Monday lunches

I ended up not making bento for Friday's lunch because I felt sick Thursday night. It's a good thing I didn't, because Nick ended up eating out with coworkers and all that work would have been wasted. And I would have been mad about that. So he's happy, I'm happy, and life is good.

We both put in some work this weekend toward bentos, with me partitioning out leftovers to freeze in muffin cups and making little sausage patties (that you'll see in future bentos) and Nick making some of his fresh from-scratch chocolate chip cookies in a smaller size.

Monday's lunch is a bit unusual because this time, we actually have separate main dishes for lunch.


Nick has leftover original recipe fried chicken from KFC, with mash potatoes and gravy. I put that in his new spiffy glass bento lock box that he can microwave to his heart's content. In his side bento we have KFC coleslaw, a biscuit with fake honey (which he loves and is the perfect size for bento), a babybel cheese, carrots with ranch, and a small homemade chocolate chip cookie. In addition, he has a small container of a lentil soup that he also made from scratch today. Boy were we ambitious in our Sunday cooking!


For my main dish, we have miso-soy glazed salmon that I kind of burned (but it's still delicious) with rice and roasted vegetables (zucchini, broccoli, and yellow bell pepper) that I made so we could empty our vegetable drawer. In my side bento, the top tier has a homemade chocolate chip cookie split in half so it would fit, ranch dressing, a babybel cheese, and some pistachios. The bottom tier has carrot sticks, cheese-its in a silicone pig, a small matcha chocolate, and a tiny container of nori furikake.

Now it is 12:30am and I am not going to be a happy camper tomorrow morning. At least our lunches will be good! Plus I am looking forward to my mini bagel with cream cheese for breakfast. And as soon as that cream cheese is finished, I'm buying the fromage blanc at Nugget that I've been eyeing. =) What can I say...food makes me happy!