Be Couscous Bento

The Mister likes to roast Cornish Game Hens, and we always make too much couscous. This makes a good leftover bento. In addition, we had a ton of baby red potatoes, so I made an German-style potato salad with sliced dill pickles. Apples and berries square out the new indigo rabbit bento box with cloth bag.

New Indigo Rabbit Bento Box

Comes with a red dish

and an indigo carry bag.

Winnie the Pooh Sandwich Bento

Winnie gets lost in a pretzel bamboo forest even though his friends have left flags showing him where Pooh home and Pooh garden is. Winnie doesn't notice. His brains are cream cheese and peanut butter. Where is that pot of honey?

A single layer box with a tight fitting top.

Cute bag carries the lunch.

Alice is my bag

When I told the clerk at the shop what I planned on doing with this fabric, she said dully, "How nice." I'm all about educating the masses so I went on (a bit like trying to save myself from drowning), "You know bentos? They're little boxes that hold food for lunch. Very Japanese!" That was met with a smile, sort of. After a moment or two, she said, "Well it is very cute fabric."

And it is cute! Just like bentos!

After I bought my nesting Alice in Wonderland bentos, I thought I might make a bag to go with them. I have a bag for my red Hello Kitty bento box and my black strawberry bento box, and of course, Mr. Bento has a bag as well.

Bags work well with me. They're cute and contained. And the bag kind of protects the box. I would also like to try the whole art of wrapping the bento box in fabric, Furoshiki, and (I guess) use the fabric as tablecloth or napkin. I have to research this art form.

So check back sometime... I will blog the bag when it's finished.