Easy! Lightly Pickled Cucumbers for Hanami and Bento

I make these often whenever I have an excess of cucumbers. They make great bento fillers, and are super easy.Since the cucumbers are pounded, the flavors absorb easily. Recipe by adusa

I saw these pickles with cherry blossoms at a grocery store, so I wanted to try to making some at home.Be careful not to injure your fingers when you use the vegetable slicer to slice the turnip. Choose a flavorful vinegar that is not too tangy. Recipe by Asamato

I wanted to create an easy recipe for this classic sandwich I grew up on.*"Ha, Egg and Lettuce Sandwich".When mashing 1 egg or less, it's much easier to use a fork. If doing 2 or more, a knife would be suitable.You can also use thinly sliced sandwich bread.Be sure to spread on the margarine first and then the mustard, and only coat one side of each slice.You can also slice it into 3 pieces. Recipe by Yuuyuu0221

I made a colorful bento that's perfect for hanami picnics packed with easy to make components.I used the vegetables left over from making the kimbap for the pork rolls, and used yellow takuan pickles as decoration, to use up the ingredients without any waste and to make the bento very colorful. For 2 servings. Recipe by Honeymi.

I like hanpen and okonomiyaki, so I came up with this recipe.There's nothing to it. Recipe by Saya()

I'm expanding my repertoire of bento recipes.It's better to cool a little bit and then cut.I'm thinking up other recipes revolving around this. Recipe by yukanosuke

I thought up a recipe that would be good to include in a hanami bento.It's best to flavor the sushi rice well so that you don't need any soy sauce for dipping. You can enjoy the flavors and aromas of the cherry blossoms and spring vegetables better without soy sauce. Recipe by Asamato

Our whole family loves our very own version of ginger pork.I always pack a "ginger pork bento" for my husband the day after we have ginger pork for dinner, so I use a bit more meat than usual. For 4 servings + enough for a bento. Recipe by Chisora

I just came up with this off the top of my head.Don't over-boil the shrimp in Step 1.Let the shrimp cool down before packing it in your bento box.You can use other dressings instead of sesame oil if you like. Recipe by Yuuyuu0221

I had extra green peppers and I wanted cook something easy with them.I used to cut green pepper to my liking and I didn't use sesame oil.I changed the recipe because I found that cutting into thinner sticks and adding sesame oil made this dish more flavourful.For those who don't like green peppers. Cook them well and mix with seasoning. It will remove the smell and will be easy to eat. Recipe by emakatu

I'm having fun coming up with tasty and charming recipes that use edible flowers.The flowers sold in flower shops have been sprayed, so they cannot be eaten.Be sure to use only edible flowers.This recipe will yield a lot of sliced daikon, so serve them as daikon pickled in amazu. Recipe by Sumireno usagi

I wanted to stew boiled scallops that absorbed flavors from a sauce, so I came up with this recipe. They have a rich flavour spiced up with ginger, so they're perfect for a packed lunch or snack with drinks.Don't overcook the scallops, or else they will become tough. Simmer briefly, and let the scallops cool in the sauce to absorb the flavour. Recipe by cherry

I saw this way of cutting cucumbers once on a TV program when I was in middle school.Step 1 - Cut diagonal 1 mm thick cuts (You can see it a bit in the pictures). Cut 2/3 of the way through. You can eat it right away, but it's best if you let it sit for at least an hour (in the refrigerator). Adjust the amount of sesame oil to taste. Recipe by Yuuyuu0221

I used the hanpen and mentaiko that had been sitting in my fridge, and it turned out delicious.Adding in the hanpen fish cake after mixing the mayonnaise and mentaiko will help to coat the fish cake more evenly.Hanpen fish cake falls apart easily, so mix gently.These will cook up differently depending on the toaster oven heat setting used, so keep an eye on it when cooking!I used lots of mentaiko, but it tastes delicious with about this much added. Recipe by Hamumaki

I love hijiki, but it tends to get leftover. I am often asked by friends how to make hijiki rice... but its so easy that there isn't much of a recipe.Add French beans or chikuwa for color and add sesame seeds if you like. I omitted the step of rinsing the hijiki and aburaage in hot water. Recipe by SYNDY

I tried to make an easy recipe so that I could cook it on busy mornings.Cutting the potato into small pieces will reduce the cooking time and makes it easy for kids to eat.Please try not to deep-fry it for too long. It will make the potato hard and dry, and it will not taste good. For 1/2 sweet potato. Recipe by ss mama

Konnyaku is cheap! I always buy it...It is sweet and spicy, so it goes well together with rice and sake . It gets really spicy if you add in a whole chili pepper, half a pepper might suffice. You can also omit the red pepper and use ichimi or shichimi chili powder instead .The sesame will stick to the konnyaku when cooking if there is water remaining, so it is a good idea to squeeze out the water with a paper towel. Recipe by Iku..

