiches make cute bento, too
Under da Sea!
Oodles o Noodles (with some meat and veg)
Sonic the Hedgehog Charaben for the hubby
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