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3carbs/2vegs/1meats
Red, Yellow, Green, Brown/Dark, White/Light

Mind, I'm a college student - if I can do it, YOU can do it! Feel free to comment if you have any questions on any of my bentos!

Poke-bento




TOO COOL!!! I so wish I could find one of these...

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Massive Bento Upload, 4/14/12


Eurgh... commence major upload. If you're not following, I'm posting my bentos on my twitter as I sit down to eat them. SO YOU GET REAL TIME BENTO ACTION IN REAL TIME. Or something similarly awesome. I warn you, though: some of these things are mighty tasty, and may cause you to be extremely hungry and/or jealous of my mad bentoing skills.

ALSO. Awesome Spongebob Bento I saw on Facebook:

That is all.

~Lady K
(And yes, I'm posting these according to the time I ate them, not necessarily when I post them... BECAUSE THE PICTURES ARE TIME AND DATE MARKED FOR MY CONVENIENCE. At this moment, I will commence with Bento #27! Because that's how far behind I am...)

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Bento #35


Today is a little... ehh. I mean, diced hot dogs? That's just a special kind of lame. BUT LOOK AT THE ACOUTREMENTS. Lipton tea, Cranberry juice, a can of store-brand Dr. Pepper (probably) and a value cup (also of Dr. Pepper, one wouldn't wonder - this time on tap) and HONEY MUSTARD, waiting for them little doggies, and my little work hat and Bento strap and time card... And my notebook! Because who needs to simplify their background when they have so much CRAP on the table during their lunch break?

Ruleswise: Carbs are a bit short, and the greens are a bit over proportion, but everything's accounted for: crackers for carbs, salad for greens, hot dogs for meat, strawberries for fruit, and even COOKIES. Odds are good I didn't drink all that crap (just the on-top poison of choice) but it was in the picture... Colourwise... eh. Almost, but not quite.

Results: That honey mustard is good, man. A rather simple, almost silly lunch, but quite tasty enough. AND IT JUST LOOKS PRETTY if you ignore the hot dogs and pretend there's something pretty there...

Bento #34


Ehh... A bit on the run, today. SO, I made sammiches. BUT, we're out of bread, SO I made WAFFLE sammiches. Which are like regular sammiches, only with WAFFLES. It actually worked out nicely, because it kept the honey mustard rather nicely - also, ham and white American cheese (because I feel not-as-bad about eating American cheese if it's at least not that atrocious yellow colour). Halfed, and then nestled in (I ATE THE FOURTH HALF WHILE MAKING THE BENTO BECAUSE IT LOOKED SO FRAKKING YUMMY. And because it didn't quite fit. I also totally ate the sandwiches by themselves right there at the bus stop and ate the salad later...). Salad, strawberries and Thin Mints in the other half. Like I do.

Ruleswise: Carbs for waffles, meat for ham, fruit for strawberries, veggies for salad. (Yes, I did that backwards.) Also, cookies. The sandwich COULD be more substantial, but whatevs. I was in a rush. Colourwise, not too bad, though - red, green, black, yellow, and a little pink and white. And gold, if you count the mustard. Actually, a rather colourful bento in the end.

Results: Oh, that sammich was mighty tasty. And I already told you how much I love the rest of it the other day...

Bento #33 (Breakfast)


A quick and easy breakfast bento today: waffles with apple jelly and a diced chicken tenderloin breast, with a healthy serving of honey mustard, OBVIOUSLY. I did mention it is my most favourite condiment, like, EVER.

Ruleswise: Carb and protein heavy, and bonus fruit stuffs! Colourwise, rather... yellow. So, fail.

Results: It was decidedly yummy, too! Although the chicken tends to be a bit extra chewy where it's mostly breading rather than meat at the ends. And since it's nuked food... Ehh. You know how it be. But considering it's NUKED food, it's splendiferously satisfactory.

