Using Bento Boxes for lunches.
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Guys. GUYS. The oyakodon-leftovers onigiri was just... Oh my gooood. I wish I had made more than two. Next idea is to do the same, but also grill it.0
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Damnit, now I'm going to have to go buy some chicken minceGuys. GUYS. The oyakodon-leftovers onigiri was just... Oh my gooood. I wish I had made more than two. Next idea is to do the same, but also grill it.
*drool*
I did make a bento for yesterday, but ended up being taken out for lunch. It was a salmon pattie with rice and salad. Forgot to take a pic
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PinkDeerBoy wrote: »Chicken and rice with curry, carrots, cucumbers, and blueberries today.
Hello...... I'm ShortMrsN.......long time lurker, first time poster....... bento virgin.......
Last night I bought my first bento box....2 in fact, 1 each for the husband and I. The one in the photo above (so cute!) I know they are on the small side but we both need to cut back on our portion sizes!
I look forward to lurking a bit longer then hopefully sharing my own bento boxes
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PinkDeerBoy wrote: »Chicken and rice with curry, carrots, cucumbers, and blueberries today.
Hello...... I'm ShortMrsN.......long time lurker, first time poster....... bento virgin.......
Last night I bought my first bento box....2 in fact, 1 each for the husband and I. The one in the photo above (so cute!) I know they are on the small side but we both need to cut back on our portion sizes!
I look forward to lurking a bit longer then hopefully sharing my own bento boxes
No, come back! We don't want you to go back to lurking anymore! Come towards the light!
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I have to wait 3-4 weeks for my boxes to arrivemangrothian wrote: »
No, come back! We don't want you to go back to lurking anymore! Come towards the light! But I will still be here.....watching.... 
Love love love all the gorgeous boxes!!
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I have to wait 3-4 weeks for my boxes to arrivemangrothian wrote: »
No, come back! We don't want you to go back to lurking anymore! Come towards the light! But I will still be here.....watching....
Love love love all the gorgeous boxes!!
3-4 weeks? Where are you ordering them from? Antarctica?0 -
I ordered mine from China, along with a bunch of other stuff, all at once... I already got my egg molds! They arrive surprisingly quick.0
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A lot of my stuff is coming from china or Japan, (i live in uk) and some of it arrived quite quickly, but some seems to have taken ages. But my onigiri moulds and vegetable cutters have arrived so i can make pretties0
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I use bento for my toddler - I could see the appeal
Just don't typically do it for myself too. 0 -
Felt the need to make lunch a bento box even though I'm home on vacation. Chicken burgers, hard boiled egg, 3/4 cup rice, 1 cup steamed vegetables, cherry tomatoes, pickles and blueberries.
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Those chicken burgers looks scrumptious! Did you do something to add a crispy exterior? Looks crunchy and yummy.0
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No crispy there, I added a touch of garlic chili paste and water to baste the burgers in. Gives them a little zip of flavor. I just mixed the ground chicken with minced garlic and grated fresh ginger before cooking. When cooked basted with the chili sauce mixture. It's one of my favorite bento proteins. I'll make a batch and freeze the patties in single servings. Then I'll pull out a pack and reheat with a sauce for added punch.0
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aussie_girl_del wrote: »
'Bout bloody time
! Looks scrumptious
irisgal345 wrote: »Felt the need to make lunch a bento box even though I'm home on vacation. Chicken burgers, hard boiled egg, 3/4 cup rice, 1 cup steamed vegetables, cherry tomatoes, pickles and blueberries.
I agree with PixelPuff about the burgers. They look yum. Reminds me that I need to do a new batch of meatballs.0 -
mangrothian wrote: »
I have to wait 3-4 weeks for my boxes to arrivemangrothian wrote: »
No, come back! We don't want you to go back to lurking anymore! Come towards the light! But I will still be here.....watching....
Love love love all the gorgeous boxes!!
3-4 weeks? Where are you ordering them from? Antarctica?
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I'm in New Zealand and they are coming from China...... via slow canoe
Hopefully I won't have to wait that long!!
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mangrothian wrote: »
Ha, I know right! I think I was over complicating it; What box to get? Should I get those little pick things? You have no money Del seriously stop looking at the Laptop Lunch website! I've been to Dasio 3 times and haven't bought anything, is that even possible you ask?, yes sadly when it's me (I think I just got overwhelmed at all the stuff and that freaked me out because all I could hear in my head was "but @mangrothian said it was simple" lol).
