Using Bento Boxes for lunches.

OOO...I've been thinking about buying a new tupperware set soon and you guys inspired me! Always like bento boxes. Can't wait to post some pictures once I get my new set.

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 !!!

Ooh, I love Dollar Tree. Never thought to check out their tupperwares.

PixelPuff wrote: »

Nooo, instead of the two different ones [pig and cat], they sent me two 'cat' ones. xD; Doubles.

Mangrothian, that looks so goooood. x-x

But kitties are awesome! I can't believe your stuff came so soon, can't wait to see them

So I haven't posted in a while. Getting ready for a move during the summer, so the boxes are in use, some! Today was for the whole family. Tuna rice balls (mayo, mustard, curry), halved for the young ones, hubby made his own lunch of chicken fries, carrots, cheese, with bbq sauce (in green) and mine (in red) was kale wrapped tuna salad (mayo, mustard, carrots, onions, spinach) with yaki onigiri (butter/soy). Also brought along cookies, which I had too many of Oh well. My food came out to 502 (not with any cookies). It was well worth it.

Here's today's boxes. Lunch is shrimp stirfried in sesame oil, mini peppers, edamame and rice blend. Snacks are: strawberries and dry roasted edamame, carrots and mini-baybel. Lunch is 433 cals, snacks are 267.

My bento is packed for tomorrow ! Breakfast is the biscuits and teddy bear egg. Lunch is the salami wrap, sweet peppers and grapes. Snack is the spicy nuts and dried beef. And a big bottle of Kombucha to sip on all day ! 920 cals.
AND my new Owl bag - love , love , love it!

@Sandyslosenit @madeleadele Okay, that's two of you. What is kombucha? I would have guessed alcohol, but not if you're sipping on it all day (or at least I hope not anyway ). I have to go out to a client tomorrow, so no bento for me.

mangrothian wrote: »

Sale on fresh tuna at the supermarket! I was like a kid in a candy store, except it wasn't candy, it was fish. I'm going to eat some strawberry pocky now.

Nooooo! Strawberry pocky is the worst flavor! Lately, it seems to be the only flavor the store has had though.

Sandyslosenit wrote: »

SpecialKitty7 wrote: »

@Sandyslosenit @madeleadele Okay, that's two of you. What is kombucha? I would have guessed alcohol, but not if you're sipping on it all day (or at least I hope not anyway ). I have to go out to a client tomorrow, so no bento for me.

It's fermented tea , so good ! It's full of probiotics and fizzy yumminess. If you buy it at a health food store it can cost you about $4.-$5. a bottle , but I ferment my own with a contentious brew system. It's about $.37 a bottle to do it yourself. I try to drink 2oz before every meal or snack. It's carbonated, sweet, and tart - very filling for me. I was struggling with crazy cravings and feeling staved all the time, but this feels me up and gets me thru the day. At 60 cals for a 16oz bottle it's a fantastic tool , plus treat !

Hmm. Sounds strange. I do drink tons of tea though, maybe if I see it somewhere, I'll try it.

Layer 1: more ham sushi, broccoli, and sauted mushrooms

Layer 2: spring greens salad with mushroom, carrot, cucumber, gorgonzola and a little ham and a quarter pink grapefruit

I tried to make sushi out of sliced chicken yesterday but that didn't work too well. No picture for that reason. I'm sticking with ham for the time being

mangrothian wrote: »

I don't mind kombucha, but it's not a drink I actively think of. I like my plain old green tea and coffee addiction.

and @Sandyslosenit , love the cooler bag (I may have a thing for owls).

I love it , but I'm one of those people that always puts a shot of apple cider vinegar in my water every morning. I love the sweet an sour. Once I discovered Kombucha , I was like "Where have you been all my life!?!" Lol ! I started having 2 oz before every meal or snack and I started loosing weight without really thinking to much about it. So I though while I have the motivation, let it work for me. So I got back on here at the 1st of the month to start logging again , but I'm really not struggling this time. Then when I saw this thread about BENTO , I was so excited to find another tool to keep me "Armed" in the weight-loss war with myself.
I'm an Owl freak myself ! It's another little obsession. If I see something with owls on it I feel like I HAVE to own it !!

My bento for tomorrow. Biscuits n bunny egg for breakfast, Sweet n Sour meatballs and Smoked hummus with snap peas & sweet peppers for lunch, Grapes & Energy Bites for snack, and a bottle of Kombucha. All just under 900cals.

I've turned into a lurker for the past few weeks while my bento stuff is at home and I'm working out of town, so I had to chime in and say that I get so many new post alerts all of a sudden! The bento addiction is spreading faster than the zombie apocalypse!

Also, I love kombucha. You have to kind of be careful, though, when you buy it and check labels so you don't end up with a brand that adds tons of sugar and stuff to it. Synergy is my favorite. They make a kombucha that has chia in it. I think kombucha sort of tastes like juice with a tangy zip to it... Even though it is fermented tea, it doesn't taste very tea-like to me. (And Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fans might say it tastes "almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea").

SpecialKitty7 wrote: »

mangrothian wrote: »

SpecialKitty7 wrote: »

mangrothian wrote: »

Sale on fresh tuna at the supermarket! I was like a kid in a candy store, except it wasn't candy, it was fish. I'm going to eat some strawberry pocky now.

Nooooo! Strawberry pocky is the worst flavor! Lately, it seems to be the only flavor the store has had though.

you haven't tried the right one yet then. There are about 10 different types of strawberry pocky, some bad and some delicious. *drools*

I've only had the Glico brand, and it tasted like pink plastic. The other two here are faves though.

I've had Pepero brand (made in Korea) more recently, and they have a wide variety of flavors which I find to all be pretty good! I grew up with Glico and never had any issues; however, my favorite is chocolate (I reeeeally loved pocky as a teenager >.o)

you are all terrible influences! I saw this and went strait to pinterest. I didn't realize but my 5 yr old son always asks me to make him a "special lunch" which consists of lots of little variety items neatly displayed. I just ordered one for myeslf and for him for the school year. I need to learn how to make sticky rice so I can make him some rice balls in his lunch. (he loves rice) It's tempting to get the seaweed punch out faces. I was wondering about salt... but I see some of these have little salt shakers. I don't have much of a need to pack a lunch as I am a stay at home mother and studio potter at home. But I am getting into real estate within the next few months and then I will probably need to do this. Keep the inspiration coming!!