Left over Lemon Chicken

The best way to speed through your bento making if you're in a hurry is to use left overs, here is some lemon chicken I made the night before and used it for lunch the next day. I made sure to separate the sauce so the chicken would not get soggy and I accomanied it with the usual veggies that are great for filling in those extra spaces and are also nutricious and delicious like broccoli and carrots. I made a little cucumber salad and cheesecake again for dessert. To add some color to the meal I added a red flower in the center of the rice made with paprika.

-Bento Chick

Simple yet Satisfying

Happy Holidays everyone!!

Here is a Bento DJ made before going to see her family for the holidays.

Rice balls with grape tomatoes, good for stuffing. For dessert the strawberry mochi and a gingerbread man cookie.

Perogies and Patties

Perogies are pretty much the dumplings of Europe. Usually found in the frozen section of the grocery store, these perogies can be made at home very easily, I will have the recipe posted for you to enjoy them as much as I did. I was feeling in a potato mood (not couch potato) and decided to make the perogies with a potato filling.

For the protien in the meal I made beef patties that went great with the caramelized onions also used for the perogies. The sqeeze bottle contained just enough ranch for the carrots. Last but certainly not least, infact I think I ate this first, is the vanilla cheesecake dessert with graham cracker topping. that meal was so satisfying and fun to eat!!

Sandwiches Anyone?

This Bento was pretty easy to make and pack, I had some left over Italian burger patties and peperoni in the fridge so I cut them up and made two Italian sandwiches with mozzerella cheese and onions. I also made a rice block with avocado and ham. they were all so happy the carrot even lost an eye it was so excited to come to work with me!!

Jalapeno Snack Rolls Recipe

These very simple to make snack rolls are delicious and fun to eat, they're also a great bento stuffer because they can fit snugly next to any other bento item. The recipe used to make these is as follows.

-California imported Jalapeno tortillas (or any found in the grocery store will do)
-Room temprature cream cheese
-Ham or any thinly sliced deli meat
-clean hands

First lay out the torillas and warm on a griddle then spread the cream cheese evenly over the torillas. Layer the deli meat over the cream cheese and start rolling at one end making sure it is a tight roll. Once rolled cut into bite sized pieces or desired lengh. Last step, fit into your bento and eat.

Recipe a courtesy of D.J.

Rolling Rolling Rolling Keep Those Bentos Rolling

Jalapeno tortillas with cream cheese and ham...Mmmmm... DJ also added some little LOVEly heart shaped cookies.