Using Bento Boxes for lunches.
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Nothing too special though I had a struggle as the tupperware opened in my purse and some spinach with hummus spilled. Messy clean up there. Spinach salad with minced chicken thighs, sriracha hummus, zucchini, 8 mate rice crackers snack and some caramel macchiato caramels.
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Woo hoo!!!
First bento!!!!
Well, the first one that was pretty enough to post anyway....
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bluefish86 wrote: »Woo hoo!!!
First bento!!!!
Well, the first one that was pretty enough to post anyway....
Yay! One of us! One of us! One of us!
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Bento bumping!
Trying to make sure I save this thread to read properly later.
All the Bento boxes look amazing!0 -
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My bento box stuff got here today
Will try it out on Monday. No lunches on the weekend. Already busted into the egg molds though. They all look weird except for the bunny one. Also, my silicone cups are sooo tiny. I thought they were larger when I ordered them. They are the size of a quarter, maybe. My matching bag to carry it in is set to come tomorrow. All bought on amazon except the little animal picks, I found them at the local oriental foods grocery for 1.50$. Wish me luck. 0 -
CompanionNerd wrote: »https://scontent.ftpa1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/12087856_10153634885654519_3054619698579067086_o.jpg
My bento box stuff got here today Will try it out on Monday. No lunches on the weekend. Already busted into the egg molds though. They all look weird except for the bunny one. Also, my silicone cups are sooo tiny. I thought they were larger when I ordered them. They are the size of a quarter, maybe. My matching bag to carry it in is set to come tomorrow. All bought on amazon except the little animal picks, I found them at the local oriental foods grocery for 1.50$. Wish me luck.
I have those baby silicone cups too! They don't sound that small when you buy them and the picture is completely misleading
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SpecialKitty7 wrote: »CompanionNerd wrote: »https://scontent.ftpa1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/12087856_10153634885654519_3054619698579067086_o.jpg
My bento box stuff got here today Will try it out on Monday. No lunches on the weekend. Already busted into the egg molds though. They all look weird except for the bunny one. Also, my silicone cups are sooo tiny. I thought they were larger when I ordered them. They are the size of a quarter, maybe. My matching bag to carry it in is set to come tomorrow. All bought on amazon except the little animal picks, I found them at the local oriental foods grocery for 1.50$. Wish me luck.
I have those baby silicone cups too! They don't sound that small when you buy them and the picture is completely misleading
If I'm correct about the size of a quarter, I have some too. I find them great for the tiny squishy items like Japanese pickles, a small amount of a thick sauce, a single mochi (a soft usually sweet rice cake thing) or similar. Other than that, they get used for baking mini cupcakes or chocolate work now.0 -
ooo I have considered getting that bento box. I have a couple small cups too, but they are kinds cute shaped so I just plan to use it for little things. Not much from me today. I barely got the chicken cooked before leaving for work. I had black bean chicken and spinach. And I left my phone at work again. So, no picture tonight.
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Quinoa has lots of protein. According to the database, 0.5 cup has 11g protein with 318 cal.piheart wrote:Having trouble fitting 40-50 grams of protein in my bento breakfast/lunch. Any tips? I have been trying out Greek yogurt with different protein-y things inside, but it doesn't seem to be enough. I can't eat huge amounts of meat either... vegetarian for 7 years and recently reintroducing animal protein into my diet each day.
Beans
kidney 225 cal, 15g protein in 1 cup cooked
soy 189 cal, 17g protein in 1 cup cooked
garbazo 200 cal, 12g protein in 1 cup cooked
black 296 cal, 20g protein in 1 cup cooked
lentils 230 cal, 18g protein in 1 cup cooked
nuts
almonds 1 oz 186 cal, 8g protein
walnuts 1 oz 185 cal, 4g protein
eggs large (50g) 78 cal, 6g protein
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mangrothian wrote: »
Just watched! I love cooking with dog. Husband just asked what's the point of the dog. I told him, there is no point, he's just there. He says oh, okay, well it's cute, anyway and that looked good 0 -
Chickpea & mushroom curry over rice in the bottom,
pickled beets, dates, candied ginger, a couple lifesavers, and some gum (which I still haven't opened).
