Friday, October 29, 2010

Same as yesterday, different bento



Bottom tier: Organic mixed greens, plum tomatoes, fat-free feta, and a little drizzle of really old Italian dressing

Top tier: Tuna pasta salad (rotini, canned carrots & peas, 2 types of canned tuna -- tuna in olive oil with sundried tomatoes, and tonno, and a large dollop of light mayo).

Also added some spelt lemon snaps in a baggie on top.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

A very American Bento Colors, 10/28

Too lazy to put together an elaborate bento today, so everything that went into my lunch is chilled or room temp.


Bottom tier (left-most): Organic mixed greens, plum tomatoes, and a little drizzle of really old Italian dressing

Middle tier: Tuna pasta salad (rotini, canned carrots & peas, 2 types of canned tuna -- tuna in olive oil with sundried tomatoes, and tonno, and a large dollop of light mayo). I debated whether to put this in the bottom tier, but I've had quite a lot of tuna lately and decided it'd be best to limit my mercury intake, however little difference there really is between the two tier sizes.

Top tier: A slice and a half of a salted olive oil rosemary loaf, spread with kalamata tapenade. Also stuck a few spelt lemon snaps into the top layer, and took along a banana.

 

A pretty autumn tree as taken from the train platform. Rather misleading, as it's supposed to be near 80 F degrees and super humid today...(but back to the 50s tomorrow).

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Poka Poka Bento

Today's lunch went into the two side containers of the Poka Poka bento set. The containers are sturdy, light, and the lids are air & watertight. I put plum tomatoes and shredded cheese into one container, and lined the other with plastic wrap before pouring about 2 tbsp of taco sauce in (mostly for fear of staining). I kept my lunch bag upright for the most part, so it may be that more than the container that kept everything neat and dry. A gordita tortilla went into a plastic ziploc, along with a banana on the side. Then, come lunchtime, I made a meximelt in the microwave. Voila!

Monday, October 25, 2010

Bento, 10/25!

Sadness. A new, black Bento Colors was introduced at the sale price a week after my purchase. However, I'm quite happy with the product performance, regardless of color, so I suppose I can't complain...

Today's bento:


Bottom tier (right-most): White rice (long grain) and a soft-boiled egg drizzled with Maggi in a silicone cupcake cup. Both were cooked last night and chilled overnight, as I didn't want the egg to remain at room temperature all morning.

Middle tier: Leftover turkey chili and succotash, both from cans (which my supervisor now tells me is dangerous, due to bisphenol...). The succotash was liquidy, and leaked out of its tier a little bit. The case caught it before it got all over my purse, but it was still a little messy. Lesson learned.

Top tier: Sliced Gala apple drizzled with lemon juice to prevent browning.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Bento Colors!

Bento & Co celebrated their 2nd anniversary with a sale, including the ever-popular Bento Colors. I was holding out for one of the more muted, natural colors (metallic charcoal, grey, gold), but these were not included in the sale.

Lo and behold, the packed Bento Colors (in purple, of course)! The contents may not look so classy this time around, but hey, it only took 5 minutes to put together this morning.


Bottom tier: Piping hot white rice (medium grain, so it's slightly sticky), sprinkled with gomashio (salted black sesame seeds), and an umeboshi (pickled plum) in the middle.

Middle tier: Leftover greenbean casserole (unless you have a real need for it, don't use low sodium cream of mushroom! it is not the same!) and a soft-boiled egg.

Top tier: Sliced Gala apple drizzled with lemon juice to prevent browning.

Since this bento holds 650ml but is supposed to tide me over til about 9pm tonight, I included a slice of pumpkin pie (from Johnson's Corner Farm) on the side. The only other thing I'd want to include is a little Maggi for the egg.

Overall, I'm very pleased with this purchase! It's a little heavier than expected, but definitely feels sturdy/durable. The carrying box finish looks like it will show scuffing fairly quickly, but that won't affect functionality.

The Poka Poka set next time, perhaps. Until then, Happy Tuesday!