The bento formally known as frozen

Bento #39 was hot! (By which I mean I microwaved it right before eating.) And a good thing, too... because it has been really cold in the cafeteria lately at the middle school I work at.

This bento contains:

• 5 fresh tomatoes picked from my garden this morning (Can I just say again how astonished I am to be picking tomatoes in the morning, and watching it snow in the evening! What a crazy November this is.)
• A frozen Boca pattie with carrot peelings on top for decoration
• frozen corn
• frozen stir-fry vegetables
• maple chipotle grille sauce (hidden beneath the Boca burger)

I was thinking to myself as I ate my lunch today, that I had packed a bento even my vegan friends could enjoy. Being something of a carnivore myself, I found this worthy of comment.

Thanks for reading!

Barely Bento

In anticipation of my VERY busy week, I assembled three bentos last night that prove to be tasty, if not all that colorful.

Bento #24... Boca burger pattie with BBQ sauce on top of fried rice and brown rice with lentils:


Bento #25... Last night's dinner left-overs. Pineapple pork chops & Minute rice and some added brown rice with lentils:

Bento #26...More of the same:


If you've never had pineapple pork chops, you should try this recipe.

Princess Leia?

Bento #21 is a last minute creation that took on a life of its own. Most of it is straight from the freezer, then I heated it up in the microwave before lunch. It was really tasty! Here it is:



The bottom layer consists of fried rice and frozen corn. Hiding underneath the frozen Boca burger pattie is some BBQ sauce, yum! Veggies from the fried rice form the neck, and next to that, looking somewhat like a hand, is some fresh parsley. On the right and left of the pattie are cherry tomatoes. The face is drawn on with ketchup, mustard and a pickle.

And that was lunch!