Monday, January 3, 2011

Back to Bento!


Back to Bento!, originally uploaded by sherimiya ♥.
Welcome to 2011! Are you ready for a new year? We had a nice long break of two weeks during which time I easily forgot about making bento, meals and cooking, and worrying about school and scheduling in general. It was nice, but now it's time to get back to business. Although I went grocery shopping today, I of course forgot to pick up various bento essentials, so my bento may be lacking in areas for awhile. Today I decided to use my LunchBots Trio, a stainless steel rectangular bento box with rounded corners and two permanent dividers. It may not look like it, but the three sections are equal in volume. I know because I tested it with water. The dividers do not keep the sections completely leakproof, but unless you're packing something very soupy or runny it works fine. I made pan-fried balsamic vinegar chicken and put the pieces in one section along with a tiny brown rice / barley / lentil furikake musubi. Another section has pan-fried garlic purple potatoes, pickled cucumber and carved carrots. Last section has a honey tangerine and peapods. There are also two bunny picks to celebrate the new year. Happy New Year friends!

12 comments:

  1. Happy New Year! I too have been taking brake and actually maybe a little while longer since mine are still on vacation...lol I have to try the balsamic chicken recipe...it looks delish!

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  2. Lucky you Steph! I wish I had just another week... :D

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  3. Happy New Year Sheri! My kids will back to school next Monday, so I'm still enjoying my bento break hehehe ;) Yummy healthy balance bento to start for a new year. Love it as always ♥

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  4. Happy New Year Sheri! I haven't used my new trio box yet. I didn't realize they were of equal volume. Thanks for sharing that info.

    A nice re-start to bento. I was missing you! :)

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  5. Welcome back and happy new year! I think I'll make my first bento of 2011 tomorrow. This one looks great, even if you did not shop with bento in mind. :)

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  6. Welcome back! Always happy to see your nice bento! My elder boy just back to school too but I'm yet to back to bento making though :)

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  7. Happy New Year, Sheri...my kids return to school today too. Welcome back, Sheri..nice bento as always :b

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  8. =) so yummy bento! Making so colorful and delicious bento with those ingredients is just magic ^_^.
    Happy New Year Sheri dear! And Happy bentoing ;)

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  9. Happy New Year Sheri! Hope you had a great well deserved time off. I missed checking in and seeing your bentos. I could've certainly eaten this today.. that balsamic vinegar chicken looks so incredibly tasty! Yay to your 1st bento of 2011.. can't wait to see more! No pressure tho.. hehe.

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  10. Thanks Lia, Debra, Michelle, KidsDreamWork, Yenny, Uniflame, karaimame and Chantale!!

    So sweet. I missed you all too. I love the way bento brings us together. Look forward to all of your bento and crafts and shenanigans this coming year as well!!

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  11. Happy New Year, Sheri!!!
    So beautiful bento as usual!!Really looking forward to seeing your new&beautiful bento again!!

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