I tested the kids box the other day and I have to say it worked really well! I was actually surprised that it fared so well, after all it is designed as use for a baby travel weaning set. My box was packed with a small baguette cut in half, a tub of pasta and [...]
Archive for the ‘gear’ Category
How the box performed……..
Posted in gear on August 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Special containers or not?
Posted in bento, gear on August 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Do you remember a while back I tried making onigiri in a jar? I’d spotted a video posted by Maki over on Just Bento, well now you can buy a mold specially for making these round onigiri!!! I have google alerts set up for bento and this popped into my reader this morning. Cute little [...]
Downscaling…….
Posted in gear on July 21, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I’m now in the process of downscaling my bento collection. Two reasons….. sprog is off to high school in a few weeks and bento is weird here it is by far not in the normal mainstream!! She has also out grown a lot of the gear we have so I have no need of it [...]
Look what I got!
Posted in gear on July 16, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’m so excited to finally have my hands on it! Squee!!!!!!!
Square Eggs, the secret!
Posted in gear on April 1, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I know I promised the other day to share how I made my square eggs, so here you are….. the secret weapon! An egg cuber! Easy to use and just as nifty as an egg mould, this little number gets your eggs into a cube shape in no time. Available from Amazon Have a brilliant [...]
Bento for small sprog
Posted in bento, gear, general on March 3, 2010 | 8 Comments »
OK, I know I haven’t actually posted any bento photos recently. Small sprog has been making her own bento and I haven’t made any. *gasp* Actually I haven’t been at work, but that’s another story. Here’s the bento I made for small sprog tonight…… We’ve got from the top left: Jam filled Gyozas! with cheese [...]
Kinchaku follow up!
Posted in gear on February 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
After I posted the link for the bento bag tutorial the other day, Angi has gone and made one already!!!! Check out the results over on Bento Junkie!! It’s upped the bar for me, now I need to dust off the sewing machine and get going!
Kinchaku (bento bag) tutorial
Posted in gear on February 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Ok, this post is especially for Angi over at Bento Junkie! She’d posted the other day about making a bag to carry her bento lunch in and I happened to mention that previously while surfing the web, I’d come across a tutorial which made a kinchaku (bento bag) from a pillowcase. I promised when I [...]
I’m still searching………..
Posted in gear on February 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
for the bento box I mentioned way back in this post I don’t think so! Can anyone out there involved in making bento help me on this one? I’ve also asked over on the Flickr bento swap group to see if anyone can help. If you can help and you’d like some goodies from the [...]
A treat?
Posted in bento, gear on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow is my birthday. I’d like to treat myself to a nice bento set. Something grown up, with a nice matching bag and chopsticks. It doesn’t have to be a thermal set. Any suggestions guys? Oh and where ever I make my purchase, the supplier has to be able to ship to the UK! Maximum [...]









