Simple Leftover Bento
I’m back! Sorry for the week long break. I have been making bentos this week, but I had a disaster of a bento on Monday and just couldn’t bring myself to post it. I tried to make a Christmas bento, and just couldn’t figure out what I wanted to do. I ended up deciding to try a colored egg sheet tree. OMG! It was awful. There was too much oil, the pan was not hot enough, my first try ended up with a gloppy mess and my second sheet was too shiny (due to the oil). And then I decided to get all fancy and put sprinkles on it to act as “lights” on the tree. Well… the sprinkles melted once it hit the oil on the tree, and I ended up with black smudges on the tree. Oh, I was so sad. Maybe if I have the courage, I’ll post a small picture of it at the end of this post.
Well… that has nothing to do with the bento picture above. Besides the fact that I decided I need to stick to good ol’ standbys until I can perfect a christmas bento. But I only have another week, so I better get crackin’ on that one.
The above bento is a leftover bento. My motto is that I don’t like to fuss with my bentos, thus the Christmas tree bento is steppin’ out of my element. Today’s bento is made from leftover mac and cheese from California Pizza Kitchen. They already mixed it with edamame, I just added the carrots. You can’t tell, but mixed in with the carrots on the right are sweet potatoes. I had a large gap next to the carrots/sweet potato cup, and quickly searched in my cabinet for something to throw into the other cup. I luckily found snack peas.
Happy Holidays to everyone!
Contents: Mac and cheese with edamame, strawberries, carrots, sweet potatoes and snack peas.
😦 my sad Christmas trees
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