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!
hi gamene, you’ve already brightened Wednesday for me with this absolutely sweet bento! I love the sweet, chirpy, expectant chick faces tucked into a jewel-toned magic spring garden. Delightful!!
thanks jenn, happy to brighten your tomorrow 🙂
Cute roly poly chicks with their edamame beaks! That sunny yellow color will brighten up your day for sure, I think. Adorable!
thanks sheri! glad you like these chubsters!
Hi cute little chicks! Is that a new tiffin/bento? MRB!!! What a happy looking lunch!
thanks debra! nope, same old tiffin from pearl river mart, one of the first boxes i ever bought – it has a top insert tier, but sometimes (like tonight) i don’t use it. MRB FTW!
It hasn’t felt much like spring here either! A few days ago we got a little snow! Yikes! I love your little spring chicks lunch 😀 It is so bright and lovely!
thanks jenn – just surfed over to your blog and your chick is adorable too!
The chickens are such cuties and they fit perfectly in that great tiffin box!!! I especially like the little girl chickie with the flower and rosy cheeks! 😀
thanks susan! i tried to make her sweet, like your charaben girls always turn out :o)
Both of them are so adorable! Beautiful colors again Megan, so good to see it. I can feel spring even we don’t have it here. I spot a new flower pick there … 🙂 The fish sausage has a pretty pink color, nice in your bento
haha lia, you have such a good eye! i scoured the internet to find those new picks, can we say “bento addict”?!
Round boxes really are magic. Looks great. Everything has it’s place. And the chicks are cute ^-^
thanks lil’chan, yup, the MRB does a lot of my work for me 😉
okay, i’m just jealous now – your chicks are too adorable!
And I agree – the round box just sets it all off wonderfully.
thanks so much mils!
One look at these cute chickies and you’ll forget all about the non-spring weather on the other side of the window. Instant happy spring mood guaranteed ! 🙂
thanks ingrid, maybe my chicks had a magical effect – sunny today 😉
so cute!!!!
thanks tara, i love when you stop by ❤
OH WOW! the chicks are so cute! wish I could send rice for lunch for my kid but she’s not into it I think.
thanks cake on the brain! your chick cake balls are AWESOME! glad you stopped by my blog 🙂
regarding the rice, there are so many different types of (deco and non-deco) furikake available, maybe you can find a flavored sprinkling that your daughter would like the taste of?
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