tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227347322011-12-14T21:46:17.204-05:00bento lunch blogging in the burghS.W.noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22734732.post-1151512615713206412006-06-28T12:33:00.000-04:002006-06-28T12:36:55.726-04:00

sadly, i haven't posted to mr. bent rodeo in ages. i've been too busy buying a new house and selling my current one to have the time to photograph dear mr.bento in the morning, let along post an image of his contents during the evening. i'm movin to the new place this weekend, and hope to get back to my hobbies of cycling, photography, and cookin up tasty eats for bento lunches.for now, check out

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vegetarian sloppy joe sandwich with american cheese and lettuce (wrapped in plastic), carrots, kashi crackers and garlic herb laughing cow cheese, whole wheat fig cookies, and some crazy japanese candy (basically m&m's). the sloppy joe recipe is from vegetarian times, and is fantastic. i highly recommend.

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spinach/carrot salad with sesame ginger dressing and nori rice crackers, crackers and garlic+herb laughing cow cheese with some japanese strawberry cookies, potato leek soup, and orange slices with dried cranberries. those little nori rice crackers are delicious, they taste so much like sushi/wasabi.

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this one was prepared very quickly, as i was packing shit into my bag for an incredibly windy bike ride into work yesterday. celery/carrots, potato leek soup, inari, and a caramel corn rice cake with dried blueberries.

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going back and posting some lunches from last month, sorry i got lazy! potato starch crackers, inari, potato leek soup, and leftover beer batter fish and chips from applebee's!

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so the other night we made some more sushi, this time involving some canned unagi and fried bean curd skin. the inar were so easy to make, and i have a large surplus of them hanging out in the fridge right now. they are great little snacks. besides the unagi maki and inari i had one misc. kanpyo/shiitake/avocado roll, along with edamame, potato leek soup, and a spinach carrot salad with sesame

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yesterday marked the first appearance of the mr. bento friendly garlic & herb laughing cow cheese, accompanied by some crackers, along with a new soup for the week - potato leek. my main course was leftover cheese tortellini a la vodka from the hot metal grille in the south side, and dried blueberries, cranberries, and yogurt raisins.i highly suggest those cardboard-packaged soups for mr. bento,

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in fact, there was way too much seaweed salad. i simply could not handle eating that whole mess, for it was the most flavorful thing i may have ever eaten. in fact, a bit too strong in flavor.besides the seaweed salad, i brought a riceball sprinkled with sesame seeds, sesame jimmies if you will, and some more potato soup and... a blood orange, which was a tart little mofo.

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rice ball with seasoning, the sweet potato soup you are used to seeing by now, orange slices, and some wasabi green peas. yeah i know, nothing too exciting, but i did go to the store tonight and bought some new stuffs, so there should be some exciting things coming up next week, like kanpyo, gyoza, etc.

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avocado/fat free cream cheese rolls, shiitake/avocado rolls, edamame, day #3 in a row of sweet potato soup, and some no sugar granny smith applesauce, with some added cinnamon and clove. i have to go prepare today's lunch in mr. bento right now, and i'm not really sure what to bring... besides soup.i gotta say this is my favorite mr. bento pic so far. tryin to get a lil more creative with the

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you know you gotta love the crazy strawberry panda cookie/raisins/caramel corn rice cake face in the upper left corner bowl. besides that, today's lunch consisted of more sweet potato soup with sage, b/c its so damn tasty, along with some orange slices, and a curry tuna salad sandwich on pitas. i wrapped the sandwich in plastic wrap, because i wanted to make sure the rice bowl didn't smell like

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today's lunch consisted of wonderfully delicious veggie chik'n nuggets, sweet potato soup with a touch of sage, low sodium goldfish crackers with cashews and sunflower seeds, and a fresh spinach salad with walnuts the sweet potato soup was a definite hit, and i'm glad i have more of that left in the carton in fridge. it's fairly low in sodium too, for soup.this was the first of the bento lunches

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due to a planned lunch at il valleto today, mr. bento took a bath last night, and took the day off, relaxing at home with herm. it's almost time for the weekend...

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after taking a day off, mr. bento came back into work today, full of a variety of healthy foods. i've recently been on a diet to control high blood pressure, since i don't want to go on prescription medication. one of the suggested foods is chard, so i steamed up some swiss chard last night and added it to mr. bento along with a hard boiled egg. i must say... chard is pretty damn nasty. i will

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wasabi green peas with a slice of crystallized ginger, steamed tilapia with garlic/red pepper/soy over spinach and bean sprouts, rice ball with seasoning, and orange slices with dried blueberries. yummy i say. this was the first time i ever steamed fish, and i'm definitely going to be doing that a lot more in the future. not only is it healthier, but it simply tastes better.sadly tomorrow i have

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big thanks goes out to mat from hellaboss for the amazon banner image he just made for me, you can see it over there on the right. just so everyone knows, thats where you can get your own mr. bento!

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while mr. bento may serve as an excellent container for food and soup, and although he is shaped like your everyday thermos®, there is no capacity for holding a small beverage in his insulated interior. i guess i could possibly put tea in the soup container, but then that would leave out my 4th meal item (which happens to be dessert in the form of fruit today). since i'm eating lunch at work, and

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today was the day for my first mr. bento lunch creation, which consisted of a rice ball with seasoning, avocado maki, edamame, and orange slices. everything is from either the co op or the strip.the avocado maki was my virgin experience in sushi making. i picked up the bamboo mat and rice paddle at sur la table in the south side works on saturday, and gave it a go last night. i made my own sushi

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here's a pic from the amazing day when mr. bento arrived at my household, delivered from amazon. as you can see, mr. bento comes with his own chopsticks/case, 2 side dish bowls, 1 soup bowl, 1 rice bowl, and his own carrying sack / satchel / manpurse / backpack / bag.coinciding with the mr. bento welcome home party, my kitchen remodeling is also finally about done.

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after recently purchasing the wonderful mr. bento japanese lunchbox from amazon, i knew i had to share my newly found bento joy with the rest of the internets, so here goes mr. bento rodeo. the site will serve as both a portal for mr. bento related news & information, and also serve as a food diary for myself. if anyone else is interested in contributing their lunches or contributing to bento

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