Manic Monday...and Tuesday

I forgot to pack lunch for Monday until about 11pm Sunday night. I was pretty uninspired because I was tired, but I managed to crank something out anyway. We only had leftovers for one person, so Nick took the high road and got the sandwich and gave me the leftover thit ga kho gung and Vietnamese-style stir fried broccoli with rice.


I cut his sandwich into heart shapes to switch it up. They're filled with mayo, mustard, butter lettuce, honey turkey, and sliced gouda. In his side bento I packed fromage blanc with crackers, yellow carrots with ranch, a big homemade (by Nick) chocolate walnut cookie, and goldfishes, chocolate mushrooms, and a mango jelly.


My side bento had a lot of the same things (hence being uninspired). Yellow carrots with rance, a smaller chocolate walnut cookie, a mango jelly, and goldfish. The new things are ginger snap granola and two gummies (one lychee and one apple) I ate way too much of my hot lunch and barely touched any of my side bento. Sad.


Today Nick got to bring a hot lunch in his glasslock box. I was on the ball last night! He had rice, the thit ga kho gung, and some leftover dantze minced pork noodle from the local Taiwanese noodle restaurant. In his side bento he had a chicken noodle salad (from the same restaurant) and chile-spiced edamame. in his dessert bento (isn't he a lucky guy?) I packed half a chocolate walnut cookie, ginger snap granola, ranch puffs, and two gummies.


My lunch consisted of a bigger portion of the noodle salad because I knew I was going to be hot in the field. In my side bento I had the spiced edamame, Dantze noodle, a fourth of a cookie, granola, goldfish, and chocolate mushrooms.


Tomorrow I'll have another sandwich. Ahh, the "perks" of field season... I'll try to update more often so I don't have to load 10 pictures in every post!