Flying Bento Box

Protein : Sweet and sour pork stir fry with red and green bell peppers and onion; Vegetables : Stir fried veggies, steamed broccoli, lettuce, cherry tomatoes, steamed snow peas; Rice : Tanuki onigiri (white rice mixed with bits of fried batter, green onion, and soy sauce). Protein : Salmon again! Seriously, I love salmon. This one is honey-soy sauce baked salmon;  Vegetables : Steamed broccoli, cherry tomatoes, cauliflower buffalo bites (yum), pumpkin, edamame, and sliced red bell pepper; Rice : Brown, short grain onigiri and wrapped in nori. Protein : Salmon! Vegetables : Broccoli, Cauliflower, cherry tomatoes, kabocha pumpkin, edamame beans, and potato-carrot salad; Rice : White, short grain mixed with furikake and wrapped in nori. Protein : Salmon;  Vegetables : Baked asparagus and rainbow carrots, heirloom tomatoes, pickled radish, kimchi, and grated daikon radish seasoned with ponzu sauce;  Rice : White, short grained and topped with chia seeds (t...

Well, it's certainly been awhile since I posted. A lot of things happened recently and I've been feeling stressed but that didn't stop me from making bento! I've just not uploaded them yet. Here's tomorrow's bento. I'll be having an outside "picnic" type of hangout with my co-workers; a rare occasion but I always look forward to them.  The other day, we all were invited to the 23rd floor of our workplace building for a small party celebrating the promotion of our department's head. There was a balcony on that floor and oh my gosh, the view!! My co-workers and I spotted what looked like a small garden on top of a car garage building so we decided to have our picnic there! How exciting!! I'm always looking for new spots to enjoy my bento lunches. :D Proteins : Pan fry Salmon Vegetables : Pickled radish, Hijiki and carrot salad with a purple carrot piece carved into the shape of a flower (<3), Mini heirloom tomatoes (red and ...

This time, I used two separate boxes.  The cloth I used to wrap up my bento is really cute, isn't it!? Perfect for summer time~ I love mixed rice! For this bento, I already had pan-fried salmon so I flaked a piece up into tiny bits and then mixed it with cooked rice and nori seasonings. It was delicious! My other favorites include adding soybeans, mixing it up with boiled egg yolks, as well as cooking the rice itself with chopped carrots and peas and part soy sauce-water mixture. There's tons of variations out there; why not try spicing up your own rice in your bento next time with these variations!? That being said, in this bento.... Proteins : Salmon, mayo-tuna mix, kimchi clam stir fry Vegetables : Kabocha pumpkin, cauliflower, broccoli, cherry tomatoes, snap peas Rice : Short grain, brown, mixed with nori seasonings and salmon Dessert : A slice of a ripe plum and sweet simmered beans

Don't know if you could see it but the dried fruit is between the orange slice and the beans. Dried fruit = instant dessert. My dad brought some home from a recent visit to Vietnam. Not very good for your teeth but they are just too yummy! Enjoy~!! Proteins : Pan fried salmon (non-salted), Braised white fish (very salted), Boiled egg with yolk. Vegetables : Steamed Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cherry tomatoes, a Sugar snap pea, Potato salad (cucumbers and carrots), Pickled ginger, Soybeans, Simmered kabocha, Lettuce leaves. Rice : Short grain, brown, mixed with half of a boiled egg yolk and nori furikake seasoning. Dessert : Sweet simmered beans, dried fruits (jackfruit and mandarin), and a navel orange slice.

My first blog about my daily Bento~ Enjoy!! Proteins : Salmon Balls, Spicy Tuna Mayo, Kimchi Clam Stir-fry, Tamagoyaki wrapped in nori. Vegetables : Steamed Cauliflower, Broccoli, Sugar Snap Peas, Cherry Tomato, Soybeans, Simmered Kabocha, Roasted nori/furikake seasoning. Rice : Short grain, white. My view is, health first starts with what you feed yourself. That's why I aim to make my lunches the most enjoyable, colorful, fresh, appetizing to the eyes, yummy to the taste buds as I can!  That being said, what is the salmon ball?  Take a piece of raw salmon fillet and chop it up into tiny pieces. Add a raw egg and panko bread crumbs until the mixture holds together well. Finally, add your choice of seasonings (ie. salt, pepper, herbs, etc). Shape into tiny round balls and like a baseball, throw one ball at a time between your left and right hand repeatedly  to get the air out. Brush the balls with oil and pan fry on medium-high heat, cover...