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Ham & Egg Flowers – Tutorial

Learn how to make a bento staple that’s perfect for filling up gaps: ham & egg flowers.

 

Ham & Egg Flowers - Learn exactly how to make these classic bento box space fillers with the help of a video tutorial. They taste delicious, and can be prepared in mere minutes. No more empty spaces in your bento! | www.loveatfirstbento.com

Ham & Egg Flowers - Learn exactly how to make these classic bento box space fillers with the help of a video tutorial. They taste delicious, and can be prepared in mere minutes. No more empty spaces in your bento! | www.loveatfirstbento.com

It’s early. Too early. You’re packing up a loved ones bento box with all the delicious goodness you diligently prepared the night before, an assortment of colorful veggies and succulent meat packed full of flavor. You just know they’re going to have a big smile on their face as soon as they open it up for lunchtime. Everything’s almost perfect – except for that big, glaring gap in the middle of your bento box. And you have no more food left to fill up that horrifying void. 

4 Easy Ways to Decorate Eggs

Up your hard-boiled egg game with these 4 easy & adorable ways to decorate eggs.

 

4 Ways to Decorate Eggs - Step-by-step tutorial (+ video!) for making colored eggs, dinosaur eggs, flower eggs, & chicken eggs. Makes the perfect addition to any bento box! Works on hard-boiled quail or chicken eggs. | www.loveatfirstbento.com

4 Ways to Decorate Eggs - Step-by-step tutorial (+ video!) for making colored eggs, dinosaur eggs, flower eggs, & chicken eggs. Makes the perfect addition to any bento box! Works on hard-boiled quail or chicken eggs. | www.loveatfirstbento.com/4-easy-ways-to-decorate-eggs/

An excellent addition to any bento box, eggs are a great way to add some extra protein to your lunch and fill up empty stomachs. But, let’s be real here: plain, hard-boiled eggs aren’t all that exciting. I’m talking about whole hard-boiled eggs, which just look like awkward white masses when placed inside a bento box. One way to overcome this is by cutting the egg in halves, slices, or wedges – all perfectly feasible choices, and great for adding to more traditional bento boxes. But what if you want something a little bit cuter, a little bit fancier, for that adorable bento box you just prepared?

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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