I am trying something a little different and that is couscous. This is one of those foods that really will not do well with the slippery chopsticks in the boxes, so they will be using forks for this one.
The tofu patties were from the Just Bento Cookbook, as before except this time I made them as per directions but without the edamame because I couldn't find ours. Also made the night before was some potato salad. To fill out the kids' boxes I used some frozen peas, but it is not likely that they will eat them.
Pippy liked her bento yesterday for the most part, but the ham roll ups from the cookbook were a no go. On the other hand, her friend chomped them down, so it wasn't that it was a bad recipe.
Yep, I don't have any filler, so my box will probably be a mess by lunch time. I just can't find anything in the house that I both like and will not get mushy or something before lunch. I despise peas.
I love couscous, it's one of my fav bento foods :) The same filler problem occurs with my bentos sometimes and I've started defaulting to lettuce. It fills the gaps, insulates and looks pretty all at the same time so I use it all the time now!
ReplyDeleteI probably should, there is never a shortage of leaf lettuce around here, LOL. My family is a little sick of salads.
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