Sunday evening, preparing food for the week….
Monday:
- Dried figs
- Raw almonds
- Green and Black’s Maya Gold Dark Chocolate
- Spanakopita (Costco)
- Edamame tossed with tamari, sesame oil and sesame seeds
- Glazed carrots
- Pineapple Fried Rice with Prosciutto and Shrimp
Tuesday:
- Baked Meatballs with Honey-Ketchup-Mustard-Soy Glaze
- Potato Salad
- Carrot and Celery Sticks with Ranch Dressing
- Light Wheat Bread (BBA)
- Pan-Roasted Broccoli with Garlic and Olives
- Apple and Cranberry Crisp
Wednesday:
- Grilled Scallops (marinated in Worcestershire sauce, olive oil, agave nectar)
- Corn, Red Pepper and Black Bean Salad (suggested by dd-19)
- Baked Sweet Potato Fries
- Microgreens (from the garden!) + Raspberry Vinaigrette
Thursday:
- Salsa Chicken, in wrap for Aisa, with brown rice for Bong
I’ll add more as I finish preparing the food. The list will go on the fridge so packers [ 🙂 ] can pick and choose if I don’t manage to get up early enough in the morning. I’m packing the lunches the day before so that I’m sure they get a bit of everything. Makes for a more balanced meal. 🙂
Friday Update:
Two kids fell sick this week… cooking halted yesterday and we had leftovers and ramen noodles for dinner. Cooking commenced today but I’m filling in requests from the sickies — namely Filipino arroz caldo and spaghetti with Bolognese sauce. College kid brought home a package of plantain bananas from the kitchens at school, so I’m baking several with their skins on. I *may* stir-fry some surimi crab sticks with asparagus if they need more food tonight :D. If you’re reading this, please pray that no more kids get struck down by this icky virus. Thanks!
Wow! What nice meal plans. Where did you get your container? I like the compartments. It looks adjustable.
Me too – I want to know where you got the bento boxes! Online? 🙂 I’ll be packing lunches for the kids soon (when they go to summer camp in July). And the liners underneath are they like the muffin liners or something?
Your meal plans are both yummy and healthy.
Hi Kristi and Adele! Yes, the bento box comes with a little divider thingie that you can put anywhere you like.
I got my hubby’s bento box from Amazon the first time and then at Mitsuwa Marketplace the second time (we had left the main receptacle near the stove and it got a bit warped and wouldn’t close properly, so had to get a new one 🙁 .
You can see it here: https://andthesethygifts.com///2007/01/16/my-husbands-bento-box-food-blogging-event-for-one/
Aisa’s bento which you see in this picture is from JBox: http://www.jbox.com/BENTO/ Good luck picking — whenever I go to that site I want to purchase every single bento, not to mention the accessories!
And then I got a Coleman thermos at Meijer (local big box), some Rubbermaid Premier from there as well… http://www.rubbermaid.com/Category/Pages/ProductDetail.aspx?Prod_ID=RP091260&CatName=FoodStorage
Lastly, I got a 2-tier tiffin and 3 sidekicks at http://www.to-goware.com/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=79
I keep a variety of lunch box container options for 2 reasons: 1) so we can rotate them, e.g., I can have some at home already being packed through the day while cooking, so by the time night rolls around they’re ready for the next day and 2) so we can pack cold foods and hot foods alike. The tiffin won’t hold soup, and neither will the cute JBox bento, but the thermos and the Zoji will (though not much).