hapa bento

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!  We are celebrating with  a heart-healthy vegan bento box.

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The weekend brought no rest for me so this will be another short post.   Hope you are not  tired of  reading about roasting yet? Read the rest of this entry →

Did you receive a bento box as a gift this past holiday?  I got two new boxes, a pink Hakoya and a brown Yamanaka given to me by my mother who currently lives in Hawaii.  She  asks  the “Christmas Wish”  question on Thanksgiving Day every year.  Like clockwork.   This year she gave pause when I requested new bento boxes,  it was a shock that I actually gave her a real answer instead of  the usual “anything”.   Then she questioned, “Don’t you already have a lot of obento bako?”    

“Yes Mom, it’s my addiction”

“Oh… ok, I’ll go look”.   “What kind do you like?”

“I like them ALL  Mom, I like them all”. 

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Today’s featured bento box is vegan.   Sounds pretty healthy huh?   On the “straight and narrow”?  Well, on closer inspection you’ll see that the nori wrapped musubi is made with white rice!  Not that white rice is bad or anything; it’s just not the best choice for optimal nutrition.  

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