Salmon and Lil' Mouse Bento

Salmon and Mouse Bento, a photo by sherimiya ♥ on Flickr.

This week's salmon and rice format is packed in a newish two-tier strawberry shapes bento set from Daiso; so cute right? And only $1.50; you can't beat that. The only problem is that it's just a tad bit big, so I think the salmon layer probably moved around a bit by lunchtime. TinySprite gets red rice and salmon with furikake kabocha, a little cup of steamed corn off the cob, and a cute radish mouse. The lower tier contains white peach slices, cherries, blueberries and homegrown sunsugar and yellow pear tomatoes. Simple but satisfying.

Garden bounty

Yellow pear tomato, quite ready for picking, on my overgrown bush. I love the way these cute, bright fruits look in bento.

Garden bounty

Applause tomato, very red and firm! This one will be sliced up for use with another garden item...

Garden bounty

Lemon Boy tomatoes, impossibly bright and yes, lemony yellow, begging to be picked and shown off in a cool summer salad, perhaps.

Garden bounty

Can you guess what this lovely basil will become? hint: in combination with ripe tomato... and with fresh mozzarella and fresh cracked pepper with a drizzle of olive oil...

OK, not just a hint ~ it's no secret that I love caprese salad, and it ranks as one of my favorite all-time salads.