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Book review and giveaway: Real Bento

Addicted 2 Sushi — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 10:15:03 +0000

I know, it’s been a while. But I am here to cheer you up hopefully in these rather dire times! Real Bento: Fresh and Easy Bentos from a Japanese Working Mom is a cookbook by a popular bento blogger in Japan called Kanae Inoue. She takes a very pragmatic, streamlined…

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Rotisserie Chicken Sandwich Bento | Adventures in Bentomaking

Addicted 2 Sushi — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 08:15:05 +0000

I’m so behind on blogging now, but the good part of that is I don’t have to stress so much about having pictures. I just have to find time to process them and write a quick post! When I have nothing queued up, it’s so much stress. I made this…

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Fried Rice Bento | Adventures in Bentomaking

Addicted 2 Sushi — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 08:15:05 +0000

I meant to post this last week, but I ended up with too many things going on. This was Mikia’s lunch on… Thursday, I think? I had bagged up the rice we didn’t eat from two nights before so that I could make fried rice. It was good to use…

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Candy Corn Sammies Bento | Adventures in Bentomaking

Addicted 2 Sushi — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 08:15:06 +0000

Gah! Halloween is in just over a week, and I only just put my Halloween wreath up today! I’m awful. I’m also in a sandwich bento rut. My stubborn son refuses to eat anything but ham sandwiches. I’ve noticed lately he tends to do this—eats something constantly, every day, until…

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Bat Mac and Cheese Bento

Addicted 2 Sushi — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 08:15:06 +0000

Wow, is it seriously Thursday already? On Monday night, my eczema itching was really bad, so I took some of my prescription anti-itching meds, and I took two (the bottle says I can take 1-2) because it was driving me crazy. Turns out, two is like cranking up the drowsy…

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Jack-o’-Lantern Sammies Bento

Addicted 2 Sushi — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 08:15:06 +0000

Okay, so I officially survived fall break. Mr. D drove me slightly bonkers, but we got to spend a lot of time together, which was nice too. Mikia had a sleepover approximately 99% of the break, either here or at someone else’s house, and Buddy was quite content blobbing out…

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Mr. D Bento #1 – Stroganoff

Addicted 2 Sushi — Sun, 13 Oct 2019 08:15:15 +0000

Okay, so yesterday I mentioned that my bento things for Mr. D were supposed to be coming in, and they arrived right on time. I was all set to make him sandwiches, but then I remembered that I needed to ask him what he wanted. Good thing I did, because…

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Ghost Sammies Bento | Adventures in Bentomaking

Addicted 2 Sushi — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 06:15:10 +0000

HAPPY OCTOBER! It’s officially my favorite month of the year, and it’s totally time to bust out all the Halloweeny bento stuff. No update on Mr. D’s lunch yesterday, as he forgot his bento box in his classroom. He claims he ate the muffin and a whole half sandwich, plus…

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Haunted Chicken Parm Bento | Adventures in Bentomaking

Addicted 2 Sushi — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 06:15:06 +0000

Woohoo! It’s Friday, and I’ve made it through an entire week of bentos for Mr. D. I feel dead inside but happy. I’m just kidding. I do feel tired, though. I really need to make myself go to bed earlier, especially since I recently moved my morning alarm up fifteen…

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Cute Mummy Hot Dogs Bento

Addicted 2 Sushi — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 06:15:06 +0000

I got two of Mr. D’s lunch boxes back yesterday. The chicken sandwich one was pretty much what he’d told me. He’d eaten a whole half and then bitten the other. He ate the muffin but left all the fruits (argh!). So I guess he’s pretty reliable when it comes…

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Mr. D Bento #3 – Grilled Cheese Triangles

Addicted 2 Sushi — Sun, 29 Sep 2019 06:15:07 +0000

Happy Friday! I’ve got only a slightly better update on yesterday’s lunch: He ate all the hot dog rolls, but then he started to feel full (see previous note about muffin being eaten first), and he decided to save his ham and cheese sandwiches for after school. Only, being five,…

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Mr. D Bento #2 – Sandwiches and Hot Dog Rolls

Addicted 2 Sushi — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 06:15:06 +0000

Doom. Gloom. <insert expression of failure> Yeah, I got the dreaded full lunchbox back, just as I’d feared. Despite a hopeful morning, when it came lunchtime, all he did was pick at the Bantam Bagel and eat one piece of strawberry. The rest came home untouched. The reasons? The food…

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The best bento box for you really depends on your needs

Addicted 2 Sushi — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 06:15:07 +0000

As you may know, I was kind of away from this site for a while. Although I was still writing about food here and there, and about various topics related to Japan and Japanese culture, I have been rather absent from the world of bentos. Well OK, I did write…