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Bento #32


TALK ABOUT JOY IN A BOX. Today we had manicotti (which hardly survived its original cooking - the microwave decided to kaput after the pure AWESOMENESS of this dish finished cooking, so I had to wait until we got a new one, like, the next day before I could make this bento. WHICH IS JUST SAD because manicotti is TEH SCHITTE.

So, manicotti (as I said), with Club crackers (oh such yumminess...), fresh strawberries (OMG MAH FAVRITE), Thin Mints (it's Girl Scout cookie season again!!!) and of course a side salad of my favourite spring mix. TALK ABOUT JOY IN A FRAKKING BOX, YOU GUYS.

Ruleswise: Carbs and meat in abundance? Manicotti and crackers - check. Veggies after? Salad is a very happy check. Fruit after? STRAWBERRIES ARE A CHECK. I even got dessert! Proportionately, I'm AMAZING today. And colourwise I am ON FIRE! Red! Green! Dark! Light! ...Manicotti tastes better than you look, but DAMN DID IT TASTE GOOD. But that bottom tier is amazingly beautimous colourwise!

Results: It was joy in a box. What can I say?! You know, if you eat Thin Mints and strawberries together, IT TASTES LIKE CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES. Which in a way, it is. Also? MANICOTTI. Best thing ever, this Italian food. COMFORT FOOD FOR THE WIIIIN...

Bento #31


Ah, spring mix salad greens! I love thee so much... So, salads are awesome, in case you didn't know, and I LOVE THEM. Said salad was served with fresh onion, turkey, crackers (for CRUMBLING of course!) and pineapples on the side. Also, fresh lemonade (*SNERK*), some M&Ms and a vanilla frosty. Because I work at Wendy's now, and I totally made myself an M&M... err... whatever the Frosty equivalent of a Blizzard/McFlurry would be, because it's NOT a McFlurry. AT ALL. >.>

Ruleswise: A bit overkill on the veggies, actually, and not enough carbs and meat, so ratiowise, a bit of a fail, but I don't know that I really care because OMG FRESH SALAD. Just saying, odds are good I will break that rule a lot. Ratiowise bad, but I hit the checklist - turkey for protein, crackers for carbs, craptons of veggies, and pineapple for fruit (acourse). Colourwise, ehh. White, pink, yellow, green... If you count the M&Ms and frosty, SURE, you get your colours... But I don't think you really CAN since it's not in the bento box...

Results: Well, dessert was awesome... I had it all through lunch! The salad was scrumptious, although the crackers tend to get a smidge soggy - the ones closet to the turkey, that is, get a smidge moist (what a horrid word, 'moist') but still crumbled nicely. Odds are good I had some of the pomegranate vinegarette from work with this... but maybe I stashed some dressing under the greens. WHO KNOWS? This kind of guesswork is what happens when I don't post immediately...

Bento #30


Some more of that white rice, again slathered in honey mustard. Some hot dogs, apple slices (cured with Italian vinegarette, if I remember right) and stuffed tomatoes. YUM.

Ruleswise: Veggies, carbs, meat, fruit - all present and accounted for! And in good proportions. Colourwise, a bit too much yellow and red... even if the tomatoes had a nice amount of colour in them on their own.

Results: The stuffed tomatoes... were far better fresh. The rice wasn't much better today, and I confess I had the Chex Mix as a back-up for just that reason. The apples came out slimy, so I will DEFINITELY have to get some lemon juice so I can cure them properly... It's on my grocery list, I swear. Overall, a pretty disappointing bento.

Bento #29 (Breakfast)


So, I went to church on Sunday and, like they do, they have BREAD there. Our church has this nifty thing with the local Panera so's they can go pick up day-old bread on Sat. night rather than throw it away - we get free bread for churchfolk, and Panera writes it off as a business expense. Sweet deal, right? I happened to snag some bread after service, and among the things was this rather yummy cinnamon croissant! So, you know what I did: I toasted it and chopped it up and put it in my bento! To be honest, it was a day full of chopping - I also had apple slices and a hot dog chopped up in this morning's bento.

