yay More Bentos (27 & 29)!
I've noticed in my bento-making life that I've started making two types: full-blown meals and quick "grabs". Here's why;
When I'm going out for a long time, I make a whole meal in one of my insulated bento boxes or in regular boxes into my thermos lunchbox tote. Those I usually make the day before for a very specific meal. The big culprit for me eating out, however, is on my way home from my job, since I know I'm already hungry, but if I don't stop for food, it will tack a good 30+ minutes on before I get to eat. So I make up anything from snack sized to full meal sized, and they just sit like pre-packaged meals in my fridge until I'm ready to eat them in the next day or two.
Knowing I have a cute bento to come home to spares me spending food and helps me resist temptation.
So let me show of one of each:
Here's a meal:
Note that it is a lot of things that need to be refridgerated. No problem in my thermos bag (the cold can keeps stuff a good temp until I eat).
And here's a "Grab":
Pretty simple, but it also uses up the last of my hummus and olives, so it is a good use of left-overs in my fridge.
More on my flickr!
When I'm going out for a long time, I make a whole meal in one of my insulated bento boxes or in regular boxes into my thermos lunchbox tote. Those I usually make the day before for a very specific meal. The big culprit for me eating out, however, is on my way home from my job, since I know I'm already hungry, but if I don't stop for food, it will tack a good 30+ minutes on before I get to eat. So I make up anything from snack sized to full meal sized, and they just sit like pre-packaged meals in my fridge until I'm ready to eat them in the next day or two.
Knowing I have a cute bento to come home to spares me spending food and helps me resist temptation.
So let me show of one of each:
Here's a meal:
Note that it is a lot of things that need to be refridgerated. No problem in my thermos bag (the cold can keeps stuff a good temp until I eat).
And here's a "Grab":
Pretty simple, but it also uses up the last of my hummus and olives, so it is a good use of left-overs in my fridge.
More on my flickr!