February 2012
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egg salad sammich
I don’t think I’ll be able to stop saying that school is kicking my ass until April…when I no longer have to go (holy crap, less than one semester to go T_T). Well, that is if my stupid transfer credit goes through. C’monnnn Ryerson.
I’ve been eating so much crap lately because I just haven’t had the time or energy to be in the kitchen longer than pouring...
December 2011
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christmas bentos
Before these get too redundant I have some Christmas bento pictures from a bento gathering I had at the beginning of December (I would say party, but really it was just 3 of us) that I thought I should share…considering I haven’t posted anything since the summer I’d say I am long overdue for a post.
Anyway, I’m still alive! Look at that! Barely, since school has been...
August 2011
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Me+phone camera=not very good pictures. But too bad. I’m endeavouring to have a good day since G has gone to nerd it up in Montreal and I’m by myself this weekend so I thought I’d spoil myself and see what the fuss was about Nadege. Well, technically I bought a dozen macarons to share with some lovely ladies while we picnic tomorrow, but only 11 fit in the box so I had to...
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spiral eyes bento
I went to Canada’s Wonderland with my lovely friend Hayon yesterday <3 It was so much fun! Though I’m a little sore today from being bumped around so much and walking around in crappy shoes for 8 hours…but at least they didn’t fly off while we were on Top Gun! (Flight Deck….whatever, I refuse those new names)
I made us a quick bento which we ended up eating for...
July 2011
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June 2011
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Giveaway at All things for sale →
Just a quick note to let you all know about a giveaway at All Things for Sale. You have to register on their website to enter and leave a comment on their giveaway post. Also, you get an extra entry if you blog about it ;) and like their facebook. You know, anything for free stuff!
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chibi-totoro sunrise
Waaahhh…so much going on T_T I need a break!
I was so sleepy on Friday that I fell asleep on the couch at 9 before even starting my Mandarin homework…so I woke up at 3:30 when G got home and ended up staying up for the rest of the day O.o Totally messed up my internal clock, but I ended up having time to make bento before I went to class!
Chibi-totoros are having coffee at...
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dinosaur breakfast
weeeeeelllllllll…hi there? I missed you! I have been hiding, sort of…really just sleeping at every possible moment and trying to get some sun inbetween homework and work-work and school. What the heck was I thinking when I thought it was a fantastic idea to take summer school?! Don’t answer that. (Though, I know I’ll be glad next winter when I’ll only need to...
May 2011
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cherry blossom picnic
Last weekend I went for a picnic at High Park to see the cherry blossoms with my lovely friends Jess, Tala and Hayon. It was so much fun! And good thing we went last weekend too - since it’s been raining all yesterday and today.
(Photo by Hayon)
Hayon made kimbap (or Gimbap), so delicious! I made onirigi, Jess brought some yummy sammiches (somehow there are no pictures of them?! We...
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dinoooooos
You can’t really see it but I pressed a stegosaurus cutter into the buns. :)
Ham bun, cucumber, carrot triceratops, egg sheet “RAWR”, mushroom pasta, brocolli pasta, curry noodles, mango salad for me and lettuce and dressing for g (he wasn’t so thrilled with the mango salad yesterday). Clean out the fridge day!
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stars
Being the clumsy giraffe I am, I tripped over my own feet at the end of January…my knee’s been kind of messed up so I finally got off my butt to do something about it. Anyway, the guy I go to has two cute kids that my Mom’s kind of been watching over. I’ve made cookies with them a couple times, and now the little boy has decided he loves me…so much that he drew me...
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animals
Been hanging out with the J’s and M’s on my ipod at work for the past couple days…thank goodness for that white rectangle - I’d be more crazy than usual without it >.< If you were wondering (erm, even if you weren’t I guess) I’m working in a factory sewing my life away. Yep. :) Summer jobs rule.
G’s bento. I like the cat and the...
April 2011
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handmade tea bags and a small cakey
I’ve been finished school for about a week now but I’ve been taking a much needed rest so I haven’t made bento in quite a while! And I haven’t got one for you today either, but I finally got a job (start tomorrow!) so I’ll be making lots more this summer for sure.
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Way back at the...
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philadelphia roll bento
School is finally winding down…sort of T_T I just want summer! Er…and a job ^_^; If you know anyone doing (or needing) costuming for theatre or film who would like to hire a friendly, hardworking girl let me know! ;)
Had some smoked salmon in the freezer so I thought I’d make Philadelphia rolls. Mmmmm.
Tamagoyaki, grape tomatoes, carrots, broccoli stems, hot dog,...
