Using Bento Boxes for lunches.

bibliobetty

I'm doing this on my phone so hopefully it works. ... I'm a long time lurker first time poster but I thought I'd share my bentos from this week. I make them 2 at a time so I don't have to make lunch one day and can just relax after dinner

bibliobetty

Second attempt! It's Thug Kitchen 5 spice fried rice with mushrooms and siracha in the sandwich sized container with a teeny orange, an egg, and snap peas with tsatziki. The snack containers are raspberries and pineapple and olives, pickled onions, half a dill pickle and a babybel in the other. All in all about 700 calories for the whole day.

reereetuna28

Swiftlet66 wrote: »

Yay! Bento! I'm a bento-er too; well, occasionally. It's fun and you really do get to "eat with your eyes." That and the box automatically helps you restrict the amount of calories. I'm maintaining right now but I still make bento occasionally because it's just pretty to look at.

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Ginny218

Great Value - Cheese - Cheddar - Extra Sharp, 29 gram 113
Generic - Oranges, 144 g 68
Marketside - Tri-colored Cole Slaw Mix, 45 gram 11
Sushi - Rice, 65 g 75
Chicken -thighs - Baked Skinless Thighs, 75 gram 89
Eggs - Hard Boiled - Large, 1 egg 78
total
434

Livingdeadgirl44

Back on MFP after a week away. Managed not to put any weight on during the trip which is great

Today I have a pickled cucumber and apple salad, a onigiri filled with beef sobero, some extra beef sobero on the top layer with some carrots and two hard boiled eggs. I was going to prep more this weekend but I was ill

There is also a Greek yogurt for breakfast.

Livingdeadgirl44

Wow my camera is blurry, think the lens needs a wipe!

bibliobetty

I reeeeallly want this to work from my phone...

Today's bento is a mini 7 layer dip, tortilla chips and fruit skewers for lunch, mini banana muffins and yogurt for a morning snack, and cucumber and tzatiki for the afternoon

Afura

mangrothian wrote: »

For snacks, a tub of peaches in grapefruit juice (94 Cals) and a packet of rice crakers (68 Cals)

That container says pears.... you've been leading us on!

bibliobetty wrote: »

Second attempt! It's Thug Kitchen 5 spice fried rice with mushrooms and siracha in the sandwich sized container with a teeny orange, an egg, and snap peas with tsatziki. The snack containers are raspberries and pineapple and olives, pickled onions, half a dill pickle and a babybel in the other. All in all about 700 calories for the whole day.

Thug Kitchen! I bought my friend that cookbook. If you like sriracha, take a look at Epic Meal Time's Deep Fried Sriracha Balls. I make them without the deep frying, and they can be made tiny. Zippy tasty and freeze well.

SueSueDio

Afura wrote: »

mangrothian wrote: »

For snacks, a tub of peaches in grapefruit juice (94 Cals) and a packet of rice crakers (68 Cals)

That container says pears.... you've been leading us on!

Shhh! They're ninja peaches, in disguise!

mangrothian

Afura wrote: »

mangrothian wrote: »

For snacks, a tub of peaches in grapefruit juice (94 Cals) and a packet of rice crakers (68 Cals)

That container says pears.... you've been leading us on!

bibliobetty wrote: »

Second attempt! It's Thug Kitchen 5 spice fried rice with mushrooms and siracha in the sandwich sized container with a teeny orange, an egg, and snap peas with tsatziki. The snack containers are raspberries and pineapple and olives, pickled onions, half a dill pickle and a babybel in the other. All in all about 700 calories for the whole day.

Thug Kitchen! I bought my friend that cookbook. If you like sriracha, take a look at Epic Meal Time's Deep Fried Sriracha Balls. I make them without the deep frying, and they can be made tiny. Zippy tasty and freeze well.

I shall perform a dogeza in front of my pantry in way of apologising to the last container of said pears, imploring them to forgive my wickedness in misnaming their flavourful goodness. Then, I shall do the same to the peaches in my fruit bowl.

On another note, I keep damn bloody forgetting to take pictures of my bento's. Today's was a serving of Skillet Chicken with Orzo and Olives.

ETA: I just looked at Thug Kitchen's website. Insta-subscribed. I'm soooo having brunch tamales this weekend.

Livingdeadgirl44

Leftovers today.

Pork loin marinated in ginger, soy sauce, and um vermouth because I was out of sake with carrot and swede mash and green beans. I'll heat this layer up in the microwave at work. Top layer is more pickled cucumber and apple salad and a couple of boiled eggs.

bibliobetty

@mangrothian @Afura Thug Kitchen is the tits! I've made a bunch of the recipes and haven't had a loser yet. The broccoli millet pilaf is my jam.

In other news I have a cold and feel like garbage so my bento is exactly the same as yesterday.