Ruleswise: Meat and carbs AND fruits! Winning, today! Colourwise, rather fail - the apple slices make for yellow and red, I suppose, but then you have the meat... and the croissant. It's pretty bland and unattractive to look at. Not too bad proportionately... though it could do with more carbs of a less sugary variety.

Results: The croissant was damned tasty, but my attempt at keeping the apples was... pretty sad. It was kinda 'blech' but edible.

Bento #28


Today's lunch was more of that white rice, served alongside grilled chicken (diced) and garnished with honey mustard (one of my favourite condiments EVAR) for our top tier. The bottom tier has fresh spinach leaves (underneath of which is some 1000 Island salad dressing), croutons, and some strawberry jam. Because.

Ruleswise: ...because strawberry jam TOTALLY counts as fruit content, right? It was a bit lame, but for a fresh start, I think I didn't do TOO horrible. Rice and croutons make for a rather impressive starch/carbs count, and the chicken is a good amount of protein - and spinach for veggies. I even say I did well(-ish) colourwise - white for the rice, yellow for the mustard, an almost gold for the croutons, green for the spinach, and a nice dark red for the strawberries. The chicken and rice come off a bit redundant, but I think I did a good job otherwise. The ratio isn't bad, but the strawberry jam really is a shameful attempt at a fruit insert...

Result: As with breakfast, rice was kinda 'meh', but the mustard helped. I don't remember if/how I ate the jam... Might have used rice or some not-shown Club crackers... The spinach was dressed in thousand island (you can just make it out if you look hard enough) and topped with croutons. It was a rather bland, kind of 'meh' meal over all, and not the prettiest/tastiest bento on the list, for sure.

Bento #27 (Breakfast)


Hi there! Today, we have white rice (made by the ever-lovely Janine... though I'm not sure when), two eggs, sloppy (which means, my original intent was over easy or summat, and then I screwed it up and ceased to care) and a waffle, with apple jelly sandwiched inside it.
Ruleswise: Protein and carbs, yes. Even a little fruit! So good as far as content. Proportion isn't bad, either. Colours on the other hand... I'll give white and dark, but too much yellow. And the apple is more a caramel coloured jelly, IF you see it (which you can't) so you still lose. But if I pretend it's an apple, that's red, so... not so bad.
Results: Ehh... I didn't cook the rice terribly well, so it clumped up (which is rather unpleasant) and it was rather bland to begin with. I've a firm policy against things tasting bland... Some duck sauce would have been lovely, and the eggs came out a bit charred as well - they could have taken the sauce as well. The waffle-with-jam is always a pleasant treat, though, even if the apple jelly in particular is a bit light in taste...

Bento #26 (Breakfast)


Hello, everyone! I know it's been a while, but I'm back! I have very pretty, LEGIT bento boxes now (I'll get the deets later for you) -- one of which is a very handsome black two-tiered bento (which I shall use for lunches) and the other is a small, pretty pink one (which I shall use for breakfasts). I even have a legit bento bag - it's yellow and has adorable teddies and kanji on it. Again, pix and deets later. Also, I'm posting these after the fact, but I'm tweeting the pix on my twitter (@ladyslupe13) before I eat them, so... Yeah. But, it's a private twitter, so you'll just have to wait until I post it later...

For now, let's get started! This first one is breakfast - two hot dogs (I know there's a specification for what it is with what meat is in it, but they're a conglomeration of things, so... yeah), Club crackers, and a nice spoonful of strawberry jelly (or is it jam? Again, I know there's a difference, but I don't feel like checking it at present...).

Ruleswise: My breakfasts are pretty carb and protein heavy, since I need the energy for work, and it's a much smaller bento. Ratio-wise, not too bad, mostly carbs (crackers), the protein (dogs) and even a fruit, for fun tiems (jelly). Colourwise... it could be better, but it could also be worse.

