63.

dad's.

Big: rice, chicken with white wine cream and cheese sauce, squash and broccoli
Little: orange wedges, watermelon chunks, grape tomatoes as filler, chocolate chip cookie.

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.

56 - easter! bunnies oh my!

top: spiral ham sliced, rolled, peeled tangerine cutie, few strawberries sliced onto skewers.
bottom: baby carrots, italian dressing in the orange cup, celery, cherry tomato, ranch dressing in the divider cup
tight seal: romaine leaves w/ tulip cheese cutouts, cherry tomatoes and grilled cheese bunnies


I kinda burnt the sandwiches but thats because when I went to turn the pan on to heat up, I accidentally turned it to high instead of like 4 or 5 on the dial setting. Whoops. This was really yummy, even though the sandwiches were cold by the time I got to eat it ):

55

oranges and celery w/ creamy peanut butter
half a bean and cheese burrito, sour cream, cherry tomato.

Threw this together because I felt like making lunch after finishing Erika's blanket. So it was well worth it (:

44 - 45 - 46

Mine!

Lid: Chocolate Pocky
Top: Carrots, green beans, orange
Bottom: Potstickers
Tight seal: Sweet and sour pork, sticky rice

Sort of a version of the one I made for dad last night. And especially since I haven't had any second helpings of the sweet and sour pork until now. Meaning, I only had it when it was originally served for dinner.

mine.

Left to Right: 2 Steak and cheese taquitos, 2 beef and cheese mini tacos, green bean divider, orange segments
Bowl: Refried beans with cheese and sour cream for the taquitos and tacos.

Just a quick dinner bento I threw together while I was making my dad's dinner tonight. I had subway at like 4, and I wasn't hungry until not too long ago. And my god, that subway was AMAZING. One of the best i've had. But also, most of these were leftovers or stuff from the freezer.

daddy's!

Top: Mini cherry pie, Chicken noodle soup with rotini noodles and carrots
Main box: Mayonnaise, orange segments, salt, corn, roast beef, green beans
Outside bottom: Shepherder bread

I felt like doing a soup and sandwich bento for my dad. Yes, I know this is a lot of food, but my dad doesn't eat dinner with us most nights, unless we have dinner early for him [around 3pm or so]. My mom found that little cherry pie at Wal-Mart and thought it would be perfect for his lunch. And I thought so too. (:

39 - 40 - 41 [3 BENTOS TODAY!]

mine!

Top tier: Smashed hard boiled egg w/ butter + salt + pepper [microwaved], mini brown sugar cinnamon bagel w/ cream cheese
Bottom tier: Impromptu rice pudding!

So I woke up around 11am this morning [i'm a college student, can't you tell? going to bed at almost 3am and waking up around 11am] and I came downstairs and opened the covered pot on the stove and discovered rice. I ask my mom, "Is this sticky rice?" and she just smiles. And so I decided to make a breakfast bento, since I'm not in school for the week, and I just felt like it!

mine, again!

Left tier [sidecar]: cheesy bacon egg scramble
right tier [sealable box]: chocolate chip banana pancakes, chunky peanut butter in the silicon cup.

So I wanted to make breakfast for dinner. And I did, because i'm allowed to, and I was really craving eggs and pancakes. So I got a bit creative. I threw some chocolate chips in the batter, and then sliced some banana and placed that on top as soon as I got the batter down on the griddle. Then I flipped them and let them cook until done on the other side. I made 6 total and ate the other two with just straight butter. I honestly think that was better than the peanut butter.

Then after I got the pancakes made, I threw a couple eggs in a bowl with some cream and salt, mixed those until scrambled with a fork, sprinkled a bit of bacon bits and shredded cheese into the raw egg mixture. I then threw that into the pan for it to get nice and scramble-y [is that even a word?] and then let some sliced cheddar melt on top of it after I thought that it was done enough [I absolutely HATE runny eggs, which is why I will not eat sunny-side up eggs, over easy only or scrambled please]. I then just decided to throw them into my box instead of putting them on a plate. And I put some peanut butter into the divider cup there (:

for my papa.

Top box [left to right]:taco meat, refried beans, spanish rice, shredded iceberg lettuce, diced grape tomatoes, chocolate chips, banana walnut muffin
Outside box+Lock&lock: flour tortillas, orange segments, shredded cheese, medium salsa, sour cream

I was going to make some enchiladas for my dad, but since we didn't have any leftover shredded pork [country style ribs] or beef [pot roast], I just decided to do a make your own taco box. I think he'll quite enjoy it.

Man, I can't believe I made 3 bentos today. Just, wow. I mean, the second one wasn't THAT hard, but still...

thirty five.

lunch for papa.

