Showing posts with label breakfast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label breakfast. Show all posts

Shrimp Ramen

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 | Labels: , ,

We had snow last night and I was hoping, indeed praying, for a snow day.  It would have been so nice to run errands and pack for our trip a little early and have some time to relax!  Oh well!  This little dream of mine caused me to put off my bento making until this morning.  Fortunately, I had some precooked shrimp in the freezer.  As a result, this bento was ready in the flash.


Layer 1 looks very much as it always does.  I've filled this layer with fresh veggies and cheese, fresh fruit and for a special treat: gold fish!


Layer 2 was made from pantry staples and leftovers.  I tossed the ramen noodles with Green Giant Healthy Vision veggies: carrots, zucchini, and sliced green beans in a rosemary butter sauce.  The shrimp are obviously on the side.  I added one lovely leftover item: a breakfast strata.  This strata includes sautéed spinach and tomatoes inside.

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An Evening Bento Series - Day 3

Tuesday, September 13, 2011 | Labels: , ,

Today's bento does not include leftovers.  My family eats vegetarian twice a week: Wednesdays and Fridays.  Naturally, I couldn't include meat from tonight's dinner in tomorrow's meal.  I decided to make some staples to keep on hand today instead. 


Layer 1: I would usually have dessert and an appetizer course in this layer of the bento.  Like last week, though, with a vegetarian meal, I decided to go a little heavier on the proteins that I can serve.  There's brie cheese, grapes, pinwheels made of roasted red pepper hummus and flat bread, some veggies, Laughing Cow cheese, and a plum.  In the center are some homemade crackers. 


Layer 2: The main course includes quiche and a pasta salad made with tomatoes, cucumber, yellow and green peppers, parsley, and a champagne vinaigrette.  Last week, I made quiche in normal sized muffin tins.  This week, I went smaller.  These were made in a mini muffin tin.  These are a cute size and work well in the bento (not that the others didn't).

What are the staples involved here?  Well, you can probably figure out that I keep certain items on hand regularly because you're seeing some repeats.  The fruits and veggies are pretty obvious.  But I also keep at least two kinds of pasta available (ramen and 1 other).  Here I've used little shells.  I do tend to buy the miniature pastas because I like their scale in the bento.  Today I made up enough pasta salad that I can serve it at multiple meals this week.  Rather than making quiche again, I've also gone ahead and made 24 quiches that I'm freezing.  That way, when I need one for a lunch, it's easy to throw together.  I have a huge wheel of brie that we need to get through and two rounds of Laughing Cow wedges.  Most of this stuff tends to last quite a long while because any one portion is rather small.  But I said enough about such things yesterday.  :)

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Waking Up at 5 am is Hard Bento

Thursday, September 08, 2011 | Labels: , ,

Wow!  Getting up early is rather painful.  The second day was harder than the first and thus my bento is rather sad.  I could have done more - if I had packed it the night before.  I really need to start doing that because early morning bento making is just too hard.

My goal today was to create a meatless bento that would be filling and easy to eat.  DD eats twice in her day: layer 1 around 10 am and layer 2 around 1 pm.  This grazing means that I wanted a carbohydrate on both layers - a little tricky.

Layer 1:  We have brie and homemade crackers because I wanted to include some bread in this bento and didn't have a lot of options this morning.  I've added sliced plum and grapes and chocolate.
Layer 2:  This is a main course of leek quiche, sliced potato with herbs, and a cucumber and tomato salad.  The quiche could also make a nice breakfast.  You could make it in advance and reheat in the morning for a quick meal.  - Hmm . . .  Yummy idea! :)

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Breakfast à la Bento

Thursday, September 01, 2011 | Labels: , ,

DH surprised me by coming home for dinner last night.  We got to spend a lovely evening together and he brought me flowers!  Does it get any better?  Nope.  :)  But that does leave him with an already made bento and nothing to talk about this morning.  Am I sad, no.  He's a sweetie!

So what can I talk about today?  Well . . .   how about the most important meal of the day?  Do you wonder what I serve for breakfast in my house?  That's our topic.

This is only Greek yogurt and fresh fruit.  What makes it so "bento"?  Well, you could pack it into a bento easily (a smaller bento than I use for lunch).  You could also set it up in advance and cover with plastic wrap.  But, the part I like is that it is deliberately pretty (if I do say so myself).  It took just moments to slice the fruit and arrange it nicely - and I made 2 of these this morning. 

It's also a whole lot healthier than Eggo Waffles, a breakfast sandwich, or cereal.  The Greek yogurt is packed full of protein and calcium.  Fruit always goes down easily. 

Well, that's all I've got this morning.  I hope you have a wonderful day! 

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