Archive for September, 2006

Chicken salad: mother/son bentos

The mother/son bentos return today for playgroup: nectarines, grapes, cheese triangles, plum tomatoes and Costco chicken salad. (No eggs in this bento, or I’d make some kind of clever “oyako” joke.)

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Published by Biggie on September 27th, 2006 tagged bento, for kids, poultry | Comment now »

Enoki bacon saute bento x 2

salmon & tomato macaroni
saute of enoki mushrooms, red bell pepper, bacon and green onions
cheese and plum tomatoes
Gala apples with leaf cut-outs

My son has the same saute, with the addition of Asian pear cut into pear shapes, and cheddar cocktail sausages (one in a heart shape). Packed in my tiny 180ml Lock & Lock box.

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Published by Biggie on September 26th, 2006 tagged bento, for kids, meat, pasta or noodles | 2 Comments »

Barbequed brisket lunch

Well, my husband’s back to work (no more jury duty) but my son is sick at home — so we’re down to one adult bento today. Happily, we spent yesterday making Texas barbeque, so plenty of leftovers made with care. There was homemade potato salad as well, but putting a cold mayo dish in the thermal lunch jar with warm dishes seemed like a fast ticket to the emergency room.

barbequed brisket — my husband’s pride and joy (cooked for 10 hours or so) Lined the bowl with Press N Seal so as not to damage the bowl when I nuked it.
barbequed beans (cooked for 5.5 hours)
homemade cole slaw
Texas toast (with containers of homemade barbeque sauce for the brisket)

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