Two Round Bento

Oven baked chicken pieces with walnuts and mixed greens on one side, and bibb, carrots, and grape tomatoes with blue cheese dip on the other.

Spring weather came back to the Central Coast of California. Yay! 

Round Up A Sammie Bento

 A couple of rounds to complete a half of ham and cheese sandwich.

The sandwich also had avocado and tomato slices.

 Celery, carrots, and radishes with a cucumber dill dipping sauce.

Cherries, berries, and white nectarine slices.

Round and Round We Go Bento

This is a lovely little two-tiered round bento that closes with a Velcro-type strap.

I made twin snacks for him and her. She gets the carrot jewel ring and he gets the pickle (filled with sake).

Both have sushi rice with carrot butterflies and flowers. (It's monarch butterfly season here on the west coast.) Included as well are teriyaki beef and marinated seaweed salad. Portions are small and snack-like.

Those chopsticks on the left are shaped like the chocolate-dipped cookies, Pocky! (Because I'm a kid at heart!)

..where we stop, nobody knows!

Two Boxes

I received some new bento gear from Japan the other day. These two lovely boxes are just the right size for a small lunch for me. The fish came with a cute little fork and the upper tier has a snap down lid like tupperware. The round flower came with a padded velcro strap presumably because an elastic band would slip off too easily because of the roundness.

I don't know if you can tell but in the upper right-hand corner is a sesame seed grinder, well it is the box that the grinder came in. I've already used the grinder on teri-chicken. However I think I'll toast the seed first for a stronger flavor. It is a handy device although a mortar and pestle would work too.

The boxes are from J-List and the grinder is from Japanistic.