Back to normal, sorta

So the verdict from all of you on my continuing descent into madness? GOOD TIMES THUMBS UP. Duly noted.

Back to Ms. Bento today because I had hot food on deck. No molded eggs today; I need to use up the almost 2 dozen eggs in the fridge before I can justify getting a new package of the extra large to really make the molds come out the way they're supposed to. Hmmm...perhaps I can make some cookies to use up those eggs.... Anyway, at least there'll be molded eggs to look forward to in the coming week or two.

clockwise from right:

• chicken crockpot dish I made yesterday for dinner -- This was a new recipe I was trying out from a crockpot community and it makes a kind of thick soup/sauce with chicken breasts that you serve over rice or pasta. I added broccoli to the recipe, which I steamed separately so it wouldn't get mushy and discolored in the crock.
• jasmine rice to mix with the chicken stuff, with some broccoli mixed in
• first half: apple slices (more slices hidden underneath) with a tiny handful of raisins on one side; second half: carrot sticks with honey-peanut butter dip in the center (more sticks hidden underneath) -- The dip is in a steel pinch bowl, which are the small (usually ceramic or silicone) bowls chefs use for small quantities of ingredients, like spices, herbs, etc. for their mise en place. These are the most adorable steel pinch bowls my mom got us when I took her to IKEA (where she proceeded to go completely bananas). They're a near-perfect half-sphere and I've been wanting to use them for awhile in a bento as a sauce cup.