I just got a bento box?

Question

Does anyone know some recipes that i can use that are easy and that i can make with common AMERICAN household food? Oh and if you can make some cool designs? Please and thank you.

Answer 1

Here's a link with a lot of ideas. I need to get a bento box too, it would be much better than all those plastic containers I take to work for lunch.

Answer 2

Sure. Appetizer sized sandwiches like cucumber and beef on party rye. Small cupcakes or a cake baked not very tall and cut into squares. Put raw vegetable sticks in one compartment and ranch sauce or another dip in one. There are myriad things you can use. As for designs, you can slice a lemon or orange and then cut half way through the slice and twist. Use a zester on oranges or Japanese radish to make nests for food such as radishes or to simply garnish.

Answer 3

Try this:

Sticky Rice cupped out of a measuring cup with an edamame bean on top of it.

Chicken Teriyaki or Chicken Yakatori skewer, marninated in Teriyaki sauce and grilled or oven baked for 15 minutes at 450 degrees.

A simple lettuce salad with ginger, rice vinegar, and a touch of soy sauce (soshu if you can get it).

Garnish with Gari: pink sushi pickled ginger and white radish (daikon radish) or a regular red radish sliced.

A traditional dressing for a bento box is a pretty silk scarf or cloth wrapped around it.