Results: The meal was actually pretty yummy, even if it's a bit tricksy to manage to get jelly on your crackers without getting it on yourself. It shifted a little in transit (I pack the bento and catch the bus, then eat breakfast while I wait for the 1), which was sad, but it was a good ratio, packing-wise. The jelly/jam/whatever idea is a good one for fruit ratios...

Bento #25 - Breakfast & Lunch


Yeah, I'm gonna put them together, why not? First off, first bento in WAY too long. Secondly, I'm still trying to get used to waking up at six in the morning, so my logic was a bit... off. Also... veggies were scarce. And I had leftovers to be rid of, so... I promise, it'll get better when I get more moneyz :P


For the morning bento, it was pretty simple:




Two poached eggs - I just got a poached egg tray for nuking mah eggs, and they worked, but about five seconds before two minutes in, one of them exploded out of the tray. ...One of the things about eggs: they like to explode. As it is, I kind of anticipated they wouldn't come out perfect the first time (as I said, JUST bought the tray, will take a little experimentation to get it right) but they were fully cooked and intact, but for some small bits, and VERY yummy - I ate them with a healthy dollop of honey mustard, which is what's under the fork. Also, two waffles, sandwiched with some apple butter I got from a Cracker Barrell - usually I do a jam/jelly/preserve AND a bit of cream cheese, but the lunch bento was pretty bad... so I made up for it by killing the cream cheese. 


The lunch bento on the other hand...:







Yes, that's chinese food. Terribly unhealthy stuff. General Tso's, at that, AND remnants of fried rice (leftovers - wanted to eat it before too long, and as I said before - six in the morning. Mental capacities not there). Also... chocolate cake. Because I also have a huge slab of chocolate cake I haven't eaten, so I dealt a slice. A hoagie, broken in half, lines the western wall, while three fig newtons are on the southern wall.


Yes, that's all that's in it.


As far as rules, breakfast: 1, lunch: -3, I think. Breakfast has some basic carbs, fruit, and even a protein, with the added awesome of a condiment - I've grown to appreciate and ADORE mustard over the last few years, let me tell you. Colourwise, we get some white, yellow with the mustard, and a brownish-red for the apple butter, and while the cream colour of the waffles is a bit off, considering that this was also rushed and before 7 in the morning, I say not bad. Passing, applaudable, even. Not to mention damn yummy. The apple butter is a bit subtle, but very good. The eggs, while looking like they survived a werewolf attack and winning no fashion contests, where fascinating in their ragged way, and plenty scrumptious. I heard a suggestion of vinegar, so that's something I'll have to try out sometime... Lunch, we got carbs, sure, but the protein? That chicken is cheating, at best. Chinese is TERRIBLE for you, much as I love it ^-^ I honestly couldn't find any veggies but canned corn or mixed veggies (although I DID find some peppers and onions - I have some sausage that will go lovely with that!) and will need to make a ginormous batch of rice, as well. Replacing veggies with chocolate cake isn't something I suggest, and I would have been more adamant about following the rules if I had been more sane when concocting the bento. Colourwise? DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH. Red chicken, maybe purple for the figs, and the nearly black cake, but half the bento is yellow! Very fail. :P A very bad bento, and I'm almost ashamed to show it, but needs must do what one must. I promise to do better in the future!


...Yeah, I have a whole pack of fig newtons, so those'll be about for a bit, but I might not pack THREE of them in the future... they're pretty rich, and more a dessert than a side XD ... also, saladstuffs! If I can get more XD Signing off for now!


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Once More, With Feeling!


...I'd usually say something geeky about that allusion, but I honestly don't know where that comes from. (Need to check that...) I Think it's Shakespeare, so we'll go with that.

SO ANYWAY. I know a bunch of you are like, 'wha...? Who dis?' because I haven't posted in so long. Well, I have a long sob story about a stolen laptop, the replacement not having a webcam, and the lack of a similar digital optical capture device, but I have one, now! I also have college, again, and the combo means, bentos!

