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Okinawan Shoyu Pork Bento
I’ve been going through a lot of stress lately that’s related to the nasty behavior of my children. It’s like I’m riding on this freakish roller coaster where one second my heart is melting from a...
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Another Soboro Bento for Buddy
Last week, when I made pork soboro for dinner, Buddy loved it so much that he asked for the leftovers for lunch. Since I’d made it for him for lunch before only to have him bring the whole thing home,...
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Another Tonkatsu Bento
After my little rant about Buddy’s bedtime parental torments, he seems to have upped the stakes and now specifically demands *I* put him to bed, while Daddy handles baths. Given the amount of...
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Pork Tofu Bento
Day Two of biking to work was just as agonizing, though slightly improved because I could immediately dismount today. Unfortunately, my search for my black backpack is still ongoing and thus, Wall-E...
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First Grade Picnic Party Bento
Last night, Buddy comes to me and is all proud that he’s got some song he wants to sing for me. He starts going, “Two plus two… two plus two… two plus two plus two plus! Two plus two… two plus two… two...
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Tonkatsu Bento #4,524
Somewhere between Monday and the last time I was moved to sobbing tears, my children grew hearts. Previously, whenever they saw me crying, like say, when I heard my cat had died or during one of our...
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Pork Shiso Rolls Bento
When looking at my stats over the last few months, I noticed that my recipes category gets by far the most hits per page, so with that in mind, I plan to do more recipes like the one I posted on...
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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...
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Pork Cutlet Bento
This is a bento I made last week from leftover tonkatsu. I’m calling this pork cutlet though because I didn’t have enough panko to double batter this one and it was a very thin piece. The rice went in...
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Ikebana International Bento Demonstration
The very nice ladies of the International Ikebana Honolulu Chapter 56 invited me to do a bento demonstration at their New Year’s Luncheon today, so I spent the morning cooking a variety of things to...
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