My Impertinent Bento
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 10:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
auntbijouThis morning I was finally alert enough to remember to take a photo of the Impertinent Daughter's bento lunch before getting in the car to leave for school! Wish I had done this yesterday, as she had to take our state educational system's version of an assessment test, which took the greater part of the day, so she had a second level to the bento that had snacks packed into it.
Oh well, here is today's bento... a lunch for the junior high soccer player
We have fried chicken strips, whole-grain goldfish, sliced red bell pepper, red grapes, and half of an avocado, cut into chunks. For the drink, she has a Minute Maid Fruit Falls Tropical Water Beverage, which has only 5 calories, and less than one gram of sugar and, most importantly, NO high fructose corn syrup!! (that's a big issue for our family).
The Impertinent Daughter looked at it and said, as usual, "Wow, I hope I can eat it all."
Of course, she always does manage to eat it all! And she gets a lot of envious looks (as well as attacks by moochers) for her bento lunches! What I have discovered since I started doing this is... it's actually a lot easier to prepare than the traditional sandwich, chips, and drink, it's more challenging, and most importantly of all... my kids don't bring home a lunch box with stuff they haven't eaten in it. And I think that says more about the success of my "experiment" than anything else!
Oh well, here is today's bento... a lunch for the junior high soccer player
We have fried chicken strips, whole-grain goldfish, sliced red bell pepper, red grapes, and half of an avocado, cut into chunks. For the drink, she has a Minute Maid Fruit Falls Tropical Water Beverage, which has only 5 calories, and less than one gram of sugar and, most importantly, NO high fructose corn syrup!! (that's a big issue for our family).
The Impertinent Daughter looked at it and said, as usual, "Wow, I hope I can eat it all."
Of course, she always does manage to eat it all! And she gets a lot of envious looks (as well as attacks by moochers) for her bento lunches! What I have discovered since I started doing this is... it's actually a lot easier to prepare than the traditional sandwich, chips, and drink, it's more challenging, and most importantly of all... my kids don't bring home a lunch box with stuff they haven't eaten in it. And I think that says more about the success of my "experiment" than anything else!
