Using Bento Boxes for lunches.
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My super simple lunch of a cheese bun and apple brought to work in my babi bento and pouch.
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I FINALLY had the bento that I brought to work 2 days ago! I had decided to get soup the day I brought it, and yesterday we had free pizza (I'm too broke to pass up free food)
Bento: Sesame fish, cornbread stuffing, and a salad
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Not a bento per say....
Salad bowl with spinach, avocado, pumpkin seeds, black pepper and lime juice.1 -
First Bento in my new place
I love Mini Berners (Berner Würstel/Sausages are Frankfurters filled with cheese and wraped in bacon)
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It's in a container, and it's pretty. In the end, べんとう just means lunch in a box, so it qualifiesbluefish86 wrote: »Not a bento per say....
Salad bowl with spinach, avocado, pumpkin seeds, black pepper and lime juice.First Bento in my new place
I love Mini Berners (Berner Würstel/Sausages are Frankfurters filled with cheese and wraped in bacon)
Yuuuuuurrrmm. I've missed your bento pictures! I was out at lunch on Monday, and didn't go home Monday night after a work dinner (co-workers place is about 50km closer than mine, and it was late...), so no bento again today.1 -
Today's bento!
Raspberries, macadamia nuts, Polish sausage, pickled eggs, celery and mushroom pâté...0 -
Bento Bump0
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Keep forgetting to take pictures or haven't had things to worthy of a picture but yesterday did a tupperware set so here is the non-fancy dinner from yesterday's work. Chicken thigh, fingerling potatoes, spinach, bean sprouts and sriracha hummus. Trying to use up my perishables that roommate won't eat as I'm going on vacation in less than a week.
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I also forgot to post my bento yesterday. Steak, couscous, and a salad.
No bento today
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Super quick shrimp bento and a cucumber sandwhich
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Tomorrow's bento...
Gherkins wrapped in pastrami and mature cheddar, almonds and cherry tomatoes.0 -
PixieGoddess wrote: »I also forgot to post my bento yesterday. Steak, couscous, and a salad.
No bento today
I've always been afraid to use steak in the bentos. Did it get chewy being at room temp?0 -
I sort of posted about this, but more of a meal prep post. I meal prep and spend a few hours one day a week to make portion controlled meals in Rubbermaid boxes. I make 9 meals and freeze them, use them for dinners then the next week make more meals. It's the best way to maintain portion control and have a meal handy.. instead of having to cook and possibly snack in between etc0
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I want to let you all know how inspiring this thread has been for me!
I have lost 105 pounds and have about 45 to go. I have been thinking about ways to change my old habits so they don't come back to haunt me later and one of those bad habits is always wanting large portions of foods.
I take my breakfast, lunch and snack with me to work nearly every day and now eat heathy foods. (Especially compared to my old way of having fast food for both breakfast and lunch which got me up to 300 pounds!) But I have always just thrown it in a big plastic container or zip lock bag.
Obviously bento boxes are a great way to be more thoughtful about what I eat. Lots of new choices, variety, beauty and portion control are just what I need at this stage of my journey.
I have been practicing with my regular little plastic containers and now I am ready to invest in some bento beauty!
So I have a question...
....what is your favorite box, gadget, or brand of boxes?
....if you could have a do over, what piece would you have just not spent the money on?
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SpecialKitty7 wrote: »PixieGoddess wrote: »I also forgot to post my bento yesterday. Steak, couscous, and a salad.
No bento today
I've always been afraid to use steak in the bentos. Did it get chewy being at room temp?
I work in an office, so I nuke my lunch. I'll sometimes bring A1 if I'm worried about the steak, but it's usually fine.0 -
No bento again today but I thought I'd share this article someone shared on fb, which includes links to recipes if anyone wants to try the Miyazaki lifestyle
http://www.buzzfeed.com/christinalan/heres-how-to-eat-everything-youve-ever-wanted-fr?bffb&utm_term=.jtzBO2JJ3#.orGGXPZZ70 -
No bento for me.... again. I'm a sad bento-er. Late work nights all week, and last night I went out for dinner, got home and our fridge had nearly no vegI want to let you all know how inspiring this thread has been for me!
I have lost 105 pounds and have about 45 to go. I have been thinking about ways to change my old habits so they don't come back to haunt me later and one of those bad habits is always wanting large portions of foods.
I take my breakfast, lunch and snack with me to work nearly every day and now eat heathy foods. (Especially compared to my old way of having fast food for both breakfast and lunch which got me up to 300 pounds!) But I have always just thrown it in a big plastic container or zip lock bag.
Obviously bento boxes are a great way to be more thoughtful about what I eat. Lots of new choices, variety, beauty and portion control are just what I need at this stage of my journey.
