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Photo Friday: Happy Sauce Bottles

lemon juice bottles

For yesterday’s roasted cabbage, I filled my mini sauce bottles with fresh squeezed lemon juice to spritz onto the cabbage right before eating.  While not a huge fan of things with lemon juice (I prefer lime!), this particular pairing was quite nice.  And  my bottles were so happy to finally be used.  Look at the [...]

Photo Friday: The Stash

A few new things from Ichiban Kan arrived on my doorstep the other day.  New boxes for my stash.  I’ve fallen in love with their TomoTomo line of boxes.  I’ve even used a few since I received them.  I really like them so far.  The ones in the upper left hand corner are my favorites, [...]

Bento Nirvana

If you’re looking for some bento eye candy, this is the post for you.  There are lots of pictures, lots of talking, and a fair share of bento gear.  In fact, the wonderfulness is so great, I feel as though I’m swimming around in bento nirvana.  Be forewarned, this is a very long post full [...]

Wonderfulness…and Today’s Bento (144)

Tonight was nothing but food fun and wonderfulness. I really wanted to make a quick taco filling I’d made months ago: ground sirloin, salsa, black beans, and frozen corn. I decided to try making my own handmade tortillas to complement the filling. Oh gosh! They were tasty.

New Bento Supplies

bento supplies ebay

I didn’t post over the weekend and had no time yesterday. So I have a few pictures and info to share this morning. First, my new bento supplies have arrived. I am so excited This is really the last of what I wanted for my little collection. The only other thing I might consider is [...]

It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

bento supplies sugar charms

  It’s a beautiful day today. Slightly windy, clear skies, comfortable temperature of 83 degrees. And the post lady came today with my order from Sugar Charms containing my new bento supplies! Yeah! I can’t believe they are here already. I’ve never ordered from this place before and they included a free mini onigiri mold [...]