Mr. Bento - Halloween 2007

Mr. Bento - Halloween 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

I had to have some unusual things in my Mr. Bento, Halloween, Wednesday, October 31, 2007:

• I went with black 'n' orange in my onigiri, making a rice ball of black rice with smoked salmon, onion and creamcheese. (See the rest here.)
  
• The hardboiled egg with it is kind of spooky.
  
• The pudding has a pumpkin seed smile (and a hazelnut nose).
  
• A couple of rats have invaded my salad.
  
• Of course, there is a candy dish, with nuts to make it healthier.

Mr. Bento - October 30, 2007

Mr. Bento - October 30, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Tuesday, October 30, 20067, finds my Mr. Bento filled with these: chili egg salad. furikake brown rice, and fruit salad for lunch; Cheerios with nuts and yogurt for breakfast.

Mr. Bento - October 29, 2007

Mr. Bento - October 29, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

October is closing out really fast, so I better describe the contents of my Mr. Bento for Monday, October 29, 2007, similarly fast.

There's baked rockfish over brown rice, a salad with raspberry vinaigrette, a tiny chocolate cake with mixed nuts, and a breakfast of Cheerios.

Mr. Bento - October 26, 2007

Mr. Bento - October 26, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Friday, October 26, 2007, will see these in my Mr. Bento: tuna salad topped with furikake, carrots, mini dill pickles, multigrain wasa, swiss cheese. a TJ blueberry bar, and bridge mix.

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Mr. Bento - October 24, 2007

Mr. Bento - October 24, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

"Hump day" is here, so here is what I'll have in my Mr. Bento for Wednesday, October 24, 2007. There's chicken gyoza from Trader Joe's. Breakfast is granola from the Lancaster Dutch Market bakery. The relish bowl has heirloom tomatoes, spicy Israeli pickled eggplant from Kosher Mart, sweet pickled cauliflower from the Lancaster Dutch Market, and little carrots. The greek style yogurt from Trader Joe's is topped with Ikea lingonberry preserves.

Mr. Bento - October 23, 2007

Mr. Bento - October 23, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Monday, I didn't take my lunch in my Mr. Bento. I'd left it in my carpool Friday afternoon, so I took a regular bento box on Monday. I felt lost.

Got it back now, so here is what will be in my Mr. Bento for Tuesday, October 23, 2007. The eggplant lasagna is a left over from Maggianos, retrieved from the freezer. It's keeping company with some onion cheese and carrots. There's also a salad with some multi-colored heirloom tiny tomatoes. Breakfast is Cheerios and some yogurt with banana and orang blossom honey.

Not Mr. Bento - October 22, 2007

Not Mr. Bento - October 23, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

I'm so ashamed. I forgot my Mr. Bento in my carpool on Friday. Here is a one day (I hope) substsitute for Monday, October 23, 2007. Chili that I made for our Redskins vs. Cardinals tailgate on Sunday, rice, salad, bun, pickled eggplant, and TJ's chocolate-covered edaname. The chili has no tomatoes, no beans -- just meat and seasonings -- and is topped with chopped onion and a habanero sauce bentofish.

Mr. Bento - October 19, 2007

Mr. Bento - October 19, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

End of the week already? Well, I'm finishing it with these items in my Mr. Bento for Friday, October 19, 2007. There are TJ chicken potstickers with soysauce bentofish; yogurt with honeybell marmalade; carrots and mini heirloom tomatoes with blue cheese dressing; and vienna fingers with TJ dark chocolate edaname.

Mr. Bento - October 18, 2007

Mr. Bento - October 18, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Thursday, October 18, 2007, and here is what will be in my Mr. Bento. Looks a lot like today's lunch, but I'll persevere.

• On the right for breakfast is a bagel with cream cheese amd lingonberry preserves.
  
• For lunch and snacks, I'll have roast turkey with noodle kugel, carrot tzimmes, spicy pickled eggplant, pickled sweet cauliflower, and cucumber salad.
  
• And a couple of miniature black and whites.

Mr. Bento - October 17, 2007

Mr. Bento - October 17, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Midway through the week, I'm filling my Mr. Bento with these leftovers, and jarred and boxed food -- Wednesday, October 17, 2007. There are lunch bowls with turkey and noodle kugel, carrot tzmimmes, and pickled sweet cauliflower and spicy pickled eggplant.

There also is a breakfast bowl of Cheerios, yogurt, and lingonberry preserves.

Mr. Bento - October 16, 2007

Mr. Bento - October 16, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Here's what's my Mr. Bento for Tuesday, October 16, 2007. I played around with my nori punches today. For breakfast, I 'll have a bagel with creamcheese, and fruit. The lunch appetizer is vegetable soup. Entree is lamb with brown rice and peas.

Mr. Bento - October 15, 2007

Mr. Bento - October 15, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Paddling into the second half of October, here is what I'll have in my Mr. Bento for Monday, October 15, 2007. Breakfast is a bowl of fruit and a bowl of granola. Lunch is gefilte fish with horseradish, vegetable yogurt cheese, and spicy pickled Israeli eggplant. Snack is an oatmeal sandwich cookie.

Mr. Bento - October 12, 2007

Mr. Bento - October 12, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Friday, October 12, 2007, finds these items in my Mr. Bento. The main dish is hickory-grilled swordfish over a spinach quesadilla, with a hotsauce fish. The swordfish is a leftover from taking our son out to Mike's American Grill for his birthday. Sides are chicken broth with corn and peas, and pickles and tomatoes. Dessert is pears.

Mr. Bento - October 11, 2007

Mr. Bento - October 11, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Usually, I make my lunch up the night before. Last night, I got home from work late. So, I threw this together in a rush this morning.

Here is what is in my Mr. Bento for breakfast and lunch on Thursday, October 11, 2007. For breakfast, there are Cheerios plus yogurt topped with ikea lingonberry preserves. Lunch includes TJ's chicken gyoza, a soysauce fish, and TJ's roasted corn mixed with TJ's edaname.

Mr. Bento - October 10, 2007

Mr. Bento - October 10, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Here's what my Mr. Bento will be holding on Wednesday, October 10, 2007. October is my birthday month, so I got an e-mail coupon for a dinner at Austin Grill. The steak bowl has the left-over Steak Laredo: chile-marinated steak, pico di gallo, garic mashed potato, and green beans. The yogurt and lingonberry preserves are breakfast. Side dish of picle, sugar snap peas, and tomatoes, Dessert is fruit cocktail.

Mr. Bento - October 9, 2007

Mr. Bento - October 9, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Going sort of Scandinavian in my Mr. Bento for Tuesday, October 9, 2007. (Too much flash on the moose.) Breakfast is Cheerios and yogurt topped with Ikea's lingonberry preserves. Lunch is Ikea herring in mustard sauce, a starry starry egg, and tomatoes with sugar snaps. Starch is some wasa. Dessert is an apple, dipped in lime juice.

Mr. Bento - October 4, 2007

Mr. Bento - October 4, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

Bright colors in my Mr. Bento for Thursday, October 4, 2007. There's a salami and onion cheese on rye sandwich. Veggies are tomatoes and sugar snap peas. The modled egg is on some carrot strips. For dessert are sweet oat crisps from Ikea.

Mr. Bento - October 3, 2007

Mr. Bento - October 3, 2007
Originally uploaded by Great Stone Face.

The midweek contents of my Mr. Bento for Wednesday, October 3, 2007. Moose in the middle. The sandwich is whitefish salad on rye bread. Accompanying it are half-sour pickles and tomatoes. Veggies are sugar snap peas and more tomatoes. Breakfast is Cheerios. The yogurt is topped with plums and homey.