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Ghibli feast #7: Spirited Away

May 28, 2010 bento
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Day 3 of Ghibli feast Ghibli feast #7: Spirited Away Spirited Away was the second Miyazaki film that was theatrically released in the U.S., so I’m sure a lot of people know and saw this film in the theater. I’m not going into details of this film since I’m not good at summarizing… so let’s just get to the feast. I’m sure the people who [...]

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Bento #74: Oruchuban Ebichu

February 23, 2010 anime
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I actually wanted to make this bento on Valentine’s day, but Valentine’s day being on Sunday, and we because had to go to IKEA, I couldn’t make bento on the 14th. It didn’t feel like it was appropriate to make this one after Valentine’s day, but oh what the heck. No man would mind a bento filled with heart shapes, right? Bento #74: Oruchuban Ebichu [...]

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How to make sheep rice ball

August 13, 2009 characters
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My day job, an online card game did a HUGE system update for the game about a week ago. So I’ve been online, writing emails, checking for bugs, chatting with the Japanese developers (the game is originally a Japanese game, my company brought it over to the U.S.) days and nights… and I just couldn’t make the time to update my blog. T_T Anyway, I [...]

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non-bento #17: Moogle and Boo Ghost onigiri

July 21, 2009 bento
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We just got back from Otakon! Which means that we have no food in the fridge yet… So I decided to make onigiri (rice balls) for breakfast again. When I was looking into the fridge, I saw the pickled daikon (Asian radish) that I had made.  (see “how to make sweet and sour pickled radish”) The daikon was pinkish because it had been soaked in [...]

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non-bento #16: Kaonashi and kodama onigiri

July 16, 2009 bento
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My boyfriend and I are on the road again! We’ve been trying to empty the fridge, so I’ve been making regular bento. But I still wanted to make a kyaraben-ish thing, so I decided to make breakfast. Non-bento #16: Kaonashi and Kodama onigiri (rice ball) Created and eaten on: 7/15/2009

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how to make Doraemon onigiri

March 10, 2009 characters
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I was pleasantly surprised that I got such positive reactions on Doraemon onigiri. I really didn’t think anyone would know who it was. But I was wrong! It made me want to spread love for Doraemon, so I decided to do a how-to. When I made it for my boyfriend, I didn’t really prepare anything for it, and as I was making it, I realized [...]

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non-bento #7: Doraemon onigiri

March 3, 2009 anime
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Last night, to clean out my fridge I made “salmon dish for super lazy people” (this is another amazingly simple and easy recipe. I’ll post it someday), so we had enough food for bento. So I decided to make onigiri (rice ball) for breakfast for both of us. But just making plain onigiri would be boring,,, so I decided to make one of my boyfriend’s [...]

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non-bento #4 & 5: Turkey & Does this girl ever close her mouth?

January 17, 2009 american
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I’m going to do two non-bento food for today’s post. They aren’t really “bento” by themselves, but if you surround them with egg flowers (“how to make a sunflower”), sausage flowers (“how to make sausgae flowers”) vegetable flowers (“how to make vegetable flowers”), egg chicken (“how to make an egg chicken”), etc… they can turn into the main character in your bento! I did “how [...]

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How to make thanksgiving turkey for your bento

November 23, 2008 characters
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Thanksgiving is coming soon! So, on top of my usual how-to, I decided to do a turkey kyaraben. I’m not sure if everyone can get Japanese rice (sticky rice), so I’m going to do a sandwich version as well. [Rice ball turkey] – One sheet of seaweed – rice – two different kinds of cheese – ham – small piece of carrot – black sesame [...]

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How to make makkurokurosuke

November 23, 2008 characters
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Makkurokurosuke and mini-Totoro can come in super handy when you’re making a Miyazaki film themed bento. They are so easy to make and small enough to fill the space in a bento. They may be too easy to do how-to on, but I thought I’d just do it anyway. [Makkurokurosuke ver.1] – rice – seaweed (1/4 sheet) – kamaboko (fish cake) or cheese if you don’t [...]

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bento #5: Nekobus

November 18, 2008 bento
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When I was cooking croquettes before, I thought the color was perfect for Nekobus (a.k.a Catbus) from “My Neighbor Totoro.” I thought, “I’ll just shape mashed potato like Nekobus and fry it like a croquette!!” Bento #5: Nekobus (My Neighbor Totoro) Created and eaten on: 9/29/2008  

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bento #2: Makkurokurosuke

November 13, 2008 bento
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This is my second kyaraben. That’s right. After my failure, I didn’t give up, but decided to make something different and easier. So, I looked around the internet, and found how to make Makkurokurosuke and mini-Totoro. Bento #2: Makkurokurosuke and mini-Totoro (from My Neighbor Totoro) Created and eaten on: 9/17/2008  

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