I created this recipe because I wanted to come up with an easy way to make a cute Pikachu charaben.Leave a little bit of space in between the eyes, and place the mouth and nose close together. It will look more like Pikachu that way. Recipe by Meronpannachan

I can never come up with anything pink in my repertoire to put in a bento, so I uploaded this for my own records to use next year. Next year, I'll also put in more veggies.Plain rice goes better with the cured ham than sushi rice. I made the green vegetable rice the easy way, by adding green vegetable furikake (rice seasoning). Recipe by Umihotaru

This is a recipe my mother taught me.Make the inari sushi the day before if possible, and stuff the rice the next day. They will taste even better that way.Use a puffy type of aburaage for best results.When you heat sushi vinegar in the microwave, it loses some of the flavor of the vinegar, so don't microwave for too long. Recipe by Yuuyuu0221

This was just enough for 2 adults and 1 toddler. Most of the items in the bento are things a toddler can eat, but they are satisfying for adults, too.When food cools down it doesn't taste as rich or salty as when it's hot, so I try to flavor things a bit more than when I'm serving things right a way!Just make things efficiently and quickly!In Step 5, I used some clotted cream that I had left over when we had it with scones. If you don't have any, you can use cream cheese or similar. For 3 servings. Recipe by Mameko

This was an experiment with rakkyo pickles.I minced rakkyo pickles and rolled them in a tamagoyaki and it turned out sweet and so tasty, so I uploaded the recipe.When your tamagoyaki has a lot of filling, take your time, don't rush, and patiently form the shape.In the summer, it'll be a food safety hazard if the tamagoyaki is half-cooked, so make sure to thoroughly cook it on low heat. Recipe by Donpintan

I needed one more item for my bento, so I quickly whipped up one from whatever was in my fridge.Thanks to the chikuwa, you don't need soup stock. How easy. You can add mentsuyu as seasoning, if you like, but it's easy to just use soy sauce and sugar. Recipe by mimimine

For my recent companion who likes Japanese flavors:* Squid Daikon* Burdock root (gobo), carrots, and green beans wrapped in chicken tenders and fried* Tamagoyaki (pan-fried rolled egg) with mentaiko (spiced roe) and green onion* Simmered arame-type kelp* Rice with black bean and mixed grains* Takuan (pickled daikon radish)Boil the daikon until it's soft.First bring the simmering sauce's flavoring ingredients to a strong boil before adding adding the squid.Don't overcook the squid; it gets hard.The broth will be squid scented.Add the water to the sauce, and then let the daikon absorb all the flavors as it simmers in the squid-scented sauce.The squid is added back in to simmer again at the end, so the squid and the daikon are both tender. Recipe by pegupepepe

Amberjack teriyaki is a classic, but salmon teriyaki tastes great even when cold, so it's perfect for bento. Recipe by Yuuyuu0221

I adore kabocha tempura. It tastes great also shallow fried! I added a bit of my special seasoning to make it sweet and salty and my husband raved!To make it easier to remove the seeds and pith from the kabocha, I always heat it first in the microwave. Kabocha is really sweet and tasty when shallow fried!! Recipe by tommy 0304

I made this for my princess.Feel free to decorate it with your favorite ingredients. Recipe by Chicchi

I came up with this recipe to make something nice with boiled eggs when I didn't have enough time to make an omelet for a bento lunch box.If you make hard boiled eggs at night, you can save a lot of time in the morning. Recipe by Mori

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This recipe was taken from my notes I wrote more than a decade ago.When the shrimp is soaking in the broth, immerse the shrimp to allow the flavor to evenly absorb.For the Japanese dashi stock, I used 1 cup (200 ml) water and dashi stock granules (referring to package for the proper amount needed to make 1 cup). Recipe by Mikanshufu