Left to Right: Salami, cheddar cheese, orange slices, grape tomatoes, green grapes, black grapes, triscuits in the ziploc.
Not pictured: Chocolate chip cookie

my favorite things - 27.

for a thing at my mom's church. [ explanation to follow ]

Left to Right: Cheese shapes [ tulip, bear, bunny, bird ], fruit by the foot, craisins, mint herb tea, clementine tangerine, oreos, 3 musketeers mint, more cheese shapes [ heart, bunny, star ]
Not pictured: tube of blue glitter I placed in the box after I shot this photo.

Okay, so my parents are Latter-Day Saints [ LDS, Mormon, whatever you'd like to call them ]. And the ladies have their own group called Relief Society [ I have NO idea why it's called that, but just go along, kay? ], and they had a birthday of sorts. They have a dinner [ this time it was various salads - regular lettuce kind, pasta, fruit ], and you bring a gift. And this year's theme was "my favorite things". So for the gift you have to bring your favorite things [ and less than $10, of course, but I think I might have spent more than that, but ah, what the hell ] and wrap them up.

So of COURSE I decide to do bento, since it's SO much fun (: It didn't help that I decided to go last minute [ like, 5pm that night, and the dinner started at 6.30pm ]. But, mom and I ran down to Wal-Mart and luckily found those lock-and-lock boxes that most people on bentolunch rave about. I also found a 3-set that I can use for Dad's lunches that have a smaller square and round one with a sandwich-size box.

So I get home at like, 6.25 and run in the house to throw my box together. I wanted to put things in that if they kinda weren't refridgerated, it wouldn't be too big of a deal. I mean, I think the cheese could hold up pretty well, since it normally does in stuff like sandwiches and the like. So I figured ah, what the hell.

I also got a purple stuffed lamb to put in with it. It was SO adorable. Luckily they had another one [ bought at Dollar Tree ] and Mom bought it for me, since it was so cute (:

24.

for my papa.

Left to Right: Corn chips, chocolate chips and craisins, refried beans and chili with a deformed shredded cheese heart
Not pictured: Apple

This is pretty much a leftovers bento. Momma's sick, so I defrosted and heated up some pre-made chili [ her chili, none of this crap from a can ] for dinner and heated up some refried beans and we had that for dinner. It was also a lazy bento because I was exhausted [ i'm still trying to kick my sinus infection ]

So it's pretty much the chili and beans that didn't get finished. I then used my largest heart cutter to try and put a cheese shape with the shredded mexican cheese we have. But, it didn't quite work out very well and I had to form it into a heart kinda. Oh well, it probably melted every which way when my dad heated it up.

Then I put some chocolate chips into a bag, and thought fruit would be nice with chocolate, so I threw some craisins in with it, thinking and hoping it'd be a good combination [ the sour and tang of the craisins with the sweet chocolate ]. I also threw some corn chips into a bag, since he likes them with chili.

In the morning my Mom threw in an apple, since we have more than we know what to do with, and they should be eaten before they go bad.

bento 19

for my papa.

Left to Right: Chicken Fajitas, Refried beans w/ cheese, kiwi and apple, salt, flour tortillas and a chocolate chip cookie

bento 10

für meinen Vater! (:

Left: Pear slices, baby carrots w/ ranch on the side
Middle: Cobb salad w/ grape tomatoes (yes, those are grape tomatoes), shredded cheese, bacon bits, ham slices, bleu cheese (not pictured: avocados, croutons, pepper for the salad)
Right: Ranch dressing + cake balls

bento #6

From L to R: pizza fillings [ ricotta cheese layered with sliced olives, mozzerella cheese, salami, pepperoni, mozzerella cheese and parmesean cheese on top ], home made sourdough bread, grape tomatoes (so sweet!), fruit by the foot, banana oatmeal to go (snack!), chocolate/vanilla pudding cup, and cinnamon applesauce

bento #4 & #5

This one is mine! :D

Tater tots + secret sauce (fry sauce), sour cream, halved taquitos and mini tacos, apple slices, and a chocolate chip cookie.

For daddy.

Enchiladas with cheese, pork, salsa and more salsa, cheese and olives on top.
Refried beans with cheese and "spanish" rice (rice + salsa + seasonings), apple.
not pictured: sour cream and a chocolate chip cookie.

first bento.

So I decided at like some ungodly hours of the night that I wanted to make a bento, but I could only do it with the ziploc tupperware containers we have. So, I did.

Top: Green beans + onions + bacon pieces, sliced apples
Bottom: Hot dogs, Sharp cheddar cheese, saltine crackers, mint oreo cupcake.