a pretty quick and simple one tonight, since dinner was leftover bibimbap and for tomorrow’s lunch i had to make do with the extra rice and some stuff from my freezer bento stash.
my ladybug is an ume pressed into the rice and decorated with nori. the ladybug is headed for a big carrot blossom, and the non-rice section of the box has a tamagoyaki slice, an edamame shumai, some sliced vegetarian chicken nugget, a tiny orange pepper, pea pods, kiwi slices and half a strawberry. i had some ladybug paper, so i used that as a background to compliment my ume ladybug.
i used a sesame leaf as a natural baran, laying it in the box, pressing my rice in, and then folding the edge of the leaf back over the rice. don’t forget to enter your natural baran ideas into hapa bento’s BOMB (best of the month bento) comment thread!
[as seen on MSN japan]
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Another point scored for “bento stash”. Yeah!
What a cutie patootie ladybug! Good idea and totally copycat worthy! 🙂 Thanks Megan for the BOMB shout out!
debra, thank YOU for hosting the challenge – it’s always a great source of creative inspiration!
glad you like the ladybug, too 🙂
Haha! Cute and adorable little ladybug, and a perfect foil for nori details! The ladybug paper is too cute too! And with the garden of delights springing forth, I can see why she’s headed over there to munch. Better hurry to beat her!
haha you’re right sheri, i certainly don’t want her eating my chick-n nuggets! good thing i blockaded her with some extra kiwi slices before i closed the box 😉
I love it! It’s so artful and perfect!
Gorgeous bento!!! Your ladybug is adorable and looks like she’s heading on home to her beautiful garden. 😀 You have such a great eye for arranging your food so beautifully.
thanks melanie and susan! i really appreciate your sweet comments – you’re making me blush!
cute ladybug – definitely nimble fingers required!!
Cute ladybug on a pretty bento! Or should I say ladybugs because it seems like a lot of ladybug friends from the cute background too 😀
Adorable ladybug! You did a great job for the details Megan, love it! 😀
Lovely ladybug, beautiful bento, and your comment to sherimiya about the kiwi blockade made me laugh out loud! What a glorious prelude to spring!! Awesome and pure visual delight, gamene 🙂
This is adorable, creative and wonderful. We would love to feature this on our ladybug website under food ideas. If you have a chance check us out and let us know if this is OK with you. everything-ladybug.com
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Wow, such a nice ladybug bento! The non-rice portion look just like a blosson srping garden! Thanks for sharing the idea of using sesame leaf as natural food baran,
thank you all lia, tata, jenn, angie (A-OK to put on the site, thanks for having me 🙂 ), and kidsdreamwork!
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