10 posts tagged “lunch”

Top tier: Salad (from a bag), car-shaped hard-boiled egg, blue cheese salad dressing and ketchup.

Bottom tier: Mini hamburgers (one Morningstar Farms veggie buger cut in quarters, one slice Horizon organic American cheese cut in quarters, Trader Joe's mini pitas)

Further evidence that I've lost my mind.  The good news is that I'm cleaning out my freezer now that I'm back to packing bento.  The bad news is that I really do come up with these little stories and themes when I'm packing my lunch.  And then I share them with you, against my better judgment.

Top tier: Grape tomato "bird" nestled in a stack of Trader Joe's Vegetable Bird Nests.  Kitty cat sauce container keeping an eye on the "bird" while hiding behind an onigiri with salmon furikake.

Bottom tier: Mini pirogies with Morningstar Farms Buffalo Wings; salsa and sour cream in the sauce containers.

In other bento news, I became quite distressed when I thought I had lost my pink elephant sauce bottle (similar to the blue cat in this bento).  I assumed it had gone down the garbage disposal, never to be seen from again.  I even searched for a photo to post poor elephant's obit.  But, then I found it inside a sakura-shaped vegetable cutter.   Hurrah!

Also?  I really think I need some mini hot dog cutters.  Sigh. 

I tend to obsess about bento when I'm trying really hard not to think about other things.  It's no coincidence that I started packing bento in February, the month before my marriage completely imploded.  Prepare to see a bento every day until my son returns from Tunis.

I'm running out of clever bento post titles.  Well, not that the other post titles were that clever.  Let's just say I've stopped trying.  Dates will have to do for now.

Top Tier: Trader Joe's Mini Cheesecake, Bleu Cheese Dressing, "Garden" Salad. (Yes, yes, I'm a total dork.)

Bottom Tier: Spinach & Cheese Tortellini tossed with olive oil, cherry tomatoes, and Trader Joe's Garlic and Herb Chicken Sausage.

I tried to stick to the bento ratio, which is, um... 4:3:1:1?  Damn, now I can't even remember.  Basically, I tried to include more veggies and less crap.  I also tried to crop out most of my dirty counter, but it didn't really work.  Maybe next time I'll use a better background.  Or!  I could actually clean my counter.  Stay tuned to find out.

This looked so much better in my imagination.

Top Tier: tomato and marinated mozzarella skewers, Korean cookie, Babybel cheese with heart cut-out, baby carrots, car-shaped egg with heart (I couldn't find my fish mold - whoops!).

Bottom Tier: Chicken-flavored couscous with carrot and nori decoration.

I've decided to finally stop moping.  Hell, I was getting tired of myself, so I know everyone else must have been, too.  I celebrated my return to happy by packing a bento for tomorrow's lunch.  It's nothing fancy, but I had fun packing it.  I know it will bring a smile to my face at lunch tomorrow and that's kind of the whole point.

Left: Sliced boiled egg and tomato and marinated mozzarella skewer on a bed of romaine lettuce.  Bleu cheese dressing in the Hello Kitty cup.

Top Right: Greek yogurt with desert honey and blueberries.

Bottom Right: Baby carrots. Duh.