hapa bento

It’s a special Meatless Monday Bento!  Today is Halloween as well as the last Monday of the month!

What’s so special about the last Monday you ask? Read the rest of this entry →

Not very scary but for this year’s Halloween party, Hello Kitty  donned her black wig and transformed herself to Aloha Kitty!

A hardboiled egg is Kitty’s head with nori for hair, flowers are watermelon radish, tomatoes, and takuan.  Thai black rice, romanesco (my first time!), enoki mushrooms and shiso leaf recreate her tropical paradise!

Happy Halloween everyone!

Wow, so many wonderful, scary, fun, cute and fabulous Halloween bentos!  Thank you!

Announcing the B.O.M.B. for October!

It’s time! It’s time!  For the Halloween B.O.M.B!

So exciting…can’t wait to see the spooky ghosts, goblins and of course the Jacks!

Now if these icons of October are  not your “cup of tea”… you can submit a bento celebrating The Harvest, the pumpkins, or the festive colors of the season!

Be as creative as you’d like.

Just add your link and describe your bento in the comments.  I’ll post the photo for you.

If  you don’t have a hosting site for your photos, you can email them to me and I’ll add it for you.  Just remember to comment so I know where to place it.

Thanks!

The October B.O.M.B. guidelines are:

1. The B.O.M.B. Challenge starts now.

2. The last day to submit will be October 31,  2010 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time

3. Your submission must be a  “Halloween or Harvest” themed bento!

4. You can enter as often as you like.

5. The B.O.M.B. will be selected randomly so don’t be shy!

6. Have fun !

The bento above is from the archives.  Veggie pizza, corn pudding, purple carrots, strawberry and piece of sweet potato cut with an acorn-shaped cutter.  Kind of looks like  a human heart which given the season, totally works!

Bringing another bento “back to life”.  Made with tofu, rice, egg, bell peppers…

Here’s the link to the original post during  Halloween 2009!

Forest floor is littered with leaves and.....a caramel apple?

Thought I would post another view of the bento box.  Thanks for all your encouraging comments!  Read more about this bento box.

I broke out the wok for today’s featured bento box. Egg Foo Young, Sweet Sour “Pork”, and “Beef” Stir Fry. All vegetarian! Fake meat. Instead of pork or beef, I used seitan or some folks call it “wheat meat”. These “stir fry” recipes are basic, tried and true, and can be interchanged with any type of protien. Really. The Egg Foo Young is veggie too, with carrots, onions, and bean sprouts. A Halloween pick holds both colors of sliced sweet potatoes. I cannot however, proclaim this a vegetarian bento as there is a small slice of chikuwa holding the carrot bouquet. It was the last piece in the fridge and Saba Man is omniverous so I gave it a home. One regret… I should of used snow peas instead of edamame for garnish, but that’s all I had.