Chicken Salad in 2 Ways

Bento #44: (Mom)
Mom has white rolls, cucumber, celery, cottage cheese, a strawberry, and chicken salad with a tomato slice.

Not much to say about this one. Except that I kept the rolls from getting soggy by making a wall of red leaf lettuce between them and the cucumber.

Bento #44 (Mine)
I have cottage cheese, cucumber, kamaboko(steamed fish cake), hard boiled quail eggs, grapes, and chicken salad-filled onigiri on a bed of red leaf lettuce.

These were packed in 2 of 3 tiers of a Jyubako box I bought at Daiso for $5.

Eeep! 50th bento is right around the corner! I think I have an idea of what to do, but people might only get it if they watch Korean movies. :P

Chicken Salad For Two

We went grocery shopping last night. Hurrah! Some fruits and veggies in the house! Fast, simple, plain-looking lunches today. I packed them both the night before to save time in the morning.

Bento #40 (Mom's)

Mom has Chicken salad with celery, cucumbers, and avocado, ritz crackers and walnuts. 2 carb choices (Probably around three with snacks since she ate most of the tangelo.)

Bento #41 (Mine)

I have the same chicken salad but with more of the veggies and some mixed lettuce. For snacks (Which are for Mom and Me to share) I have peanut butter pretzels, dried apricots, babybel cheese and a tangelo. Both lunches are packed in Hello Kitty boxes -that don't have ml information on the bottom, I found at Dollar Tree for (Gasp!) a dollar.

Wow, 41! I'll have to do something special for my 50th. (Well, 50th blogged about. :P)

A Much Needed Update

Boy, I haven't been on here in a long time. Life was calling. I have been making bentos however and will try to post more often by putting up some older ones.

Things have been a little hectic lately. My Mom had a stroke this week, but she's doing much better. We also found out this month that she has type 2 diabetes, so expect to see lots of diabetic lunches with tips for carb counting. :)

Bento #37 (Mine)

Chicken salad(canned chicken, mayonaise, almonds, and cucumbers), edemame skewers, rice cakes, wheat thins, and apple rabbits.

Mom and I attended a Diabetes class and had to pack dinners. Her's was very similar to this minus the apple, edemame, and wheat thins. I was very eager to use this new box.(Picked up at the thrift store for $1.99!) I love the shape! I needed a bento belt to keep it together though as it's just a simple lacquered box. I packed this rather badly though since the chicken salad was very wet. It leaked onto everything! The apples didn't suffer much, but the bottom crackers weren't very appetizing. I put the edemame on some rats from a set of chinese zodiac picks. :D

Also, I have quite the supply of bento supplies up for sale or swapping. If you want more information, either post here or email me at bento_mom@hotmail.com

Real Bento

After waking up late today I rushed around the kitchen trying to find something to pack for lunch. Cheese cubes, a pita, 2 hard boiled eggs and some cucumber slices went into a box for Mom, Matt and I to share as we headed for the door. We get to work and what does mom say? "I don't think that'll feed all of us. Let's get bento for lunch." Oh bliss!


Our real bento: mixed tempura, gyoza, california rolls, salad and teriyaki chicken on rice. What could be better on a rainy day? :D