March 2011
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more bento birthday
My lovely friend Hayon/delinquent tumblr-er (who I demanded bring her DSLR to my birthday party ^_^;) put her pics of facebook for me yesterday, so I thought I would share some of my faves!
Kitty cupcakes >.< If you remember my bento party over the winter break my friend Lili brought me a cute cupcake kit so I thought it would be appropriate for the occasion <3 And beautiful...
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bento birthday!
It’s my birthday today - so I had a bento party! Thank you to everyone who came <3 Love you guys!
Just one photo for now - more to come another time but I want to go play Little Big Planet 2 :P For my birthday buddy Catry, I made a birthday cake! Chibi-totoro party!
Rice, mashed sweet potato, corn, noodle candles, cherry tomato, quail eggs, brocolli, carrot, green beans, edamame,...
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pineapple cake and purple carrots!
My Mom’s friend recently returned from a visit to Taiwan and brought her some lovely pineapple cake, so she shared it with me. It’s really delicious! And surprisingly I didn’t eat any while I was there last May. Haha, I was much more focused on obtaining mochi and shaved ice I guess!
It’s not really “cake”, more like a buttery cookie-ish pastry filled with...
February 2011
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stylish cows
Or something…they weren’t actually intended to be cows, it just kind of happened…which is good because they’re the same cookie cutter as the bears in my last post! How versatile ;)
Brussel sprout hat and dress! G was making lunch when I was packing up to go to school so I stole a couple. He makes delicious brussel sprouts (actually he converted me to them. But I...
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valentine bears
G and I are not so into Valentine’s Day - really just apathetic, but still I like to sort of make an effort, so I made him a big lunch today :)
His favourite! Inari sushi!
Bears in love <3
I got excited about heart sprinkles that I found with my baking stuff so I put them on some cherry-margarita jello. (Yeah, kind of weird, but they were the two random boxes of jello I found in...
saving--grace asked: sammmm, I wish you could make lunch for ME everyday!! mmm, it all looks so wonderful! how long does it take you, typically?
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happy bunny year
Finally made time to make lunch! I’ve just been so busy with school and some extra stuff (more on that eventually) that I really just needed some sleep….and some groceries! And well, it’s Chinese New Year, so I thought I should do SOMETHING. To be honest, I have never really celebrated it! My Mom just never really did anything for it, probably because all her side of the...
January 2011
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Yesterday’s lunch :)
Inari sushi, steak, green beans, grated carrots in vinegar, quail eggs, apples (I’m getting better at those apple bunnies!! Can you see them?) and I have plums, I gave G candy :P
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rapunzel (chibi totoro style)
I hope you had a wonderful holiday season! Today was my first day back at school…scary. I had a lazy month off, didn’t feel like doing anything! Not even bento! But I promised my lovely friend Catry that I would make a Rapunzel bento…I hope you like it! :S
I stupidly left my camera at a friend’s house in December…and then she went to China! So I had to use my...
December 2010
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bento party!
Last Thursday I had some friends over for a bento party, as a kind of post-exam/holiday celebration. It was so much fun! I’m stealing these photos from my friend Hayon, as she brought her beautiful DSLR <3
My lovely friend Lili brought me the cutest cupcake kit. Kittens!
We cut up a lot of carrots. They had fun with my veggie cutters.
And made a huge mess of my kitchen ;)
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one of a kind clouds
Today I went One of a Kind show with some wonderful friends! So, I made lunch :) This is why you should plan things during the day with me in advance, usually I’ll bring you a snack ;)
Doesn’t the challah bread look like clouds?
Thanks for a lovely day!
I fed them: turkey and bologna sammiches, pickles, carrot birdies, pomegranate seeds, candies. :)
November 2010
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stinky skunk is stinky
Last night I was outside on my porch and I spotted something moving…it was the neighbourhood skunk! Then, I saw a girl come walking by and when she saw the skunk she stopped dead…then attempted to cross the street but then skunky crossed so she had to walk back. I love how much we avoid them ^_^
spaghetti, green beans, carrot flowers, nori and mashed potato skunk, brocolli stink....
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in that sense...
I had every intention of getting up for class this morning too! But in my stupor I set my alarm and forgot to actually turn it on. So, I made bento, since I have class until 10 tonight. And bubble tea! <3 I thought I deserved a bit of a relaxing morning. Right?
Since I’ve got my sociology essay due on Wednesday (it’s…half finished…) and it really is a slog, I...
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squishy candy flowers
Well, I talked about these in my last post…but I never got around to posting. And now I’m looking at them like “well, these are kind of stupid looking” but maybe you’ll like them.
