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Also, a plea to Phoenix/Tempe-area folks -- if your friends are in town for the week, what would you recommend that they do?  We're talking more for weekends and nights as I'll be there on business with a large group.  Good restaurants?  Games?  Dim sum?  Anything?  Thanks!

Top: rice with furikake
Bottom: Thai-style soy ginger carrots, vegetable dumplings with a soy fish, chickenless nuggets
Dessert: apple, pink and green daifuku

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Here is another husband bento. The carrot mix is from Trader Joe's and is very yummy, especially if you like a little sweet with your veggies. I actually did not mean to buy chickenless nuggets -- I was looking for the normal kind and didn't read past the "chicken" on the cover of the box to realize that it said "chickenless." Whoops. Pretty good nonetheless.

Top: meat & veggie dumplings with sichimi togarashi sprinkled on the top for some kick, steamed edamame tossed in kosher salt
Bottom: kissy onigiri stuffed with a honey-ginger salmon mixture, manzana del amor

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Today's bento is for jnieva1220 -- Congratulations, girl! You rock!
If you were closer, I'd give you the real thing. ;)
The onigiri faces are made from good ole American cheese. I need to find kamaboko, because cheese is too darn delicate. Swiss would have been easier to deal with. The stuffing is from dinner last night -- marinated and pan-seared salmon, yum! I just flaked the leftover salmon and mixed it with some of the leftover marinade that I boiled in the microwave. (I was too lazy to dirty another pot.) Should be some good eatin' today!

Edited to add: Per a request by on_my_sleeve, the inside of my onigiri. It looks like I took a HUGE bite, doesn't it? But I think it's the angle. Really. :P

HONEY-GINGER MARINADE/SAUCE Ingredients* 1 tsp. ground ginger 1 tsp. garlic powder 1/3 cup tamari 1/3 cup orange juice 1/4 cup honey 1 green onion, chopped

Steps Mix all ingredients well. If you are using as a marinade, mix the ingredients in a big ziploc bag, throw in whatever you're marinating and turn the bag to coat. I like to marinate salmon for at least 30 minutes, although overnight is best. If you are using just as a sauce to mix into onigiri filling, you don't need to cook it. Just use it as is. But if you've marinated meat or fish in it, and then you want to use it as a sauce, cook it for a few minutes first on the stove or in the microwave.  Easy peasey! * Use gluten-free products © Cooking Cute

This is a simple one - Mom's fried rice (lima beans...eep!), steamed broccoli, and mini-franks that are supposed to look like crabs. Kiwi and apples for dessert.

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I got this "wiener cutter" (ha ha) that supposedly transforms an ordinary mini-hotdog into a crab. The first time, I pressed the hotdog in completely, but then I lost some claws in the press. The second time, I pressed only part of the way. No missing limbs, but you don't really get the crab effect. I'm also not sure if I have the right size hotdogs. The mini ones seem to small, and the regular are definitely too big. Hmmm...