Tapenade and Turkey Bento

Good Monday Morning! The super moon was super last night and back to school is around the corner. I deconstructed a slider the other day and here I have deconstructed a turkey sandwich. Plus crackers with homemade tapenade. The bread is homemade too.

What's inside of the chickadee dee? Lawry's seasoned salt! A must have for a turkey with mayo sammie.

Slider - A Deconstructed Bento

My lovely nesting Alice in Wonderland hosted the bento of the week. These are the perfect boxes for a deconstructed bento.

Large, medium, small and smaller filled with the elements of a work-day lunch.

Starting at the right we have homemade brown sugar wheat bun with kettle chips. Lettuce and tomato. Grass fed organic cooked beef patty and grated cheese. Dijon mustard and homemade pesto mayo.

At my desk 1pm sharp sandwich made and consumed. This picture was the "oh yeah" half way thru.

Happy Cat Bento

Come. Come. Have a nice picnic on this summer day. The Beckoning Cat bento box lures me to a tuna and caper on English muffin sandwich and my very own Secret Ingredient* Pasta Salad.

Pictured here with her sister cat, Hello Kitty thermos, filled to the brim with Ginger Beer. Refreshing!

We sat in the shade of an old pine tree which rained dead pine needles with every breeze.

Parked on a side street of Mission San Miguel's cemetery. Come in. Come in.

And see the old Bell Tower just inside the cemetery.

Sail On, Sail On, Sailor Bento

A midweek bento last week with a smoked salmon and cream cheese English muffin in the floater tray. Spinach with capers, red bell peppers with capers, heirloom green tomatoes, and a little pink pocket of walnuts in the main box.  

The lid of this box (and my current wallpaper) is a watery scene with demons on the horizon. I woke up last night with dreams of my death in the ocean. To all of those who have succumb to the kelp monsters, to the shadows of the deep, and to songs of the mermaids, my you rest in peace.

Butter Sandwiches Bento

Butter sandwiches Bento, a photo by Judy's Notebook on Flickr.

A chicken drumette, Juliet tomatoes from the garden, sharp cheddar cheese cubes, wasabi mayo in the smiling apple, and Kyoto candy from Japan.

Stars and Stripes Forever Bento

Titled "Swimming Upstream"

because sometimes

 getting

 anything

 done 

around here 

feels like swimming upstream.

So when the inspiration comes 

to make 

star shaped 

grilled cheese sandwiches, 

I jump 

up 

and

 down

at lunchtime.

Stripey stripe green bell peppers, 

tangy mango salsa (a go go),

walnuts (7 a day),

and

a sweet treat, Hi-Chew.

(bless you)

Pinwheels go round and round bento

Pinwheel bento - bread style. Also I'm being very realistic on what we fit when the cover is on. These were fun and easy. Apples and sauerkraut on the side.

Aren't they cute?

Stacked and ready to go.

Let's bento everybody!

Lids: Before and After Bento

Lunch!

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

Mio!

Rejected Mummies Bento

Hitting an October stride and bentoing along the way. This was my lunch for Tuesday this week.

Mandarin oranges, red grapes, container of salt for the radishes, three rolls of deli ham guarded by two happy pandas, and three radishes with their tails up high.

Next tier is a leftover chard and mushroom stuffed chicken breast, rejected mummies, and soy sauce marbled hard boiled egg.

This is one of my favorite boxes!

Strawberry Soda Rides With Bento

Another bread bento this time with a strawberry soda. I had covered the Totoro box before remembering I needed to take a photo, so the two grape tomatoes hopped into the blue cheese dressing in the meantime. They kind of look like they are hot-tubbing. 

Half of a pastrami and pickles and stoneground mustard sandwich was eaten in the parking lot before I went to work. 

My nutty lunchtime buddies are staring at you.

Put A Tiger In Your Tank Bento

I went to the zoo. Well, actually I went to the zoo gift shop on my way home last week and bought a tiger for Si. 

In celebration of the tiger for Si, I made a mighty put a tiger in your tank bento complete with a pastrami sandwich on sourdough bread and a nice tray of berries and grape tomatoes with some lovely Bob's Blu Cheese Dressing. 

Grr Tessa

Round Up A Sammie Bento

 A couple of rounds to complete a half of ham and cheese sandwich.

The sandwich also had avocado and tomato slices.

 Celery, carrots, and radishes with a cucumber dill dipping sauce.

Cherries, berries, and white nectarine slices.

Underneath The Spinach Bento

This is my lovely strawberry box. 

I'm calling the bento the Underneath The Spinach Bento because underneath the spinach the deli chicken and olives are hiding. It's important to note that some of these boxes are deep and can hold a lot of food. It can be deceiving because they look so cute and diminutive.

 I brought a bento every day this first week of August, but only took pictures of this one. 

This bento box even comes with its own bag!

Homemade Bread with Brie and Butter Bento

As the title suggests, this bento features homemade bread, a small slice of brie, a knob of butter, peanut butter in the green kiwi container, grapes, and carrots.

All for the last day of Spring in my Springtime Totoro bento box!

Please Deliver Me Kiki Bento

A Thursday bento designed to make me happy.

And well nourished.

And satisfied.

The 15 Minute Bento

On certain days I work less hours and therefore have no lunch break. However I do get a 15 minute break and that's when I jammed this bento down my throat. I was not like the happy camper bear lounging on the bento lid.

A berry nice bento & oodles of noodles bento

A couple of bentos from last week. The top one is mini pita bread with cheese and salami slices. The little bear dispenser holds dijon mustard. The other level is strawberries, blackberries, and a small dish of hummus. Tasty!

The bottom bento is my oodles of noodles attempt. So good. Somen noodles in a vinegar, sesame oil, and soy sauce mixture with a little bottle on the side and sliced pork. The other level is tangerine and kumquat slices, strawberries, and blackberries, and a goofy panda pick to make me smile, although this box helps with that.

Ploughwoman's Lunch Bento

It was a dark and stormy morning...
Or so it seems from this picture.

I had visited the very fine cheese shop over the weekend for parma to make risotto and left with brie, double cream gouda, olives, and salami too. We visited some of these ingredients in my last bento, and we'll visit a few more here.

The traditional ploughwoman's lunch has bread, cold meat, cheese, fruit, and pickles. Dear Goddess, how could I've forgotten the pickle!

Well, I made up for it with that sweet little container full of organic dijon mustard. And all organic blueberries, raspberries, and tiny tomatoes from my garden.

It's hard working out in the field all day. A good and hearty lunch is always important.

It's good to be plastic: a story of Mr. Lion and Mr. Mouse

There once was a lion who dreamed of a brie and ham baguette sandwich. He slept in peace until...

A very small radish mouse under a pineapple bush woke him. And the lion was so angry he said he would eat the little mousy just in spite.

Mr. Mouse yelled from his mini greens home. No no Mr. Lion, take my olives instead.

But Mr. Lion said he did not like olives, and he eyed a few tomatoes instead.

I'll take these. Mr. Lion roared.

Yes please, said Mr. Mouse. Wouldn't you like a few blueberries too?

And please help yourself to a raspberry, Mr. Lion, said Mr. Mouse.

Mr. Lion ate all the raspberries and was quite happy.

He was feeling mighty full now but wanted a crisp something...

Perhaps a radish would taste refreshing right now, said Mr. Lion.

Wait, cried Mr. Mouse, that ham and brie baguette could be yours.

Mr. Lion considered.

And then Judy ate the radish and the sandwich, and Mr. Lion laughed a hearty laugh.

The berries were mighty sweet today, he told Mr. Loaf Bento Box in the soapy water of the kitchen sink.

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.