When I was cutting out those bat and cat cookies I cut out a few small flowers, so the dough is the same. And so is the whole process of squishing the candies, but you can roll it out...
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jack-o-lanterns
Happy Halloween everyone!
I made this on Friday, but I’ve been so busy I haven’t had time to upload…wah!
Carrot pumpkins with nori faces, rice, hot dog flowers, brocolli. For dessert are grapes and chocolate cookies, recipe from Martha Stewart…and they were delicious!
For the cat’s eyes I followed their suggestion and pushed in some silver ball candies halfway...
October 2010
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BATTLE STAMPS
Man I wish they existed. I just finished playing Costume Quest on PS3…SO CUTE. I heard about it on AnnatheRed’s blog, she made a *really* cute bento of the cover art. It inspired me!
Flying tombstone battle stamp! Will greatly increase your HP. XD I made this for G, who’s been watching me play and let me take over the TV for the past 3 days. The base of the stamp is a...
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coffin sammich
Actually, I made a whole bunch of these yesterday for a pumpkin carving party (I didn’t carve, I picked out the seeds to roast them :P), but the only pictures I took were horrible! I had to work all day too, so I thought I would just make another one for myself, since I ate sammich scraps for dinner yesterday.
I think this one is pretty self-explanatory…I think I’ll do some...
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doom-ish kitty
I’ve been watching a lot of Ruby Gloom lately (oh how I love you Netflix) so here is my attempt at doom kitty. Except that I was running out of time to get to class (I was late anyway) and I thought I had red pepper but apparently not. So, it’s a doom-ish kitty because the eyes aren’t right and she has no collar and all that nonsense. Oh well.
Looking wonky, doom.
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albino bumblebee
My fingers smell like curry…I was trying to dye my eggs yellow but I got impatient and it didn’t really show up. Those bumble-eggs are the palest yellow, I swear!
Rice flowers, carrot flowers, grape tomatoes, green beans, bumble-egg, cheese wings and eyes, nori stripes.
September 2010
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bears with hats
Ahhh, sorry for the absence, I didn’t mean to! No time last week to make nice looking lunches…and an early Friday morning tour at Danier with my class (cool!). But, today I’ve got some baseball bears…or at least bears wearing hats for you.
Yesterday’s lunch (some sort of thai chicken and those orange slices), rice, brussel sprouts (last night’s dinner,...
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totoro! (my first attempt!)
After seeing all those beautiful Totoro bentos on Annathered’s blog, and being a huge Totoro fan myself I decided to try my hand. Totoro was my most favourite movie when I was little…even though I didn’t really know what was going on, I *really* wanted to ride in the neko-bus. Actually, I still do.
I’m pretty happy with the way it turned out :) Though, the...
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leaves
Wah, the colour of this one is really off and I fail at fixing. I need to actually open the curtains in the morning I think, yucky yellow light.
I was kind of thinking about fall, also it was a bit chilly today so I made some leaves. They’re not turning yet, but soon I suppose and I love the crunching sound they make. I’m excited to wear sweaters again too <3
Aburaage sushi...
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elephant
G’s lunch today…school has officially started again for me so I figured I would get back to the lunch-making, even though I have Tuesdays off. Though, I spent today training (new part-time job, let’s see if I can actually handle it), getting stuff settled for school, and shopping…I braved Staples, and then the dollar store because I’m not paying 6 bucks for a...
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buns, rolls and balls of meats
In my last post I mentioned that I was attempting to make steam buns.
And it worked…sort of. They’re all different sizes! ;__; So ugly. But they were tasty, G will back me up.
After they steamed they looked a little better I guess.
I wasn’t quite sure how these were going to turn out, so I only made a half batch of dough, but I had a lot of meat so I took this...
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August 2010
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Anna the Red →
Okay so I *almost* don’t want to post this because it’s just too amazing and I kind of want to keep it for myself (sometimes I’m selfish) but I thought I should share. How have I not come across this blog before?! She’s my new hero (fan love <3 is this awkward?)
Check it out! She has some awesome how-to’s! As soon as its a decent hour to be awake (I napped all...
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last couple days
Craziness. Insanity, really. I had decided to make my co-workers lunch on the last day, and also attempt to finish G’s costume for FanExpo (which I did, this afternoon), and mine (which I didn’t). So, here are the last couple days of lunch…
Wednesday. Hippos. They’re kinda creepy. Taro buns, brocolli, carrots, corn, soy mayo, grapes, strawberries.
Thursday....
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chickies
Another one inspired by Yum Yum Bento Box, that book I mentioned a while ago, (actually, so were the walruses and that failed penguin).