Bento #9

I made two completely different bentos today. The large containers for both of our boxes were still at school in the fridge, containing leftover garlic spice chicken. The only containers I had available were the ECOlunchbox containers, which don't work particularly well if you have a need to divide your food. Nonetheless, I had one leftover grilled chicken breast in the fridge, and enough pasta for one lunch.

Rob's lunch today was identical to Bento #7 - I packed garlic spice chicken in the small round container, nestled it in the main box and filled the rest whole wheat tortellini and Brussels sprouts, covered liberally in Parmesan and salt and pepper. Rob supplemented his lunch with the leftover chicken from the fridge at school.



My bento probably sounds a little lame, but it was delicious! Since I had boiling water already, I poured half a bag of edamame (in the pod) into the pot to cook once the pasta was finished. The other half of the chicken breast was packed in my round container with Asian zing sauce from Buffalo Wild Wings. Once the edamame was done, I packed it in the remaining space with freshly ground sea salt. Mmm... tasty! It was also very high in protein and kept me satisfied until almost 6:00.



Supper tonight was also very tasty. I bought a pound of ground buffalo last week that needed to be used up. Rob was sound asleep on the couch when I got to his place, and he wasn't particularly enamored with the ground buffalo idea. Apparently he prefers the animal making up ground meat to "moo" when it's alive. I guess buffalo don't "moo." Since Rob wouldn't be eating my buffalo burgers, I crumbled about 2.5 oz of bleu cheese, added a good handful of shredded sharp cheddar, and spiced it with Montreal steak seasoning. After mixing the cheese thoroughly with the burger, I made two 1/4 lb patties and four 1/8 lb patties. I grilled everything up, nuked some veggies, and had a melty, rich, tasty burger topped with extra melted cheddar, buffalo wing sauce, and nestled on a whole wheat bun.

The rest of the meat I put in the fridge, and I fully intend for the four little burgers to be "sliders" for lunch tomorrow. Mini whole wheat pitas will make good vehicles for serving, too. I can't wait!