Bento Corner

Beef skirt steak sandwich with fruit.

This weekend my husband made tacos with a type of skirt steak -- I forgot what the exact cut is called, but it is super thin and we purchased it from the local tortillas shop. We made too much since we were expecting more company, so we will be using this meat for days...

In any case, I was going to make niku jyaga with the steak, but had no onions, so decided to make a sandwich instead with English muffin, lettuce, and jack cheese. I was trying to shape the sandwich as a car, but was unsuccessful so I just made a window and had the girl (supposed to be my daughter) peeking through a window. The carrot sun is very, very (grossly) disproportionate to the girl, but it looked much better as the sun rather than tires to a car like I had originally planned.

I showed this bento to my husband and he started cracking jokes like, "Is the girl supposed to look like she is drowning...as in drowning in quicksand?" *heavy sigh*

Tulip bento with shrimp fried rice, croquette, and fruit.

The shrimp fried rice is made from the package seasoning and I just added shrimp, egg, and rice to it. The quail egg tulips were a last minute effort -- I was trying to make something else, but it was taking too long and I was running out of time.Croquette left over from the last batch I made and fruit. I found organic cherries at my local farmer's market for $5.00/pound! What an incredible deal!

It is so hot today! Taking the kids to a nearby park for some water play after school! Should be fun! Hope you all have a great weekend!

Tried making croquette from scratch and it turned out pretty tasty. Recipe to be posted later.

I actually ended up dipping one of my fingers into the oil! I am very accident prone, apparently...

Kuma onigiri made earlier this week, but my husband just got around to uploading the photo -- he's been having a tough week with his business.

I forgot what was in this kuma onigiri (also suffering from mild memory loss b/c it's been generally hectic around these parts). I think either shibazuke or umeboshi. Bento also includes yakisoba, cream corn croquette, tamagoyaki with shirasu and spinach, and cherries for dessert.