TOP: Twilight Sparkle (rice, rice paper/food color hair, nori/tortilla details)
BOTTOM: purple cauliflower, stir fry (sprouts, eggplant, tofu, bok choy), broiled herb salmon, blueberries.
- 14th February
2012 - 14
- 22nd January
2012 - 22
Tomorrow is Chinese New Year! Made a quick little dragon (modeled after the colorful fabric dragon dance costumes) to ring in the new year.
BOX: eggplant w/nori “dragon” character, dragon dance costume (rice, rice paper, potato, food color), stir fried sprouts, fruit chips.
- 15th January
2012 - 15
SO GUESS WHAT I WENT AND SAW YESTERDAY <3
LEFT: Belle (turkey, rice paper, nori, tortilla, food color), rice.
RIGHT: rose (romaine, tortilla soaked in fruit punch), Mrs. Potts (eggplant/red cabbage), grilled eggplant, coconut wafers, slow-cooked pork, pineapple/banana chips.
- 10th January
2012 - 10
My daughter requested a jellyfish bento for lunch tomorrow after seeing pictures of them on my Tumblr feed. DAMN YOU, TUMBLR, AND YOUR LOVELY ARTSY OBSESSION WITH PRETTY JELLYFISH PHOTOS.
LEFT: grilled eggplant flowers, slaw (red cabbage, walnuts, raisins, apples), mango.
RIGHT: jellyfish - “oral arms” (the white stringies, yes I had to Google that to make sure I got it right) and body made from rice paper, tentacles made from rice noodles, eggplant frame for cup shape; rice/rice vinegar and food color.
- 8th January
2012 - 08
TOP: Rarity (tortilla/nori details, rice paper/food color hair, rice).
BOTTOM: mixed salad (red cabbage, romaine, cheese, walnuts, raisins, apples, vinaigrette), hoisin chicken, dried fruit (pineapple, banana, taro).
- 5th January
2012 - 05
You Have Chosen Co-Op Mode
Today is my 8 year wedding anniversary :3
LEFT: portals (egg/food color), test subjects (nori), carrots, rice.
RIGHT: companion cube (hamburger patty, rice paper/food color), stir fried eggplant and sprouts, sauteed asparagus.
- 2nd January
2012 - 02
My collection of Avatar: The Last Airbender bentos so far (in the order I made them). Might break it down into separate posts later so I can list all the ingredients but I like having them all laid out pretty :D
- 10th December
2011 - 10
Nothing says “Saturday night fun” like carving a 1:6 scale chess game out of food!
FRONT: chess game (carved potato/food color, raw spaghetti to hold each piece in place, rice/nori board), kimchi furikake.
BACK: grilled eggplant flowers, stir fried mackeral, blackberries, chocolate wafers.
And in case anyone’s wondering the pieces are: white bishop, white pawn, white king, black rook, black king
- 25th November
2011 - 25
11/25/2011 Muppet Bento!
TOP: Kermit (kiwi, asian pear, nori details), rainbow (pickled radish/food color), shredded carrot.
BOTTOM: Fozzy (riceball, unagi furikake, radish/nori details, potato hat), sauteed brussels with pecans.
Taking my daughter on a Muppet picnic tomorrow. I hope the Fozzy riceball doesn’t taste funny (WOCKA WOCKA!) :D
- 18th November
2011 - 18
Will hopefully have a new bento for this year soon—but for now, here’s the one I made for last Thanksgiving.
TOP: Turkey (nori outline + eel, salmon, and egg furikake) on rice.
BOTTOM: Potato cornucopia (seasoned and baked) filled with steamed broccoli and carrots, carved apple leaves, shredded pork ribs, plum jam tart.
This was probably one of the first 3D potato carvings I ever did, and still one of my favorites, just because of the nice natural color and texture :D
