Oh! My Bento

I know "curry again!" But it's easy. And they eat up, that's the best part! 

I'm getting lazy these days. Just simple everything-they-like lunch. 

This lunch is for JJ. It's Saturday, so they have to go to Japanese school all day.  One of great things about Japanese school is...

It's Valentine's day week. So the theme is "heart."  I made heart shaped rice balls and placed in curry. 

This is really easy. Round rice ball in a silicone cup, made it look like a lion. 

I love you rice balls with hot dogs. Made strawberries in heart shape :) 

There is a really good Japanese style bakery in Novi.  This week, I bought a bag of dinner rolls, and made them  into sandwich. Ele...

I like adding all the fruits and vege like this. It is colorful and delicious. 

Once in a while I feel like traditional Japanese food. This is pumpkin,  cooked in soy, sake, milin, sugar, and dashi. Yum. 

This is repeat, but kids favorite curry and rice. I made bunny for JJ and snowman for CC. It's easy, you can use left over from d...

Normally, brown rice is kind of hard to eat. You know it is healthier. But if you  don't cook right, it doesn't taste good at...

This is white rice. It may not look anything significant.  However, it does. Why? Because I cooked this in my new pressure cooker!  ...

If you are wondering what is different in Japanese style fried chicken, here  is ingredients: marinate chicken in soy sauce and groun...

When kids are at school and having lunch alone at home, this is what I have for lunch.  It may not look very much, but rich in flavor...

What I have here is: Salmon flakes over rice, egg omelette, Maitake mushrooms,  cucumber with shiso/kombu flakes mix, fruits.  My n...