May 13th – Last day of temp work. When I came home yesterday (12th), Danny had been making dinner! I stole some leftovers. Pink silicone triangle holds spicy tofu rice (Buffalo Wild Wings Asian Zing sauce-marinated tofu mixed with rice). Other than that, its not too interesting since it’s leftovers from the day before.
May 9th – Danny said that we could pack a picnic to visit Meadowlark Gardens! of course, I was more than happy to oblige!
Jambalaya Biryani Rice, Greens/Slaw Salad with Soy Dressing, Raisins, Apollo Candies, Kumquat/Apple Skewers. Chai Latte, Diet Green Citrus Tea.
May 11th – Boyfriend’s : Whole Wheat Bagel with Chives and Cream Cheese, Multi-colored Goldfish, Biryani Rice leftover from Meadowlark Bento, mini clif bar.
May 11th – Mine: Turkey, cheese, and broccoli/carrot slaw tortilla wraps, raisins, mini cliff bar, goldfish, apollo candies, mini nilla wafers, fruit cup. (way too much food!)
May 11th – I knew the next day (12th) was going to be a very very long day, so I planned a lunch and dinner bento. Lunch (blue/yellow bento) was boyfriend’s mom’s homemade potato salad, onigiri with grilled tiger prawns inside, raisins, goldfish, mini nilla wafers, and some frosted mini wheats. Dinner was pokemon macaroni and cheese with chives and pepper and a mini clif bar. There is a green wasabi pea on top of the onigiri–its from an “asian trail mix”. There are two ginger thins in the top lid. Since it was going to be a long day, I packed a star-shaped freezer pack later (didn’t take a picture). The ice pack worked so well, my onigiri was too cold! I also thought I had put too much sushi vinegar in the rice, but I couldn’t even taste it.
| – Homemade Macaroni and Cheese with peppered turkey bacon and Baybel light cheese | – Homemade hummus with matzos – Apple and kumquat skewers |
– Apple banana – Chai Latte (Trader Joe’s Chai concentrate mixed with fat-free milk) |
This was a real legit bento — for me! The first day of real work in a long time. Well, it’s still not real work because its temp work, and only for 4 days, but still. It’s a commute-to-a-place-that’s-not-your-parents’-house job.
I was going to make regular mac and cheese, but the processed cheese seemed a bit too heavy for me, and Danny was in the kitchen cookin’ up some habanero sausage from Whole Foods, so I decided to improvise. I took two peices of turkey bacon, ripped it up, and cooked it in a saucepan for a few minutes. Then I took 4 mini baybel light cheeses (courtesy of Dan’s dad!) and crumbled them up with some milk in the same saucepan. The mixture was still milk and cheese seperated because I didn’t want to double boil it or anything, but when I mixed it with the cooked and strained pasta, it seemed okay. This pasta was good hot, not so good room-temp post refrigeration the next day. Also, I had to eat some of the pasta then and there in order to seal the container. (This was way too much food– I only ate the pasta and was full the rest of the day!)
I also finally got enough courage to eat a kumquat! I got 3 for I think $0.33 (total!) at Wegman’s and had Dan try one before I did. I really like the peel, it’s sweet, almost candied tasting, but the inside is so sour! It really does taste like a Warhead back from elementary school. What can I say, I’m a sucker for pain.