Grapes, cheddar cheese, carrots, and the sandwich is turkey with dijon mustard.
Mostly I wanted to post this one to show the neat sandwich cutter I got. Those are puzzle pieces.
The set has 5 shapes, and that's the one that would fit best in the box.
The others are a heart, dinosaur, butterfly, and star.
I got them at a steep discount in exchange for leaving a review, otherwise there's no way I could get them.
Also got the box at a discount, though it's currently listed at $5.49, which is REALLY good for stainless steel!
It's not waterproof, no seal on the lid, and the thing to keep it shut isn't too strong, so I'm going to make an
elastic band for it. But it's a nice size. There are actually 2 layers of sandwich there, it's that deep.
6.75 x 5.25 x 2.25 inches
17 x 13 x 5.5 cm
(Not accounting for the rounded corners.)
ETA: I don't know why the lower picture is showing up so huge!
In photobucket, they're exactly the same size.0 -
SpecialKitty7 wrote: »mangrothian wrote: »
Just watched! I love cooking with dog. Husband just asked what's the point of the dog. I told him, there is no point, he's just there. He says oh, okay, well it's cute, anyway and that looked good
Without Francis, the show would just be 'cooking with chef'. Not nearly as catchy.
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CompanionNerd wrote: »
Looks awesome! I got lazy last night and did not put together a bento. So here I sit, hungry and bento-less
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Leftover fajitas, Spanish rice (under fajitas), and mixed veggies in the big tier. (Unfortunately, the veggies had turned on me, so I had to toss them
) Half a kiwi, half a red plum, almonds, and chocolates in the small tier.
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I'm trying to make my belly forgive me for not having many bento's the last few weeks.
Monday's bento: black angus steak cooked with shiitake mushrooms and daikon, and some mushroom pasta thing with broccoli
Today's bento: A piece of leftover cajun chicken from last night, rice, balsamic honey roasted carrots and some snow peas & tomatoes.
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Mmm...mushroom pasta thing with broccoli x3 I want some~mangrothian wrote: »0 -
Snacky-bento I put together this morning...
Pickled eggs, blue cheese stuffed celery, macadamia nuts and babybel cheese. 0 -
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@CompanionNerd your bento looks amazing!!! I need to make some of those wrap things...0
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bluefish86 wrote: »Bento of the day....
Polish sausage, pickled eggs, macadamias and a babybel.
I love rilakkuma! I love polish sausage! A full of win bento!
I made the soboro onigirazu that I linked earlier, but forgot to take a picture they looked pretty good too... 0 -
No Bento since i am sick at home right now but i tried to make Gyoza myself for the first time
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I brought a bento but it's cold and rainy out, so I'm gonna save the bento for tomorrow and get some soup instead ^_^0
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Had a bento for at work. Pork from grocery store, spinach, sweet and sour sauce, artisan grain bread loaf (half) and a little soup packet (not much is in English just that it's a clear soup good with sushi and such).
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DawnEmbers wrote: »Had a bento for at work. Pork from grocery store, spinach, sweet and sour sauce, artisan grain bread loaf (half) and a little soup packet (not much is in English just that it's a clear soup good with sushi and such).
That pork looks delicious!
That's an instant miso soup. If you want to know what it says, there's a few of us around who would be able to translate at least some of it.0 -
I am a Bentoer lol!!! Well I only do it for my kids school lunches, but I never thought about doing it for myself as a portion control. Thanks for the idea and looking through most of the photos on here looks so delicious and healthy giving me awesome ideas what to make for myself, and again thank you very much!!!!0 -
Again my "bento" is served on a dish
Chicken and Pak CDhoi with Teryaki
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