Bento Corner

So, this is my attempt at Currypanman. I think Anpanman and Shokupanman are relatively easier than Currypanman.

I decided I would make dry curry this morning to create Currypanman. I really should have prepped better last night then I would not have had such a rush this morning. Oh well. Next time I have to realize that if I cannot prep the night before I should stick with simple onigiri or something.

I had my husband take a taste of the dry curry first. My husband replied that it was "weird, but good". I really hate this phrase. I mean, is it good, or not? Is it bad? What the heck does this mean exactly? I have talked to him about banning this phrase from our home, so in truth he said, "I don't think I'm supposed to use that phrase anymore in reference to your cooking..."

I then gave my daughter a taste and she didn't say anything for a long time, but finally replied with, "This does not seem right...the taste" Uh-, Ohkaaaayy. The obvious lesson to be learned here was to avoid experimental cooking in the morning especially when I am rushed.

Bento also includes tamagoyaki with kanikama, cucumber and radish lightly salted, mini sausages, and blueberries with kiwi fruit.

I showed my daughter the finished bento and she screamed, "Currypanman da! Obake!!" and ran away...So I packed it anyway because by golly by the time lunch rolls around she would be so hungry that she would eat it without any problems...let's hope.

So glad it's Friday!!

P.S. For those who couldn't view the video of my goofy son, my husband changed the file format to MPEG, so hopefully it will work now.

Kuma ume onigiri with pasta shaped like Hello Kitty.

I found this pasta at the Japanese market some time ago, but never got around to using it until now. The husband recognized that it looked like Hello Kitty, but my daughter didn't even realize it. But she did say the flower pasta was cute. I sauteed some frozen spinach into the pasta along with some shallots.

Bento also includes some ribs (taken off the bone). The bento looked a bit bland with the pasta and meat which were both a reddish color, so I stuck in some steamed broccoli and added sweet tamagoyaki rolls made of quail egg for contrast. Fruit picks are made of kiwi, strawberries, and blueberries.

A bit of a cooling trend in the weather -- finally! I can't believe I was actually happy to see some fog rolling around these parts...

Car umeboshi onigiri with fish fillet, okra ohitashi, croqutte, and fruit.

The weather is still too hot and this was my best attempt at  making a bento without cooking. The croquette and okra ohitashi are both frozen food items. The fish fillet was left over from yesterday's dinner from a restaurant. I just stuck it in the toaster oven this morning to reheat it. Bento also includes blueberries on a pick and a strawberry.

Although it's still hot the weather seems to be letting up a bit. Hoping for the cool down to start really soon. The only perk about this heat is that my husband isn't encouraging cooking at home since it heats up the house too much so we are eating out a lot. The downside is that it gets to be a bit hard on the wallet...

Just in case the 102F degree weather gives way to snow...