Welcome Bento Anarchy!

Welcome to Bento Anarchy. This is another wonder-woman artist! She just can’t stop making cute food. She happens to be our first vegan to appear in the gallery. “So.” you may say. But just think of the limitations! She has created cute, yummy looking food with absolutely no animal products. A challenge for sure. I hope you enjoy her work, I certainly do!
Sheri

We’d love to put you in the Gallery! If you would like to submit your bento for the ILoveObento.com Gallery, send photos and recipes to contact at iloveobento.com. Be sure to put the word “Gallery” in the subject line. By submitting your work to ILoveObento.com, you agree that it is your own original work.

Polar Bear Boxes...Coming Soon!

Be sure to email us so you’ll be the first to know when the Gel-Cool boxes with the matching Tshirts get here from Japan! Tell us what sizes you’d like to be sure we order enough! Contact at iloveobento.com. Details and prices here and here.

We’d love to put you in the Gallery! If you would like to submit your bento for the ILoveObento.com Gallery, send photos and recipes to contact at iloveobento.com. Be sure to put the word “Gallery” in the subject line. By submitting your work to ILoveObento.com, you agree that it is your own original work.

One Non-Bento Post, But So Worth It

There is hope! So much hope for healing for so many ailments I just have to tell you. The Sixth International Symposium on Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is coming up in July in the LA, California area. The symposium details are here. HBOT is a tried and true treatment that has been used successfully for many years. It is now being used to treat a host of diseases such as drowning victims, carbon monoxide victims, MS, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Brain Injury, Seizures, Non Healing Wounds from Diabetes (or from anything), Lyme Disease, and many many other ailments. The Symposium is open to everyone who would learn more about HBOT. Please check it out, and pass on the information to others who may need it.
~Sheri
The site is HBOT2008.com

A Beauty and Her Bento

There is a new bento artist in town! Look what beautiful work she does. She had a little help from mom to form the onigiri, but she did everything else herself. I am very impressed. I knew you would be too…

We’d love to put you in the Gallery! If you would like to submit your bento for the ILoveObento.com Gallery, send photos and recipes to contact at iloveobento.com. Be sure to put the word “Gallery” in the subject line. By submitting your work to ILoveObento.com, you agree that it is your own original work.

Welcome Sakurako Kitsa! Part 2

Here are even more beautiful and inspiring bentos from Sakurako Kitsa…

Here is Sakurako Kitsa’s site so that you can view even more of her work, and read her wonderful, and sometimes hilarious, bento making tips. All photos are copywrought by her, and we claim no rights to them, except to enjoy them!

We’d love to put you in the Gallery! If you would like to submit your bento for the ILoveObento.com Gallery, send photos and recipes to contact at iloveobento.com. Be sure to put the word “Gallery” in the subject line. By submitting your work to ILoveObento.com, you agree that it is your own original work.

Welcome Sakurako Kitsa! Part 1

This creative genius has so many inspiring photos it was nearly impossible to choose which ones to feature. Sakurako Kitsa is one of the featured bento artists in the upcoming book Face Food by Christopher D. Salyers. Okay, take a deep breath…

Here is Sakurako Kitsa’s site so that you can view even more of her work, and read her wonderful, and sometimes hilarious, bento making tips. All photos are copywrought by her, and we claim no rights to them, except to enjoy them!

We’d love to put you in the Gallery! If you would like to submit your bento for the ILoveObento.com Gallery, send photos and recipes to contact at iloveobento.com. Be sure to put the word “Gallery” in the subject line. By submitting your work to ILoveObento.com, you agree that it is your own original work.

Welcome BentoCorner!

What a talented lady. Here is just a sample of her work…

BentoCorner was the very first bento blog I ever saw in my whole life! It was the place I really fell in love with the art of bento. You can see all her amazing work at BentoCorner.com.

We’d love to put you in the Gallery! If you would like to submit your bento for the ILoveObento.com Gallery, send photos and recipes to contact at iloveobento.com. Be sure to put the word “Gallery” in the subject line. By submitting your work to ILoveObento.com, you agree that it is your own original work.

For Shelby

This recipe has more muted colors than that of traditional Japanese sushi.

1 cup uncooked sushi rice
2 cups water
1 teaspoon salt
1-2 teaspoons balsamic vinegar
2 Vidalia onions
2 Tablespoons olive oil
1 roasted red bell pepper
1 roasted green bell pepper
cayenne pepper
fresh cracked black pepper

Soy flavored Mayonnaise for dipping
Sliced dried Calmyrna figs

Slice onion into 1/4” rings. Place olive oil in saute pan. Cook onions slowly over medium heat until caramelized. This process cannot be rushed, just plan to take your time or you’ll get scorched onions. Don’t ask me how I know. Smile.

To roast the peppers, a charcoal grill is the best. It can be done on a gas range top though, with only a little mess. Either way, pierce the peppers then roast on all sides, top and bottom until completely black. Place under cool running water. The skin should rinse away with only a little help from your fingers.

Boil two cups water, add the salt and uncooked rice. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat to lowest low. Cook for 18 minutes. Let sit, covered, for 5 more minutes. When done, remove to a bowl. Sprinkle with balsamic vinegar, mix gently but thoroughly.

When rice is cool enough to handle, place wax paper on sushi mat, spread rice evenly over the mat with the wax paper in between. Lay slivers of roasted peppers and as much carmelized onion as you can without compromising the stability of the roll. As you begin the roll remember not to roll the paper like it is nori, it has to stay outside the sushi roll. Very gently squeeze the roll when finished. Sprinkle entire roll with cayenne pepper and fresh cracked black pepper (or another cajun seasoning…but be careful, they tend to be very salty). Slice with a clean wet knife.

Serve with soy flavored mayonnaise (1 teaspoon soy sauce to 2 tablespoons mayonnaise) or Aoli.

Slice the dried figs for better eating. Of course, fresh would taste better and look better too, alack.

I thought this was going to be way too hot, but it was just about right. I would be considered a wimpy cajun as far as hot spicy food goes. These are people sit around eating raw cayenne peppers just to see who can stand the hottest food. I’m still trying to figure out who has the hottest food…Indian? Thai? I’ll keep trying new foods to find out! Enjoy!

Blessings,
Sheri

We’d love to put you in the Gallery! If you would like to submit your bento for the ILoveObento.com Gallery, send photos and recipes to contact at iloveobento.com. Be sure to put the word “Gallery” in the subject line. By submitting your work to ILoveObento.com, you agree that it is your own original work.