Korean and sandwich bentos

For Monday's lunch we both had leftover Korean BBQ that we made with our friends Winnie and Jerry over the weekend. We made spicy pork, bulgogi, soon dubu (spicy tofu stew), soybean namul, soy sauce-glazed potatoes, and green onion pancake. It was fun! And we got to eat the delicious results. However, for lunch we had smaller portions and no soon dubu.




I packed the banchan in our lock and lock boxes like last time. We had the soybean namul, potatoes, and pancake with dipping sauce. Our side bentos had olive oil crackers, garlic roasted pistachios, mini corn muffins, fudge from the Candy House of Davis, and a babybel cheese and mango jelly for Nick and a laughing cow cheese and matcha chocolate for me.



We both ended up not eating all of our side bentos because of the big portions of meat and rice in our main dishes. So, I ended up repacking some of it for today's lunch. Last night we had pan-fried chicken that yielded no leftovers. This made me decide to go with our second full sandwich bentos. We both had sliced turkey and chicken with muenster cheese on whole wheat with mayo.


We also each had side bentos. Nick's side bento had an apple-shaped peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwich, roasted asparagus, and carrots and sugar snap peas with ranch. I repacked his fudge(!), crackers, and mango jelly. I changed his cheese to a laughing cow cheese to see if that would actually persuade him to eat it.


My side bento had three flower shaped mini sandwiches: two cucumber-cream cheese and one nutella. It also has sugar snap peas and carrots with ranch, and the rest of the roasted asparagus. I also included an apple gummy and chocolate cookie in the top part where the chopsticks go (not pictured).


I'm happy to report that Nick finished all of his bento today, so that means he found it enjoyable. Also, his coworker Karina thought it was beautiful. I do think the positive comments he gets there motivates me to make his lunches more aesthetically pleasing than mine. I always work on his bento first when I have the most creative energy. I do think he'll miss it when I won't be here in April (off to visit grad schools) to pack lunches for him. Maybe I will persuade him to post some of his lunches while I'm gone. We'll see!