Bentos # 36 & 37 : First day of school

My boyfriend just started school – yay! – and now I’ll be making bentos for both of us. Here’s the first pair of school bentos.

• Ham & cheese sandwiches with a little mayo
• Cinnamon rolls
• Turkey nuggets
• Cherry tomatoes
• Pear slices

Martin doesn’t enjoy sandwiches that much but since I’m making the food I get to decide these things. I just really felt like some sammies instead of the usual warm lunch. This was good but my lil’ man needs more food than what can fit in my “women’s bentos”. So we’ve ordered a bigger one for him and an onigiri box for us both to share. Did I mention we’re going to the same school? :3

I ordered lots of other stuff which I’ll be posting as soon as I get a good shot of it. Stay tuned!

Bento # 35 : It’s a wrap!

• In the lid: Crisp bread with fig spread
• Chocolate muesli, raisins and apples (to be mixed with strawberry yogurt in HK container)
• Wrapped beef tortilla with extra cheddar topping in the other HK container

This bento was SO good. We’ve had quite a few tortillas lately but I’m thinking we’ll take a break from it now. We can’t even get around to eating the last leftovers… *wipes the cheddar off my chin* Phew.

My mom used to give my sis and me fig spread in our lunches when we were little. I had a sort of love/hate thing going on. On one hand I kinda liked it but on the other hand it wasn’t a very cool thing to bring, which concerned me at 9 years old. Luckily I’m over that and a few days ago I found it again in my super market. You’ll be seeing more of it, for sure.

Bento # 34 : Teriyaki never fails

• In the lid: Crisp bread
• Grapes and carrot bits
• Teriyaki chicken with spinach noodles and veggies
• Apple juice

Even though teriyaki never fails… sometimes my taking pictures does. Sorry for the lousy shot. It’s a dark & early morning shot which I’ve tried to fix w/Photoshop.

Bento # 33 : Mild curry lunch with extras

• In the Hello Kitty container: Yogurt (no flavor, just naturel)
• Grapes and mango bits
• Boiled rice with vegetable stock
• Curry chicken
• Raisins
• Apple juice box

I poured the yogurt over the fruit. I wish I hadn’t gotten up at 6. am to make this chicken and rice from scratch… I didn’t even have time to put on make-up. It’s always like that. :3

I must be doing something wrong, though. I’m hungry every day when I come home from school. Maybe I could pack more fiber-rich foods?

They’re keeping me busy in school. Got loads to do so I need my filling meals more than ever. However I don’t have the time to plan elaborate bentos. So be prepared for irregular posting and boring bentos.

Bento # 32 : Rice porridge & salad freshness

• In the lid: Crisp bread
• Danish rice porridge (a.k.a. risengrød) with sprinkles
• Cucumber, grape and lettuce salad
• Piggie bottle with mustard-based dressing
• Butter in the “Fruit” spreader (for crisp bread)
• Car shaped egg
• Boiled ham on penguin skewer (for crisp bread)
• In the Hello Kitty cup: Cinnamon sugar
• Maja cocoa drink

Heh, I had to cut the corners off the crisp bread to make it fit. Delicious lunch, that was!

Bento # 31 : Aloo gobi aur mater

• Cottage cheese with corn, peas and leek
• Grapes on skewers
• Raisins and chocolate nuts/raisins
• Aloo gobi aur mater (Indian dish, cauliflower and potatoes with peas)
• In the lid: Crisp bread
• Multi-fruit juice
• Not in picture: Elephant container with garam masala

Last night Martin made this great Indian dish from a recipe by Sumana Ray. She has written the cookbook “Det indiske vegetarkøkken” (“Indian Vegetarian Cooking“) with lots of mouth-watering pictures and exotic ideas for meals. It’s very simple and very Indian. Lots of the little snacky things look perfect for bento, although I have yet to try them.

Bento # 30: Bento-style Danish lunch

• 3 dark rye bread slices
• Butter in a Yasai spreader container
• Underneath that: Wrapped Rice Krispie treats
• Boiled ham slices on a bear skewer
• Cottage cheese with peas and leek
• Cucumber slices
• Italian grapes

This is the first time I’ve made and tasted Rice Krispie treats. I love ‘em! I’ve the got marshmellows and Rice Krispies to make more. And I will… as soon as I’m not feeling about eating the first batch as fast as I did. :3

This lunch is my Japanese take on a typical Danish lunch. Danes always, always eat dark rye bread with different cold meat on. Open-faced sandwiches. Most often salami (Denmark’s the piggy/bacon capitol of the world), ham or “leverpostej” (which means liver paté). It’s kind of gross, I guess, but we’re all raised eating it.

By the way, I’ve finally gotten a decent shot of this pink Putifresh box so here you go:

Cute, huh? It’s not too wide but instead the boxes are a bit higher so I can fit some things better in there than my other boxes.

Bento # 29 : Butter fried fish

• Fried fish, broccoli and tatoes with white parsley sauce
• Grapes and cherry tomatoes on skewers
• Mixed chocolate covered raisins/nuts and plain chocolate bits
• Checkered apple
• Lotsa raisins
• Not in photo: Small chocolate milk

This is one of my new boxes! Yay! Here it is without the lid:

Cute, huh? I love it and I’m definitely going to use it a lot.

Bento # 28 : Sandwich & teriyaki

• Yoggi Yangster raspberry/vanilla yogurt
• Tuna, leek and cucumber sandwiches with mayo and lettuce
• Cherry tomatoes on monkey skewer
• Teriyaki chicken and noodles with broccoli and leek

Fridge-fresh and sadly pretty colorless. It was a nice bento though. Tasty! I’ve really come to LOVE teriyaki. Too bad I can’t find any mirin so I can make my own teriyaki sauce. Instead I have to buy the ready-made kind which is kinda pricey.

Bento # 27 : Flavor fest

• Lasagna with cheese letters
• Pistachios
• Cherry tomatoes
• Kiwi bits
• Apple juice

Yummy!