Vegan Sausage Bento Box
Sausage, peppers and onions…classic Italian home cooking. Maybe not so classic when using vegan Italian style sausage, but as long as the results are tasty… who cares? Here’s a generic recipe for one...
View ArticleQuinoa-2 Ways for 2 Bento Box
How do you pronounce “quinoa”? “kee-NO-wah” or “KEEN-wah”? Well, I wasn’t sure so it’s added to both boxes. The ”kee-NO-wah” to the large bento box and “KEEN-wah” to the snack box. The large bento...
View ArticleRoasted Baby Potatoes
Quick post to feature a fun and yummy bento filler. Baby potatoes! These were roasted in olive oil, salt/pepper, then topped with flakes of nutritional yeast. These little cuties could be used in...
View ArticleBlack Rice with Coconut Bento Box
Today’s featured bento box includes more of my latest passion, the Black Thai Glutinous Rice. This rendition is a mix of the black rice cooked in coconut milk with azuki beans. It’s a twist on the...
View ArticleThe “Last of” Bento Box
Not the last bento box, but the “last of” some of my usual bento box fillers. Normally I would make a leftovers omuraisu with of all the little tidbits, but this time the bits and pieces where...
View ArticleAnother In-Flight Bento
Taking a pause between my “back-to-school” bentos…here’s an in-flight lunch that I packed for a departing house guest using produce we found while sightseeing! Like in another in-flight bento, I...
View ArticleMini Caprese Pita Sammie Bento
A little “long distance” caprese anyone? One of the benefits of posting my bentos online is meeting new friends via the internet. New friends like Mils of notabrownbag, who not only packs her own...
View ArticleChicken Sausage Bento
More stainless steel you asked? No problem. Requesting chicken? Sure. How about tomatoes? Got those too. Rice? Nah, this time it’s purple potatoes. I bought the potatoes after tasting them at a...
View ArticlePotato Memories and a Recipe
When I was a little girl we didn’t eat potatoes at home unless my dad cooked them. He was exclusively responsible for breakfast home-fries or holiday mashed. My mother generally avoided them and I...
View ArticleMeatless Monday Bento
First off, look how cute and tiny those potatoes are! They’re smaller than even the cherry tomatoes! Baby (extra baby) red potatoes. Saba Man and I made our weekly jaunt down to the I.D. for our...
View ArticleMiso Butter Mahi Mahi Bento
Saba Man and I shared a rare weekday off together. So we decided to drop the car off at the shop for a routine check-up. Off course that was just too optimistic of us because the shop called to...
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