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Spicy Tuna Salad Onigiri

It’s time for Monthly Onigiri! For September, we’re making spicy tuna salad rice balls.

 

Spicy Tuna Salad Onigiri - These rice balls pack a serious flavor punch, thanks to the addition of sriracha! Learn how to make these easy and delicious rice balls at www.loveatfirstbento.com | bento box, lunch box

Spicy Tuna Salad Onigiri - These rice balls pack a serious flavor punch, thanks to the addition of sriracha! Learn how to make these easy and delicious rice balls at www.loveatfirstbento.com | bento box, lunch box

Step aside sandwiches, because tuna salad has a new BFF: onigiri. Seriously guys, rice + tuna salad is like a match made in heaven. The rice acts as the perfect vessel for sealing in all that creamy tuna goodness (hello mess-free lunch!), and the very inner layer of rice becomes decadently moist and creamy from the mayo – much better than eating soggy white bread, in my opinion.

Watermelon Onigiri

It’s time for Monthly Onigiri! For August, we’re making Watermelon Onigiri!

 

Watermelon Onigiri - Fun to make & delicious to eat, watermelon onigiri are the perfect summer bento box or picnic lunch item! Learn how to make these adorable summer rice balls by visiting www.loveatfirstbento.com (includes video tutorial!)

Watermelon Onigiri - Fun to make & delicious to eat, watermelon onigiri are the perfect summer bento box or picnic lunch item! Learn how to make these adorable summer rice balls by visiting www.loveatfirstbento.com (includes video tutorial!)

You guys, it’s already happening. People are talking about autumn. Exclaiming how it’s less than 1 month away. Counting down the days until Starbucks brings out the you know what. Yes, the pumpkin spice bomb has officially dropped. But hold up: Can we just consider for one quick second here how we still have 26 days of perfectly good summer left?

That’s why this month’s onigiri is cranking up the summertime feels to maximum output: I’m talking watermelon onigiri, here to show summer that we haven’t forgot about it just yet.

Rilakkuma Rice Balls Bento

Rilakkuma Rice Balls – a must-have addition to any Rilakkuma fan’s bento box. Super easy to make, and almost too cute to eat!

 

Rilakkuma rice balls are a must-have addition to any Rilakkuma fan's bento box! Easy to make, delicious to eat, and an adorable upgrade from plain white rice bentos. Video tutorial included! | loveatfirstbento.com

Rilakkuma rice balls are a must-have addition to any Rilakkuma fan's bento box! Easy to make, delicious to eat, and an adorable upgrade from plain white rice bentos. Video tutorial included! | loveatfirstbento.com

Let’s talk rice balls. Like, literally, rice shaped into cute little teensy balls that you can just pop into your mouth and eat in one bite. We’re going to step up our rice ball game today and multiply their cuteness times 1 million. Behold: Rilakkuma rice balls, featuring Rilakkuma, Korilakkuma, and Kiiroitori. They’re deliciously adorable, easy to eat, and a fun upgrade from a boring old white rice bento. 

How to Make Onigiri (Japanese Rice Balls)

Here on Love at First Bento, we feature an all new onigiri recipe every month in a series called Monthly Onigiri. This month, we’re going to learn how to make classic onigiri – a bento box staple! Plus, an easy onigiri filling that will take you less than 10 seconds to prepare.

 

How to Make Onigiri (Rice Balls) - a classic bento recipe, made even simpler with the help of a rice mold. Learn just how easy it is to make this quintessential Japanese lunch item at www.loveatfirstbento.com (video tutorial included!)

How to Make Onigiri (Rice Balls) - a classic bento recipe, made even simpler with the help of a rice mold. Learn just how easy it is to make this quintessential Japanese lunch item at www.loveatfirstbento.com (video tutorial included!)

To kick-off our first EVER onigiri post, we’re going to dissect, reassemble, and admire the classic, triangle-shaped onigiri. Before we dive head-first into that, however, there’s one thing we should probably clear up: what, exactly, is onigiri?

Known as “rice balls” in English (and also sometimes called musubi), onigiri are those cute triangular bundles of rice ubiquitous with the Japanese lunch scene. They come in all shapes and sizes, and can be filled or sprinkled with all sorts of mouth-watering goodies. So, why are they called rice balls if they’re actually rice triangles? Just chalk it up to a translation thing.

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