As the owner of three blogs, my camera and desktop are constantly overflowing with photos. I stumbled upon these photos of a bento I made in early May — before my aversion to nut pates. At the time, this bento was pretty yummy. I don’t have a name for it, so maybe “red pepper macadamia”…
Recipe [...]
Check it out….I’ve gone Japan-mad: I’ve got a Hello Kitty bento set. The same friend who gifted me the Totoro bento gave me this set. She knows how much I love bento-making…
I used it as a dessert and fruit bento: a raweo and dried cherries, plus blueberries and half an orange.
The orange made it look [...]
It’s been a week since I got back from the US and I’m feeling a little swamped. On top of never-ending piles of work, I’ve been training for a half-marathon that’s happening at the end of May.
I’m happy to report that eating a high-raw vegan diet has helped my aches and pains melt away [...]
A friend came to stay in my apartment in Tokyo for a holiday and she got me this Totoro bento set as a gift. Totoro is a character in Hayao Miyazaki’s famous anime movies, My Neighbor Totoro, and Spirited Away.
I packed some leftover raw coleslaw, an avocado, and a few frozen raw chocolate truffles. I [...]
I made a lot of raw pad thai (click here for the recipe) for lunch one day so I packed the leftovers for a bento the next day.
For a while I was hooked on blueberries and almond butter so I had to tote a little container along.
Prep time: 2 minutes
I’m a little annoyed with [...]
Two weeks ago, I went on a short getaway to a lodge in Chiba, a prefecture north of Tokyo (but it is considered to be in the Greater Tokyo area). My friends drove up late Saturday afternoon and I thought a bento would be great if I needed to snack on the way up.
As I [...]
I had a new pate lying around in my fridge so it was perfect for a super fast bento for a super busy day out.
Recipe (in a food processor):
1 cup soaked cashews
A handful coriander/cilantro
Juice of half a lemon
Pinch of curry powder
Salt to taste
A touch of water
This is not an original recipe of mine and I [...]
At long last — a bento post!
I didn’t feel like making raw bentos, or any bentos at all, because the weather was just so frigid. The thought of eating cold food outside the comfort of my toasty apartment was just not appealing. One of the ways that I keep raw in winter, especially after [...]
When I made this, I was in such a rush — I was lucky to have sundried tomato pesto pate and marinated vegetables sitting in the fridge when I made this.
Marinated vegetables recipe:
1 broccoli, florets only
1 tomato, diced
1/2 red capsicum, diced
1/4 large white onion
Juice of one lemon
Sea salt to taste
2 tbs extra virgin olive oil
Let [...]
I used to load my bentos with lots of food and would even bring two bentos with me, but I think my appetite for big portions has shrunk as I get deeper into my raw journey.
I think the key is to eat nutrient dense food that may be small in size but they provide [...]
