Tuna Musubi Bento Box
Show of hands…who remembers that I was to create last month’s winning “heart-healthy” bento recipe? Let’s recap… just in case. This past January, we held a ”heart-healthy” recipe contest where the winner received a four sectioned bento exactly like the one in the photo and to seal the deal, I was to recreate the winner’s recipe and post it here.
Amanda Good won the bento box and here’s her winning recipe:
purple- Strawberries! With a little low-fat yogurt and some walnuts! And maybe a few pomegranate seeds..
yellow-Roasted red bell peppers on one side, with broccoli and a carrot star (can’t help myself)
red-Brown rice onigiri, filled with tuna mixed with spicy mustard.
green-Some more tuna, wrapped in tiny lettuce leaves, with tomatoes.
Here’s my interpretation, not because I object to Amanda’s suggestions but because I forgot some of the ingredients and for minor personal tastes. 
I hope Amanda doesn’t mind the small adjustments.
Purple- Strawberries and vanilla low-fat yogurt with raw walnuts. (I’m mad because I forgot the pomegranate seeds. Those would of rocked!)
Yellow-Roasted red bell peppers, with broccoli and a yellow carrot star.
Red-Brown rice onigiri, filled with fried shoyu tuna and miso mayo. Garnished with more yellow carrot.
Green-More shoyu tuna with miso mayo wrapped in one very large lettuce leave and secured with one white and one red tomato on a pick.
Saba Man enjoyed his meal. I called him during his lunch hour and asked, ” did you like the yogurt?” ”Gone!”, meaning he ate that first and loved it! :) Which brings up a safety tip. When you add items like yogurt to your bento box, be sure to keep your lunch cold to avoid spoilage. You can place an ice pack inside your lunch bag if you don’t have access to a refrigerator. Saba Man used a mini cooler and ice to keep his food cold today!
Thanks again to Amanda for an awesome combination of items for our four sectioned bento box!
If you missed out on the chance to participate in this giveaway…not to worry. There’s another contest in the works!
Two words: Scrump Tious!!
Awesome job on the challenge bento!!
Thank you sheri!
this came out great! good recipes from amanda and awesome execution by you!
Hi gamene, Thank you!
Looks beautiful and delicious!
Another reason to wish I had won . . . would love to see how beautiful you’d make a bento that I make. Then I would painstakingly try to re-create your re-creation
Hi Simone, Thanks for you kind comments and don’t worry… there are plenty more contests with this box as the prize!
You have such an artistic way with food! I just love the seeds you added to the red peppers, the tomato pick in the lettuce, and the yellow peppers over the oniguri!
Hi fluteloop, Thank you!
Oh. I thought you were supposed to make Amanda’s winning bento for ALL of us and have and have a party… *disappointed*
LOL Just kidding! It looks marvelous; of course Saba Man enjoyed it!
hehehe…good one!
Looks absolutely delicious! Amanda chose wonderful combos and I think your slight interpretations are perfect!
That looks so much better than what I had in mind! I do have a question (only because it sounds so good), but what are fried shoyu tuna and miso mayo? Maybe I missed something.
But the way you did it to you own tastes turned out so wonderful! Mine always looks messy, and yours are practically art.
Oh, and one more thing. Thanks for the safety tip. I don’t always use a cooler for my food since it’s only out for and hour or two before I eat it. (I have a very strange schedule.) But it’s good to know when I feed my SO.
Sorry to ramble. Keep being awesome.
Hi Amanda! Thanks again for submitting such an awesome array of yummies! The fried shoyu tuna is really just a can of tuna mixed with soy sauce, then “stir-fried” in a skillet until the moisture has evaporated. Then mix miso paste and mayo together. The ratio is up to you but I do 1 part miso to 3 parts mayo. After the tuna is cooked I add the miso mayo and mix. You don’t let it get too wet again, especially for musubi.
Congrats again on your win!
I loved this collaborative bento concept, Debra, Amanda’s great ideas and your beautifully fresh interpretation of them. Congrats to you both!!
Thanks bentobird! Your comments made my day!