Hey Kaiko! I don’t remember exactly what I posted previously (pre-crash)… but anyway…

If I win your anniv swag, I will attempt to make Bento lunch for my First-Grader at least twice a week. It will be her first time to bring lunch to school, and I want her to actually eat her lunch (she usually goes for snacks). Putting together a creative lunch will hopefully get her set on eating and finishing her lunch. Showed her pics on your blog and she’s been talking about bringing “mouse eggs”, etc to school. Winning this set will help us start our own bento habit.

I totally forgive you! stuff happens..
So, I posted before, count me in! ^^

I also posted before, for two entries (one comment and one blog plug).

I think I’d pack some inari-zushi, regular sushi, and for protein maybe some takoyaki or an ahi tuna salad. Nashi pears and apple bananas for fruit. Don’t know how hau pia would transport, but I’m up for trying!

Loll that’s okay, really, don’t worry about it so much :3

I’ve already posted before,but I’ll resume what I said: Some fresh quinoa or pasta salad in one quarter of the box; some cute quarters of fruits in another (like mandarine and kiwis, and a chocolate square <3), some salad with feta and lettuce in another and humm, what did I say I was putting in the other? Maybe some peanut butter apples, or something peanutty in general <3 Or a muffin!

No prob! I don’t even have to remember what I typed last time, because there’s endless stuff I can put into a bento box like that. Right now, my choice would be some fried vegan crab balls, chop suey, kani salad and some japanese fried rice!

(if I post about this in my lj, can I have a different answer, too?)

I posted before; I think I said I’d put together a three-course meal of my best recipes and pack it off for my boyfriend to eat

So all we have to do is comment for a chance to win?
I would put some kimbab, chicken katsu, rolled eggs, and some fruit for dessert in it. ^_^

I’ve never made bento before, but I’m excited to make it for my little princess’s snacks. She starts preschool in a few weeks, and I’m racking my brains on what snacks she should bring. I don’t want her to bring junk food. I specially like the bento cups and dividers, little kids like their food separate, not all jumbled up together. The mini picks are so cute, and I can’t wait to make Hello Kitty eggs!

Here’s my blog entry –
http://www.jennyandbelle.com/2009/05/kitchen-cows-anniversary-giveaway.html

First, Congratulations on your third year anniversary. More Power and God Bless.

Clear bento box with 4 removable compartments
– I would put my husband’s fave baon to work, that would be a balanced meal of meat, veggies, fruits and carbs/fish.
I will include here the chopsticks with cloth storage case.
and of course a refillable soy sauce container.

4 Animal-themed reusable bento cups
– will be used with my little one who loves to bring food to share with her friends whenever she’s in school or having a pocnic in the park. I would put four different healthy foods like a pasta dish, chicken, vegetable and fruits.

Hello Kitty Jello Molds
– this is the absolute fave of MOI, I just love hello kitty, of course I will do my jellp vodka shots to share with my girlfriends in my provate night parties at home.

“If you win this bento package, what will you put in it?”

I will put mini pancakes, mini donuts, cheese sticks, and melon balls with Hello Kitty jellies in the clear bento box. The pancake syrup and strawberry flavored donut sugar will go in the veggie themed condiments container. My daughter can use the animal themed bento cups when snacking on the melon balls and the disposable bento cups for sharing the goodies with her classmates. My daughter is going to school for the first time and this bento set will definitely brighten her day (plus mine too, ’cause i know she’ll enjoy eating her snacks!)

http://bangbanghoney.blogspot.com/2009/05/bento-galore.html

I’m boring–if I win, my daughter’s lunch will go in it. She’s starting first grade in the autumn, and she can’t *wait* to take her lunch to school with her.

I’m sure that I gave a better answer last time, but I can’t recall what it was!

