February Bento

New year...and only one bento so far. I had hoped to have more by now but that just hasn't been the case. As I've said before we mostly eat lunch at home and it's often dinner leftovers or a quick sandwich or something like that. I want to get back to attempting some bento lunches it just hasn't really happened. But, we're still early in the year so I've got plenty of time, right?!

We both had heart shaped egg salad sandwiches (though the bread was kinda small and barely shows the heart shapes), mini babybel, and flavored pretzel thins. I had roasted edemame, and fresh kiwi & pineapple. Dave had trail mix and probably a couple of golden oreos.

It's a Bento!!

This was our Meatless Monday Bento for this week. The top one was Dave's - carrot raisin roll up, apples & peanut butter, and a baby bel ladybug on top of wheat thins.

Mine had the same carrot raisin roll ups, part of an apple, vanilla creme brule mini rice cakes, and some tomatoes (from my garden), mozzarella & basil (also from my garden) drizzled with a little balsamic. Those little carrot raisin roll ups are really tasty and not too bad on the points.

One last post & bento for April

It was pretty out at lunch time, and kinda warm (52° according to the car thermometer) so we went for a drive rather than eating at home. Soaked up some sunshine and enjoyed our lunches out.

The pink box is mine and the green for D. Both wraps are turkey and cheese, but mine has additional slices of cucumber and is sitting near a cut up radish. I've also got fresh strawberries and pineapple and a little bear face made from a Babybel cheese and carrots for ears. D has carrots, wrapped Babybel and underneath the cheese is a small cup of granola. I made the granola bars again, but they didn't hold together in bars. They do however make great granola cereal which I had this morning with vanilla almond milk over it. So yummy. Oh, and the little penguin man has more bleu cheese dressing for dipping the carrots.

Egg Salad Bentos

Here are two bentos I made earlier this week using sandwich thins filled with egg salad.

This green bento box was for D, with egg salad on a sandwich thin surrounded by baby carrots (one somewhat carved into a fish shape) and a radish star. In the bottom tier we have pop chips, more carrots, and a Babybel cheese with a heart cutout. Under the cheese is a container with bleu cheese dressing for dipping.

In my slim pink box I've also got a sandwich thin with egg salad, radish flowers, and lettuce. In the bottom pineapple & baby cucumbers along with the wax cutout from the Babybel cheese.

The Plated Bento

The other day I was in a hurry for lunch, but wanted to have a sort-of bento too, so I threw this together in my bento box. No, there's no way I could have gotten either lid on there, but it was nice to have it all in it's own little box, even if it was on a plate. The plate was more for balancing issues since we were eating in front of the tv (bad I know).

Inside the sandwich thin is chicken salad I made from leftover roasted chicken, a little mayo, grapes & apples, then there's a babybel cheese, fresh watermelon & pineapple, and macaroni salad from the deli.