Monday/Tuesday Bento

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Not sure if making flowers is worth the trouble. They look really pretty but are a little daunting to eat. I finally just chopped up all the components of the flower and mixed them into the rice, which turned out very tasty. Flowers may be as far as I want to go with picture bentos. Not sure I want to carve up and eat something with a face. I used leftover juice from the sweet pickles as a salad dressing (in the cup with the round white lid). That turned out to be a little too sour - should have included some actual dressing.

#26 was an unqualified success. Hard-boiled eggs + hot pork dumplings = delish!  Steamed broccoli with cheese never gets old. And I sure am enjoying that can of plums. I'll be sad when they're gone. But I'm happy that nobody else in my household has shown any interest in them, so I've been eating them for a week now. All it takes is a tablespoon or two of that exquisite honey Greek yogurt to make them into a heavenly dessert.

	Bento #25 - Watercress Flower  Leftover beef stew;salad (spinach, grape tomatoes, sweet pickles, piquante pepper stuffed with cream cheese), dressing in spider container. Flower on bed of rice: watercress, tomato and cheese circle for center, grapes, leftover turkey burger for ground. The little birdie pick is holding misbehaving watercress leaf in place. Soy sauce in saucehead.
	Bento #26 - Round things Pork dumplings (steamed the night before and reheated in microwave) with slivered green onion and a little oyster sauce. Steamed brocolli with cheese sprinkles and grape tomatoes. Heart-shaped egg. Canned plums with Greek honey yogurt.