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.

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.

twenty-two.

for my papa.

Left to Right: Chocolate chip cookie, Shepherder bread, tangerine slices, grape tomatoes, baby carrots, ranch for carrots and tomatoes, butter, and my mom's lasagna.

All in all, a fairly easy and quick bento to throw together. My mom suggested that I give my dad lasagna for lunch, since he doesn't eat dinner due to acid reflux problems.

He also said that yesterday's lunch was about the best i've made yet, so I think that will be a future recipie to make for him, as well as me. I've been considering going to work with him when I have a day off. Maybe on spring break or something? I dunno.