Now, I have this crazy idea that, instead of taking one class a day, I jam all my classes into only two days a week (generally a MoWe or TuTh schedule) thus increasing my optimum employment opportunities (should such an employment opportunity present itself - ie, time to work if I can find a job) or otherwise enjoy the rest of the week doing... whatever the hell it is I wanna do. These days, it's crafting (I has an Etsy now!), Facebookerin', writing, and whatever other artsy fartsy things I get up to. The result is a Mo schedule of 8-2 (which means if I have something to do downtown, you get a lunch bento, but don't count on it - I'm more likely to go home and eat there... So no guarantee of bento) and a We schedule of - get this - 8-2, and 4-10. Yes, that means I have a two hour break for lunch, and will be here ALL DAY. So, I will have a lunch bento AT LEAST once a week, and occassionally more often than that (if I make something in that style) and maybe even the occassional breakfast 'bento', which is basically my meal to go. Breakfast bentos emphasise carbs, protein, and fruit, and will be smaller and simpler, whereas the lunch is the full-big bowl bento with all five food groups, when possible. If I'm cheating, I'll let you know.

As it is! I hope you lot enjoy my bento blog, and I look forward to sharing my lunch with you!

Snack happy! Eat Healthy
~Lady K

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Bento #24


 At long last! I'm settled again! School started week before last, but I've only just now gotten all the crap for my bentos again. CRAZY SUMMER! New place! Two dogs, new boyfriend - all kinds of craziness! And a new semester of school, which naturally means more bentos! >.> Luckily for me, I got started out with Chinese leftovers! w00t w00t!

For today's bento, I used a 750 mL bowl that I picked up at the local Farm Fresh (pack of four, actually), half full of white rice, then on the side I put a serving of leftover... garlic beef and vegetables? Something with beef and veggies in it. I then used a leaf of romaine lettuce (like I do...) to seperate the beef from the other two sides, and finished with some Amish potato salad (mmm... Amish potato salad...) and grapes (UVAS!!!). Accompanied with grape kool-aid :P

Managed to get all the food groups! Rice for carbs, and I believe the potato salad counts as vegetables... but if not, there were some in the Chinese, if you want to be that way. Fruit in the grapes, meat in the beef, all is well! Colourwise, beef is dark, rice is white, green grapes and lettuce, red peppers in the chinese, and yellow for the potato salad (mmm... Amish potato salad...)!

:D All in all, a successful first bento of the season! >.> The chinese was really yummy... I look forward to having more of it!

Bento #23


 For dinner last night, my dad had purchased barbecued rotisserie chicken. ^-^ It was SOOO good. I don't see why people have to put dips with it - it's so moist and yummy by itself! My dad had also gone to Lone Star with his wife recently for his birthday dinner, and they had some of the bread left, so I got to use that ;).

For the bento, I started with the chicken (which I'd pulled off the bone to be more space efficient - it came off of a leg and thigh; my dad had cut the birds into quarters) on the end, then three slices of the bread, which was paired with two leaves of romaine lettuce. At the other end, I used Sociables crackers with strawberry jam.

:( Yeah, jam's all I have for fruit. >.> Until NOW. My dad just came home with a case of strazzleberries, so w00t for red fruitses! There are oranges (at least I think they're oranges - they could be tangerines) and a green apple in the fridge, but they're in Lori's drawer, which means no touchie (folks are possessive here about their food!) and there were some bananas somewhere... Anywho. Jam for fruit, crackers and bread for carbs, chicken for meat, and lettuce for veggies :P Bit failworthy with the ratio, again. Colours, I have, though: green (lettuce), yellow (crackers), red (jam), light (chicken) and dark (bread - weird, eh?).

It's a nice cold meal - as in, no reheating needed - which is pretty cool! ^-^

Bento #22


:P So, we had tacos for dinner Tuesday, so I took some of what was left and put it into a bento ^-^ . Having tomatoes for fruit was REALLY awesome.

