pita/apple snack/cashew chicken bentos

This is what I had for early lunch today. It's a whole wheat pita with tuna salad (tuna mixed with Annie's Naturals Cowgirl Ranch Dressing) with alfalfa sprouts and cut up tomatoes. It is not really a "bento" but I put it in a bento. smile.


Snack Bento: cut up apple with natural chunky peanut butter for dipping.



Brown rice heated up from dinner last night plus cashew chicken from the local chinese restaurant. I thought I'd make it cute by using the cashews and veggies to make a little face in the rice. I had an orange for dessert.

tuna bento lunch/chicken-brown rice bento dinner

This is what I had for lunch today. Tuna packed in water (drained) with Annie's Naturals "Cowgirl Ranch Dressing" to spread with my nifty bamboo spreader on Ak Mak whole wheat and sesame crachers and sliced radishes.

My dinner bento: Long grain brown rice cooked with Wolfgang Puck chicken stock topped with chicken breast tenders cooked on the Foreman grill with a small salad of alfalfa sprout with Annie's Naturals Tuscan dressing and carrots. I dipped the carrots in Annie's Cowgirl Ranch dressing.

I've been eating more than I should lately, so I was tempted to grab something else with dinner, but I was a good girl and only had herb tea.

I'm getting a sore throat. Hope it isn't strep. (But it easily could be because of my sons has strep right now.)

More bentos

potstickers and carrots with Ranch for dipping in my new bento.

Trader Joe's trail mix, teriyaki steak, yogurt with fresh raspberries, heart shaped sandwich with Laughing Cow cheese, and grape tomatoes.
This was the above bento before I realized I couldn't find the top. :) So, I put it in another bento and added some stuff.
sweet potato from Fresh Choice with brown sugar butter and teriyaki steak, and some melon.

Onigiri and pasta bento dinner 9-6-07

The last of the little brown rice onigiris freshly grilled with olive oil and soy sauce and sprinkled with sesame seeds. One of my sons took the star and I ate the heart. Also some pasta from Whole Foods deli and some heirloom tomato salad (feta, red onion, yellow and red heirloom tomatoes). I also ate two small peanut rice balls for dessert.

Brown Rice Onigiri Bento Lunch 9-5-07

This was a very tasty lunch! Brown rice onigiri pan grilled with soy sauce and olive oil and sprinkled with sesame seeds; mixed greens with candied pecans, bleu cheese, cranberry; apricot/applesauce; containers of balsamic dressing for salad (white bottle) and soy sauce for onigiri (tomato shaped bottle).

Chicken, Brown Rice, and Veggies Bento Dinner 9-4-07

Chicken, Brown Rice, Mixed Veggies on left, a few fresh veggies and some concord grapes on the right. I only ate about four of the grapes as they were very sour. I left about 1/4 of the rice dish, too.

Salad and Sandwich Bento Lunch 9-4-07

I ate a bit more than I should have today for lunch. Bread sticks in the lid, mixed greens with candied pecans, blue cheese, cranberries and balsamic dressing. A little sandwich of chicken salad and oat bran bread that I cut to the perfect size with a little tupperware-like container I have plus a few grape tomatoes and a couple sugar snap peas.

Bow Tie Pasta and Chicken Bento Dinner 9-3-07

Matcha Green tea mini-muffin that I made this morning (I thought I might eat this one, but I didn't), fresh veggies that I dipped in Ranch dressing; bow tie pasta with diced chicken (Schwan's) and garlic, can of fire-roasted diced tomatoes with med green chilies and a can of black beans, water, thyme, salt and pepper, and shredded parmesan cheese.

Pumpkin Risotto Cake bento dinner 9-1-07

white peach, raspberries, concord grapes on the left, top half of pumpkin risotto cake (arborio rice, veggie stock, pumpkin, onion, chanterelles, romano cheese, carrots, olive oil, and spices), and stir-fried veggies. (all from whole foods)

Hawaiian drumette and veggies bento lunch 9-1-07

Went to Whole Foods today! Left section has at the top "broccoli crunch" salad with red onions, cashews, and bacon. At the bottom of that section is stir-fried veggies; then we have the hawaiian drumettes in the right section.

Purple Bear, Purple Bear, What do you see? Bento Lunch 8/31/07

I was in the mood for fresh veggies and fruit today! Carrots, broccoli, sugar snap peas with a container of ranch dressing for dipping, then orange slices and strawberry hearts and a hard boiled egg shaped like a bear and painted purple with food coloring, plus a little container of salt and pepper to eat him with! :) I also ate the almondina cookies that were still in my lunch bag from yesterday. Yum!

BBQ Pork Sandwich bento dinner 8-30-07

This was a quick dinner after Back to School Night... Schwan's french bread with Schwan's BBQ shredded pork inside (heat and eat) plus brussel sprouts leftover from last night. There were two more (that I ate already while making this).

lentils and rice and bunny egg bento lunch 8-30-07

Brown rice; whole lentils (from dinner the other night), container of salt and pepper for the egg; grapes; bit of red leaf lettuce; and a little hard boiled egg bunny with food coloring on the details. :) I also had a couple almondina cookies that I put in a little container, but I forgot to eat those at lunch.

raviolini and greens bento dinner 8-29-07

small continer of raviolini (tiny little cheese filled raviolis) with jar sauce and shredded parmesan cheese, brussel sprouts with some of the parm cheese, red leaf lettuce with alfalfa sprouts (later topped with Newman's Own Balsamic dressing; celery with light laughing cow cheese.

Chicken Salad and shu-mei bento lunch 8-29-07

Left tier: salad dressing and soy sauce bottles; 2 shu-mei; peanut butter rice krispy treat; red leaf lettuce, alfalfa sprouts, and cut up chicken from last night's dinner.

Indian Lentil and Rice Dinner 8-28-07

This was a quick heat and eat whole lentil packet that I got at Trader Joe's. It was good, but a bit on the spicy side for me. I put it over some brown rice that I had left over in the fridge (heated it up in microwave); a red leaf lettuce salad with sprouts and carrots, a little shu-mei and a rice krispy treat that I made with some natural peanut butter added to the recipe. I was full after eating everything but the salad so I left the salad for later. :)

Ham Sammie bento lunch 7-28-07

This is a cute little sandwich made with Orowheat 100% whole wheat "light" bread. It's smaller than regular loaves of bread and fits perfectly into a bento without having to trim the crust! The sandwich has two slices of ham and two of jack cheese and some leaf lettuce and mustard. Plus some carrots and a little container of organic ranch for dipping.

Potsticker Bento Dinner 8-21-07

2 potstickers, leftover ceasar salad, tomato basil baked cracker chips (I usually don't eat things like that, but wanted to try these...okay, but not that great). I put some sauce on the potstickers after this photo.

Chinese Take-Out Bento Lunch 8-27-07

chicken fried rice; 2 potstickers and a little carrot shaped bottle of sauce for them; tiny asian custard dessert; alfalfa sprout and baby carrot salad with Newman's Own balsamic dressing.

Chinese take-out bento dinner 8-26-07

chicken fried rice, potsticker, crab rangoon, and chicken chow mein for dinner tonight.