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Just Bento - meal in a box: healthy bento recipes, tips, and more
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Guy Does Bento no. 7: Chicken karaage bento

The Guy Does Bento is back! This is one he made just for himself on a day I was feeling too sick to eat much of anything. Now that I am slowly getting my appetite back, just looking at it makes my mo...

24 apr 12 2 people like this

Sweet, sour and salty instant radish pickles

[While I’m still getting back up to speed, please enjoy this recipe for ‘instant’ pickled radishes, great in any bento or in a salad. Originally published in May 2009. It’s ki...

19 apr 12 1 person likes this

Feeling a bit better ^_^

My radiation therapy finally came to an end on Friday. I’m already feeling a bit better and my appetite is coming back gradually. I can’t tell you how relieved I am about that, because fo...

16 apr 12 1 person likes this

Please bear with me...

For anyone who has been wondering about the lack of new posts here, this over on Just Hungry should explain things. Im really hoping to feel well enough to write with pleasure about food, let alone b...

05 apr 12

Bento box review: The all-stainless steel LunchBots Quad

As I have written here before, I am a big fan of the LunchBots line of all-stainless steel bento boxes. (They actually call them ‘food containers’, but they are a great size for bentos.) ...

08 mar 12

Bento box review: Atsuben Kun heats up your lunch

As I have said often on these pages, bentos are usually filled with food that is supposed to taste good at room temperature. But there’s no denying that sometimes we want our lunch to be hot, o...

05 mar 12

Digging out from under the mess

In case you don’t follow the sister site, Just Hungry, last week we got home from attending my father’s memorial service in New York to find out we had been burgled in our absence. Among ...

27 feb 12 1 person likes this

Beef and vegetable rolls (Yasai no nikumaki)

Yasai no nikumaki, or vegetables wrapped in thinly sliced meat, (niku means meat and maki means wrap or roll) is a standby item for bentos in Japan see an example here). They are easy to eat, and the...

07 feb 12

Bento filler: Parsnip kinpira

When you don’t live in Japan and you try to recreate Japanese recipes, ingredients can be a bit of a problem. I’m not really talking about the basic staples like soy sauce or mirin and so...

25 jan 12 1 person likes this

Bento filler: Cucumber and Nashi (Asian pear) marinated salad

Cucumbers are a perennial staple for me. They are available at any time of the year, even in the depth of winter. Sure they are greenhouse grown, but they are for most of the year anyway. They add a ...

23 jan 12 1 person likes this

Tofu and vegetable piccata

From the archives. I got an email over the weekend from someone asking for vegetarian recipes. Well, there are a lot of vegetarian and vegan recipes here actually. Here is one I posted last year, a t...

16 jan 12 2 people like this

Offbeat: Great bento-related IKEA TV ad

A bit of weekend fun! This is actually an IKEA ad from 3 years ago, but I just found it yesterday. It’s part of a ‘Storage Problems’ campaign. In this 15 second ad, they use the met...

14 jan 12 2 people like this

Guy Does Bento no. 6: Hot bento with hearty meatball and vegetable soup and sauteed broccoli

Yes, The Guy Does Bento is back doing bento! This one is based on the hearty meatball and vegetable soup that I posted yesterday. The soup is a meal unto itself really, but it’s been made even ...

13 jan 12 2 people like this

Hearty meatball and vegetable soup (thats almost a stew)

The Guy (also known as Max) and I have a shared resolution this year: We Must Lose Weight And Get Fitter Or Else. He has high blood pressure, I have high or disturbingly fluctuating blood sugar. But ...

12 jan 12 2 people like this

Getting a headstart on 2012 bento resolutions

It’s that time of year again! Today is December 30th, and this year New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day take place conveniently (or not, depending on your perspective) take place over...

30 dec 11 1 person likes this

And the winners of the Just Bento Cookbook giveaway are...

The winners of the Just Bento Cookbook New Edition giveaway that concluded on Monday are... * Melinda from Massachusetts, USA! and... * Christoph originally from Germany, currently living in Osaka, J...

22 dec 11

Christmas bentos bring good cheer to lunch

Due to being in hospital/sick and all that kind of not-fun stuff, I didn’t get to do a Halloween bento roundup this year. So to make up for that, here’s a Christmas bento roundup from the...

20 dec 11 1 person likes this

The Just Bento Cookbook: New edition giveaway!

The giveaway is now closed. The winners will be contacted and announced later this week. Thank you everyone for entering! To commemorate the new edition of The Just Bento Cookbook, I’m going to...

16 dec 11 1 person likes this

My sister does bentos: charaben (kyaraben) for a girl and boy

As I wait for The Guy to sort through his bento photos so I can post about them (cough) or try to get my cooking mojo back after all my annoying health problems (sigh), I thought I’d post some ...

14 dec 11 1 person likes this

Good news, and better news (Just Bento Cookbook update)

Well, hi everyone! I know I made myself absent again, without warning. Last Friday (December 2nd), the homecare nurse who was taking care of my post-surgical wounds told my husband that they werent l...

11 dec 11

Bentos are a great way to sample the best restaurants in Japan

I am not quite sure what to make of the Michelin Red Guides for areas other than Europe. I think they still remain relevant and important for sussing out the best restaurants and hotels in France and...

01 dec 11 1 person likes this

Cooking Gallerys My Bento Contest

I wanted to alert you to a bento contest by Cooking Gallery - and not just because one of the prizes is a copy of The Just Bento Cookbook! The top prizes are very nice bento sets sponsored by CasaBen...

29 nov 11

Yet another personal update

Hi JustBento fans! Im so sorry for neglecting you these days, but I do have some good reasons. For an update, please read this (scroll down past the sweet potato part). I and/or The Guy hope to be ba...

25 nov 11

Great bento box makers: Shibata Yoshinobu Shoten in Odate, Akita, Japan

Odate (pronounced oh-dateh) in the northern prefecture of Akita near the border to Aomori prefecture, is a quiet, rather nondescript town. There are no must-see tourist attractions to speak of, thoug...

11 nov 11

Bento contests: Food deco contest at All Things For Sale

I just wanted to alert you to a contest being held by our friends over at All Things For Sale. It’s called the Food Deco Contest, and the top prize is US $200! Anyone can use cash right now, ri...

10 nov 11

Guy Does Bento no. 5: Meatloaf and potatoes

At this point The Guy is pretty much on his own with his bento making, and he’s branching out in ways that I would have not imagined. I’ve said this before on these pages, but sometimes I...

08 nov 11 1 person likes this

Two approaches to katsu sando, plus more Japanese sandwiches

Last week, I wrote about tonkatsu, deep fried pork cutlets, for The Japan Times. I did do several ‘test cutlets’ for the article, and most of them were consumed happily by Mr. Guy. He use...

03 nov 11

Another update on the Just Bento Cookbook

I’ve been getting several emails asking about the availability of The Just Bento Cookbook. Apparently it has been selling out and is out of stock, even on Amazon.com. I am happy to say that the...

28 oct 11

Food doesnt always have to be hot to be nourishing

I was re-reading novel that used to be a favorite guilty pleasure* the other day. One minor scene in the book recounting the childhood of one of the main protagonists describes her lunch routine when...

24 oct 11

Guy Does Bento no. 4: Tonkatsu and pickled peppers with goat cheese

This is the first bento that The Guy made entirely by himself, with no input from me. He made just the one bento instead of the two he usually makes, because there was only one tonkatsu left over fro...

18 oct 11

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