Bento Berserk: salami

Welcome!

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!

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Back to School Bento

Hello Everyone!
It is the beginning of a new semester and here is my first bento of the new year!

I chose this adorable festive red Hello Kitty Bento set. It has a matching drawstring bag that helps keep all my bento stuff together.

Here is the above view of the closed 2 tier plastic bento box held closed with a black band.

The 1st tier, In this tier I strained some fruits that were in a light syrup, and placed them inside their own division, and next to that in a separate section is a small cheese, some cashews, some salami cut into quarters, and a lychee coconut jelly.

In the lower tier,which can be viewed in this picture, contains a rice stir-fry with green beans, shitake mushrooms and some seasoning on the rice.

Well thats all about this bento! I hope you are enjoying the new year!

Unitl next time! Happy Munching!

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Egg Bun Bento

I did not have a lot of time this morning because I really wanted to make turkey soup for dinner tonight. So I had to spend most of my time peeling and chopping vegetables. Needless to say, I am very excited to try that soup because I am sure that it is going to taste good. This is my first time making turkey soup from scratch. I even made my own stock using my leftover turkey carcass from Thanksgiving. :) I will definitely post details about it after I have tried it, I can even post my method if anyone is interested in making their own!

So because I was short on time, my bento is pretty small, but it still looks really good. :)

I used an egg bun here and cut it in half and spread on some Laughing Cow cheese, I also included a few slices of dry hungarian salami, rolled up beside them, as well as some dried apples, almonds and two apple gummies. The egg bread and apple gummies both came from my local asian grocery store, its quite large and I really enjoy visiting it. They have so many things. The other day I also picked up a pot to make shabu shabu, so I am really looking forward to making my own :).

Anyways, that is all for today, so until next time, happy munching!