Today was the first day that it really truly felt like fall. It was chilly outside! I had to wear a coat! Root veggies and apples are also taking up more shelf space in the stores. This is exciting to me because fall foods are my favorite. I love everything about fall. The cold air, the smell of burning leaves, the foods, the colors of the trees, ( Read more... )

This weekend, I made a whole mess of lunches. It's funny, I frequently used to use leftovers for lunch, but because of my determination to have prepared lunches this week, I made the food for lunch and then will eat the bulk of it for dinners. So dinners are already made, too!


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Another monotone (on purpose) bento! Again, green is my "poison" of choice when it comes to monotone meals.


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It's mid-September, but where's the brisk air? It's far too warm for this time of year. I made chicken chili on Sunday using up a whole bunch of produce from the CSA share: tomatoes, tomatillos, bell peppers, jalapenos (added some onions, tomato paste, chicken, leftover black beans, and spices). It makes an appearance in today's lunch!


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This lunch has mapo tofu made without meat (just tofu and sauce). Apparently, this is called "mala tofu"...I'll be verifying that at work tomorrow. In any case, this whole thing (including husband's) came together in 20 minutes.


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This dinner bento was created at the same time that I made my husband's lunch bento for today. I crammed it full of things I like and took the picture and then sat down to crunch the numbers. I had weighed out all of the components (I have a handy digital scale, so this is a light task--just plop it down before it goes in the box), so it was easy ( Read more... )

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Took a couple days longer than I had hoped, but I'm making my version of a bento lunch again! I had a wonderful trip to Yellowstone National Park. I might sneak in a picture or two of my time there in the next couple of weeks. I hadn't been there in 13 years and it was far too long. It's a beautiful, ever-changing place ( Read more... )

Hey folks!
Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been preparing for the vacation that starts tomorrow!
I'll be camping, so no bento to share for a couple of weeks. I'll be back in time for the start of school!!

There has been much of taking time off work, up too late working on homework to make lunch, and work-time lunch distractions in the past week. I missed my nice lunches, but I also had to push myself to get one done for tomorrow. Yes, I'm feeling lazy. When it's all said and done, I'm so glad to have made something! I know all bentoers know the ( Read more... )