I did have a bento box that could fit all the fruit salad so I use separate tupperware boxes.
Left: Papaya with strawberries
Middle: My mum's recipe for chinese styled risotto rice (chinese cured sausage & cured liver sausage, shallots, baby carrots and sweet corn) topped with spring onion and ginger sauce
Right: Cheery tomato and coconut mochi

Post-posting note: Having problems getting into Flickr today, so I tried this alternative but the picture is rubbish - really sorry. I will sort it out tonight!

Top: Spanish Strawberries (British ones arent in season yet), Bag of Maryland Milk Cookies (210mg of Calcium and only 129 cals!) and a Pink Lady Apple
Bottom: Pilards in tomato sauce (I think these are baby mackerels) with Babycorn, Japanese rice with furikake seasoning

Had another lovely long weekend this weekend (May Day holiday), didnt get up to too much. Spring cleaned the house and visited the recycling centre (amazing what kind of stuff they can recycle!) and watched the last home game of London Wasps (rugby) - we lost by tonnes!!!

It is totally grey and misty this morning! Rather gloomy and its a Monday.  There was a Farmer's Market yesterday and I brough some really yummy fish which I made into crispy deep fried fish pieces for dinner (lettuce wrapped with Hoisin sauce yummy). Had some left over for my Bento (not sure if they are still as tasty cold).



Left: Deep Fried Cod Pieces
Middle: Japanese Rice with Furikake Seasoning
Right: Mini Blueberry Pancakes (Jamie Oliver's recipe but for reason cant get them round!)

Right: Leftover BBQ chicken drumsticks
Left: Leftover creamy turkey & sweetcorn

Post-Easter Bento lunch consists of leftovers from the Easter holidays. Visited home for Easter Dinner came back with tonnes of leftovers (roast turkey).  Went to the Zoo on Monday had leftover picnic food (chicken drumsticks).

BBQ Chicken Drumsticks
Get as many chicken pieces as you want (wings, drumsticks, 1/4's), cover the chicken pieces with a generous dose of BBQ marinade and leave in the fridge overnight- I used Paul Newman's BBQ sauce as I was too lazy to make any myself.
Take chicken pieces out of the fridge and allow to warm to room temperature, in the meantime pre-heat an oven to 190 C (takes about 30 mins). Once oven has reached 190 C, place the chicken pieces into a roasting tin (I usually cover my tin with foil as it saves on soaking the tin) and roast for 20 to 45 mins depending on size of chicken pieces. Too test if the pieces are done get a sharp knife and stick into the meatiest part of the chicken piece if the juices run clear ie no blood then the chicken is done.

Creamy Turkey & Sweetcorn
Any leftover roast meats (chicken, turkey, ham, pork)
Condense can of Campbell's Chicken soup (I used Chicken with white wine)
Milk
Sweetcorn
Onion
Pepper

Dice the onion and peppers (or any vegetables you fancy) into equal bite size pieces. 
Into a pan pour oil (just enough to coat the bottom of pan) add on crushed garlic clove (if you like garlic) allow to fry for a few minutes (until the garlic turn golden brown) 
Add onion and peppers and fry for about 3 minutes (until the onions are translucent)
Add can of condense soup and mix the vegetables well into the sauce
Slowly add milk to thin the sauce down, continue adding the milk until the thickness of the sauce suits you
Add diced leftover roast meat(s)
Bring everything to the boil and simmer for 20 mins. If you like herbs in your sauce add the herbs before you start simmering.
Serve with rice, cous cous, potatoes or pasta.

Righ: New mini chop sticks - they are so cute
Left Top: Basmati rice (left over from curry last night) topped with spam drizzled in soya sauce (forgot to sprinkle it with furikake seasoning this morning)
Left Bottom: Green Monchi filled with red bean paste, Yellow Monchi filled with custard, 3 jelly babies and half moons of cucumber

Unveiling of my new bento box - bento box #3. 

Left: Jelly babies for afters
Right Top: Japanese rice topped with spam and furikake seasoning
Right Bottom: Choi Sum with oyster sauce

I dragged hubbie to Oriental City to see if I could buy onigiri moulds and maybe a new Bento box. Oriental City in Colindale, London, is a little shabby around the edges and the MSG flows a little to freely for my liking but the supermarket and stores are brilliant. I didnt manage to buy the onigiri moulds but I did manage to get a japanese tea pot with a tea leave cage inside, 2 bento boxes and a pair of mini chops sticks with holder. So to christen my 2nd bento box I made the following:



Top: Japanese rice with wasabi furikake seasoning
Bottom: Herby roast chicken, choi sum with oyster sauce