A homemade Bento

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce my mother's home cooking "Bento."

Bento means a lunch in Japanese.
Bento is written in Japanese as 弁当.

This is Bento which my mother made.
My mother often makes it, because Bento is economical and healthy.

The menu of this day were meatballs,boiled snap peas,hackberry rolled with bacon, tamagoyaki.
Tamagoyaki is a dish made of eggs that have been beaten, seasoned then baked.
The red thing on the white rice was Umeboshi.
Umoboshi is a pickled plum, and it is used to prevent spoilage.

It is important to make Bento thinking about nourishment balance and color.