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Frankenstein Bento (403)
I took the kids to Foodland yesterday to find a pumpkin to carve and despite my own advice to my Allakhazam co-workers, I picked out a disgustingly large pumpkin. I don’t know if it was because it...
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Pumpkins in a Parsley Patch Bento (405)
Halloween is creeping up and us and although I’m supposed to be watching what I eat, I’ve been thinking of all the little Twix that I’ll get to steal from my kids Saturday night. What? Not like they...
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Mummy Bento (406)
My mornings have been extremely busy lately because I’m trying to force Mr. Pikko to eat healthier, so I cook breakfast for everyone now instead of settling for cereal in a bag in the car. I’ve also...
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Happy Witch and Dracula Bentos (409)
Halloween is tomorrow and by some miracle, my children have managed to keep Buddy’s costume a secret from Grandma and Grandpa. Baby Girl could no longer contain her excitement about her own and last...
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Halloween Wrap-up and Two Bentos (411)
As you may have guessed by my sudden lapse in posts, after Halloween was over, I was burnt out. Halloween themed bentos, an 8-hour pumpkin carving session, a pumpkin carving contest with over 130...
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Tonkatsu Bento Buddies
Wow, a two week bento hiatus. I feel like such a… turkey. Ha ha! Last week I kind of lost my drive after Monday, then come Sunday, just when I had plans for several cute Thanksgiving bento and some...
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Pilgrim Bento (417)
I had a rather productive weekend that included seeing New Moon (which was surprisingly really good), rearranging the kids’ room to better use the space, and… damn, that’s it? Oh, I made fresh...
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Gobble, Gobble! Turkey Bento (418)
It’s kind of funny that I’m doing Thanksgiving bentos with teriyaki foods, but since I’m not about to roast a turkey just to put some into an authentic turkey bento, the “real” Thanksgiving bentos will...
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Ho Ho Ho!
Last weekend I taped The Santa Clausefor the kids because when I was in high school I thought that was a pretty cute movie. About 10 minutes into watching it with the kids, I started thinking maybe it...
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Contest: The Twelve Days of Bento
This past weekend was pretty packed with things to do. Saturday I had to do a ton of cleaning to make room for our Christmas tree, which I planned to get on Sunday. In the afternoon, we had plans to go...
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Mac and Cheese Bento (367)
This morning when I looked in my pantry, I discovered five boxes of Macaroni and Cheese that expired in February, so I decided I better get started on eating it up now. It turned out better than I...
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Salmon Veggie Bento
Last week, Amazon finally decided to grace me with their presence again, reactivating my Amazon Associates account after I was cut off when Linda Lingle’s online tax law was nearly put into effect. It...
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Yoshida Sauce Chicken Bento (382)
Today something small, but pivotal happened. Mr. Pikko has an eye infection and had to stay home, so I had to take the kids to school myself, which doesn’t sound like any big deal except that we’ve...
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Pink Animal Invasion
My plans for sending Baby Girl to school with a cute sandwich she couldn’t resist have been defeated by my absentmindedness. I’ve taken two trips to the market and one to Costco and in all three...
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Catching Up
I’ve got three bentos to post today since I’ve been falling behind on blogging about them. In my continued love affair with Kentaro Kobayashi’s book Easy Japanese Cooking: Bento Love, I’ve got three...
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The Ghosts of Quail Egg Past
Now that I’ve got Bento 400 and my contest entry out of the way, I can get started on Halloween themed bentos. Ever since I got this cute postcard from the kids’ dentist with little Halloween drawings...
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