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Meat Jun & Chicken Bento
Back in February, I did Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day Shred and lost 10 pounds solely through exercise. Unfortunately, due to laziness and really really bad eating habits, I ate myself back into 6 of those...
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Twinkle Twinkle Spaghetti Bento
Grandma and Grandpa J are watching the kids a few days of the week during the interim between school and their summer programs, so we went over to their house for dinner the other night and I brought...
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Five Ways to “Bento” Your Thanksgiving Leftovers
If there’s one thing that so many of us have in common it’s the ordeal of eating turkey and ham for days on end until we finally are so sick of it we are ready to say goodbye to those foods until next...
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Rice-free Chicken Karaage Bento
As you may or may not know, if you grow up in Hawaii, you end up eating rice with everything. Since I’ve lived in Hawaii for nearly 34 years, it’s tough to break the rice habit. I was able to do that...
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Whole Wheat Spaghetti Bento
Gah, I’m already falling behind on posting! This was my Tuesday bento. We had spaghetti for dinner on Monday night and although my family has eyeball allergies when it comes to whole wheat pasta,...
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Shiso Onigiri Bento
Ugh, I’m so behind on blogging my bentos already! I made this one for Wednesday, going lighter without meat, but still bringing in calories with three onigiri. Using shiso furikake for onigiri is still...
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Pot Roast Leftovers Bento
Yikes, talk about being behind only in January. This bento is actually from January 11th! Anyway, it’s leftover pot roast. Not your most traditional bento fodder, but still a moneysaver since it uses...
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Ham & Cauliflower Bento
Last week, I was at a loss for what to pack for lunch, so improvising something Maki made in one of her bentos in Yum-Yum Bento Box, I fried cauliflower and ham and packed it with leftover roasted...
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Oyako Donburi Bento and Weight Progress
Last month I made this oyako donburi bento but apparently forgot to do a post about it. I am still hoping that one day my family will get over their Mr. Pikko-instilled fear of green onions and let me...
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Hearty Valentine’s Day Sandwiches Bento with FunBites
Mr. Pikko gave me a bread machine for Christmas and I’ve been puttering away trying to find my favorite recipes for breads we enjoy. We usually eat Honey Oat bread all the time and so I baked one of...
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Teriyaki Meatballs Bento
Last week I made the teriyaki meatballs recipe that can be found in Yum-Yum Bento Box and used half hamburger and half turkey in an attempt to make it healthier. I wasn’t all that happy with the...
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Korean BBQ Leftovers Bento
You kind of know you’ve become woefully behind in your bento blogging when you find a photo of a bento that you made six months ago but never posted. Nothing too fascinating about this one other than...
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Musubi and Spam Bento
Last night I fell asleep putting the kids to sleep and so I didn’t get to do prep work for Baby Girl’s lunch today such as picking the box and working out the kinks in her food choices, making this...
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Mac and Cheese with Ham Bento
In the words of Baby Girl, yesterday was “some icky tuna lunch” at school, so we discussed lunch alternatives and ended up going with mac and cheese. And while I realize I’m not being a very healthy...
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Mr. D Bento #1 – Stroganoff
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...
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Mr. D Bento #2 – Sandwiches and Hot Dog Rolls
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...
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Mr. D Bento #3 – Grilled Cheese Triangles
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...
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Two Chicken Bentos
So… some sad, demoralizing news. Despite my optimism last week and the enthusiasm on Mr. D’s part, I still got a mostly full bento box back on Friday. He ate one triangle of the grilled cheese...
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Fried Rice Bento
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...
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