Bento lunch!

[bare_bear]

I made myself my very first bento boxed lunch last night!  It looks very pretty, so much so that I almost don't want to eat it!  :)  I would've taken a picture, but my camera has gone awol (I think I left it at a friends place this weekend - hopefully she can find it).

It includes:

• A bed of rice at the bottom, since my container is too deep.  Need to find either a) a better container, or b) another way of filling space.
• A heart-shaped mound of rice with housen sauce sprinkled on top (w/salt and pepper)
• Paper cup filled with almonds, dried cranberries and apricots
• Several snap peas beside the heart o' rice
• Grapes to fill in the rest of the space

I have a lot to learn about bento making, and I've got to pick up the pace of making them, because man that was time consuming, but it was a good start and fun to do.  I can't wait for lunch! 


EDIT:  Mmm..so good, and everyone liked my heart rice mound!  :D