Japanese BENTO BOX Lunch Ideas #7 - Santa Claus & Snowman Bento, etc.

Enjoy the Christmas-like decorations coming up!
There is an incident over Santa Claus. Witness the fight between me and my husband. lol

【CHAPTER】
00:00 Intro
00:41 Delicious Colorful Sandwich Bento
07:12 Santa Claus with Karaage Bento
18:20 Three-colored Bento
24:20 Snowman with Creamy Potato Croquette Bento

#Bento #LunchBox #easyjapanesecooking

Recipe: https://misosoup.site/easy-delish-ben...
My tools & seasonings: https://misosoup.site/toolslist/

1. Delicious Colorful Sandwich Bento

Ingredients [for 1-2 servings]
Strawberry & blueberry cream cheese sandwich
・Your favorite bread
・Strawberry
・Banana
・Cream cheese
・Blueberry jam

Egg & veggie sandwich #1
・Your favorite bread
・Mayonnaise

Red onion salad [A]
・4.2 oz (120g) Red onion
・2 tbsp Rice vinegar
・1 tbsp Olive oil
・1 tbsp Sugar
・1/2 tsp Salt
・Black pepper

Egg salad [B]
・2 Boiled eggs
・2-3 tbsp Mayonnaise
・A pinch of Garlic powder 
・A pinch of Salt and pepper
・A pinch of Sugar

Carrot stir-fry [C]
・1 oz (30g) Carrot
・1/2 tsp Oil
・A pinch of Salt and pepper

・Cucumber
・Lettuce

Egg & veggie sandwich #2
・Your favorite bread
・Mayonnaise
・Egg salad [B]
・Carrot stir-fry [C]
・Cherry tomato
・Ham slices
・Cucumber
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2. Santa Claus with Karaage Bento

Ingredients [for 1-2 servings]
Santa claus decoration
・Rice (As much as you want)
・Imitation crab meat
・Cherry tomato
・Ham
・Nori seaweed
・1/2 tsp Mentsuyu or Soy sauce

Karaage (Japanese-style fried chicken)
・3.5 oz (100g) Chicken
・1 tbsp Shio koji (Salted rice malt)
・1/3 tsp Garlic paste
・1/3 tsp Ginger paste
・Potato starch (or Corn starch)
・Oil for frying

Rolled omelette
・2 Eggs
・Imitation crab meat
・Ham slices
・1/2 tsp Sugar
・1/2 tsp Oil
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3. Three-colored Bento

Ingredients [for 1-2 servings]
・Rice (As much as you want)

Ground meat stir-fry
・4.6 oz (130g) Ground pork or chicken
・1 tbsp Sake
・1 tbsp Soy sauce
・1 tbsp Sugar
・1/2 tsp Ginger paste

Egg
・2 Eggs
・1/2 tsp Sugar
・1/2 tsp Oil

Snap peas
・1.4 oz (40g) Snap peas
・1 tsp Mentsuyu*
・1/2 tsp Sesame oil
・A pinch of Sugar

Daikon pickles
・1.4 oz (40g) Daikon
・A pinch of Salt
・1/2 tsp Rice vinegar
・1/2 tsp Sugar
・A pinch of Yukari furikake

*Mentsuyu substitute: 1 tbsp Mentsuyu = 1 tbsp Soy sauce + A pinch of Dashi powder + 1 tsp Sugar
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4. Snowman with Creamy Potato Croquette Bento

Ingredients [for 1-2 servings]
Snowman decoration
・Rice (As much as you want)
・Imitation crab meat
・Ham
・Red color sausage
・Black sesame seeds

Creamy potato croquette
・5.3 oz (150g) White sauce
・3.5 oz (100g) Potato
・1.7 oz (50g) Onion
・1 oz (30g) Imitation crab meat
・1 tsp Butter
・A pinch of Salt and pepper
・A pinch of Consomme (Stock powder)
・A pinch of Sugar
・1-2 tbsp Corn

・Flour
・Beaten egg
・Panko
・Oil for frying

Broccoli & tuna salad
・1.7 oz (50g) Broccoli
・1 oz (30g) Canned tuna
・1 tbsp Corn
・1-2 tbsp Mayonnaise
・A pinch of Salt and pepper