This is the bento box I packed for a teacher training day.  I knew that I wouldn’t have access to a microwave, so I made sure to pack things that could be eaten cold.

I packed:

• Spinach and black olives salad
• Sliced Orange bell pepper
• Ham and cheese sandwich
• Grapes
• Hummus
• Baby Gouda Cheese
• Whole Wheat crackers

Yet another tasty Bento Box Lunch!  On April 21, I packed my Laptop Lunches bento box with:

• Fresh apple slices
• Peanut butter
• Sautéed green beens
• Chicken and yellow rice with green olives
• Tomato and feta salad
• Dark chocolate and almonds for snack

Welcome to the first ever edition of Bento Box Saturday!  Since part of my new blog focus includes sustainability, I thought that posting a photo of one of my bento lunches every week would be a fun feature.  I use a Laptop Lunches bento box, and I highly recommend it!  I love using a bento lunchbox, because it helps to reduce waste, since I don’t produce a lot of extra garbage from throw away packaging.

(Note: I used ziplock bags for snacks with my first bento lunch, pictured here.  Now I use tupperware, so that I don’t throw anything away)

This was my first ever bento lunch, and I had a lot of fun.

I packed:

• Spinach and Feta Salad
• Carrot Sticks
• Leftover Sesame Chicken
• Fresh Strawberries
• Dark Chocolate
• Whole Wheat Crackers and Pistachios for snacks