Using Bento Boxes for lunches.
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Looks yum! You know, I think I've only ever eaten one bagel, and that would have been about 10 years ago? Maybe the ones over here just aren't that great, because I just didn't see why they were better than regular ol' bread slices....
Today's lunch: Asian Salad with mushroom&garlic pearl/lebanese couscous and prawns with chilli powder, totalling 500cals. The top tray has some skinless frankfurters that I failed to make look like fish
and some mango. I'm trying a yoghurt that was recommended to me, but I usually don't like flavoured yoghurts, so we'll see how it goes. Everything totals 835cal. 0 -
That Asian salad looks amazing. Ugh. Yum! Also bagels are just more dense (or at least the ones I buy). I think I just like them because of my unhealthy laughing cow addiction. Maybe I'll just start eating plain laughing cow wedges and just cut out the middle man. *sigh*
Also I have a little cookbook that I bought at an anime convention that has some recipes for bentos and whatnot in it. Your little fishies reminded me that I even owned it, so thanks. =D (It reminded me of the little sausage octopus, but the egg chickens are equally adorable)
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I always think of bagels as pre-chewed bread... Like someone spat it out and squished it into a shape. I was a strange child.
The chicks are adorable! What are the faces made of?0 -
I always think of bagels as pre-chewed bread... Like someone spat it out and squished it into a shape. I was a strange child.
The chicks are adorable! What are the faces made of?
Well, thanks for ruining bagels for me!
The faces are black sesame seeds and a little bit of carrot.
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Oh I make the hot dog octopi pretty much any time my daughters want hot dogs. I've found its much eaiser to use scissors than a knife to cut them.That Asian salad looks amazing. Ugh. Yum! Also bagels are just more dense (or at least the ones I buy). I think I just like them because of my unhealthy laughing cow addiction. Maybe I'll just start eating plain laughing cow wedges and just cut out the middle man. *sigh*
Also I have a little cookbook that I bought at an anime convention that has some recipes for bentos and whatnot in it. Your little fishies reminded me that I even owned it, so thanks. =D (It reminded me of the little sausage octopus, but the egg chickens are equally adorable)
No bentos this week. My daughters school is on winter break.Here's a hot dog octopus bento from last week.
There are the hot dogs, pretzels and pears and my 1st grader helped by cutting out the cheese.0 -
I made a lunch bento and a snack bento. I actually don't like a lot of variety in my day, so I like putting the same things in all of the boxes.
I do the same thing. I've always wondered how half a bagel is one serving, or how you're supposed to eat half a banana. What are you supposed to do with the other half?
I've never minded eating the same thing routinely, it just makes life easier (and less rotten food to throw away).
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No bento for me today b/c busy weekend V.V And I may not have bentos this week b/c I'm planning to make either gumbo or chicken and dumplings tonight, and I usually have enough leftovers for about a week after making either one. (Soup dishes = no bento) But maybe I'll pack a couple snack bentos 0
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mangrothian wrote: »Heh looks yum. Never quite understood what a snicker doodle is, but I'm sure it's delicious.
And in response to your nerdyness, I never watched the live action Skip Beat, just the anime and the manga. I really wish I had little Kyoko-chan demons to fling at people sometimes though.
The live action was pretty funny and interesting. If you can get a hold of it, it is a great addition to the series. Kyoko's demons is just to awesome in any form!
A snicker doodle is pretty much a sugar cookie with a cinnamon/sugar coating. So this cupcake is a cinnamon sugar cupcake really. I have these, pumpkin, and a chocolate cupcake/muffin in the freezer for my daily treat, which I share with everyone in the house.
I will be sharing my husband's lunches this week and if anyone wants the calorie count I can figure those out as well. Right now, I am just trying to get the guy a balance meal for lunch so he can function through out the day.0 -
I am definitely a stalker to this thread. I love taking the children on picnics in the summer and there are some amazing ideas on here, so I will continue to stalk even if I dont comment, I will be here..... watching :P
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I have sesame seeds and carrots! yay!
My silicone baran is waiting for me at the post office too. A good day!
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@satansees those are adorable. The little guy in the upper right looks like he's giving a cheeky little wink!
For all, I rinsed my soba like I'm supposed to, and I don't want to say they are sticking together, because they really aren't, but a forkful doesn't slide out a few noodles from the others very well (I'm totally botching explaining this). Am I supposed to have done another step, like oil them up or something? I don't want them greasy, but it would be nice to be a bit less messy.0 -
I usually find with soba noodles, after rinsing them having a dressing that has a couple of drops of chilli or sesame oil stops a bit of the stickiness. It could also be caused from them drying out a bit.
When I do my soba noodles, I usually toss them in 1 tspn of mirin/cooking sake, about 5 or 6 drops of sesame oil (under 1/4 tspn), and some minced ginger and dried corriander. Toss it in a separate bowl, then transfer the noodles to the bento. They're usually still fine the next day.0 -
I love this idea and I even have it on Pinterest for more ideas. Thanks for posting! 0
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mangrothian wrote: »I usually find with soba noodles, after rinsing them having a dressing that has a couple of drops of chilli or sesame oil stops a bit of the stickiness. It could also be caused from them drying out a bit.
When I do my soba noodles, I usually toss them in 1 tspn of mirin/cooking sake, about 5 or 6 drops of sesame oil (under 1/4 tspn), and some minced ginger and dried corriander. Toss it in a separate bowl, then transfer the noodles to the bento. They're usually still fine the next day.
This might be my problem. I've been leaving them naked. Since I lowered the amount of oil I use for the sauteed veggies, the bento was much more dry than usual. I'll give that a go, I have one more round of soba to go.
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Tomorrow's lunch:
Bottom is leftover chicken edamame fried rice and the top is a snack of salt & pepper chips with beef jerky. Today's lunch he said was good just gave him too much, so this one is less. Still getting the hang of this.
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Here's tomorrow's bento. The same snack bento as usual (the pink), lunch is pork & vegetable dumplings, basmati rice, edamame and sugar snap peas. On a side note, husband finally asked me to make him a bento!
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SpecialKitty7 wrote: »Here's tomorrow's bento. The same snack bento as usual (the pink), lunch is pork & vegetable dumplings, basmati rice, edamame and sugar snap peas. On a side note, husband finally asked me to make him a bento!
Those dumplings look amazing! This thread totally makes me crave a whole bunch of stuff. XD
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