Using Bento Boxes for lunches.

1…9899101103104…117

Replies

  • Ginny218
    Ginny218 Posts: 194 Member
    has anyone worked with jicama, i think it will work good in a bento. Made a pico de gallo with it , ate it raw, just wondering holding time.
  • Ginny218
    Ginny218 Posts: 194 Member
    also heard its good in stirfries
  • SpecialKitty7
    SpecialKitty7 Posts: 678 Member
    Ginny218 wrote: »
    has anyone worked with jicama, i think it will work good in a bento. Made a pico de gallo with it , ate it raw, just wondering holding time.

    I've only had jicama raw, I would think it would have the same hang time as a carrot, the edges might get a little dry, but otherwise it should be fine. So far the only thing I didn't like in my bento after it sat around all day was cut red plums. They got kind of gross.
  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    Ginny218 wrote: »
    has anyone worked with jicama, i think it will work good in a bento. Made a pico de gallo with it , ate it raw, just wondering holding time.

    I had to look that one up; we don't get it here in Aus. I think it would work quite well as long its not something that crumbles once it's cooked.
  • Afura
    Afura Posts: 2,054 Member
    Amerane wrote: »
    Don't you just love it when everything fits so neatly? :D
    Bentos - Putting all that time playing Tetris to good use.

  • SpecialKitty7
    SpecialKitty7 Posts: 678 Member
    Afura wrote: »
    Amerane wrote: »
    Don't you just love it when everything fits so neatly? :D
    Bentos - Putting all that time playing Tetris to good use.

    I think that every time I make a bento!! :laughing:
  • Pinkylee77
    Pinkylee77 Posts: 432 Member
    such beautiful food is very inspiring
  • Ginny218
    Ginny218 Posts: 194 Member
    l2pofo76ar3x.jpg
    Fish,Sandwich Fillets - Whole Fillets, Frozen Van De Kamp's, 1 Fillet 190
    Halo - Clementine, 2 orange 70
    Strawberries, raw, 62 g 20
    Babybel - (Light) Mini Cheese, 1 cheese 50
    Jicama - Jicama, 83 g 32
    Medium Tomatoe - Tomatoe, 86 gram 13
    creamy avocado dressing, 1 serving(s) 18
    total 393
  • TangledThread
    TangledThread Posts: 312 Member
    Hi ::waves shyly:: I've been lurking and reading from the beginning.

    I telecommute and can't justify the cute traveling boxes but I may have just placed an order for a rather alarming amount of silicone liners, fancy cutters, and baran. I've always eaten yummy leftovers for lunch out of tupperware and this thread has inspired me to pretty them up a bit.

    I started by digging out a 700ml glass storage container. My first box for our first day of Spring and I made Ehō-maki (恵方巻)
    xacqgdth5n38.jpg
    I said that all fancy like. I'm faking it. I eat uncut rolls all the time and was trying to find out what they are called when I ran across sites about Setsubun (節分 It's rice and egg salad (because, Spring), rolled up diced carrots, broccoli slaw, and Sriracha. Mushroom stuffed with whipped cream cheese, green onion, and dill. All with a side of bell peppers. 458 cal.
  • TangledThread
    TangledThread Posts: 312 Member
    lululapagaille wrote: »
    Hi all ! I've been stalking this thread, I already had a bento and bought a brand new one on Mon bento (I'm in France and it was the last day of the sales !)
    So I made my lunches for tomorrow and Tuesday. Same ones except this one with feta, Tuesday's with humus instead. I've got pasta with EVOO basil and parmesan, blanched zucchini and red pepper, salad, cucumber, vinaigrette, one orange and in the little egg mold I have two dry figs for a snack (560 calories). Quite Mediterannean. Oh and my bunny ;)wm12kwthsu6b.jpg
    Yay for bento !


