Using Bento Boxes for lunches.

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  • Ginny218
    Ginny218 Posts: 194 Member
    thanks try that a again this week...working on mine now
  • Ginny218
    Ginny218 Posts: 194 Member
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    Thai Chicken Stir-Fry with Basil & Cashews, 1 serving(s) 315
    Jicama - Jicama, 30 g 11
    Minute - White Rice, 0.17 cup dry (46g) = 1 cup cooked 56
    Halo - Clementine, 2 orange 70
    Jicama - Jicama, 33 g 13
    Medium Tomatoe - Tomatoe, 47 gram 7
    Babybel - (Light) Mini Cheese, 1 cheese 50
    total 522
  • Ginny218
    Ginny218 Posts: 194 Member
    still need work....
  • moribunny
    moribunny Posts: 417 Member
    edited March 2016
    Ginny218 wrote: »
    still need work....
    Looks good & really yummy! ^^
  • HanamiDango
    HanamiDango Posts: 456 Member
    moribunny wrote: »
    Ginny218 wrote: »
    still need work....
    Looks good & really yummy! ^^

    I agree, nicely done!

    Hubby's had spring break, hints no bentos, and while he is "back at work" kids have been sick-ish, and so, not able to do as much, everything has been rushed. All the boxes look so pretty!
  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    Todays lunch is a cucumber and tomato salad with lime and parsley, with chicken thighs that were marinated in mirin, ginger & soy sauce, then coated with flour and pan fried in a small amount of olive oil
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  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    This may be the best thread yet on MFP. Marking to come to later.
  • pebble4321
    pebble4321 Posts: 1,132 Member
    Hi bento people, can I just say... I love your lunches! I've been lurking for a long time, and while my lunches are certainly not pretty, you have inspired me to take a little bit more care into what I'm putting in my lunchbox (and my belly!).

    Here's my not-quite-bento for today, all this comes in just under 700 cals:
    - morning tea: ginger and pineapple muffin
    - lunch - ham/cheese sandwich on grainy bread, black swan low fat yoghurt, and a hot chocolate.
    - afternoon snacks - veggie sticks, grapes, boiled egg, pickled cabbage (a new experiment!).

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  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    pebble4321 wrote: »
    Hi bento people, can I just say... I love your lunches! I've been lurking for a long time, and while my lunches are certainly not pretty, you have inspired me to take a little bit more care into what I'm putting in my lunchbox (and my belly!).

    Here's my not-quite-bento for today, all this comes in just under 700 cals:
    - morning tea: ginger and pineapple muffin
    - lunch - ham/cheese sandwich on grainy bread, black swan low fat yoghurt, and a hot chocolate.
    - afternoon snacks - veggie sticks, grapes, boiled egg, pickled cabbage (a new experiment!).

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    Another lurker! This....
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    has totally turned into this....
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    And of course your lunch is a bento. The translation of bento (弁当), literally means 'boxed lunch'. Your lunch is in a box, so you qualify ;)

    And I can totally tell that you're an Aussie or Kiwi just from the Jarrah hot chocolate sachet you have there ;) That, and your yoghurt is Black thong Swan.
  • pebble4321
    pebble4321 Posts: 1,132 Member
    Yup... that's me, finally hopping up say hi!
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    And of course you're right, I'm an Aussie ("wanna mug of Jarrah, Kim?") though I'm not from Fountain Lakes :)

  • HanamiDango
    HanamiDango Posts: 456 Member
    edited March 2016
    So decided to share a few boxes from the last few weeks. I haven't been taking many pictures, as lots are leftovers that are part of our normal meal routines. Also been doing boxes for myself to make meal time easier, as I am always the last to eat, but most of them are like 1/2 boxes.

    Got some new boxes (sorry for the random other stuff.)
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    Leftover fried rice, with a frozen country fried steak and sugar apples.
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    Cupcake meatloaf, cheese Italian bread, and some carrots.
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    Leftover baked chicken strips, green beans, and mashed potatos with bbq sauce in the little box. The box slide off hubby's car seat and open on the floor board >.< However, the sauce box stayed closed!
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    And my weird eats :blush:.......scrambled spiced egg, turkey sausage, mashed potato, broccoli, candied ginger, and avocado with nutritional yeast. 418 calories for the whole thing. Sorry, I don't weight out hubby's boxes to know his calories. :(
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  • Ginny218
    Ginny218 Posts: 194 Member
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    Marketside - Tri-color Coleslaw, 50 gram 12
    Jicama - Jicama, 30 g 11
    Peppers, sweet, green, raw, 9 g 2
    Kraft - Light Asian Sesame Dressing, 33 g 45
    Laughing Cow - Mini Babybel Light Swiss Cheese, 1 piece 50
    Tomato - Grape, 71 grams 13
    Ocean Prince - Light tuna Thai sweet chili sauce, 1 pack 3.53 oz 140
    total 273
  • Ginny218
    Ginny218 Posts: 194 Member
    found condiment containers omaha ne at the dollar tree
  • PixieGoddess
    PixieGoddess Posts: 1,833 Member
    Once again, forgot to post a picture of my bento last week: more leftover Chinese (shrimp, veggies, rice) and apple slices
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  • PixieGoddess
    PixieGoddess Posts: 1,833 Member
    And here's today's bento! Leftover Easter ham, lima beans, and jambalaya rice, with apple slices
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  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    Nomnomnom traditional bento today!
    Marinated pork, tamagoyaki, veg, & rice with furikake and umeboshi.
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  • NewMeSM75
    NewMeSM75 Posts: 971 Member
    Loving my yumbox... byl8wxcud1f4.jpg
  • LadyAhiru
    LadyAhiru Posts: 112 Member
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  • raelynnsmama52512
    raelynnsmama52512 Posts: 1,184 Member
    Longtime lurker here, love all these pictures! Here's my real first attempt at a bento-ish thing from lunch today:

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    Lemon pepper tuna, gluten free crackers, vanilla roasted almonds, gluten free chocolate chip cookies, and pineapple. I now remember why I haven't had the lemon pepper tuna in awhile, too much lemon and not enough pepper. Lol!
  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    nomnomnom Monday Bento:
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