0 Bento #243 - Chow Mein & Grapes

We have a reprisal of the chow mein from the other day, another vegetarian lunch.  E just adores these noodles, her bento box is always empty when she comes home.

Cute grapes!  Letter picks spell...GRAPE.  SHOCKING!  And Trader Joes yogurt stars.

Snack is dried apricots and granola.

All packed up.

Bento #243 - Chow mein with steamed vegetables, grapes and yogurt stars.  Snack - Dried apricots and granola.

1 Bento #129 - Shrimp Quesadilla

Two things today.

First things first, we ate out for dinner, and E's extra baby shrimp made it into this quesadilla for lunch, along with a side of salsa sour cream (just mix the two.)

Secondly, I discovered a trick for collecting and safely washing all your food picks and small bento items!  Up until now, I'd have a cup next to the sink and drop the picks in, and when I got around to it, I'd wash them all carefully by hand (trying not to let them slip down the disposal), then lay them all out on towels to dry.  No longer!  I happened to have my collapsible stainless steamer basket out, and realized that it might be the perfect washing basket for those items.  Now I keep the basket next to the sink, drop items in, and then I close it up and throw it in the dishwasher (top rack) with everything else.  I feel so inventive!

Bento #129 - Shrimp and cheese quesadilla, salsa sour cream, dried apricots, celery sticks and organic peanut butter.

4 Bento #115 - Veggie Shells & Trail Mix

Today I took some organic tri-color pasta shells made from spinach and tomato, and tossed in some frozen veggies - peas, corn, cauliflower and carrots, in a light herb butter sauce, and some shredded cheese and cream.  Very yummy!  The trail mix is just some banana chips, craisins, apricots, macadamia nuts and ducky crackers all tossed together.

Bento #115 - Veggie shell pasta, dried fruit trial mix, strawberry yogurt (not shown.)