Really, why do I bother posting bentos... 2009 Bento #10

I am so far behind. Seriously. Above is a lunch that Piglet and I took to share with Diva at her school. Tamago like scrambled egg with green onion, grilled chicken, steamed broccoli, two dipping sauces a spicy Nam Pla one and Tamari. And a basket of Sticky Rice. OH! Also some Chocolate Almond Crunch and a little sunny side up quail egg.

Mr. Bento 2009-13

Grilled Chicken
Cesar Salad
Mango
Animal Crackers

Mr. Bento 2009-11 & 12

OK so, I'm just a bit behind.
But here we are
Up Top-
Brown and White Jasmine Rice
Stir Fry
Carrots
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Below-
Salsa Chicken
Carrots
Pumpkin Pie bar
Grapes

2009 Bento # I don't know

I'm sooo far behind. But this is Diva's lunch for a field trip. She asked for a Sprout sandwich with turkey, horseradish,mayo and sprouts. Homemade won ton crisps, garlic hummus and carrot sticks. I was told to make it disposable, in the end she brought all the containers and bags home, go figure.

Mr. Bento 2009-10

I was packing this for DH when he walked in and said, "no school tomorrow so I don't need a lunch" so I got halfway through it. I put it in the fridge like that for his lunch here at home.
Mushroom Beef Stew
Cheddar Biscuit
Lychee jelly

Bento 2009-8 & Mr. Bento 2009-9

Diva's lunch
Chicken salad (I have both Curry Chicken Salad and Cranberry Chicken salad posted)
Applesauce- it's cinnamon but the reason it's brown is I made it in the crock pot.
Clementine
Cherry Almond Honey Cookies
Below- I covered the applesauce and chicken salad with some press and seal.

Sorry for the pictures. I am not a photographer and this as evidenced by the pictures is not a photography blog, so really this annoys me but not enough to ask DH to fix it.
DH's lunch
Chicken salad with cilantro instead of green onions
carrots and celery
veggie crisps
apple sauce

Bento 2009-6 &7 / Mr.Bento 2009-8

We've been under the weather around here. So I'm behind.Mr Bento for DH
Chicken Pot Pie
Carrots
Dinosaur eggs
Goldfish

Bento 2009-5 Poor little bear...

Doesn't that little bear egg look pathetic? The egg was too big for the mold... I. Had. A. Bad. Experience. Anyway, Diva's lunch
Surimi Krab salad
Cucumber and carrots
Lots of green onion everywhere
Molded Bear- hard boiled egg
Grapes and pluot

Bento 2009-4

Lunch for Diva
Won ton crisps
Hummus
Green onion
Cucumber
Carrots
Pluot
Baby Bel cheese
Cesar Dressing

Bento 2009-3

Pizza rolls. Yummy garlicky pizza rolls.

Diva's lunch up top has -
Pizza rolls
Lychee Jelly
Green onion
Pluot
Herb infused olive oil- not shown

DH's lunch - Pizza Rolls and Pluot

Mr. Bento 2009-6

Panko Crusted Chicken Nuggets
Won Ton Crisps
Pluot
Carrots and Cucumber

Bento 2009-2 Panko coated Chicken nuggets

Panko crusted baked Chicken nuggets
Sweet Chili sauce
Carrots with creamy Cesar dressing
Grapes
Green Onion

Bento 2009-1 Tamago...

This is Diva's first bento of the school year. Kindergarten this year. Where does the time go? I didn't cry when we dropped her off, she didn't cry either, we've done this before- this is our third year. Piglet however hugged her sister and the tears started flowing, she was so sad. She just kept saying "I miss Sissy" Poor kid. She wanted so badly to go to school this year. She loved it last year.
I wasn't sure what to pack in this first bento, to ease into things a bit. I decided to pack what I *thought* I knew Diva liked- Tamago and rice. Boy was I wrong I picked her up today and she tells me "Mom, I didn't like my egg or my rice, I only ate the jelly and the green onion those were my favorite." Really? Last time you fought over the Tamago. Oh well. She did eat her grapes and apparently sucked the Tamari out of the little fish container- good thing it was watered down. A little side note about Diva, she loves green onion. She's really the only one in our family that will just eat it raw. She's the only person I buy it for. So, if you see it often in her lunches don't feel sorry for her, she loves them. Not sure how the other kids like her breath after but oh well.

In the bento
Dashimaki Tamago
Onigiri with Furikake
Green onion flowers
Grapes
Lychee Jelly- thank you Aunti Susan
Little Fish container with diluted tamari

Mr. Bento 2009-5

Spaghetti with a garden vegetable sauce and cheese

Mini bagel with peanut butter

Grapes

Life Cereal

I contacted Zojirusi about some leakage in the bottom container of the Mr. Bento, the container below the soup container. I told them I hand wash it and it's new. Their reply is that the bottom container shouldn't have ANY liquid in it. Nice. Oh well. So far it's working out aside from that.

Mr. Bento 2009-4

Pork and Chicken Fajita filling I have two seasonings - HERE and HERE.
Shredded cheese, sour cream and lettuce
Cut up Pluot - is that how you spell it? Dinosaur egg. YUM
Cinnamon life cereal
There is also a container of salsa I forgot to put in the picture and some tortillas wrapped in foil

Mr. Bento 2009-3

In the Mr.'s Mr. Bento today
Rice and Stir fry
Sliced tomato with a container of Krazy Salt
Blueberries and grapes
Princess cake- lest he forget that he lives in a house with three little girls who love all things princess.

Mr. Bento 2009-2

Ok, just like me to toe the line a bit. Day two and I couldn't conform to the Mr. Bentos, "four tier, four bowl" norm. But that's just me, it's how I roll, I'm a non conformist and I roll dangerous. Tonight we had Spring Rolls for dinner so I rolled four extra for DH's lunch tomorrow. After I rolled them I wrapped them in a damp paper towel then foil to keep them from drying out. So the bottom tiers of the Mr. Bento tomorrow will be four upright Spring Rolls.

What's inside
4 Spring rolls
Deluxe mixed nuts
Cinnamon Life

It's BENTO TIME!!

Diva is starting school soon, in a couple of weeks, so that means Bento time! I am excited. That's all this post is about... Have a nice day.

A couple of bentos...

Fruit salad and pizza. I love leftovers!

Diva's lunch last Friday

Chicken salad in tomato halves, grapes, romaine lettuce, pita bread and hummus.