I tried something new today: Nigiri Zushi. The tofu skins come in a foil pack ready for use and the sushi rice I made myself.
Along with this is seaweed salad, grape tomatoes and some of last nights’ bread and butter pudding.
The tofu skins take a little bit to open and it takes a bit of time so that you don’t tear them, but I’m excited to try these and making more.
Today’s bento making got me catching a slightly later train this morning because I had my first go at making tamagoyaki and I think I did okay.
I might have to start getting up a bit earlier (I already get up at 5.00am) if I’m going to give this a really good go.
In the box: ham, cream cheese & vegetable rolls; tamagoyaki (soooo good!), salad leaves & cherry tomatoes; and rice with vegetables.
It’s cooler day here today, but I went for something quick and easy to prepare this morning.
Cherry tomatoes, soba noodles with salmon furikake, an egg for protein, namasu and rockmelon.
The weather today is forecast for 34°C, so it’s a cold bento today: crumbed and fried prawns (shrimp); white rice; salad leaves, cherry tomatoes and mayo; radish and cucumber; and rockmelon.
The prawns came from Maki’s book The Just Bento Cookbook.
A change of bandana today.
Namasu, bean sprouts with Bulldog sauce and tuna pasta with cherry tomatoes with more Pink Lady apple for dessert.
A bit from yesterday and some new today.
Namasu and bean sprouts with Bulldog sauce along with mini salmon cakes (made by Mr Boyfriend) and boiled chat potatoes with some Pink Lady apple for dessert.
Also munching some Kameda Japanese Norimaki crackers – way too yummy!
I ordered a Bento box from Bento & Co a while ago and it arrived last week, so this morning I put together my first proper bento box for lunch. It’s the medium black Shikiri Bento.
In keeping with tradition, I wrapped the bento with a purple bandana to make a carrying handle.
The box itself has a black outer lid that snap locks into place on either side.
There’s an inner lid with a seal to stop any leaks as well as a place to keep chopsticks.
And now the most important bit: what’s inside.
From left to right I have rice with furikake, baked chicken nuggets, sprouts with Bulldog sauce, two-colour namasu (diakon and carrot) and apple for dessert.
The recipe for the baked chicken nuggets and namasu can be found at Just Bento.
It was a very nice lunch and actually quite filling. I have no idea what sort of calorie count it was, but it should have been quite low and I’m looking forward to making more and getting creative.
Bento lunch
I usually take my lunch to work and have done all of the usual salads and sandwiches over the years. Now I love Japanese food (and men, don’t you know, but don’t tell Scott) and have been visiting JustBento for a while and thought I’d give it a go.
Off I went to the Sydney branch of Kinokuniya and bought the Just Bento Cookbook and made my first bento for today: rice, mini-hamburgers, steamed asparagus and red peppers. Yum!
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