Today's bento is... exceptionally blurry! This was a little bit of a rushed bento. That's never a good thing, is it? Nevertheless I stayed with a yellow, orange, and red theme with this little lunch. I wasn't able to bring the bento box back to my kitchen to prepare it, so I was very uneasy about making it. With the right amount of carrots, things worked out well despite the lack of partition grass.
Partition grass is a very important part to bento boxes. If you ever have two or more types of food that you don't want to mingle, a simple piece of plastic can add a little bit of cuteness and help keep things in order. The only place I've ever seen this for sale is jlist, but you can see them in any kind of take-out sushi bar.
I used the spare tamago from yesterday's lunch in this bento as well as some more apple rabbits. My onigiri (rice balls) came out alright, but were a little over-sized. It's a little difficult to tell how big they might become while you're shaping them. I learned my lesson the hard way!
I made a wrap by using swiss cheese and cracked pepper ham in a mini-flour tortilla. This worked exceptionally well and adds a nice mixture of textures. It's also easy to hold for those not used to chopsticks! I shall take this experiment further in the future... mwahahahaaa!
The carrots I used in this bento box were wonderful. I cheated with this one and stole some refrigerated steamed ginger carrots from Christmas. Small or cut vegetables and fruit work very well as "fillers" in bento boxes. If you ever have extra space in a lunch box, make sure to put some of these little morsels in - the recipient will be very pleased!
That's all I have to report tonight. I have a bunch of free time tomorrow, so perhaps I'll whip up a tutorial or some kind of crazy obento. Until next time... keep bentoing!
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