DawnEmbers

Everything looks great. I finally have days off from work. Going to plan meals, cook if stove gets fixed (yeah, issue there) then hopefully prepare a couple bentos. *hugs thread* Miss posting food pics.

mangrothian

I had the time last night, so I thought I'd go and make one of my older style bentos (when I wasn't working such late hours and getting up so early as well >.<)

My Wednesday bento: mini dim sims, 1 egg tamagoyaki, rice rolls each with a different furikake filling (shiso ume, wakame, bonito flakes), veg and a pickled plum. There's a lot more rice then what I normally have in the box, so the Cal count is higher: 605Cal


And for giggles, a picture of my brekkie: Chia seed and coconut milk pudding with honey and cinnamon, topped with mango (I double checked; it's mango XD ). 452Cal

Afura

mangrothian wrote: »

I shall perform a dogeza in front of my pantry in way of apologising to the last container of said pears, imploring them to forgive my wickedness in misnaming their flavourful goodness. Then, I shall do the same to the peaches in my fruit bowl.

I kinda like @SueSueDio suggestion that they're ninja pears.

mangrothian wrote: »

On another note, I keep damn bloody forgetting to take pictures of my bento's.

The ongoing story of many of us in this thread.

bibliobetty wrote:

Thug Kitchen is the tits! I've made a bunch of the recipes and haven't had a loser yet. The broccoli millet pilaf is my jam.

I would expect nothing less of someplace named Thug Kitchen.

PixieGoddess

I need to cook so I can make bentos I've been eating out basically all week. Our cafeteria's not always the best - but look what they had today! PORK RAMEN!!


It's not great (as I would expect from a cafeteria as opposed to a ramen spot) but it was okay. I never thought I'd utter this phrase in my life, but there was a little too much pork. I think I might save some and put it in a bento for later this week

mangrothian

Wow 4 days without a bento post by anyone. Shame on us...

Tuesday bento. Smoked salmon with a cucumber, capsicum, parsley and tomato (fresh out of my garden I might add) salad which has been coated in a herb salt and lemon juice then left to sit in a colander to let the excess moisture drain away. A whopping 255 Cals.

SpecialKitty7

Yay for bento! I found 5 minutes to rub together so I got a chance to make a bento for today! Lunch box has mixed rice (kinda gluey, did something wrong here), lobster flakes, cocktail sauce, edamame and a crunchy sesame thing. Snack box has vegetable thins crackers, a cheese stick, a non fancy egg & a kiwi.

Windchild

I have a question for those of you that cut your boiled eggs... How do you keep the yolk from turning colors before lunch time? If I cut my eggs the yolk is... not so yellow by the time lunch time comes around for me.

mangrothian

Windchild wrote: »

I have a question for those of you that cut your boiled eggs... How do you keep the yolk from turning colors before lunch time? If I cut my eggs the yolk is... not so yellow by the time lunch time comes around for me.

If I cut my egg, I keep the cut sides facing each other in the box. The discolouration is just oxidisation of components of the egg yolk, much like an apple going brown after you cut it. The discolouration can also be due to overcooking the egg which discolours the yolk.

Since most of us take pics when the box is made, not when we open it at lunchtime, you just can't see it happening to us too

PixieGoddess

I was going to say that mine doesn't do that, and I don't do anything special......maybe it's just that there's not enough oxygen for oxidization when you're a mile above sea level

Windchild

Ah... I was just wondering. I don't cut my apples either if I'm taking them for lunch. They just do not look appetising by the time lunch rolls around. *LOL*

PixieGoddess

Forgot to post bentos the last 2 days! They're basically the same: the big tiers had leftover Chinese (shrimp, vegetables, rice) and then leftover Mexican (fajitas) and mixed veggies. I didn't have any rice or anything left to go with the fajitas, so I also grabbed a bag of cracker chips to make lunch more filling. Both bentos had half a boiled egg and some frozen fruit (all I had) in the small tier. Tip: don't put frozen fruit and a boiled egg in a container together. It got kinda gross. :T I actually had 2 more bentos prepped, but I didn't bring one today b/c I don't want that again. I'm going to toss the small tiers and do something else before next week.

Livingdeadgirl44

One from last week I forgot to post, eggs and veggies in the top with some pickled gherkins.

Bottom layer is left over rattertouie with chicken breast.

mangrothian

Livingdeadgirl44 wrote: »

One from last week I forgot to post, eggs and veggies in the top with some pickled gherkins.

Bottom layer is left over rattertouie with chicken breast.

You forgot to mention the packet of miso soup you have there as well

Bento today for me is a leftover hamburger patty with some tonkatsu sauce and some cheese. Bottom layer is a salad with a wedge of lime.


It still kinda shocks me that this container is advertised as a breakfast container. Then again, 2 years ago I would have thought it was a bit on the small side.

Livingdeadgirl44

I love miso soup, I have one every day now as my mid morning snack ^__^

PixieGoddess

Today's bento: leftover fajitas, jambalaya rice, and mixed veggies, with apple slices and half a boiled egg

Caseysface

First time posting a bento-ish lunch. Grilled chicken salad, whole bento 470.

Myrtle1309

Have you looked at the blog called 'The World According to Eggface'? She had Weight loss surgery many years ago and packs beautiful, yet practical bento lunches. No starchy stuff. I have been following her since my weight loss surgery in 2011 and find her site to be most helpful.

Amerane

Below is the bento I packed for a long day at work (lunch is the top, dinner on bottom). For lunch it's balsamic roasted beets, vinegared rice with peas, miso-glazed salmon, and a one-egg tamagoyaki. Dinner was a mini naan, cherub tomatoes, celery, carrots, and roasted red pepper hummus (not pictured). Don't you just love it when everything fits so neatly?