Evenin' bentolings!

Tonight's bento box was fairly easy. The only reason I was in the kitchen for an eternity was because I made loads of onigiri and some special heart shaped ones for the boxes. That and the fact that we have no dishwasher. It took me almost as long to do all the dinner/bento dishes as it did to cook and prepare everything. I actually daydream about owning a dishwasher again. Now that's sad. The homes here just aren't really designed for one, unless of course you're willing to put your washer/dryer in the living room, which I am not. Some day though... oh yes, you will be mine shiny dishwasher. ALL MINE!

Back to the box. I found these adorable mini wholewheat pita breads at M&S while out shopping at lunch time. They are TINY! So, I carefully filled them with a bit of turkey and ham and some cucumber slices. The other side has some heart shaped fried rice style onigiri, lightly steamed asparagus and salad. I didn't use any oil fry up the egg/veggies, just a really good non-stick pan. I want these lunches to be as healthy as possible. There is also a wee side car of blueberries and the token Happy Panda cookie because my husband expects one in all his bentos now. They really are delicious little cookies.

Mine

Snow's

I have some ideas I want to try this weekend. One that if I can pull off, it will be amazingly cute. Fingers crossed! I managed to hunt down some super mini cupcake foils at lunch time, and some other odds and ends. I'm going to try the sweet potato puffs, but I'm confused because I don't think the recipe I have calls for the orange/yam type of sweet potato, because they're white in the picture. I'll have to do some research. Last resort is red potatoes because they're yummy and taste good in any potato recipe I think.

I'm glad I made them tonight. I took the night off last evening and today I looked at my manky old ham sandwich and thought, what's the point? I'm spoiled now and want to eat with my eyes as well as my mouth. That's the way food should be I think.