Bento Everyday

"The economy is so bad" seems to be the hot conversation topic lately.  I am also affected by the bad economy.  Got the news that I will be laid off at the end of March.  Oh well, guess I'll just try to find another night job.  If not, I'll go to school full time in April and May.  Then I'll find another full time job starting in June.  In the mean time, I don't want to be too stress about it.  But in order to save money, I've been a good girl and bringing my bento to work everyday.


2/18/2009

Taro cake with some garlic chili sauce.  Meatball with enoki mushroom and cabbage.  I really like the meatball from IKEA.  You can cook it in so many different ways.



2/19/2009

Lots of different food in this small bento box.  Shrimp with garlic and cilantro sauce.  Sauteed lamb with green onion.  Cantonese style sausage and roasted pork.  More meatball with mushroom and cabbage.  I just love the Cantonese style sausage.  You can buy the sausage at any Cantonese BBQ restaurant.


2/22/2009

Leftover is always good for bento.  We went to Black Angus the night before.  So everything was leftover from Black Angus dinner, except the Cantonese sausage.  There were buffalo style fried chicken and baked potato skin with cheese and sour cream from the appetizer sampler.  Some leftover prime rib, too.  Strangely, rice actually went really well with the food.


2/23/2009

8 big Pork and Leek dumplings from John's Kitchen.



My parents love John's Kitchen's dumplings.  They bought 300 frozen dumplings with different fillings!  We always have some frozen dumplings in our freezer.  These make a quick lunch/dinner/snack anytime.


Peanut Sauce

A coworker brought some Vietnamese style peanut sauce the day before.  I tried it and told him how much I love the sauce.  So the following day he brought me some more sauce.  So nice!  The sauce was made with peanut butter, soy sauce, lemon juice, fish sauce, garlic, cilantro and green onion.  Perfect with my dumplings, too.


2/24/2009

Still had peanut sauce leftover.  I cooked some spaghetti and tossed the pasta with the sauce.  It was simple and yummy.  Also brought some IKEA meatballs and sauteed cucumber for some protein and fiber.


2/25/2009

Pizza and rotisserie chicken from Costco.  Love both items from Costco.  Brought a little broccoli for some veggie.


2/26/2009

My mom's famous soy sauce braised pork ribs!  Just can't enough of it!!  Sauteed eggplant and some Chinese broccoli.  Super delicious bento!  Just love my mom's cooking.

There, lots of bentos.  It really save tons of money to bring your own lunch/dinner to work.  Time to find a new job!

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