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Grilled Beef & Chowder Bento
If you haven’t done so yet, please be sure to enter my Zojirushi Umami Rice Cooker Giveaway . It ends tomorrow! Last week Thursday was a sad, sad day for the Pikko family. Hubby called me at work to tell me to come home right away. I[...] -
How to Make Kamaboko Carp
Happy Boy’s Day to all the other Buddys out there! Me and my little guy had quite the adventure today, as this morning when we were getting ready to leave I realized that I’d left my keys on the kitchen table and he’d closed[...] -
Coloring Peeled Eggs for Bento
Last week, after I did my Easter bunny/mice trio bento, Sonoma Bento asked how I colored the eggs. In response to that, I thought I’d post just a quick picture of my eggs taking their little color bath before they became bunnies. Or[...] -
Review: Zojirushi Umami Rice Cooker Review, Part 3 and Giveaway!
Yes people, you are allowed to get extremely excited because it’s true: Zojirushi has agreed to sponsor a giveaway of their Umami Micom Rice Cooker on Adventures in Bentomaking! Details to follow the review. I apologize for taking[...] -
Easter Bunny Trio Bento
In case you hadn’t guessed by now, I’m frantically using up some quail eggs I had forgotten about in the fridge. The last time I was at Marukai, I bought two packs, intending to use them in a lot of different lunches. In the end,[...] -
Review: Zojirushi Umami Rice Cooker, Part 2
Last month, I did Part 1 of my review series on Zojirushi’s new Umami Rice Cooker/Warmer . In Part 2, I experiment with other kinds of rice than white and try out storing onigiri in the cooker overnight to save time in the morning.[...] -
Baby Chicks Bento
With Easter coming up in a week, I’ve had to start the ball rolling on the big party and hunt we’re planning at our house on Sunday. I’ll be making my usual batch of Jello eggs, but in addition am planning to make cupcakes,[...] -
Easter Bento Ideas
I haven’t had as much time on my hands to work on Easter charabens this year, but I’m still getting hits from Easter bento searches, so I figured it’s time to post something to help people along with some of my spring themed[...] -
Asian Food Grocer Winners
This afternoon was a disastrous, sweaty affair. I got a call from Mr. Pikko fifteen minutes before Buddy needed to be picked up before a $10 fee was charged to us for late pickup. The car wouldn’t start. I had to bike down to his office (on[...] -
Faux Four-Leaf Clover Bento
I’ve been posting pictures of our baby bunnies on Flickr and this morning was the first morning that one of them opened their eyes and perked up their ears. Two of them had jumped out of the nesting box and gotten itself stuck between the[...]