I have little twin nieces, i will suggest their mom to use them, those are really useful as the girls like get snacks every 10 minutes for you sure they will be happy for having all they want to eat of course i would suggest my cousin to put only healtly food.
As these picks look really cute they won’t doubt eating what it is in.

sorry to hear about the crash! i previously submitted so count me in ;P

Not being a very experienced cook myself, I would follow one of your delightful recipes to form original bento for my mother,perhaps with her smily,curly-haired face on it.She always has no time to eat in the office and ends up eating instant noodles,so this is a form of wishing her good health and thank you for taking care of me for so many years!

I have always been an avid viewer of your blog but I have never made my own bento. My lunches have always been boring although I love to cook. If I win the bento giveaway pack, I would use it as a starter kit for making my own bento. To “baptize” it on my first use, I’ll probably put some kani salad (with some celery, just the way I like it), asparagus wrapped with marinated beef, jap fried rice and my favorite tropical fruit fruit maki

Congrats on your anniversary!

http://bentoriffic.blogspot.com/2009/05/another-giveaway.html

I’m one of the lost entries! But here’s the post on my blog that I used before, so I hope that counts! =D

hey, I blogged your giveaway here .. check it out ~
{http://sara-aj.blogspot.com/2009/05/giveawayz-rock.html}
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I’m so new to the whole japanese world, I enjoy looking at those useless cuteness stuff, I love your bento boxes designs and everything about the japanese culture, I’m kind of facing a problem in building a bento cuz I’ve never tried it!!
I’ll be making some of my own arabia onrigi and my own Halal food, using meat or chicken or even sausages .. anyway thanks for this chance I love you!! <3

whoa~ that’s one nasty crash – it happened at such an inconvenient time for you! but no worries, it happens (unfortunately) =). forget about it, and let’s have some bento goodness!
if i win the bento, i would put in sushi and my favorite fish katsu, and lots of sweet desserts (because i cannot live without desserts) =D

Ooh, I think one of the compartments would have rice of course! With yummy furikake sprinkled on top. The other one would have fruits such as strawberries, grapes, and mango. The other one I would a salad or maybe some pasta. For the fourth one I would add maybe some little homemade pizzas… and make them look cute. ^^ Also of course decorate it super cute, and then eat it outside on a sunny day! XD Ahh~ Maybe I should go do that right now!

Congrats to KC’s 3rd Anniv! <3

Yay what a cute bento set!

Hmm, I have so many options for what to put in. I’m studying for the bar exam right now and have to make the best use of my time so bentos are perfect! (plus i can control portion size-always needed)

The meal I’m working on right now would be bite-size tomato cup sushi with some stir-fried beef with ginger and eggs. That’s what I’d put in the bento if it was this week. But I’m always making something new!

I love this prize!! THanks.

I would put some grilled chicken, some seasame noodles, rice and a cabbage salad. THen I would add some fruit and some raw carrots!

here’s my link
http://tinabocs.multiply.com/journal/item/4/kitchen_cow_celebration

WHEW! Lucky that I had put this on my blog so that I could get that extra raffle! Um, it’s pretty much the same thing I posted on there.

Don’t really want to copy/paste the entire paragraph at 3:20 in the morning so I’ll just leave the link here. XD

First off, if I win the bento package, I would most definatly use those hello kitty jello molds! Say hello to cute hello kitty cherry jello! The jello would be surrounded by a few fresh cherries. With that being packed I would also put in my faves for bento: rice with spicy cooked tuna(yum) edamame(double yum) and bacon wrapped asparagus (triple YUM).

I would do 4 items for 4 boxes of course. 1- White rice, 2- Garbanxo beans PR style, 3-fried plantains and 4-mango. This is my favorite meal. Thanks for the contest and your blog ideas.

I would probably try to make a themed bento lunch of the seasons.

The top left would be – Spring – vegetable flowers (radishes, tomato), flowers made of egg sheets. The toothpicks would come in handy for this one!

The top right would be – Summer – rice dyed with a bluish tint and edamame palm trees so it would be a sandy beach.

