Lids: Before and After Bento

Lunch!

Yes that is a chunk of chocolate in the littlest container. 

Mio!

Somebody is watching me Bento

Seems like a good time to break out the Mio boxes.

This bento features raspberries on a bed of lettuce on the bottom tier. Teriyaki chicken, one half of a turkey and cream cheese bagel sandwich, and toasted seed bread cut long strips in the upper tier. A side of  lemon curd in the smallest of my stackable Mio squares.

Deconstructed Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich Bento

I'm back in the groove of making bread, so for lunch this past Wednesday I decided to bring various spreads and crackers and bread. Black raspberry fruit spread, peanut butter, and marmalade in one box, and hummus in its very own container box so as not to taint the others. 

Chocolate-covered almonds from a local nut house, and chocolate-covered raisins, Brazil nuts, and raspberry newtons occupy another box. This box lasted three lunches. 

Nesting boxes are particularly handy when some items should be kept chilled while other need not be. They are also handy because the sweets and nuts box can come to work everyday to ward off the 3pm hunger monster. Believe me that candy box is not my daily portion!

Don't forget the tangerine.

Mio - Black Cat Bento

I sort of get this look when the old man Si is licking a plastic bag. "What?" "Who me?"

Yeah you know it. Caught.

I bought these super cute nesting bento boxes from Japanistic. I am currently into nesting boxes because my life and cupboard space has been taken over by bento!

Plus nesting bento provides me the very best in portion control. Largest: chocolate. Smallest: peas.

Just kidding - all you healthy rockin bento nuts!