bento catch up

Dad and Mo were here this weekend for a visit on their way to the coast, so it was nice to see them for a bit.  We had simply stunning weather while they were here, though it's been freakishly humid. But beautiful and warm so we can't complain, really.

I did pack a bento for yesterday but ended up staying home, so it became a sick-day-work-from-home bento instead of an office bento. So we have two days' of bentos here:

Monday lunch, blue bunny & moons box:

• carrot sticks and flowers, lemon drop and cherry tomatoes
• basil chicken sausage and Dubliner cheese (under the carrot flowers)
• Gala apple slices
• Reliance grapes
• macadamia nuts

Tuesday lunch, black strawberry box:

• green beans & caramelized onions (underneath)
• smoked sausages
• mashed potatoes
• Reliance grapes
• cheddar bunny crackers
• cashews

Even though we got our fruit bin delivery last week, we've already devoured it -- only some grapes left! So I'm a little low on fruit to add, and of course didn't think of the twenty billion pounds of fresh-picked blueberries and blackberries in our freezer. D'oh! Actually, I should make some pie....

Comments

[Anne Hawley]

Your bentos are getting more and more arty and lovely and design-y. Good for you!

[Bitty]

Oh, you are so sweet. I was just thinking that I haven't been very creative with my lunches of late, certainly not in their presentation. Not bored or anything, just haven't had time. Having a good lunch is obviously my most immediate goal, so other considerations get chucked when I have to choose between, say, artistry and being able to get something packed at all.

But as I look through the bento madness picture gallery, I can definitely see where I've made improvements from when bento 2.0, baby! began.