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a mixed-up bento

This seems like a strange combination, doesn’t it? Somehow, with bento it doesn’t seem to matter, any combination seems to work as long as there is a variety of flavours, textures and colours. At least, that’s how it is for … Continue reading

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it’s only leftovers

Apparently that’s what the Japanese script on this new bento box of mine says…”It’s only leftovers.” I love that. And that’s mostly what this was, leftover teriyaki chicken, leftover brown rice with some corn, umeboshi and nori, and some vegetables … Continue reading

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bento boxes are all around us!

I was all het up about not being able to easily get bento boxes around here…without doing mail order, which takes SO LONG!  I want my instant gratification and I want it NOW!  hee hee  But lately I have been … Continue reading

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sunrise, and a very cherry breakfast…

It must have been just before six when I woke to take Cosette down to the river for her morning walk.  This time I remembered my camera.I love this time of day.  Everything is quiet (you know what I mean, … Continue reading

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I forgot about this one…

I was looking through Iphoto and found this shot of a lunch a did a couple of weeks ago…I forgot to post it!  This winter we are eating lots of “brocco-flower”, it’s like cauliflower, but tinged with pale green, as … Continue reading

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bento-ish lunch bowl

This lunch is not really a bento, but a bit of wrap over the top could have turned it into one!   Sweet chilli chicken strip, spinach and mushroom rolled omelet, furikake rice, “designer tomatoes”, cucumbers and sweet pepper, and … Continue reading

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When I made this bento I thought the colours might be too garish.  I think it turned out ok because of the green theme.   This lunch featured the latest and greatest from Manning Market: sapphire potatoes in a creamy … Continue reading

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Another Young Guest Chef

Today, bentos prepared by an eager young apprentice chef!  Meet The Robot Who Destroyed the World.  Using a variety of bento stash items and some tasty tender beef schnitzels carefully panfried, our guest chef of the day turned out (with … Continue reading

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Guest Cook Makes Springrolls!

Bento Wa welcomes our first guest cook!  Santana made springrolls for our lunches today…and it really was cooking for a crowd since we had six of us! We made a filling from rice noodles, spring onion, garlic, shredded carrot and … Continue reading

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Sausage Fried Rice, and a Boy Bento

For lunch today, a fried rice with naturally smoked sausage from Elmar’s Smallgoods.  I have been buying from their stall at Manning Market; they also have a full store in Mount Lawley.  They use traditional methods, and the result is … Continue reading

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