A bento for another

So I am still suffering from post-tooth extracted misery. I didn't even eat the bento I posted yesterday because my tooth hurt too badly to go to work today.


So...I made a bento for Boyfriend! It's tamagoyaki, rice, sugar snap peas on the top. Bottom is salad, strawberries, carrots, potatoes, broccoli and tuna cakes (His fave!).

I added a few octodogs after I took the photo since I kinda wanted to show off my bento skills to bf :D

Bento: First shot at tamagoyaki is a success!

So after seeing bento blogger after bento blogger make tamagoyaki and making up every excuse in the book to NOT make it, I finally braved the pan and made tamagoyaki. Let me just tell you, it wasn't as difficult as it looks! I encourage anyone who wants to try to give it a shot. I made simple tamagoyaki this time, just with some salami in it.

Tomorrow's lunch is simple and was easy to make.

Top tier is leftover bean balls with egg noodles and some snap peas.
Bottom tier is tamagoyaki with carrot flowers, octotogs, sauteed potato, more peas, kiwi and wafers for my afternoon tea at work.

I saved the leftover tamagoyaki for tomorrow and I'm glad to bring out this old bento box! I haven't used it in a long time so it felt good to have a real box again. It fits so much more food than you'd think!

I also have a small container of strawberries on the side.

This weekend has been crazy. On Saturday I had a tooth extracted and am having a hard time sticking to gentle foods. Most of my food for tomorrow can be eaten on one side of my mouth easily so that's a-ok for me!

I hope everyone has a nice week!

Dinner with Boyfriend

So I've mentioned before that I adore having sit down dinners with Boyfriend. Tonight I thought I'd be nomming on Jell-O and ice cream since I had a tooth taken out today. However, I figured I could just not use that side of my mouth, and we decided to cook!

Boyfriend made his delicious meatballs, and I tried a variant on a Bean Ball recipie that I have to adjust and work on before I post. But then we made mashed potatoes and delicious gravy and we had ourselves a meal!

My bean balls with mashed potatoes and gravy. So. Delicious. The gravy was amazing. You could put that stuff on lead and I'd eat it.

How Boyfriend arranged his meatballs it looks like he's giving me a gravy :P

Dinner was nice and my tooth doesn't hurt like heck. Woo hoo! Hope your Saturday evenings turn out just as nicely.

Bento: Taking It Easy

Good morning!
I cheated with lunch today, as I'm feeling pretty lazy this morning. My breakfast was even mostly pre-made: yogurt, oj, oatmeal and a cinnemon muffin.

I made muffins yesterday so they're showing up everywhere. I brought a few to share with co-workers so at least I can share the delicious wealth with others.

Cheater, cheater (pecan) eater.

I had a coupon for Tyson's Ready to Grill chicken, so I purchased some to have to throw into stuff right from the freezer, to the skillet, to my belly. I ate one before I tossed it on my salad and they're A+. Then I toasted some pecans and sliced fruit and wham-o, cheater lunch.

Lunch is a simple toasted pecan with chicken salad, Special K bar, Granola bar, cinnemon muffin and grapes and strawberries. I need to use up my strawberries FAST since they're going to be going bad.

I'm really excited because the weekend of the 16th South Windsor has a strawberry festival! I hope to take lots of pictures and post them here.

Anyway, happy bentoing!

Bento: Breakfast!

I don't know about you, but I find breakfast to be the most comforting meal of my day. I have a set morning routine: Wake up, have a  bowl of cereal, fruit and orange juice, and read blogs each morning before work. It's a nice break from rushing about and the alone time is always nice.
So today I put together a breakfast bento for lunch tomorrow!
It's has turkey sausages, mini pancakes, fried potatoes, scrambled egg, french toast (leftovers), and a fruit medley of kiwi, strawberry and grapes. I love fruit with breakfast, do you?

Do you SEE these noms?!

So as you can see I've been using my Chinese take-out containers instead of bento boxes. I've realized most of the boxes I have are *Far* too small for the amount of fruit I try to shove into them, so I need to get some new boxes soon!

I'll proably head over to Ohayo Bento and get some new boxes soon. But for now, take out trays ahoy!

Back to Bento

After a long hiatus and some things going on in my personal life, I'm glad to be back to doing bento!

Tomorrow's lunch is a bit of leftovers and very...green! I didn't even realize it until looking at the picture here. I even used a green silicone cupcake holder. Must be the summer getting to me.

Anywho, tomorrow's bento is egg fried rice w/ veggie, with some octodogs, tuna cakes, sauteed bok choy, steamed broccoli, hard boiled egg and a strawberry. It's nearly time for farmer's markets here in Connecticut and I'm really excited!

Also below the picture of my bento are some photos of my Monday night special "nerd" dinner with the boyfriend. :) He set up our computers, food and candles so we could eat while playing on our computers. He's so adorable!

Back to having a normal lunch!

Alright, so maybe I cheated on this lunch quite a bit. It doesn't mean it wasn't tasty, though! Top left has a salad of hard boiled egg, bacon, cucumber and salad greens. Right top has a sliced kiwi and some strawberries. Bottom has a bologna on rye sandwich, sliced apples, Quaker yogurt bar and Special K bar. The bars are for when I'm a bit peckish during the day. They help a lot when I need a snack at work! Hopefully I'll be cooking again soon. We'll see when that happens!