I need to try to stop buying so much stuff at once. I have ideas in my head of things to make for dinners that I don’t end up making and get stuck with strange ingredients in the fridge. Today’s bentos are a testament to that. A mish mash of ingredients and items from the freezer. This is ok for bentos, because in my opinion different tastes and textures are key. But they also end up making my bentos look sloppy. I’m never going to be one to make awesome charaben (character bento) like some of the amazing talents of the ladies I’ve become friends with on Flickr. Their bentos are win! At the same time I want to try to have a bit more of a theme and consistency with mine. I’ll get there, but for now it’ll probably be a bit more of “I but in my bento whatever is in the fridge” kinda thing!

My bento:

Box 1: Spicy tofu and veggies, radish, tomato, grapes, strawberry, cheese wedge, caramel rice cakes Box 2: Onigiri, veggie dumplings, sweet potato patty

The Hub’s bento:

Box 1: Chicken dumplings, cherry tomato, radish, onigiri Box 2: Spicy tofu and veggies, grapes, strawberry, cheese wedge