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I created this blog with the desire to make lunch simple, fun and healthy. I had turned to bento to make this possible.
I live with my husband and our adorable pets and we live a fairly busy life so, being able to have a fast fun lunch makes it easier to save money and eat healthy. Bento is for everyone, not just children, and I strive to inspire people to make lunch an exciting aspect of their day, instead of the same old monotonous task and boring foods which inevitably lead to spending too much money on cafeteria food or fast food, or skipping meals all together.
This blog really has grown to be so much more than I had originally invisioned! It really incorporates my love for local and fresh food and making meals fun and tasty, not just lunch! There is great potential for all meals and bento still really inspires me, but I also really enjoy being inspired by the local farmer's market, and different books and I think the blog has really taken off to so much more than just a bento blog. I hope you feel inspired and enjoy it as much as I do!

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Kiki Bento

I whipped up a quick bento today before I headed off to class. I thought to myself, I should really take a picture of that. So... I did.

Recently, I have decided to put my extensive bento supply collection to use, I have acquired all these items in order to fulfill my desire to make a bento every day. I have often liked the idea of bento and owned a few bento boxes which I enjoyed filling with delicious food on occasion, but it was inconsistent and lacking any true skill. So after playing around with the idea of becoming truly involved in making bentos, I decided "why not?" and decided to go for it. I started really investigating the websites I liked to browse from time to time and started seriously finding out "what do I need?" and then decided to build a collection and purchase a few books.  So when it occurred to me today to take a picture of what I'd done I decided that I wanted to share my "journey" in bento-making, and that way people who are interested can look, and maybe try it for themselves.

Now, enough about how I came to decide to create this blog, and more about the food!

So today's bento box is Kiki's Delivery Service themed. I really love Studio Ghibli movies, so when I saw this particular box, I could not resist. In this picture you can see the 2-tired bento box, a chopsticks case and a small fork case and an insulated lunch bag as well as a small sauce container.
INSIDE! The fun part! I packed two potato croquettes, one white potato with herbs mixed in and little cheese in the middle, and the other is sweet potato. Next to those are a few pieces of pickled cauliflower that I have patted dry a little to prevent the croquettes from becoming soggy from them. In the upper container I have carrot sticks, almonds, some beef jerky and some dried apples. Lastly, the sauce container is filled with a home-made sauce that is good for the croquettes as well as the carrots. 
I am really excited to dig into this bento! I am sure that it will be delicious.
As for details on the food, everything in this box save for the vegetables, nuts and beef jerky are 100% homemade and made in advance in order to ensure that I can pack this lunch in a reasonable amount of time. If anyone is interested I can post the recipes, please let me know and I'll be glad to do so. :D
Thanks for taking a look, and happy munching!
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