Post Turkey day Bento fun

So for tomorrow's lunch I am making use of the left over turkey (well some of it) that we had. We made a small Turkey breast, some potatoes, and the like for Thanksgiving since it was just the two of us. It was very nice. So these Bentos feature a lot of fresh veggies (a lot of veggies over all really) and some turkey.

First up we have Logician's:

He has three square/ovalish onigiri topped with a new variety of Furikake. I did not really enjoy the only one we found without Nori so he went ahead and got one today that does have some in it. It also has bonito, wasabi, and some other seasonings in it. Then he has some snow peas, cucumbers, and a bit of bell pepper. The turkey is topped with a bit of fresh basil and some siracha sauce. In his side compartments he has some Kimchi (we bought some new stuff today), and then some carrot sticks with a bit of pickled radish to cool off after the spicy veggies!

Now for mine:

I have Kimchi as well, but instead of carrots in my side pocket I have cucumbers and pickled radish. Then I have one side of my box stacked with rice. This allowed me to be rather more creative with the veggies. I then have some fresh basil and sesame seeds on top of the rice. My veggies are some carrot sticks, snow peas, bell pepper, and then the last little bit is my turkey. I have my two soy sauce bottles tucked in with my veggies and decided to keep my protein content down. I am finding I enjoy the rice and veggies the most at lunch time.

No eggs for us today, we decided against them. Although we have them made. I try to make a good sized batch of rice along with several hard boiled eggs on Sunday, that way I have them for the week. I usually end up making a second batch of rice around Wednesday night.

We went to the Indian Market in town today for the first time ever and we're quite surprised at the stuff we found. I am looking forward to incorporating some of it. Here's to another week and another step closer to the new year.

Bento 11/23 and 11/24 (For 11/24 and 11/25)

So I didn't update this morning like I meant to. Basically because I decided to sleep in a bit. So here is the Bento that Logician and I ate for lunch today.

The one on the left is Logician's and the one on the right is mine. Here's the menu:

Left over Sonny's Baby Back Ribs removed from the bone, raw snow peas and hard boiled eggs make up the main dish. They are of course on a bed of rice. Then we both have some cucumbers (could only find the waxed ones so no outsides) and then he has some chocolate candies and I have green Salad Olives.

I was given a present early (yay for Bento stuffs) tonight that makes it's debut in my boxes for tomorrow!

The one on the right is mine and the one on the left is Logicians. He told me that the one above (With the BBQ) had too much rice for his liking so I made him some cute ovalish plain onigiri. Mine contains the same bed of rice as yesterday since I enjoy the rice most of all at lunch time! The meat is provided by small turkey burgers I made this evening, and the green is provided by some raw cut up snow peas. Then we both have hard boiled eggs (he has one, I have two) and he also has some cucumber slices. I decided to stick with green olives but am taking far fewer than went with me today.

Do you see my presents?! Logician got me cute little sauce bottles! You squeeze them in the liquid and they suck up whatever you want them to have. He likes fish sauce so he has one fish sauce (in an appropriate and adorable fish container) and one soy sauce. I have two soy sauce bottles. These little contraptions are adorable!! I like them so much I am going to use them every single day.

I am very glad he is providing me feed back and supporting my habit! I enjoyed making us two different Bentos this evening and may continue to do so in the future. The only problem are the onigiri. They do not last very well and need to be made from fresh rice. But I will find a way. I am thinking of some containers to use for them right now!

Happy early week! Tomorrow is my last work day this week so I don't think they'll be any more Bentos (unless we end up hanging out with MC Etcher then I might have to make a giant ham or turkey destroyable Bento..... heh plotting is fun!)

Gobble Gobble!