Two Bentos, a Dog, and a Mountain

Pretty February Sky

Backyard looks like a glacier

 The last few weeks we've had some interesting weather. One day -25°F. Four days later +40°F. We have a ton of snow on the ground. Some of the snow has been blown into drifts by the fierce winds we frequently have (gusts 50-80 mph are not uncommon). Last night we had freezing rain. Our front yard is buried in 3' of snow and the top is perfectly glassy smooth like ganache from the rain and then freezing again. One plus from this weather was a happy day for Panda earlier this week. She realized if she stood on top of the snow drift in the back yard she could see over the 6' privacy fence. A whole new world...

I found time to make a couple of bentos this week too!

Carrot, raisin & cream cheese roll-ups, fruit, string cheese & crackers for me. Dave's has chocolate animal crackers.

Another bento just for me. I love this box. Happy marching! Avocado & fruit in the bottom with a penguin pick to watch over the marching band, and the top filled with meat and cheese & crackers left over from the Super Bowl party.

A Spring Bento

The last couple of weeks we've had some really nice weather. It's been in the 40s and sunny a lot. Yesterday it was a little gloomy so I made a happy spring-ish bento for lunch.

Tomato, basil, mozzarella and a little balsamic vinegar. Tuna salad in a small pita and fresh pineapple & strawberries. A piece of the basil made it's way onto the pineapple by accident, and it was delish!

Today, our weather has gotten worse. Snow. I shouldn't be surprised really, we pretty much always get snow in April. We'll probably even get more later in the month, but mentally I had hoped to be past this and headed into spring.

This is the view out my home office window. The snow is starting to stick and come down heavier now. Maybe it won't last long...*fingers crossed*...and those of you that live in warm places (like Florida!) send some sun my way!

Bento & Sky

We are supposed to get a big snowstorm tonight - storm warning and all. They are calling for 12" but it's still kind of decent looking out. I took this scenery pic today at lunch time. We drove across town and sat in the sun while we ate. I just love the dramatic sky and clouds we get in the winter.

Not only did we have sun we also had a simple bento lunch. I had the one on the left - strawberries, pineapple, string cheese (it's buried under the animal crackers) animal crackers, celery & pb, and a flatout with cream cheese, carrot, & raisin. Dave's was basically the same, minus the fresh fruit. He had a babybel cheese too.

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.

California Roll Bento

Today's bento was simple, but really tasty & filling. I picked up a container of California Rolls and a hoagie while I was out this morning and came back and made them into a bento for my lunch.

It's hard to see the California roll from this angle, but it's on the side with the radishes & lettuce. Also in the front box are some cheddar flavored Pop Chips. The back container has fresh pineapple and 2 slices off a hoagie sandwich with that yummy hoagie sauce that I can't seem to find here in the store, only in the little packet that comes with the hoagie. Dessert was a black cherry jell-o cup. YUM!

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.

Sunday Bento 03.14.2010

I don't know why, but Sundays seem to be the day my brain wants to be creative and make a bento. Not that they are terribly creative, maybe I just want to eat from a cute box. In any case, this was Sunday's bento.

Fried egg sandwich on a sweet wheat alternative bagel, cheese cut outs, very sad little clementine segments (they were a little past their prime), dried fruit mix and some fresh pineapple.

The flash made the background paper look really washed out.