sixty-one.

Tight seal box: creamy spinach + spaghetti, chicken, sauteed zucchini
Top: tangerine, apple slice, lettuce, celery, bunny egg
Bottom: apple slices, mozzerella cheese
Lid: assorted dark chocolates + fork
Outside boxes: little pecan pie.

I found this pecan pie at wal-mart for 58 cents. i had never had pecan pie before and i thought i'd try it. pretty damn tasty.

58 - 59

mom's.

Left to Right: Sauteed zucchini, "onigiri" with tuna salad filling, tuna salad, carrot fence, ham rolls, grapefruit, dark chocolate m&ms.

dad's.

Left to Right: Sauteed zucchini, "onigiri" with tuna salad filling, heart tuna sandwich, baby carrot fence, ham rolls, apple slices, dark chocolate m&ms.

38 - Salad + Sandwich bento

for dad.

Left to Right: Cinnamon sugared apple pieces, oreo cupcake w/ coarse sugar sprinkles. bleu cheese, tomato and bacon bit salad, salt and pepper in their respective labeled containers, mayo in the third unmarked dixie cup
Outside the box: Shepherder bread [went in a ziploc bag], and bleu cheese dressing in the lock&lock

I like making the salad/sandwich bento for my dad. He absolutely LOVES it! Hopefully it goes over well tomorrow, and I hope he likes the cinnamon sugared apples, since I got one of the ideas from the ladies at the lj community, bentolunch.

32.

for daddy.

Main dish: Potstickers [pan fried], teriyaki broccoli over rice.
Side: Grapes, apple, chocolate chip cookie, and teriyaki sauce for the potstickers in the dixie cup.

Just a quick and easy bento tonight for my dad in the morning. I have to make his lunches at night since he gets up at 4am for work, and leaves by 5:30. And I love my sleep, so there's no way I am getting up that ridiculously early just to make his lunch.

25.

mine, finally!

Top: Tangerine slices, apple chunks and half a kiwi
Bottom: Cream cheese/ham sandwich pinwheels, string cheese chunks, craisins

I felt like having a whole bunch of fruit today. Mostly because if I had veggies, i'd have to cook them [ which was more work than I had time for this morning ] or eat them with ranch dip, and i'm trying to eat healthier. And the ranch dip we have is made with mayo, a ranch packet, some milk and a bit of lemon juice. That's not exactly calorie-free.

Note to self: Do NOT, WHATEVER you do, drink Coke Zero EVER AGAIN! Especially without food. It will fuck up your stomach and your brain and give you the nastiest headache EVER.

I had to go and buy subway just to calm my stomach down since there wasn't enough food in my box to keep my stomach from going crazy and the room spinning. This is not a good sign. Never again, my friends. Never again will I drink that crap. And diet/calorie free sodas are worse for you than regular sugary sodas. It's so horrible.

So my dad still has a lunch for tomorrow, since he went out surveying instead of staying in the office today, so he's just going to have it for lunch tomorrow! And, he's even coming home for lunch to eat it, since he's working about 15 minutes away instead of an hour away. He also won't need one for Thursday since he's working out of the office on friday as well.

twenty-five.

another for my papa.

Left to Right: Salad with bleu cheese, grape tomatoes, and bacon bits. Rolls of roast beef for sandwich, salt for sandwich, pepper for salad. Mayonnaise in the third dixie cup for sandwich. Shepherder bread, kiwi, craisins, string cheese. Bleu cheese dressing and apple.

So, when my dad started taking his lunch to work [ vs. going out to eat every day, cheaply of course since this damn economy sucks ] my mom would make him a sandwich, an apple, and a cookie for his lunch. And that was also his dinner, but he'd snack on some pistachios or something after he got home if he was hungry. And then I volunteered to start making his lunches, and he appreciates it every day that I do. So this is somewhat of a spin on what my mom would make him.

I mean, the same thing for lunch every day gets a little boring after awhile, doesn't it? I know it does for me, especially since I pretty much did the same thing throughout middle and high school. It sucked.