So I started off with a bed of soft taco (to make a bed of soft taco, one folds a soft taco shell in half, then lies it on the bottom of the bento - I honestly have a bother with how to appropriately say "fold" in past tense - feld and folded both sound stupid to me), then I put in taco meat on the end, a section of lettuce, a section of diced tomatoes, a section of salsa, a section of crunched up hard taco shell, then sprinkled cheddar cheese on the taco meat. :P The only thing missing was the sour cream!

Ruleswise, taco for meat, tomato and salsa for fruit, lettuce for veggie, and shells for carbs. The ratio is probably way off, but it was the fixin's for two tacos, and tacos aren't exactly Japanese ^-^. Colourwise, I did have red (tomatoes/salsa), yellow (cheese), green (lettuce), dark (meat), and light (soft taco). ;) Yay for actually having mah colours!

It ended up getting scrambled on the way to school (not that I minded - it's taco stuffs!) so I ate it as a taco salad, and it was muy scrumptiouso! :D

Return of the Rules (Bento #21)


 I DID IT!!! I made a bento! ^0^ FRABJOUS DAY!!!

Today, I made a bento with leftovers from a kielbasa and rice night we had a little while ago - I reheated the rice and buttered it to make it taste a bit better. I set it to the side with two leaves of romaine lettuce, then placed two pieces of bread (folded in half with strawberry jam) on the other end, then placed slices of kielbasa on top. :( I really wish my laptop had webcam - I have one somewhere that's got pretty crappy focus on it, but I'll hook it up at some point.

Ruleswise, I've got the carbs (rice), meat (sausage), vegetables (lettuce), and fruit (jam). Colourwise, white for rice, dark for meat, red for jam, green for veggies. >.> no yellow, but if you want, the rice and bread aren't the same colour. :P Yeah, I'm a cheater. Given the last minute status, you can give me a break, yeah?

^-^ It was a nice return to bentoing! It tasted darn scrumptious as I was making it. >.> I'm just curious as to how it'll keep until I get the chance to eat it tomorrow ;)
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Motivation Boost


^0^ OMGZ YOUSE GUYS!!!

>.> Now, I know. I've been majorly slacking on my bentos - the food choice around here REALLY sucks, and quite frankly, I honestly don't always have the initiative to make myself good lunches anymore - something I'm kicking myself for periodically, I assure you. BUT OMGZ! ladylenneth, the wonderful one, has introduced me to bentolunch, a community for bento makers! ^0^ OMGZ! I'm so excited to meet new peeps! As it is, this makes me REALLY motivated - I want to make a bento, even though I definitely JUST ate lunch... :P Weird, me. For sure.

~Lady K (Kat-san)

I Suck (Also, Bento #20)


 Yeah, I suck. I have made, like, seven or eight bentos and not posted ANY of them. I'll put today's and see if I can't add some other ones. T-T I'm sorry you guys.

Today, I have some KFC leftovers from last night, as well as oranges, as Lori has managed for me to have oranges and red apples (ACTUALLY RED APPLES!!! OMG!!!) purely for my bentos, so that's terribly exciting. For today's bento, I had two rolls (since that's the last of that bag), as well as a tortilla, but I cooked it, so it's more of a tortilla chip. Also, romaine lettuce (my most very favourite vegetabacle), a chicken wing, and half an orange and a small amount of red grapes for filler.

Ruleswise, I had yellow/orange (orange), red (grapes), green (lettuce), light (rolls), and dark (fried chicken!). I managed to get a good ratio for the meat and  bread, though I think I have more fruit than vegetables. I was running kind of late this morning, so instead of slicing and vinegar-ing my fruit to make it last, i just peeled the orange and left it in portions, and it kept rather well, which is a good thing. I'll have to keep it in mind for the future.

It was rather yummeh, although people are always picking at my food, since it looks very yummy and is very yummy and they're broke and hungry college students. Still, I loved the chicken and grapes and oranges and the rolls and lettuce are always good, and the tortilla was a nice last-minute fix. I might have to use it again in the future ^-^
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Bento #19


 Today I made a bento! Don't be so surprised - it's unkind. On the upside of life, I made a bento for lunch today (yay for a post!) and also made a friend through one dear Bryan, a beloved Rennie companion of mind - his new lady friend is a bento lady, apparently, which is very much cool. Her name is Lauren, and she's blessed me with a most splendid rice recipe that I shall have to try at some point in the future... Also, some nifty tips for onigiri, so hopefully more of that!

