A cute meal made for lime since he had to take a long MCP exam today (FYI it was the upgrade exam from MCDBA to MCTS in SQL Server 2005 -_-;). Some people have asked me whether he gets embarrassed when I make him cute things. He swears he doesn't and that he thinks it's funny. For the record I have offered to stop making them cute. His coworkers saw this one and snerked at him a little while simultaneously proclaiming my awesomeness. :P

Hello Kitty and friends waffles, heart-shaped watermelon piece, tamagoyaki, and turkey sausage bites. There is maple syrup in the yellow Hello Kitty container.

Today's lunch is my version of makunouchi bento.

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So. Tired.

( It's not that exciting today. )

I made obento for myself today too but it's so ugly I'm not taking a picture of it, heh. Also this picture looks too green...there are berries in the top tier but you can't see them very well. I got a different kind of lettuce than I'm used to and I had a hard time making it behave. Oh well, I'll know better tomorrow. :)

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I didn't make obento for myself today either. There's a lot of random food around here since it's just about time to go shopping, but there's not really enough to make two people a whole lunch without taking up way too much of my time. I'll probably just have some miso and leftovers. :)

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I did not make obento for myself today because I want to eat a sandwich. In the top tier: green beans, radish slices, baby corn, red currants, and nectarine pieces. In the bottom tier: brown rice mini star and heart onigiri (the hearts have yukari furikake on them), teriyaki Kobe beef, snow peas, red mini bell pepper, and carrot cutouts.

Nutrition Info
CALORIES: 357
SATURATED FAT: 3 g
CHOLESTEROL: 65 mg
SODIUM: ~120 mg
CARBS: 38 g
PROTEIN: 29 g

Today we took a trip to the Woodland Park Zoo to see the flamingo exhibit, to stare at the giraffes (I LOVE GIRAFFES), and to eat delicious obento.

( Animals die, just like you and I. Even bears have heart attacks! )

I keep forgetting how much I dislike making sushi rice. I don't have one of those hangiri things to put it in after it's done cooking so I always have to come up with some cockeyed plan to mix it up and then I get frustrated and I end up making Scott do it. He does a good job, though. :P

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Today's obento is not very exciting from a culinary standpoint but it's a good example of how non-Japanese you can do these things and still have reasonably well-balanced meal (although I'd say the sodium content in this one is not particularly well balanced, heh).

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Annika has been putting manjuu (steamed bun with various fillings) in her obento, and she always makes really cute faces for them so I decided to try that out. I cannot believe she does that every day...what a pain in the ass! They're cute, though! :D



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