Rooster sausage bento from A to Z

  • May. 1st, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Morning prep time: 6 minutes. These sausages are special: I helped butcher the roosters they're made from, and Hank Shaw of the Hunter Angler Gardener Cook blog made them. Full details on the bento and my rooster excursion with Hank, Elise of Simply Recipes, and Garrett from Vanilla Garlic are here at Lunch in a Box.

Feather pile

Mini bagel sandwich lunches

  • Nov. 10th, 2008 at 6:42 PM

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Morning prep time: 12 & 13 minutes. Full details here at Lunch in a Box with a review of local Alaskan jellies (salmonberry, spruce tip, and salal) and additional mom/son lunches.

Local Alaskan jelly Lox & cheese mini bagel lunch for preschooler

Lunch in a Box on live TV news

  • Sep. 17th, 2008 at 1:38 PM

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I recently went on live TV to do a news segment about speedy bento lunches; this is one of the lunches I made for that spot. Full packing details, three additional lunches, and a write-up of the whole experience with a link to the online video is here at Lunch in a Box.

Biggie at TV studio of Fox40 Live in Sacramento

Simple American bento lunches

  • Aug. 30th, 2008 at 8:46 AM

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Morning prep time: 10 minutes. Full details here at Lunch in a Box with a link to an article in The Washington Post that amusingly calls me "the Rachael Ray of bentos".

Egg muffin sandwich bento lunch for preschooler

Children's Day bento lunch for preschooler

  • May. 6th, 2008 at 11:18 PM

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Morning prep time: 30+ minutes (not speedy, but it was a special occasion for the Children's Day holiday). Full details here at Lunch in a Box with notes on equipment, decoration technique, and lyrics to Koinobori (the classic Children's Day song).






Mixed onigiri lunch and special Marmites

  • Apr. 5th, 2008 at 3:46 PM

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Morning prep time: 15 minutes. Full details with mini onigiri cooking notes, and info on limited edition Guinness Marmite & champagne Marmite yeast extract spreads here at Lunch in a Box.

Mini onigiri rice ball mold

Mixed sandwich bento lunch for preschooler  Special edition Marmite lineup

Mac & cheese lunches: Hot vs. cold

  • Feb. 26th, 2008 at 2:41 AM

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  English muffin sandwich bento lunch for prechooler

Morning prep time: 10 minutes each. Full details here at Lunch in a Box with thoughts on using thermal food jars for pasta.

  Panda bento belt & 3-tier bento box

 

Miniature fruit & sandwich bento lunches

  • Feb. 8th, 2008 at 1:41 AM

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Morning prep time: 12 minutes (rambutan lunch) and 3 minutes (rolled sandwich lunch). Full details here at Lunch in a Box.

Rambutan & sandwich lunch for preschooler


Dinosaur sandwich cutter and lunch

  • Feb. 5th, 2008 at 4:02 AM

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Morning prep time: 7 minutes. Made with a sandwich cutter that creates little dinosaur sandwiches without crusts. Full review and info on cutter, new Asvel bento box (and its vented lid) here at Lunch in a Box.

Dinosaur-shaped sandwich cutter 490ml Asvel bento box with steam vent Dinosaur sandwich bento lunch for preschooler (lid closed)

English muffin sandwich bento lunch

  • Dec. 4th, 2007 at 12:00 PM

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Morning prep time: 12 minutes (sandwich) and 6 minutes (curry). Full details here with sandwich variations at Lunch in a Box speed bento blog.

Curry rice bento lunch for preschooler