Bottom left would be – Fall – Probably use fall colours to make a sweet potato curry, which the cups would be good for!

Bottom right would be – Winter – a base of rice with egg snowmen and radish snowflakes! Though to eat it, I’d probably use the soy sauce containers

If I got this bento, I’d make a cute greek food themed bento with some yummy falafel. Why? Because I’m hungry right now and that’s what I am dreaming of…only 15 more minutes until I can leave work and make dinner!

well if i win your vento box, i’ll make the most delicious siomai and carbonara dish you’ll ever taste. i’ll have my 2 year old son help me with it and you guessed it right im gonna put a huge serving for you..

I’d put in Kani SAlad, Sushi and Tempura

I will prepare healthy lunch box for my hubby. Or anything he requests be put in it.

I have recently been practicing how to cook, and preparing boxed lunches for the both of us is a part of the morning routine. Packing our own lunches is worthwhile for me, and saves a lot of money!

Here’s my blog entry for this.

I’ll prepare my first ever bento food using this freebies I’ll receive I don’t know pa what will specifically food it is but it will be tasty

Btw, congratulations to you

I love your website! If I won this bento set, I’d use it as much as I can to pack super cute lunches for my 2.5 year old daughter. She loves anything you make. She says, “oh, that’s so cute!” I use your ideas often for ideas on what to pack for my daughter. I’ll most likely do a lot of hot dog octopi since they’re so yummy and easy to make…little rice balls…oh, I’m excited just thinking about all the things I could make. Thanks for posting all these wonderful things!

Grats on your 3rd year again! If I won this bento I’d put some:

-Pickled Quail Eggs
-Bangus Belly with Lemon Sauce and Garlic Bits
-Plain Rice topped with Furikake
-Sliced Pineapples for Dessert!

If I were to win this, Id would be fantastic. I enjoy making bentos for my boyfriend, the only down side is i dont have all the materials i quite need. this set looks great! Hmm as for the bento..

top left- salmon cream cheese lettuce wraps on a bed of cherry tomatoes and cucumbers
top right- macaroni and cheese with 2 small octodogs on top/ginger/soy sauce stir fry
bottom left-2 pis shaped onigiris filled with Vietnamese marinated chicken
bottom right- a few small sesame balls filled with sweet mung bean

this is only an appetizer considering he eats alot. and i will probably have a main dish in a seperate more bigger bento box that isnt divided into 4 sections. if i decide not to do those, then i will fill all for squares with rice, and since it is summer, i will make it summer themed.

top left- sun made from tamago and a bit of clouds from cauliflower that will fo over into the top right box.
top right-cauliflower (cont) with birds made form nori
bottom left and right-rice will be colored very light blue. have use seaweed salad for actual seaweed and make fish from cheese and nori and have some marinated chicken as rocks.

hope you enjoyed reading this and you can understand the picture!

http://trishpawachunyu.livejournal.com/5517.html

^this is a little rant-slash-post that I wrote upon seeing this.

My husband hates vegetables and dislikes japanese stuff including bento. I’ve been trying to convince him that food can be cute and tasty at the same time. If I win, I would be placing his everyday lunch baon in the bento and I’d shape the food into little animals even if he’ll never admit he loves childish things. I’ll put hotdogs like octopi, rice shaped like pigs and vegetables shaped into things so cute to eat he can’t resist them. If he sees that, hopefully he won’t say no the next time I ask him to buy me bento related stuff.

If I won I’d pack the following…

– mini meatballs with a small lidded container of garlicy yoghurt,
– mini pita breads,
– some black bean and corn salsa salad and
– in the last container some fruit (probably slices of apple or orange as those are in season now).

ive never made a bento before so if I won I would put it all to good use trying! I know i would include lots of fruits and veggies in my bento. Maybe some chicken salad too.

