The Just Bento Cookbook 2: Make-Ahead, Easy, Healthy Lunches To Go

TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Basic Bento Rules Build Up Your Stash Bento SafetyMAKE-AHEAD BENTOS1. Meatballs and mini-burgers         •   Teriyaki Meatballs         •   Tomato Ketchup Meatballs         •   Italian Meatballs         •   Sweet and Sour Meatballs         •   Japanese Chicken Meatballs         •   Pan-fried Meatballs and Mini-burgers         •   Mediterranean-style Spiced Mini-burgers2. Chicken         •   Steamed Chicken with Sesame Sauce         •   Easy Chicken "Ham"         •   Chicken and Beansprouts with Umeboshi Sauce         •   Crispy Fried Chicken with Chili         •   Maple Chicken Teriyaki         •   Grilled Garlic Chicken3. Soboro         •   Japanese Dry Curry         •   Classic Japanese Soboro         •   Meat Soboro with Miso and Eggplant         •   Dandan-style Spicy Meat Sauce         •   Bento-friendly Spicy Meat and Tofu         •   Mini Shepherd's Pie         •   Tuna Soboro4. Pork         •   Pork and Vegetable Rolls         •   Sweet and Sour Crispy Sesame Pork         •   Baked Mini-tonkatsu         •   Stir-fried Miso Pork with Eggplant and Peppers         •   Ginger Pork with Peppers         •   Sweet and Spicy Bacon-wrapped Broccoli         •   Bacon-wrapped Tofu5. Beef         •   Bibimbap         •   Sesame-miso Beef         •   Stir-fried Steak with Rosemary and Orange         •   Roast Beef for Bentos         •   Cold Roast Beef with Wasabi Ginger Sauce         •   Roast Beef Salad with Southeast Asian Flavors6. Egg         •   Chicken Omu-rice         •   Marinated Hard-boiled Eggs         •   Egg Salad with Miso         •   Japanese Rolled Omelette         •   Egg Crepes         •   Egg Parcels         •   Mini Quiche7. Fish         •   Lemon Butter Tilapia         •   Spicy Pan-fried Fish Nuggets         •   Salted Salmon         •   Salmon Soboro         •   Tuna and Ginger Nuggets         •   Salty-sweet Simmered Sardines8. Tofu and Vegan         •   Tofu Donburi Bento         •   Baked Tofu         •   Ginger Tofu Teriyaki         •   Tofu Soboro         •   Fried Tofu Roll-ups         •   Bean and Pea Curry         •   Green Lentils and Brown Rice9. Rice Sandwich         •   Ham and Egg Rice Sandwich         •   Egg-wrapped Rice Sandwich with Bacon Rice Filling         •   Rice Burger with Swiss Chard and Cheese         •   Tuna Salad with Dried Shiso Leaves         •   Brown Rice Sandwich with Japanese Omelette and Edamame Filling10. Low Carb, featuring Shirataki Noodles and Konnyaku         •   Stir-fried Shirataki Noodles         •   Rice and Shirataki Pilaf with Shrimp         •   Shirataki Chicken "Ramen" in a Lunch Jar         •   Shirataki with Sesame         •   Chicken and konnyaku "noodle" peperoncino         •   Spicy Simmered KonnyakuEXPRESS BENTOS 1: "Instant" Soup in a Thermal Lunch Jar 2: Mediterranean Pasta Bento 3: Yakisoba Bento 4: One-pan Bento 5: Deconstructed Taco Salad Bento 6: Wrap Bento 7: Appetizer Bento 8: Stir-fry Bento 9: Salad Bento 10: Tasty sandwich ideasMORE RECIPES How to Cook Rice and Other Grains Side Dishes: Vegetables         •   Roast Asparagus with Balsamic Vinegar         •   Asparagus with Sesame Seeds         •   Asparagus Mimosa Salad         •   Spicy Broccoli         •   Broccoli Florets with Bacon and Garlic         •   Broccoli-stalk Kinpira         •   Salted Cabbage         •   Carrots Cooked in Soup         •   Carrot Shirishiri         •   Max's Lemon Carrot Salad         •   Miso-peanut Green Beans         •   Sautéed Mushrooms         •   Sake-steamed Mushrooms         •   Tricolor Peppers with Anchovies         •   Braised Pepper and Eggplant         •   Caponata         •   Potato and Corn Salad         •   Cheesy Potatoes         •   Spinach with Sweetcorn         •   Spinach Namul         •   Spinach with Bonito Flakes         •   Marinated Vegetables Side Dishes: Japanese Vegetables         •   Burdock Root Kinpira         •   Burdock Root Tataki         •   Simmered Kiriboshi Daikon         •   Kiriboshi Daikon Salad         •   Buttery Kabocha Squash         •   Lotus Root Salad         •   Spicy Stir-fried Lotus Root         •   Lotus-root and Tofu Burgers with Sweet and Sour Sauce         •   Simmered Soy Beans with Konnyaku         •   Crunchy Stir-fried Soy Beans         •   Edamame Cheese         •   Hijiki Seaweed with Carrots and Shiitake         •   Hijiki Seaweed with Garlic         •   Simmered Konbu Seaweed         •   Nori Seaweed Bento         •   Wakame Seaweed and Cucumber in Vinegar Sauce         •   Wakame Seaweed and Beansprout Stir Fry Little Bento Side Dishes         •   Miso Soup Balls         •   Tomato Soup Balls         •   Decorative Sausages         •   Other "Gap Fillers" Dashi Stock Recipes         •   Katsuobushi and Konbu Seaweed Dashi Stock         •   Rice Sprinkles         •   Konbu Seaweed Dashi Stock         •   Shiitake Dashi Stock         •   Chicken Stock Tools and equipment Types of Bento Boxes Bento Box Accessories Glossary Index Resources