Finishing up last week's lunches

[dreamshark]

I was just too tired to make lunch Wednesday night, so I threw the green box together on Thursday morning. Actually, it looks just as good as the ones I've spent an hour or more on. I think it's because there are no new ideas in it. Frozen dumplings have now become one of my staple food items to keep on hand. They combine really nicely with practically any leftover to fill one tier of a two-tier microwavable box. No hinged fish on Thursday because I just couldn't think of anything to put in it.

Somebody finally went shopping and bought some salad greens, so I could use my last idea for the hinged fish on Friday.

	Bento #23 - Last Minute Bento Small tier: Frozen pot-stickers with succotash and a few cheese stars and soy sauce. Larger tier: hummus and various foods to be eaten with it: black olives, carrots, mini-toasts and a few sweet pickles. Canned plums for dessert. Turned out to be a delicious combination.
	Bento #24 - Hinged Fish with Salad [low-carb] Carrot-raisin stir fry in the removable container (to be microwaved). Grapes in the other small section. Salad: spinach, black olives, artichoke hearts, avocado, grape tomatoes, piquante peppers stuffed with cream cheese. Dressing in the honey bear, Asian salad sprinkles in the fish.

Comments

[cakmpls.livejournal.com]

Those looks and sound great, except for the part about sweet pickles and hummus, which to my taste buds seems exceedingly weird, but hey, it's your taste buds that count.

[dreamshark.livejournal.com]

I didn't actually dip the sweet pickles in the hummus. They were just occupying the same box, which I think of as the "snack tray tier" in this type of lunch. (I don't think sweet pickles go especially well with plums, either. In case you were wondering).