Oh, that stinks about the crash! But stuff happens :p

If I won the bento set, I’d finally be able to make myself a bento for the first time after dreaming about it!! I think I’d put in a mini serving of my homemade three-cheese macaroni and cheese which I freeze, so that as it defrosts it keeps everything nice and cool until lunch time. I’d utilize the lovely veggies blooming in my garden right now, especially the baby yellow tomatoes, zucchini, and cucumbers. Those would probably get cut up and tossed onto a bed of spinach. Then I’d put some balsamic vinegar and olive oil into one of those sauce containers from the giveaway, and voila! A bento meal(: Knowing me, I’d also try to include a little something sweet like a jello cup, and snacks for later in the day like a string cheese or Ritz and peanut butter.

I’d love to make a bento with Japanese recipes some day, but since it would be my first, I’d use things I’m familiar with(:

If I were to win, I would pack a bento with Inari sushi, chicken katsu, salad and kimchee.

If I won this bento set, I would put chap chae, rice with furikake and takuan on it, teriyaki meatballs and tamago roll. Yummy!

Your website has inspired me so much and winning this bento giveaway would definitely turn this inspiration into an obsession of creating such irresistable bento meals for my 2 boys (so now i hope you can give me 2, LOL). I’d make it look so enticing so they can skip their usual chicken-rice-and-gravy meal. I am thinking of starting off with your patis and lemon fried chicken bento just to keep up with their favorite chicken dish and make use of the animal themed reusable bento cups by filling them with rice. I’ll probably finish it off with the jello using the cute kitty molds, and also thinking of running to the grocery store right now to start buying my nori and other bento stuff. Thanks for the inspiration.

Happy 3rd Anniversary!I love your blog. If I were to win, I will use the bento cups to mold some cooked rice with furikake mix and create obento lunch on the 4 removable compartments. First one will be pork donburi topped with fried quail egg. Second, will be obento theme inside a kitchen in order to use the baran dividers. Third, for the hello kitty mold, will create a mocha and milk 2 tone gelatine and topped with whipped cream and sliced strawberries. Last one, will create mango kani salad topped with japanese mayonnaise. As for the animal themed disposable bento, I would cook takoyaki balls and its sauces. Thank you!

If I win, I will put in oyakodon, zaru soba, sushi, and of course plenty of edamame.

if i won this package, i’d have a blast preparing all sorts of colorful bento. tempura, bacon-wrapped asparagus, buttered pearl potatoes, and a medley of fresh fruits are on top of my list so they’d be the first ones in!

I posted before too. I’ll use the stuff to wow my officemates with my “baon” as I usually do whenever I get creative with my bento stuff =)

I’m not a master in the kitchen but I do try my best (: I will put in my weekly efforts in this bento (usually inspired by recipes from Yummy or Real Simple) and force my boyfriend to enjoy every bite of my many attempts in the kitchen!

hi kaoko! i joined in pre-crash. pls count me in!

congratulations and keep on posting!

I’ve always wanted to try your posted bento recipes. Getting this set would make things easier. Also I plan to make a bento and woo someone special ^_^

Love your pictures and would love a bento kit. Brainstorming as we speak!

I will use it for me! A slot for mini pancakes, maple syrup in the condiment container, sausages, a slice of cheese, and fruit for a perfect breakfast at the office.

this is cool!

I will use the bento set for my everyday lunch. I always have my lunch packed when I go to work. I’d put all sorts of food in it, from simple omelettes to yummy dishes that my mom cook for us.

Here’s another answer located in my blog
(^_^)v — smiley with peace sign!

http://thebloggersden.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/kitchen-cow-bento-giveaway/

I don’t have any bento gadgets at the moment…so if I win your giveaway, then I would definitely start my dream bento meals!!

Hi, I posted my reply in my blog:

http://mommyhoodmoments.blogspot.com/2009/06/holy-cow-its-kitchen-cows-3rd.html

this would deffinatly give me an excuse to eat more of the japanese and other foods i like on a daily basis.

hello i am relatively new to your site so i don’t feel like i deserve a bento giveaway. but, if i had something like that i would be motivated to cook and bake lots of food every time just to make use of it. From pastas, sandwiches, chicken dishes, vegetables, i’ll even try making sushi. after, i will share it with friends and family to make it even more special.

