*Welcome to Bento Box Saturday. Every once and awhile, I post photos of one or more of my bento lunches from that week. I use a Laptop Lunches bento box and I love it because it helps me to reduce the amount waste I create, since I don’t produce a lot of extra garbage from throw away packaging. I also love how it creates perfect portion sizes. To learn more about how I pack and carry my bento, check out this post and this post too*
- Prosciutto wrapped mini frittata muffins
- Spinach salad with tomatoes, olives, avocado and sauerkraut
- Cantaloupe
Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of inspiration from Nom Nom Paleo. I pretty much drool over everything Michelle posts, and she’s inspired me to get more creative in the kitchen. I had attempted frittata muffins before, only to have them stick to my muffin tins and come out in pieces. But wrapping them in crispy prosciutto – perfection! I’ll be making these a lot.
I’ve also begun eatting sauerkraut almost every day, usually with my breakfast. I’m trying to eat more fermented foods so that I can get in more of those healthy probiotics. I’ve discovered that I love Bubbies brand, but I’m itching to make my own too.
- Banh Mi Frittata with lettuce and red bell pepper salad
- Celery and red bell pepper dipping sticks
- Guacamole with olives
- Apple, macadamia nuts, dark chocolate
People at work often ask me how I have the time to put together bento boxes everyday. There’s two big secrets: 1) prepping batches of food on the weekends and 2) utilizing leftovers. This lunch involves both. In fact, it involves leftovers made from leftovers. The week I made this (I’m a bit behind) I fixed Banh Mi salad one night. After a couple salads, I was left with odd amounts of all the fixins (pork, cabbage, carrots, scallions, etc). I threw them all together into a frittata, and it was pretty good. Not my favorite frittata combo ever, but not bad.
- Roasted Chicken
- Green beans with scallions
- Celery, carrot and red bell pepper sticks
- Guacomole
- Sweet and Savory Sweet potatoes (from Practical Paleo)
- Grapes
So, I’ve been photographing a lot more of my bento boxes lately. And I was wondering, Would you readers be interested in my posting these more frequently as individual bentos, or do you prefer the once-a-week digest? These posts are quick to write and produce (faster than outfit photos, which tend to be a bit more time consuming). I could easily spread them out over the week. At the same time, I’d like to do it in a way that my readers would enjoy. So, frequent and short, or weekly digest? Which do you prefer?
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I love Bubbies ‘kraut too! I tried making my own once and it wasn’t sour enough even though I let it sit twice as long as the recipe recommended.
I actually kind of like the weekly digest format, but if it would feel less daunting to write up only one at a time, I’d love to be inspired by your lunches more frequently! Now you’ve made me ponder the idea of switching my style posts to a roundup with only one photo and brief commentary….
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I’d love to see more bentos! I’m still getting the hang of packing my bentos, so any inspiration I can get is welcome.
Oh–I prefer the weekly digest. We need someone to comment so we can break the tie
I like the weekly digest. And, I LOVE sauerkraut!!!
I like the weekly digest! I recently started doing Xfit as well and am working towards a paleo diet. The weekly digest is a quick and easy way to see a snapshot of what you ate during the week and allows me to see how you have incorporated leftovers throught out the week, etc. Thanks for asking. Have a good weekend!
^ That’s throughout the week above. Oops!
I like the weekly updates, not because I don’t love more bento, because it’s like a nice little surprise
I am THE worst at making lunches. This year I have no planning period and by the time I have a ‘convenience’ break and run to my mailbox, I only have 20 minutes to eat during the kids’ 30 minute lunch, so that’s kind of depressing. Reading your bento updates inspires me that I can bring a healthy lunch…if only I can remember to cook dinner!
Your bento boxes are so cute! I wouldn’t mind seeing them more often, but I just like food porn in general.
I could eat guacamole or avocados every. single. day. Your lunches make me want to put more effort into my lunch preparations on the weekends. Have you done a post yet where you walk us through your bento box prep from start to finish?
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I like the weekly digest just because it is easy to have them all together! I love this feature and it inspired me to order this for my husband!
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Great blog! Where can I purchase bento boxes like yours?