Bento #24

Wanted something different for dinner. Made Tempura Shrimp. SO GOOD! Leftovers are for lunch tomorrow. (Sorry about the picture. Something is wrong with my camera and it won't let me see what I'm taking a picture of.)

Top tier: Tempura Shrimp; small container of shrimp sauce

Bottom tier: Broccoli; Cucumbers; Carrots; the chick is from All Things for Sale and has dill dip in it for the veggies. She (the chick) is guarding her Cadbury Mini Eggs. I'm not a big chocolate eater, but Cadbury Mini Eggs are my most favorite chocolate around! Thank goodness it only comes out during the Easter season!

I'm hoping the shrimp is as good for lunch tomorrow as it was for dinner!

Enjoy!

Bento #23

Had a sick baby home from school today, but ate my bento for lunch anyway. My Black and Bleu salad was YUMMY! Here's hoping my lunch tomorrow will be just as good.

Top tier: Broccoli Slaw; Garlic and Herb Mahi Mahi

Bottom tier: Strawberries; Grapes; and an Egg Fish! (My first time it didn't come out so well. Had to get bigger eggs. Now, I need to work on trimming the edges a little more. But, I think it turned out well for my first official one. My son wanted to color it, so I obliged!)

As I was assembling this tonight, my daughter (who will be 10 in a few weeks) told me that she would like for me to fix her bentos! Woo Hoo! So, when I make hers, I'll post both our pics! I already "bento" my son's lunch a little. Usually just cut his sandwich into shapes, or put faces on his chicken nuggets. Just things to surprise him, but nothing picture worthy. So, now I have to get creative times 2!

Enjoy!

Bento #22

I'm quite pleased with tomorrow's bento! It's not to fancy, but still looks nice and colorful. We have a restaurant called O'Charley's and they have the BEST salad called the Black and Blue salad. A bed of lettuce with blackened steak and bleu cheese on it. YUM! So, this is my rendition of it:

On the left: Fajita Steak, cut into cubes; containers of Italian dressing; bleu cheese crumbles; strawberries

On the right: Tossed Romaine lettuce and my try at an egg mold of a rabbit. (My Mother-in-law raises chickens and we get fresh eggs from her weekly. I thought they were big enough for all the molds I received for my birthday, but this was THE ONLY mold that turned out! So, I went to the grocery and bought some XL eggs there and will try my hand at the molds again.)

When it's time for lunch tomorrow, I'm tossing it all together in the lettuce container. Maybe not the strawberries. The original salad doesn't have them on it, but I have had other salads that do. So, we'll see what kind of mood I'm in tomorrow!

Since this was so yummy, I'm posting it over at What's for Lunch Wednesday!

Enjoy!

Bento #21

I don't know about you, but I had a great weekend! Spent yesterday with some girlfriends shopping, walked today (Sunday) with another good friend and the weather was BEAUTIFUL! I packed my lunch for tomorrow in my Laptop Lunchbox and used my smiley face pics to show my attitude of this past weekend! Here it is:

Top blue container: Strawberries

Green container: Pickled cucumbers from the Just Bento Cookbook (loved them!)

Bottom Yellow container: Leftovers! Had a Chicken Bacon Artichoke pizza for lunch today, so leftovers for lunch tomorrow.

Purple container: Almonds and in the blue polka dot container is blue cheese crumbles for my strawberries.

On the side: South Beach bar for breakfast

I looked through the recipe book and found some more recipes for later this week. Hope they are as good as my others were!

Enjoy!

Bento #20

I used the Just Bento Cookbook that I got yesterday for my birthday to inspire a couple of things in my bento. Here is my bento for lunch today:

On the left: Ham and Cream Cheese Vegetable Roll Ups (from my new Just Bento Cookbook, page 20); Strawberries

On the right: Instant Cabbage and Cucumber Pickles (from the Just Bento Cookbook, page 15); Bleu Cheese for my strawberries; and a few animal crackers for dessert.

Both recipes were really good and will make them again!

I'll post this over at What's for Lunch Wednesday.

Enjoy!

Bento #19 and IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!

I didn't have a chance to post my bento for today last night, so here's what was my birthday lunch for today!

On the left: Turkey roll ups with some of my smiley face pics. (They're happy because it's my birthday!)
On the right: Babybell cheddar cheese, carrots, and a southwest ranch dressing for me to dip my turkey roll ups in.

Very good!

Now, I am blessed with some very awesome girlfriends in my life. I got to work today and had several presents on my desk...and I loved and appreciated them all! Some of them put a lot of thought into their gifts. (One of my closest friends made me a bucket FULL of my favorite Fiber one/Fiber plus bars and stuff. IT was HUGE!) My other favorite gift was this:

One of the bento cookbooks I wanted (The Just Bento Cookbook) and 4 egg molds!! I was SO excited, and touched, that my Thelma got me some bento goodies (and supported my new habit!).

SO, what did I do all day at work, you ask?! Well, look through my new bento cookbook and make myself a shopping list, of course! I made the pickled cucumbers and cabbage for tomorrow and the ham roll ups with cream cheese and carrots and green beans. I'll post a picture of them tomorrow, as the ham roll up had to chill overnight.

I also got a $30 gift certificate to Amazon.com from my sister. I'm going to get the Yum Yum Bento book and there's a bento box I'm eying on there. I'll post when I get them.

Have a great day! (I know I have!)

Enjoy!

Bento #18

Back to school tomorrow! Here is my bento for tomorrow packed in my Laptop Lunchbox.

Blue container: Marinated Garlic and Herb Pork Tenderloin left over from supper. SO GOOD it's a treat to have it again!

Green container: Watermelon! Let's see how it tastes when it's not in season!

Yellow container: Cucumber stars; Edamame; Blue cheese dip

Side: Cabot Seriously Sharp Cheese and a Fiber Plus Caramel Coconut Fudge bar. (Have you tried these?! They are new! They taste like a Girl Scout Samoas cookie!! SO GOOD!!!)

TGIF, people, although tomorrow will be a late night for me. We have our 8th Annual Daddy/Daughter ball. It's one of my favorite things of the year! All our girls come looking so pretty. So, I'll be at school until 9:00 - 9:30 tomorrow night...but it will be worth it!

Enjoy!