I recently made a deal with a special someone that I’d make him lunch one day and in turn, he should make me one too I came across this site and I thought that making him a cute bento box would be a great way to show off my cooking (Actually, reheating) skills and creativity. Teehee I’d definitely put in some chicken nuggets (his favorite food in the world) with some Japanese mayo – it’s weird that I seem to enjoy mayo more than ketchup – in one of those adorable sauce containers and some other stuff which would add not only color but also “healthy-ness(If there is such a term)” to the bento like carrots, corn, and peas. Also, I wouldn’t forget the dessert which I am still thinking about

Oh and if you don’t mind me asking, where can you buy bento stuff in the Philippines? Thank you so much and happy 3rd anniversary

I kid you not, I have spent the last several hours on thw web and bento. I’ve even signed up for a class at a local community college. I love the site. Great info!
Thanks!
MM

if i win the bento set, i would prepare a japanese-italian fusion meal for me and my husband, and we will go somewhere, probably in tagaytay, and have our anniversary picnic there.

Congrats on our thrid year

If I´d win this bento i will pack Tonkatsu, Cherry-Tomatos, Cucumber and Carrots, a strawberrymuffin, mini-cheese skewers, Rice with Yukkari-Furikake and some apple rabbits

Posted also in my
blog:

Everything I like.. Takoyaki, Tempura, Sushi, Kani Salad, haha

Sorry about the crash, kaoko. Do count me in, please, please, please… Just seeing the photo of the bento giveaway made me feel so excited. If I win, I’ll probably be in OC mode and see to it that everything that will go in my mouth goes into the bento box first. I simply can’t resist, it’s so kawaii!!

Hi there! Just looking through your site for some ideas for bento and I saw the announcement, sorry to see the database crashed, I hope everything returns to normal soon. Love the recipes on the site, and am going to try a few this week for my lunch!

As for the bento competition, I think a must for compartment 1 would be some chicken teriyaki, possibly with some shredded white cabbage and some stir fried beansprouts, with plenty of sesame seeds and lemon juice on top. Compartment 2 would be for rice, with some cut-out shapes of nori, a sliced boiled egg and a little shichimi – yum-o! Compartment 3 would be for fruit – some lovely refreshing cantaloupe and honeydew melon, a couple of strawberries and a grape or 2 for good measure. Finally, compartment 4 would be for sweet treats, probably red bean mochi and a couple of little pandan crispy sticks… My mouth is watering now! See how much inspiration you’ve given me already after just an hour of browsing!

Very best wishes, for now and for the future
Katy

If I were to win the bento box giveaway, I would put my all organic lunches in there to take to work. I make everything from scratches and am always trying new stuff. The first thing I’ll put in there would probably be some all organic otsu with organic /vegan cookies or bread. And of course I’d throw in some fresh fruit or veggies. mmmmmmm…

Congratulations on your 3rd anniversary! Thank you for this chance to win such a great giveaway. If I were to win it, I have the perfect foursome for it: rice, barbecued pork, itlog na pula and tomatoes.

I’m so glad I found your blog. I would make lunches for my little one who has a nut allergy and so I don’t trust the food in schools.

Thanks for inspiring me!

if i win your bento giveaway, i will fill it with my baked salmon with cheese, pinoy garlic rice, garlic-ky steamed broccoli (spelling?!) and royce choco for dessert and bring it to my office for lunch chow. i’m just a simple guy with an extraordinary taste. ^.~

Thank you for joining everyone! I’ll be taking entries until June 15 so if your friends are interested in joining, pass the word around

And for those who joined again despite losing their entries, thank you for the forgiving attitude. *hugs* You guys are the best.