As is my usual, I like Chinese on occasion, and Friday was such a day. After going through the much obliged sharing of food (T-T almost all my chicken and broccolli was gone, and I was REALLY looking forward to it...) and eating some, I tossed the rice in the fridge, and a portion of sesame chicken in the freezer. For lunch, I had half a bento of white rice, some lettuce as seperation, a sliced apple (red! can you believe it?!), and the serving of sesame chicken, with a cheating Dr. Pepper for drink.

Ruleswise: Rice for carbs, apples for fruit, lettuce for vegetable (ley-too-say!), and the chicken for meat. Apples were red and yellow, lettuce was green, meat was dark, and rice was white.

Result: It seemed a little off, although I couldn't say why... I guess too much white, perhaps, but then, it's also been a while since I did a bento. I guess I'd like some bolder green for the lettuce, too - it's getting up in age, and it's a pale green, versus the dark, stark romaine my dad used to buy. TOTALLY putting wraps and romaine lettuce on the grocery list, now that I think about it. I be specific, I might get it.

Bento #18


Okay, so I am a specimen of Slacker Maximus, I'm well aware. I HAD a bento today, but I TOTALLY forgot to snap a picture of it before I ate it! Seriously! I even have a buddy sitting here eating what's left of it, and I realised this. STILL, I shall post, nevertheless!

For my lunch today, I had a serving of this really yummy scrambled egg I made with some steak fajita leftovers. i made about four or five servings of it, one of which went into a yermeh breakfast sandwich this morning with provolone cheese. Mm... But! For lunch, I tossed one of those in, some leftover fried rice (one of the small boxes of rice, I find, constitutes half a bento of rice, which is lovely), a handful of mushrooms (why not?) and some frozen red grapes (since APPARENTLY there is no real fruit in my house). After which I realised I had orange juice that i even poured myself with my breakfast -- if there is still some left when I get home, I may, perhaps, freeze it for a fruit pop of some kind for a fruit serving, if that'll work... For drink, I have taken to bringing cups and tea bags and just having straight hot tea, so, I went with that, although I actually ended up buying a Vault >.> which I shouldn't have, because I'm very close to broke, but I'll survive, I suppose.

Ruleswise: I managed the carb (rice), veggie (mushroom - mushrooms are veggies, right?), fruit, and protein (and even a little bit of peppers for some more veggies), and in the right proportions, which is always my first priority. Colourwise, I did manage the orange with rice, the red with grapes, yellow with eggs, green with peppers, and dark with peppers! Almost had the colours rule, darnit... Replace the orange or red with white? :D Why not? Make the rice, pretend it was steamed, and we'd be good!

Result: It was rather scrumptious, but I've snacking on other peoples' Chinese all day as well, so I had a friend help me finish it, but he really liked it, so I count it success.

Bento #17


 So, I finally got a job (WOOHOO!) -- I mean, I worked, rather. For the Oravetzes, from noon to nine, and not only did I get paid (30), I got overtime (+20) AND a bonus (+10)! So, I've been extremely wealthy this weekend, and yet I've been determined to spend it wisely. Ten dollars went to candy (which should multiply) and, yes, I treated myself to Chinese, but this time I got two lunch specials, so that for less than ten bucks I still got sesame chicken AND General Tso's, which is pretty darn cool. The only problem is, I specifically asked for white rice on BOTH orders, and I got fried rice. Personally, I prefer white, so I was a bit annoyed by that fail on their part, but I was too happy with "Yay! Chinese!" to let it get me down too much. Also, a smoothie at TSC (a little splurge), the teas I needed from the Market (as well as some mango salsa which I REALLY wanted to get last time) and, another little splurge, about $4 worth of shrimp cocktail, which is still a bit.

