Oh! My Bento

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...

This is variation from yesterday. I think rice balls are much easier to eat  at busy and short lunch time. I'm looking for other ...

On the other hand, CC likes typical American food.  So I packed left over mac and cheese. However, she said she didn't have  en...

I didn't teach, but JJ established Japanese taste in her. She loves old  Japanese cooking. I may mentioned this before, but Maita...

I know this is typical repeat lunch. So I added umbrellas :) Hahaha.  Just imagining what they do with it during lunch hour makes me ...

This is simply yummy! and so easy to make.  I used pancake mix for butter. The trick is that to keep butter cold.  Then deep fry in...

Happy New Year! Finally school started again :)  Today, I post this picture for a change. Just making egg salad sandwich.  When you...