Happy New Year to all my readers, and Happy Day 1 of Season 3 of the 30 Days of Vegan Bento Challenge!

Today’s bento was created because I’m incredibly excited for the new Silent Hills game(Release Date 2016)! Pyramid head is an incredibly old(in internet years) character from the Silent Hill franchise, he’s pretty much an icon. My favorite scene with him in it is the big boss battle in Silent Hill Revelation(Link has spoilers!).

Today’s bento features Gardein Chick’n Tenders, Steamed Broccoli, some leftover dirty styled rice, and some of my mom’s homemade applesauce. Pyramid head is made out of Tofurky Hickory Smoked Deli Slices, with the details secured using the vegan Just Mayo, all resting on a bed of seaweed. The whole scene is on the bento tier filled with rice.

This bento was much easier to make than yesterday’s. Since I was working with Tofurky, it took only two attempts, namely because when I used just one sheet of Tofurky, with the rice not quite cool enough, the Tofurky wrinkled oddly. It would have been passable, at least before, but I want to grow and get better, so I decided to redo it and eat my failure.

Today my dad was cooking in the kitchen too and he thought my taking so long to work on my kyaraben was rather odd. He hypothesized that I felt bad whenever I sat down to eat one of my creations. Of course, bento making is mostly a hobby for me, a sort of creative outlet, so I had to remind my dad of that, and the fact that he’s worked on making crazy fun things like RC airplanes/gliders out of Styrofoam; my hobby just happens to be edible.

What is your favorite hobby?