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Summer bento safety | JustBento

Addicted 2 Sushi — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 06:15:04 +0000

I’ve noticed that several kyaraben/charaben (cute bento) oriented Japanese bento blogs are scaling back on the intricacy of their bentos recently. It gets very warm and humid in the summer throughout most of Japan, so food safety is a big issue. Complicated charaben require a lot of handling of the…

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The Just Bento Cookbook 2: Make Ahead, Easy, Healthy Lunches to Go

Addicted 2 Sushi — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 06:15:05 +0000

The Just Bento Cookbook 2: Make Ahead, Easy, Healthy Lunches to Go is the sequel to the best-selling The Just Bento Cookbook. It contains almost all new recipes (with the exception of a handful of “classics”), and is designed to expand your bento making repertoire, as well as increase your…

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Just Bento is back! | JustHungry

Addicted 2 Sushi — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 04:15:04 +0000

The long neglected sister site of Just Hungry is finally back! It hasbeen rebuilt from the bones, with a new mobile device friendly design and more. Read about the changes. I have also finally added a more comprehensive description of ust The Just Bento Cookbook 2, and what distinguishes it…

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Believe it or not, Just Bento is back!

Addicted 2 Sushi — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 06:15:04 +0000

It’s been a very long time – years, in fact. But, the site has finally been revamped from the ground up. It now displays properly on mobile devices without having to pinch and zoom, and it should hopefully be a bit easier and faster to navigate. There are some changes…

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Updated information about The Just Bento Cookbook! Yes finally, an ebook version is announced!

Addicted 2 Sushi — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 19:15:18 +0000

It’s been a while since I updated the information about The Just Bento Cookbook – 7 long years in fact. It’s still in print (it has actually gone through double-digit printings!) and still doing very well. And I’m happy to announce that an ebook edition will finally be relieased on…

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Bohnenhase Bento: Yakisoba Pan / 焼きそばパン

Addicted 2 Sushi — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 14:15:09 +0000

Today I will post you the recipe for Yakisoba Pan. In my last post I’ve already showed, as you can prepare easily buns for different “Japanese pan dishes” (pan = bread or rolls). Yakisoba are fried noodles, which will fried on a teppan together with vegetables, meat or fish and…

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Bohnenhase Bento: Karintō / かりんとう

Addicted 2 Sushi — Wed, 16 May 2018 10:15:22 +0000

This traditional sweet Japanese snack doesn’t look pretty like other Japanese Wagashi and resembles rather thick saltsticks (just without salt (＾▽＾) ), but they are absolutely delicious with a cup of tea. This snack is called Karintō and consists of fried dough, which will subsequently caramelized in dark brown whole cane…

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Bohnenhase Bento: Monjayaki / もんじゃ焼き

Addicted 2 Sushi — Thu, 10 May 2018 10:15:18 +0000

Monjayaki is a similar dish like okonomiyaki. The recipe for Okonomiyaki I’ve posted here some time ago. The difference between the two dishes is only that the batter of Monjayaki is much more fluid like the batter of Okonomiyaki. This dish is originally from Tokyo and is also popular in…

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Bohnenhase Bento: Karē Raisu / カレーライス

Addicted 2 Sushi — Sun, 06 May 2018 08:15:46 +0000

“Karē” means translated curry and “raisu” means rice and is originally introduced by the Englishman. It is among one of my favorite Japanese dishes, because I like curry really much. This curry recipe you can also process in other Japanese food such as Katsu Karē, Karē Ramen, Karē Pan, etc.…

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Bohnenhase Bento: Yaki Karē / 焼きカレー

Addicted 2 Sushi — Fri, 04 May 2018 08:15:33 +0000

Recently, I had already posted you about the delicious curry recipe for Karē Raisu. Now I have another option for you, what you can do with leftover or too much cooked curry. Today’s recipe is called Yaki Karē, which translated means “baked curry”. It is a baked gratin of rice…

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Bohnenhase Bento: Okonomiyaki / お好み焼き

Addicted 2 Sushi — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 08:15:07 +0000

Okonomiyaki is a speciality of the Kansai region, but also in the rest of Japan is a very popular food. Okonomiyaki is traditionally cooked on a teppan. I also love to eat and prepare it more often, because it’s really easy to cook. Because of the variable ingredients it is…

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Bohnenhase Bento: Bento #33: Totoro Hiyashi Soba Bento

Addicted 2 Sushi — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 08:15:16 +0000

I love anime movies. I like especially the films of Studio Ghibli. I have seen these films so many times, that I think I can it almost by heart 😉 My favorite character of all is and remains “Totoro”. But I think that many of you feel like me 😉…

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