I have been practicing with my regular little plastic containers and now I am ready to invest in some bento beauty!
So I have a question...
....what is your favorite box, gadget, or brand of boxes?
....if you could have a do over, what piece would you have just not spent the money on?
I love hearing that this thread motivates people to make their lunches ^_^
The only thing I've bought that I don't really use is one of my more expensive sets; the Zojirushi Thermal Bento Box. It's very pretty and a good size, but since I'm usually at work, if I need something warm I'll heat it gently in my normal box in the microwave.
I also rarely use food picks. They're cute, but a pain in the butt to wash.
Favourites? My vegetable cutters. I
my vegetable cutters. 0 -
Ham and cheese rolls, gherkins, cherry tomatoes, celery with salmon pâté and a polish sausage.
I was clearly hungry when I packed this.
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PixieGoddess wrote: »No bento again today but I thought I'd share this article someone shared on fb, which includes links to recipes if anyone wants to try the Miyazaki lifestyle
http://www.buzzfeed.com/christinalan/heres-how-to-eat-everything-youve-ever-wanted-fr?bffb&utm_term=.jtzBO2JJ3#.orGGXPZZ7
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bluefish86 wrote: »PixieGoddess wrote: »No bento again today but I thought I'd share this article someone shared on fb, which includes links to recipes if anyone wants to try the Miyazaki lifestyle
http://www.buzzfeed.com/christinalan/heres-how-to-eat-everything-youve-ever-wanted-fr?bffb&utm_term=.jtzBO2JJ3#.orGGXPZZ7
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PixieGoddess wrote: »bluefish86 wrote: »PixieGoddess wrote: »No bento again today but I thought I'd share this article someone shared on fb, which includes links to recipes if anyone wants to try the Miyazaki lifestyle
http://www.buzzfeed.com/christinalan/heres-how-to-eat-everything-youve-ever-wanted-fr?bffb&utm_term=.jtzBO2JJ3#.orGGXPZZ7
RIGHT?!?!
Double Right! Thank you for sharing that link Pixie, so much yummyness.
I do have bento picture, just haven't gotten them off my phone, laziness plus about to bento strike my hubby as he doesn't eat them, forgets to bring them, or returns the boxes to home weeks later. 0 -
I want to let you all know how inspiring this thread has been for me!
I have lost 105 pounds and have about 45 to go. I have been thinking about ways to change my old habits so they don't come back to haunt me later and one of those bad habits is always wanting large portions of foods.
I take my breakfast, lunch and snack with me to work nearly every day and now eat heathy foods. (Especially compared to my old way of having fast food for both breakfast and lunch which got me up to 300 pounds!) But I have always just thrown it in a big plastic container or zip lock bag.
Obviously bento boxes are a great way to be more thoughtful about what I eat. Lots of new choices, variety, beauty and portion control are just what I need at this stage of my journey.
I have been practicing with my regular little plastic containers and now I am ready to invest in some bento beauty!
So I have a question...
....what is your favorite box, gadget, or brand of boxes?
....if you could have a do over, what piece would you have just not spent the money on?
I don't have a specific favorite box, but I do seem to prefer the two tier boxes over the single tier. My best purchase was my egg shapers, I use those all the time (and they were super cheap). I don't know that I have anything I wouldn't have purchased, but I watched on here to see what people used most. I definitely use some boxes more often than others, but I like having so many to choose from.0 -
One last bento before my vacation. Tuna salad, bread, apple slices and soup.
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DawnEmbers wrote: »One last bento before my vacation. Tuna salad, bread, apple slices and soup.
What kind of bread it that? It's a neat shape
Thank you everyone who was concerned on my stolen purse; I appreciate it
I have had a few bentos since I last posted, one since I got my replacement phone, but I haven't posted. Sad panda. I haven't been home much to cook or bento-ize my lunches though and have been leaning heavily on my free meals at work (yay for working food service, boo to the food not always being great). As it gets colder I'm switching gears though to weekly-made soups and hot meals; microwavable bentos here I come!
Hope you are all doing well my bento friends!0 -
Thank you for your responses about your favourite bento boxes and extras.
I decided to buy a cheaper set from the grocery store. I used it today and it was just right. I plan to ask my family for some fancy Monbento stuff for Christmas.
I cleaned out a drawer in my kitchen to store everything and FOUND a couple of tiny cutters that would have worked on my peppers this morning...but I forgot...so sad.
I don't know how to post pictures yet. The instruction seem to be written in a language foreign to me. I will have to get my kids to help me figure it out.
Anyway, thanks everyone for the inspiration! I have a beautiful and healthy breakfast and lunch today!
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Babi Bento went to work with me again. He was slightly miffed I had not been paying him due attention so he got geared up, snorting, "I am armed and dangerous!"
