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non-bento #18: rabbid sandwich August 1, 2009

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Tags: bento, charaben, kyaraben, raving rabbids, sandwich
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My boyfriend eats a snack before he leaves for his kung fu class on Saturday, so I decided to make this.

Non-bento #18: Rabbid sandwich
Created and eaten on: 8/1/2009

I used the cutter I made for Rabbid bento and Rabbid cookies to cut out bread. I cut ham and cheese with the same cutter.

I also cut cheese for his teeth and eyes.

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!

I wanted to make more, but I only had two slices of bread.

It took probably about 5 minutes to make this sandwich. It’s easy and super quick character snack! (charack?) Maybe I should make more cutters. 🙂

For more pictures of my bento, visit Bento! set and Bento details! set on my flickr page.

non-bento #17: Moogle and Boo Ghost onigiri July 21, 2009

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Tags: bento, charaben, kyaraben, mario boo ghost, moogle
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We just got back from Otakon! Which means that we have no food in the fridge yet… So I decided to make onigiri (rice balls) for breakfast again.

When I was looking into the fridge, I saw the pickled daikon (Asian radish) that I had made. (see “how to make sweet and sour pickled radish”) The daikon was pinkish because it had been soaked in radish, and I started thinking what I could make with pink (pickled daikon), white (rice) and black (seaweed). I looked my flickr “bento sets”, and found the perfect characters.

Non-bento #17: Moogle and Boo Ghost onigiri
Created and eaten on : 7/21/2009

If you follow my blog, this might seem familiar to you. I’ve made the same characters with pork buns before.

The blog post of the pictures above doesn’t have a detailed how-to, but check out “how to make kodama, moogle and boo ghost pork buns” for the recipe.

I made three small rice balls and put microwaved tarako (cod roe) inside. Then I cut the pickled daikon with a cutter for Moogle’s nose and the antenna things for two of them. For the eyes, mouth and whiskers I cut seaweed with a cutter.

I shaped the third rice ball like a Boo Ghost, and for the eyes I sliced and cut kamaboko (fish cake). For the eyes and eyebrows I put cut out seaweed. I was late for work, so I didn’t really have the time to see how Boo Ghost really looked, and it shows. T_T

He looks so not like a Boo Ghost.

I couldn’t put my finger on it but he looked so very different. I realized it later that it was his height and eyes. His eyes didn’t have the white part, and it’s just black. So embarrassed with this one. That’s what you get for being extra lazy…

Moogle:
– rice with tarako inside
– seaweed
– pickled radish

Mario Boo Ghost:
– rice with tarako inside
– seaweed
– kamaboko

For more pictures of my bento, visit Bento! set and Bento details! set on my flickr page.

non-bento 16: kaonashi and kodama onigiri July 16, 2009

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Tags: bento, charaben, kaonashi, kodama, kyaraben, onigiri, princess mononoke, rice ball, spirited away
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My boyfriend and I are on the road again! We’ve been trying to empty the fridge, so I’ve been making regular bento. But I still wanted to make a kyaraben-ish thing, so I decided to make breakfast.

Non-bento #16: Kaonashi and Kodama onigiri (rice ball)
Created and eaten on: 7/15/2009

Since we moved to the new office, we’ve been trying to find a good deli to get breakfast. But since our new office is closer to the big subway hub, it’s either expensive or they don’t care enough to make decent bagel (for my boyfriend) or coffee (for me) because they get so much traffic. So I’ve been trying to make breakfast for us in the morning, but it hasn’t been easy. If I’m making a regular bento, I have no time for making breakfast. If I’m making a kyaraben, I have nooooooo time for making breakfast. If I, miraculously had time to make it, I’d make rice balls like Doraemon rice balls. Doraemon rice balls were so easy, but these ones were even easier. I was thinking about what I could make with rice and seaweed, and I couldn’t believe I didn’t think of making this before. Kaonashi and Kodama! Not sure if I need to explain how I made it, but I’ll do it anyway.

I made three small rice balls with plain rice with salt, and put microwaved tarako (cod roe) inside. Then I cut a hole in the seaweed and put it over one of the rice balls for Kaonashi. I cut seaweed for for his eyes and the patterns on his face.

For Kodama, I cut seaweed into circle-ish shape and put them onto other rice balls.
(I put seaweed underneath the Kodama rice balls so that it’s easier to eat. The sticky rice (Japanese or Korean) is so sticky that you need something like seaweed to hold it without getting rice all over the hand.)