For my bento today, I have half of the fried rice (I ate the other half), a serving of General Tso's chicken (as if you can see anything around the rice -- it's like a nasty weed, covering everything with its unwantedness!), a cup of green beans, and a serving of grapes. I also packed a peach iced tea, and then purchased a Sunny Day smoothie (not I get to splurging) and some shrimp cocktail, so I'll put that into consideration.

Ruleswise: Proportion wise, I did well. Half carb, one part meat, one veggie, one fruit. Colourwise, it's rather bland.

Result: the rice reheated well, and I did take out a can of green beans this morning for the veggie, but the other half of the can is in my fridge. Yeah, it's a big serving, but whatever. I am trying for colour, but the house is currently a bit devoid of fruits and vegetables, except for the frozen fruits I'm stealing from my dad's smoothie stash (which he still hasn't fussed at me for/noticed. I usually try to think on the former line, to err on the side of caution). But, I now have more tea! Yay! :D

Bento #16


Today, my darling went to school with me, so I made bentos :D He has the strange way of making me very distracted and bad about doing things in an orderly fashion so it was a bit rushed, but it's complete.

For today's bento, I cooked a cup of rice, spooned it into the bento and set it to the side -- half of an apple was a divider, a serving of corn, and then diced teriyaki chicken (T-T the last of it...), and a bottle of tea -- to share, unfortunately. Tony had the exact same thing, only his bento was slightly bigger. I also brought a pair of pudding cups, but that isn't really in the bento itself...

Ruleswise: Half carbs (rice, a serving of veggies (corn), a serving of fruit (sliced green apple), and meat. Colourwise, white (rice), yellow (corn), green (apples), red (tea), and dark (chicken). Also, pudding for the rare dairy product.

Results: The apples were already bad, which was terribly unfortunate, but Tony did enjoy his lunch, so that counts as a success for me, at the very least.


Bento #15


Yesterday's bento. Reminding me that it's been a while. Curious thing of things, I actually found a red apple in my kitchen today! :D I'm terribly sorry to whoever it was, but I simply HAD to eat it, just so I could blog it in here -- look, folks! A red apple! :D

Today's bento is a pair of Jerk Chicken Wraps, as I've mentioned before. It kind of boggled my mind that I hadn't blogged my last ones -- I'm falling behind AND I missed something! *tsks at herself* But, if it's any consolation, they're VERY yummy, so I kind of eat them before I get the chance to take the picture at lunch... >.> Something about "break" in CompSci class making me want to tear into my UBER nummy lunch early...

Anyway! Two jerk chicken wraps -- but, as we're out of lettuce from the ramen on Wednesday, just chicken and cheese (my dad went and bought some), wrapped in tortillas, both nestled beside each other in my bento. A red apple sliced and placed amongst them (when using sliced fruit, I've found that the best way to do it is to float it -- cut side down -- in a small bowl of ice cold water, with a taste of (I use lime juice) either lime juice or lemon juice or, I think I heard, vinegar. When I get older, and live on my own, odds are I'll just use lemon juice (-*- nummy!) for my fruitses. Apparently, the citrus or acid or what have you keeps the apples, bananas, etc., from browning, which means better looking bento, which means happier lunch! Also, a hamburger bun stuffed with spinach dip, and sliced in half for better packing. :D Nummy little sammiches! Teehee! ^-^!

Ruleswise: Red, check! Green, check! Yellow, check! White, check! Dark, check! Fruits, check! Veggies, check! Protein, check! Bread, check! The little spinach sammiches were a life saver, really. Otherwise, I'd have blown it... >.>

Results: Absolutely nummy. And, peppermint tea, which I had brewed that morning and iced, so there's now two whole bottles of it for lunches, as well as pitcher of it in the fridge for refills, which makes me very happy, although now I'm out of peppermint tea in the massive size I need for a pitcher of iced tea... >.>