In the end, I went into an Asian variety store on Saturday to buy shampoo etc and wandered over to the kitchen area, they had the above box for $7 and so I went nuts and bought 2 lol. After dropping hubby off at the airport early Sunday morning I said to myself, right defrost the chicken and pull out the sushi rice you bought 2 months ago and haven't touched yet. Volia, a first time bento-er is born.
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I went to the Asian market yesterday to get one of my favorites, baby cuttle fish, but they don't carry it anymore.
For something different, I got some small squids instead, hoping it might be similar. Says on the package they are 'cleaned' so I hope that means no ink. I just... don't know how I want to cook them yet. 0 -
PinkDeerBoy wrote: »I went to the Asian market yesterday to get one of my favorites, baby cuttle fish, but they don't carry it anymore. For something different, I got some small squids instead, hoping it might be similar. Says on the package they are 'cleaned' so I hope that means no ink. I just... don't know how I want to cook them yet.
They shouldn't have ink, but the hoods might still have the membrane on them. If they're small, the membrane might not be an issue thoughmangrothian wrote: »
I have to wait 3-4 weeks for my boxes to arrivemangrothian wrote: »
No, come back! We don't want you to go back to lurking anymore! Come towards the light! But I will still be here.....watching....
Love love love all the gorgeous boxes!!
3-4 weeks? Where are you ordering them from? Antarctica?
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I'm in New Zealand and they are coming from China...... via slow canoe
Hopefully I won't have to wait that long!!
Teehee, close enough to Antartica then
As a fellow ANZAC, I feel your pain. Shipping times and costs are horrible, but I've found that the 3-4 week shipping is usually closer to the 2-3 mark in most cases.0 -
Hi, y'all! I'm so excited I've read throughout this tread over the last 24 hours. Its been a little obsession!! Lol! Now (with no sleep) I'm off to work. At least its just a half day, then I'm going bento container shopping!!!! WooHoo!! I already ordered a cute little owl lunch bag off of Amazon (at 3am this morning). Once I have everything together, I'll post so picks of what I could come up with in this tiny little town that time forgot! Blessings 0
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A little dark, but here is today's lunch! Red pepper slices and steamed broccoli, with spaghetti squash, honey glazed chicken, and some edamame and snap peas! Also brought a yogurt for a snack 0 -
Layer 1: sushi rolls! (Ham, goat cheese, cucumber, and carrot) with blanched broccoli and carrots
Layer 2: spinach/arugala salad with carrot, broccoli, cucumber, and Gorgonzola with grapefruit
looks yummy!0 -
I sorta have bento today! I bought these cute square pita pockets and thought they'd fit in a bento. Well, not in any bento that I have, so the ham and goat cheese pocket is on the side, I just bento-d the rest of my lunch. With the sammy, I have strawberries, almonds & carrots.
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Chicken breast, spring onion, cream cheese and cucumber roll ups, cherry tomatoes, green beans and white peach.
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@sagj @irisgal345 I love the lunchmeat "sushi" rolls. I may try that out for the husband's bentos.0
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SpecialKitty7 wrote: »@sagj @irisgal345 I love the lunchmeat "sushi" rolls. I may try that out for the husband's bentos.
I know! I'd already been thinking of making meat-and-cheese roll-ups for tomorrow (so I don't actually have to cook anything) and now I'm thinking I need to add matchstick carrots to make them "sushi" rolls!
No bento for me today. Grabbed a sammich from the cafeteria. This week and next week will be very hectic: I'm trying to finish this week's homework and at least start next week's before Saturday, when I will have laserbeams poking at my eyeballs, and then I plan to do absolutely nothing productive the rest of the weekend!0 -
I feel like a little kid, I can't wait to pack my lunch ! I stopped at the Dollar tree and they had sooo many containers to choose from. I got all these for $3.22 !!!
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Today's lunch:
Small container is an Orzo-Veggie Salad; top right is carrots and cherries; bottom right is a riff on "Crack Slaw" with ground beef, baby bella mushrooms, shredded cabbage, garlic, onion, worcestershire sauce, salt and crushed red pepper. Yummy, and all for 424 calories.0 -
Sandyslosenit wrote: »I feel like a little kid, I can't wait to pack my lunch ! I stopped at the Dollar tree and they had sooo many containers to choose from. I got all these for $3.22 !!!
oooh, I love the itty bitty ones. That triangle is a perfect onigiri box!
No bento today. It's too cold; soup is required.0
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