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I didn't put anything on it this time. It only sat in the box about 3-4 hours and was just about perfect in ripeness so it held together great. If it had been longer or it was overripe I maybe would have put some lime on it though. It just barely started to speckle with brown after four hours in the box mainly under…

Today's bento for yoga teacher training: Layer 1: chipotle egg salad, strawberries, and avocado Layer 2: mushrooms with sunflower seed/ tomato/ gorgonzola/ and spring greens salad served with honey mustard dressing

No bento for me today as I decided to sleep in. I should have one again tomorrow for my yoga teacher training though. Happy Friday!

Dance was suppose to be ranch, but dancing with my vegetables sounds AWESOME! Thank you! I got the picks here! I've only used these two so far; there are some bigger ones in the pack. I love how cute my happy-eyed food is! And when I'm feeling a little feisty... Bwahahaha!

Today's lunch: Layer one: green chile sausage, almonds, colby jack cheese stick. mushrooms, carrots, and broccoli Layer two: mango, strawberry flowers, raspberries, gorgonzola, and spring mix. Serving it with honey red wine vinaigrette for the salad and a little dance for the broccoli/mushroom/carrots

Oh, I got a new bento in the mail yesterday! It looks HUGE compared to my bunny box. It is ~20% bigger but it looks like more. Now I have a box for weight lifting days though :blush: I'll have pictures soon!

I use dressing, I just didn't list it this morning as I wasn't sure which I wanted :). I'm leaning toward the honey red wine vinaigrette that I made earlier this week (added plus is it is here at work already ;) )

Lunch today: Layer 1: green chile sausage, carrots, almonds, tomatoes, and broccoli Layer 2: strawberries, raspberries, Gorgonzola, and salad mix

I'm a sucker for cooler ranch doritos!

This is lovely!

I agree although I suppose it depends on how you define "low carb". My boxes don't tend to have grain in them so most of my carbohydrate is coming from my fruits and veggies. That doesn't necessarily mean they are "low carb" but I'm going for nutrient dense, to tell the truth. Also, fruits and veggies are nom nom nom :wink:

Here is my box today: Layer one: Mango, broccoli, goat cheese, almonds, and some happy or defiant strawberries (first time using my picks!) Layer two: shrimp, corn, half a string cheese and cabbage/kale salad. Served with honey red wine vinaigrette. Today feels like a defiant, tongue-sticking-out strawberry kind of day!

So you are sweet AND sour; people love that combo! ;) My lunch today: Layer one: green chile sausage, olives, grapes and mango Layer two: corn and kale/cabbage salad with white cheese and shrimp. Served with honey red wine vinaigrette Happy Monday all!

I get the shrimp California rolls which are good. I think there is also a shrimp salad one I've seen. They also make spicy shrimp and crab Cali rolls as well as tofu/ vegetarian roll. And that's just here in my Podunk southwestern US town grocery store; I'm sure there are so many more varieties out there. Raw fish is an…

We are just enthusiastic! :wink:

Yes! She was on her way to thief cat; I got the picture as quickly as I could to save the bento. The picture may be a little out of frame but my lunch is secure! :smiley:

That looks awesome!

Here is my very fast brown and red box: Layer 1: chicken, raspberries, grapes, mushrooms and almonds Layer 2: mini mozzarella balls with tomatoes and carrot flowers. Served with ranch dressing ( and a side of curious cat ;) )

Whoops, started eating before the picture again. Nom nom... Layer 1: Last of the green chile sausage, cut up hard boiled egg, almonds, blueberries and red grapes Layer 2: Carrots, mushroom, broccoli salad with goat cheese. I'm going to put tomato basil dressing on the broccoli bits

Yay! Welcome to the asylum, err... club!

I love it! I totally want a fishy lunch (Here fishy, fishy, fishy...) Once a I have a kitchen back fish is going to happen. And I'll have to break down and buy babybels so I can make fishy cheese (poor me buying babybels ;) )

Nom nom nom :blush:

Cheese is one of the hardest milk products to give up, for sure! My box today: Layer 1: Cooked chicken thighs, Greek olives, goat cheese, carrot flowers and black plum Layer 2: Blueberries and kale salad with carrot bits (leftover from flowers) and tomatoes. I'm either going to use the juice from the marinated olives over…

Disgusting pizza box looks good, at least ;) I hope it tastes better bento-ized.

I've heard that BPA is mainly in clear/translucent plastic too. Without microwaving/heating it isn't as big of a concern either. There are also stainless steel bentos out there and glass containers if you prefer. You can look under "bento box" on Amazon to track down more options. I think Lunchbots makes a steel one but I…

I vote hide it somewhere (whether in the bento or in my mouth as I'm making it ;) ) For instance, above I cut out egg white flowers and the rest of the yolk and scraps got mixed into my salad. Once I can really cook again I'm toying with the idea of saving the bits in a bag in the freezer and throwing them into meatballs…

So pretty!

So true! If everything is already made and it just needs to be assembled it can go by very quickly (and I don't even have a kitchen right now. Yay renovations! ) The surplus of calories your experiencing I think may be why bentos look so small; with the right size box you literally cannot stuff too much in ;) It is so much…

Veeeery similar bento to yesterday except the fruit is blueberries and I tried to make a radish flower. Hi new people!!!

Italian bento (made the night before): Layer 1: Cooked chicken thighs, mixed olives, red grapes, raspberries, tomatoes Layer 2: Mini mozzarella balls, kale salad with roasted tomatoes, pepperoni and hard boiled egg. Served with tomato basil dressing PS I've had a crush on your snack box SpecialKitty! So cute :)