Wow! Extended to June 15! I can still join!
We have a terrible canteen. If you don’t believe me, I’ll gladly show you. Really.
The servers are grumpy. We tried smiling, being nice, and flirting (I did!), but nothing worked! And did I mention that the food portions are very small? They are! Most of the time, we feel like we’re asking for alms when in fact we’re paying a hefty price for such an awful food. So we bring our own baon. Friends have followed suit.
We’re currently using Lock n Lock. And while Lock n Lock is useful, my wife wants something substantial but playful. Lock n Lock looks pretty boring. My wife and I have been searching high and low, and with this bento package, in no time at all, I’m pretty sure we’ll be having the same bentos you’ve been sharing all these years!
Happy Anniversary!

4 containers = 4 courses! . I’m not exactly a wonderful cook, but I’d put in an appetizer of potato salad, second appetizer of salad with miso/sesame dressing, main course of rice with unagi kabayaki, and dessert of red bean mochis. And all would be wrapped in the kawaiiness of the bento box, mmmm…

Wow, I’m so glad you decided to extend the ending date! I love bentos and have been making them for only a very short time. I love cute ways to get my 6 year old to eat more healthy foods. Like I’ve said to everyone who asks, “if you pack your kid an apple, it will get thrown away, if you pack him one wedge of apple with a checkerboard pattern on it, he’ll show his friends, then eat it to inspire jealousy.”
So, in this bento I would put seasoned rice with peas, decorate with meat and cheese, tuck in bites and bits of veggies and fruits. Packed full of love.

I’d put food in a bento.

But that’s just me.

Thanks for extend the date =D
If I win I would put in the clear bento some tempura shrimp , carrot cut in flower and edamame on the mini pick and some chicken yakisoba.

With he hello kitty mold I would do some strawberries jelly with whipecream.
with the bento cup I could put some snack in them.

Hi, I would like to enter (If I still can)

If I won, I’d use the bento and supplies for my school lunch. I neveer eat at school, mainly because I don’t like the lunch provided. I usually end up buying some candy or chips. But with these I would be able to bring my own healthy, tasty lunch. Knowing me, though, I’d probably stop making my own lunches, and end up using it for my mom. she goes to work at night and wants to eat healthier, so she would enjoy it a lot.

i hope this entry still makes it in time.

i’m sorry about the database crash, but thanks for the extension and i hope that everything is alright now

if i won this awesome bento set, i’d probably be speechless. it’s so hard to find a bento that isn’t too expensive and has the supplies with it [well, at least some supplies] ^___^

but as for what would go inside… it would be:
upper left:
2 animal cup shaped onigiri :divider: mini chicken bbq bites w/the fruit picks + a cup for ketchup

upper right:
curry chicken or caldereta :bread divider: disposable cup with macaroni chicken salad on a lettuce bed

lower left:
a small section of grapes on the vine + disposable bento cup with cut bananas and strawberries on the vieggie pics w/ a cup of nutella choco for dipping

lower right:
hello kitty cheesecake bites + fun sized twix/snickers + a pack of hello pandas n choco munchies

———- or ————
if i decided to take out 2 containers:

in the box:
compartment 1: stir fry veggies

compartmet 2: berries n bananas w/ cup for yogurt dip + pocky stix + mini chinese cocktail buns

open space: brown rice + katsu w/ veggie bottle filled w/ tonkatsu sauce

other 2 containers:
container 1a:
hello kitty shaped onigiri + bangus [the one split in half n fried] (made in a way that hello kitty has a stack of fishies in front of it) w/ bottle of patis or ketchup on the side

container 2:
choco covered strawberries on triangle cup shaped cheesecake :divider:
disposable cup w/ small mandarin chicken salad

and both would be held together with the awesome bento straps

again please please include me… but if you can’t it’s ok.

thnx! tc n hope you’re having a great day.

I really really hope im in time!!

If I won the prize I would put all my school lunches in the bento boxes! I’m trying to turn over a new leaf for next year and make my life more organized and this would be a great start!

P.S. Make more posts =]