And dangerous he was because inside was a cauliflower mash that should be labelled a weapon of mash destruction.
It was supposed to be a healthy cauliflower mash to go with the spicy marinated, grilled cod fish fillet. Healthy ... rrrrright. Not after I added loads of mozzarella, butter and a dollop of tomato & mascarpone sauce. Not even the chiffonade of basil and brave cherry tomato backed up by the teeny tiny cherry apple, could make this mash a healthy choice.
Babi Bento ... I surrender. You win.
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Thank you for your responses about your favourite bento boxes and extras.
I decided to buy a cheaper set from the grocery store. I used it today and it was just right. I plan to ask my family for some fancy Monbento stuff for Christmas.
I cleaned out a drawer in my kitchen to store everything and FOUND a couple of tiny cutters that would have worked on my peppers this morning...but I forgot...so sad.
I don't know how to post pictures yet. The instruction seem to be written in a language foreign to me. I will have to get my kids to help me figure it out.
Anyway, thanks everyone for the inspiration! I have a beautiful and healthy breakfast and lunch today!
I got my monbento on a massive clearance, but I do have to say, while the box is super high quality, its probably my least used one. It's kinda big. The sizes are all listed in in liter and mililiter which makes it hard for me to gauge size and melts my little Imperial American brain. Just make sure when you pick a Monbento to carefully check the volume compared to what you're using now.
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Yeah. I'm not very good at metric either. My kids were learning how to make conversions recently and my brain started to hurt just trying to help them!
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SpecialKitty7 wrote: »Thank you for your responses about your favourite bento boxes and extras.
I decided to buy a cheaper set from the grocery store. I used it today and it was just right. I plan to ask my family for some fancy Monbento stuff for Christmas.
I cleaned out a drawer in my kitchen to store everything and FOUND a couple of tiny cutters that would have worked on my peppers this morning...but I forgot...so sad.
I don't know how to post pictures yet. The instruction seem to be written in a language foreign to me. I will have to get my kids to help me figure it out.
Anyway, thanks everyone for the inspiration! I have a beautiful and healthy breakfast and lunch today!
I got my monbento on a massive clearance, but I do have to say, while the box is super high quality, its probably my least used one. It's kinda big. The sizes are all listed in in liter and mililiter which makes it hard for me to gauge size and melts my little Imperial American brain. Just make sure when you pick a Monbento to carefully check the volume compared to what you're using now.
The only imperial conversion I'm not good with is Km's to miles; probably because it's the only one I don't have to deal with in Australia. My parents still talk in feet and inches (rulers have cm and inches on them too), and standard cup and glass sizes usually have a fluid ounce size listed on them, since standard beer glass sizes all use the old rules (pot, middy, schooner, pint, wtf?).
For mls, it may be quicker in your head to use cups for a rough estimate. 1 cup = 250mls. 4 cups = 1 litre. I get frustrated when the websites only list the boxes dimensions and nothing else. Grrrr.0 -
mangrothian wrote: »SpecialKitty7 wrote: »Thank you for your responses about your favourite bento boxes and extras.
I decided to buy a cheaper set from the grocery store. I used it today and it was just right. I plan to ask my family for some fancy Monbento stuff for Christmas.
I cleaned out a drawer in my kitchen to store everything and FOUND a couple of tiny cutters that would have worked on my peppers this morning...but I forgot...so sad.
I don't know how to post pictures yet. The instruction seem to be written in a language foreign to me. I will have to get my kids to help me figure it out.
Anyway, thanks everyone for the inspiration! I have a beautiful and healthy breakfast and lunch today!
I got my monbento on a massive clearance, but I do have to say, while the box is super high quality, its probably my least used one. It's kinda big. The sizes are all listed in in liter and mililiter which makes it hard for me to gauge size and melts my little Imperial American brain. Just make sure when you pick a Monbento to carefully check the volume compared to what you're using now.
The only imperial conversion I'm not good with is Km's to miles; probably because it's the only one I don't have to deal with in Australia. My parents still talk in feet and inches (rulers have cm and inches on them too), and standard cup and glass sizes usually have a fluid ounce size listed on them, since standard beer glass sizes all use the old rules (pot, middy, schooner, pint, wtf?).
For mls, it may be quicker in your head to use cups for a rough estimate. 1 cup = 250mls. 4 cups = 1 litre. I get frustrated when the websites only list the boxes dimensions and nothing else. Grrrr.
I'm okay with the conversions (mostly) and I prefer to weigh food in grams (but me in pounds!) I just can't visualize something like a km, or the volume of a liter. Centimeters wig me out. I bought something online in cm (thinking inches) and it was sooo tiny! They teach us metric in schools, but I think that's only to keep us from embarrasing ourselves when we travel outside the country
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