Using Bento Boxes for lunches.

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I have the same brunch bento as Monday, but the ham and hashbrowns didn't get tossed this time, and the egg is bear-shaped

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PixieGoddess wrote: »

I have the same brunch bento as Monday, but the ham and hashbrowns didn't get tossed this time, and the egg is bear-shaped

Yuuuummmm!!! That looks really tasty!

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Yummy!

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chloeelizabethm wrote: »

I've stopped making a bento box for lunch since doing low carb, does anyone here make low carb bento boxes? I suppose i just need to be a little more creative!

I have no pics, but I have done tuna salad and celery sticks, hardboiled eggs, nuts, cut up veggies and fruit but you can omit whatever. There are some low cab pics on here, just think about omitting the rice or using Caulirice.

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Narcissora wrote: »

I tried the mango chipotle gemwrap just now, and here is a little critique:

It was super tasty - it tasted strongly of mango and had a smokey note to it. It really enhanced my wrap. It was kind of strange eating a sandwich wrapped in a mango fruit roll-up, but I got over that whole notion very fast. It was only 15 calories, which is a huge win in my book.

What I didn't like - it got a little bit soggy. I put it together last night, and sitting in the bento overnight made it a little mushy. I made sure not to use very liquidy ingredients, but the wrap itself still started to disintegrate. If I used a dressing or a tomato wth the pulp, I think it would have completely fallen apart.

I have five more of these things, so you will be seeing more of them from me in the near future.

Does anyone know how long they last after the package is open?

What I do if I need to make lunch at night is put the ingredients separately. I just rolled up the wrap tight in saran wrap. Then when I am thinking about lunch, assemble the wrap and then let it sit on my desk for a bit before eating it. They are better if they sit a little while.

As for how long they last, I had a package in my pantry for a year! I lay them flat under other things and forgot they were in there! Still fine!

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Thank you @cindytw and thank you @mangrothian I will take you up on your ideas and actually looking back through them there are quite a few low carb.

Someone mentioned it depends what I deem as low carb, my goal each day is under 100g so I can sneak a bit of 'real' carb in there if I really wanted!

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chloeelizabethm wrote: »

Thank you @cindytw and thank you @mangrothian I will take you up on your ideas and actually looking back through them there are quite a few low carb.

Someone mentioned it depends what I deem as low carb, my goal each day is under 100g so I can sneak a bit of 'real' carb in there if I really wanted!

Then anything I post is good and a lot of the hings here are! I am ALWAYS under 100g, I just haven't posted much.

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Then I shall add you as a friend @cindytw and steal all your ideas from your diary!

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I had lunch plans yesterday, and I think I have lunch plans again tomorrow, so today is my last bento until next week. I have so much going on this weekend (as far as feasting events go), so I tried to go quite low-cal today. As I was adding the carrots, I had less than 300 calories, so I added a little bit of M&M's for additional calories and happiness.



Mango chipotle GemWrap filled with chicken, rice, black beans, and salsa; tomato; carrots; M&M's

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cindytw wrote: »

What I do if I need to make lunch at night is put the ingredients separately. I just rolled up the wrap tight in saran wrap. Then when I am thinking about lunch, assemble the wrap and then let it sit on my desk for a bit before eating it. They are better if they sit a little while.

As for how long they last, I had a package in my pantry for a year! I lay them flat under other things and forgot they were in there! Still fine!

Thanks for the tip! I'm going to try a few more combinations of pre-prepared wraps to see if any of them end up soft but not mushy... But then I might start having to take "de-constructed" wraps to work... I just don't know how to make that look pretty in a bento

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Today's lunch:

Layer one: green chile sausage, almonds, colby jack cheese stick. mushrooms, carrots, and broccoli

Layer two: mango, strawberry flowers, raspberries, gorgonzola, and spring mix. Serving it with honey red wine vinaigrette for the salad and a little dance for the broccoli/mushroom/carrots

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sagj wrote: »

Today's lunch:

Layer one: green chile sausage, almonds, colby jack cheese stick. mushrooms, carrots, and broccoli

Layer two: mango, strawberry flowers, raspberries, gorgonzola, and spring mix. Serving it with honey red wine vinaigrette for the salad and a little dance for the broccoli/mushroom/carrots

I love how you laid out the raspberries - very pretty!

Where did you get the cute little winky and squinty eye picks? I want to turn my veggies into personalities too!

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sagj wrote: »

Serving it with honey red wine vinaigrette for the salad and a little dance for the broccoli/mushroom/carrots

Dance was suppose to be ranch, but dancing with my vegetables sounds AWESOME!

Narcissora wrote: »

I love how you laid out the raspberries - very pretty!

Where did you get the cute little winky and squinty eye picks? I want to turn my veggies into personalities too!

Thank you! I got the picks here! I've only used these two so far; there are some bigger ones in the pack. I love how cute my happy-eyed food is! And when I'm feeling a little feisty...




Bwahahaha!