Category: Lunch Love

In honor of Chinese New Year, today we have a mushroom steamed bun, and leek dumplings with red vinegar dipping sauce.

He has a bunch of tiny fresh currants, and some unshelled edamame. Also a Chinese tea egg, apple and mango for crunch and sip, and a coconut and mango treat.

Well, not really, but Squish wanted leftover risotto for lunch today, and I haven’t refined my system enough to use the planetbox for wet foods. So my $2.80 Daiso store bento box came to the rescue.

He has mushroom risotto in the sealed section, carrot, grapes, the last of the sweet mini tomatoes and a cheese bunny as sides, and orange and nectarine for crunch and sip.

I can see a spare planetbox big dipper in our future, and I might experiment with crumbling and frying the risotto leftovers to make yummy and lunchbox friendly risotto balls.

Luckily I spent most of yesterday prepping food for the rest of the week, and I made polenta with sundried tomatoes and olives, which is easy to cut into shapes, and also (apparently) freezes well.

So today we have a polenta dinosaur with broccoli trees and a tea egg sun. Small boy is enjoying making his lunches so much that I can use lunch as leverage to get him to do his piano practice without yelling about it.

Furikake rice blocks – these were a hit, and were requested for the next day as well. Purple was far preferred over the plain or the green furikake. But I refused, because I already had a plan for Thursdays lunch…

Dinosoar sandwiches.

Zucchini slice bunnies.