Thank you to all who entered my 1st ever giveaway!! I'm so excited to have so many amazing readers! I hope I'm able to instill a little inspiration in you and your meals every day! There were 52 entries into the giveaway and Random.org did the tough statistical calculations for me. So, without further ado...Drum roll please........Lucky post number 40 is the winner!! … [Read more...]
Another Angry Birds Bento Lunch
I can hardley believe this week is finally coming to an end. It was long and exhausting, but with the end of this week marks nearly the end of my 4 lunch experience. Our Chinese students depart on Tuesday, so I decided to recreate the ever popular Angry Birds lunch again. I took a bit of a different spin this time because I was lazy to incorperate a different character. I am … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday Bento(s)
Today is a very special day! It's our Rainy's birthday!! Rainy is one of our two international students who is living with us for 2 weeks. It's her 13th birthday!! She's officially a teen today and I'm excited! I love birthday's more than I can explain! With birthday on the brain I attempted to execute a little birthday themed bento. As all my loyal readers will know, some of … [Read more...]
New Bento Boxes and some sailing themed bentos
So we're officially into week 2 of having our students and as far as I can tell we're all enjoying ourselves! I took my two girls, and three of their friends shopping downtown on Saturday. Lucky for me they gravitated towards a shop called Yokoyaya 123 which as far as I could tell is very similar to Daiso. While the girls shopped I picked out a couple of … [Read more...]
{MAKE IT} Bento Bread Scrap French Toast Casserole with Homemade Fresh Berry Compote
The finished, plated product! Delish!!Do you ever scratch your head at the amount of "waste" that comes from all the bento sammies that are made? Well, I have a fantastic secret to share with you!! In my beginning days of bento making I hated the fact that there were all these pieces of bread that were getting essentially going to waste, so I started toasting them and making … [Read more...]
