Those of us from the south grew up on this stuff. In just about every grocery store you can find these tubs of beautiful orange lumpy goodness. Some people use it as a sandwich spread with lunch meat but most of us use it alone between 2 slices of bread as a lunch or snack. [...]

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If you like a little crunch to your sandwiches, thin sliced veggies are a [...]

I had read about sandwich boxes before on other sites and blogs so when Ichiban Kan started offing these, I pounced. Whe I got it in though, I was less than impressed. The to section that holds the the bread is a bit difficult to clip together. Once assembled it’s very sturdy though; there [...]

Ok, things are starting to settle down here a bit so hopefully regular posting will start soon. My hope if to be able to offer one recipe, one review, and one tip a week.  If all goes well I will be starting this next week. I have been collecting recipes and brainstorming tips, also I [...]

Ok, I know I have been singing the praises of Ichiban Kan (I am not affiliated with them, nor with any other shop, I just shop there) but there are other places to feed your bento need. eBay is a great place to find all sorts of odd and beautiful bento boxes and accessories. You [...]

Sorry about the lack of activity lately, I just moved. Geeze! I never realized how much bento stuff I had until it was put together all in one place! Hehehe And I have more on the way. I got my mom hooked on bentos now too. I bought her a Winnie the Pooh bento set [...]

Hello all! Today I would like to talk about using non-bento items in your bento. This can be a great thing as long as you are careful. You need to make sure that the item is food safe. From my experience most plastic containers that don’t have some sort of painted label or something are [...]

Ok, I am jumping the gun a bit here but I figured I’d start this post now. I will edit this post as I think of things, as entries come in, or if I change things. As soon as all the rules and info are finalized I will let y’all know and at that time [...]

Well, I placed another big order (mainly accessories) from Ichiban Kan and it should be in tomorrow! Gods, it feels like Christmas Eve every time I am waiting for a new shipment. ~lol~ Josh and Wendy will be moving up in less than 2 weeks so I will be getting some help designing bento lunches [...]

YAY! Ichiban Kan is now selling the Natural Colors Collection in their online store. I got all of them of course and I love them. Word of warning though, the cups are great but the seals cannot stand up to the carbonation of soda. My sister found that out the hard way. She usually [...]