chirping chicks bento

well, supposedly it’s spring, but it hasn’t felt like it for the past couple days in NYC — chilly temperatures and constant rain, ranging from a drizzle to a downpour.  hopefully tomorrow’s lunch will cheer up my day!

these chirping chicks are made from rice colored with the yellow deco-furi (rice powder) packet from the package of 5 colors that my sweet bento pal sent me (thanks again, you-know-who!).  they have nori eyes, edamame beaks, and the sister chick has gochujang cheeks and a fish sausage flower.  they’re in the medium size from this lovely lace cups set i got in my j-list box this week.

this tiffin-style box is pretty deep, so i put a thick layer of mixed salad greens down before i added the chicks.  then i filled the rest of the box in with steamed broccoli, a few more fish sausage flowers, grape tomatoes, takuwan slices with sesame seeds, flower-cut carrots, and a slicked chik-n patty (soy chicken). i would call this lunch vegetarian, except that i suspect the deco-furi is fish-based.  oh, and the fish sausage too, i guess.  oh well, it’s mostly veggie.

here’s a close-up of this chirping brother and sister:

wishing you all a sunny wednesday!