Flying Bento Box

So I've been a real health nut lately. I once craved chocolate cakes and pies but now, I crave vegetables and cherry tomatoes. Yep... Salads. Lots of salads.  I have gigantic salads 1-2 times per week in order to use up leftover fresh vegetables and fruits in the fridge before they go bad. Here's one with leafy green lettuce, carrots, sugar snap peas, cherry tomatoes, navel oranges, black plums, apple slices, walnuts, gouda cheese, and also baybel cheese. Seriously. The salads are up to 500-600 calories each! I love them... especially with juicy fruits. I've learned that to make spinach and greens less "dry," you just need to add fruits to them, especially fruits with high water content! No salad dressing needed. :) Here's one with lots of black plums from my backyard tree.  Now what is this?? Ever tried a wrap made out of nori, lettuce, red bell pepper and carrots? Extremely high in nutrients and they are so yummy! I eat it with a ...

Protein : Sweet and sour pork stir fry with red and green bell peppers and onion; Vegetables : Stir fried veggies, steamed broccoli, lettuce, cherry tomatoes, steamed snow peas; Rice : Tanuki onigiri (white rice mixed with bits of fried batter, green onion, and soy sauce). Protein : Salmon again! Seriously, I love salmon. This one is honey-soy sauce baked salmon;  Vegetables : Steamed broccoli, cherry tomatoes, cauliflower buffalo bites (yum), pumpkin, edamame, and sliced red bell pepper; Rice : Brown, short grain onigiri and wrapped in nori. Protein : Salmon! Vegetables : Broccoli, Cauliflower, cherry tomatoes, kabocha pumpkin, edamame beans, and potato-carrot salad; Rice : White, short grain mixed with furikake and wrapped in nori. Protein : Salmon;  Vegetables : Baked asparagus and rainbow carrots, heirloom tomatoes, pickled radish, kimchi, and grated daikon radish seasoned with ponzu sauce;  Rice : White, short grained and topped with chia seeds (t...

Well, it's certainly been awhile since I posted. A lot of things happened recently and I've been feeling stressed but that didn't stop me from making bento! I've just not uploaded them yet. Here's tomorrow's bento. I'll be having an outside "picnic" type of hangout with my co-workers; a rare occasion but I always look forward to them.  The other day, we all were invited to the 23rd floor of our workplace building for a small party celebrating the promotion of our department's head. There was a balcony on that floor and oh my gosh, the view!! My co-workers and I spotted what looked like a small garden on top of a car garage building so we decided to have our picnic there! How exciting!! I'm always looking for new spots to enjoy my bento lunches. :D Proteins : Pan fry Salmon Vegetables : Pickled radish, Hijiki and carrot salad with a purple carrot piece carved into the shape of a flower (<3), Mini heirloom tomatoes (red and ...