    Your bunny is so CUTE! The bento is really nice too.
  • PixieGoddess
    PixieGoddess Posts: 1,833 Member
    Forgot to post this one last week: leftover Chinese (shrimp, veggies, rice) and orange slices:
    elt50y7aucbc.jpg
  • King_Spicy
    King_Spicy Posts: 821 Member
    All I do is chop up the eggs, carrots, and apple and throw them in the microwave. Throw everything in a bowl, and I have a nice salad that fills me up in a quick manner. Yogurt is just for insurance. lol

    6ucxz90343cg.jpg

    ctwsv9ass1rr.jpg

  • PixieGoddess
    PixieGoddess Posts: 1,833 Member
    Today's bento: leftover steak, lima beans, and Jambalaya rice, with more orange slices
    prh8kncl0n0b.jpg
  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    Ginny218 wrote: »
    l2pofo76ar3x.jpg
    Fish,Sandwich Fillets - Whole Fillets, Frozen Van De Kamp's, 1 Fillet 190
    Halo - Clementine, 2 orange 70
    Strawberries, raw, 62 g 20
    Babybel - (Light) Mini Cheese, 1 cheese 50
    Jicama - Jicama, 83 g 32
    Medium Tomatoe - Tomatoe, 86 gram 13
    creamy avocado dressing, 1 serving(s) 18
    total 393

    Teehee, the baby bel looks like one of the plants that pops out of the pipes in Mario games XD

    I've been sporting a lot of leftovers for my lunches recently, which is why I haven't been posting too many pictures. So today I'm posting an uggo lunch: curry doria leftovers and broccoli:
    838sk5ev5bg8.jpg
    Doria is pretty much a Japanese term for a rice gratin of some kind. This one is minced beef with celery, garlic and onion, curry powder, tonkatsu sauce and vegetable stock placed over a bed of cooked rice, sprinkled with romano cheese and panko, then put in the oven to brown.
  • Pinkylee77
    Pinkylee77 Posts: 432 Member
    TangledThread wrote: »
    Hi ::waves shyly:: I've been lurking and reading from the beginning.

    I telecommute and can't justify the cute traveling boxes but I may have just placed an order for a rather alarming amount of silicone liners, fancy cutters, and baran. I've always eaten yummy leftovers for lunch out of tupperware and this thread has inspired me to pretty them up a bit.

    I started by digging out a 700ml glass storage container. My first box for our first day of Spring and I made Ehō-maki (恵方巻)
    xacqgdth5n38.jpg
    I said that all fancy like. I'm faking it. I eat uncut rolls all the time and was trying to find out what they are called when I ran across sites about Setsubun (節分 It's rice and egg salad (because, Spring), rolled up diced carrots, broccoli slaw, and Sriracha. Mushroom stuffed with whipped cream cheese, green onion, and dill. All with a side of bell peppers. 458 cal.

    your rolls are inspiring!
  • Ginny218
    Ginny218 Posts: 194 Member
    babybel suppose to be lady bug couldn't figure out how to put black eyes on the triangle part
  • Ginny218
    Ginny218 Posts: 194 Member
    uploaded other picture by accident sorry
  • mangrothian
    mangrothian Posts: 1,351 Member
    Ginny218 wrote: »
    babybel suppose to be lady bug couldn't figure out how to put black eyes on the triangle part

    Black sesame seeds for the eyes, and a pen for the antennae since they're on the wax part I'm guessing. They may have bought a food safe pen as well, which you can buy from decorating stores.
  • SpecialKitty7
    SpecialKitty7 Posts: 678 Member
    Ginny218 wrote: »
    babybel suppose to be lady bug couldn't figure out how to put black eyes on the triangle part

    I use black sesame seeds for eyes, they just kind of stick on with a little pressure.
  • Ginny218
    Ginny218 Posts: 194 Member
    [eatingwell.com/recipes/thai_chicken_stir_fry_basil_cashews.html - this is a great meal - i added jicama and eggplant - just little bed of rice
  • Ginny218
    Ginny218 Posts: 194 Member
    thanks try that a again this week...working on mine now
  • Ginny218
    Ginny218 Posts: 194 Member
    r4iss52u77lt.jpg
    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
    54ttyocpymit.jpg
  • 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!).

    asngep6ewcxi.jpg


  • 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!).

    asngep6ewcxi.jpg


    Another lurker! This....
    rvdcfbei341j.jpg
    has totally turned into this....
    0twhchqg7c2q.jpg

    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!
    64fuv59wlq6y.jpg

    And of course you're right, I'm an Aussie ("wanna mug of Jarrah, Kim?") though I'm not from Fountain Lakes :)

Categories