Leftover Chicken Tenders

The Elder loves my fried chicken. I try to keep him happy and make some form of it once a week or so. This time I went way overboard. I had some chicken that sat in the fridge almost to long. It was cook the breasts or toss them. So I sliced them all up into tenders and fried them up. Needless to say, we not only had it for dinner, but we will be eating it for the next 2 lunches.

In the main compartment of The Elder's Easy Lunch Box we have homemade stuffing made out of the left over pieces from the Domo lunch. I added onion, carrots, mushroom, and some beef stock. On top of that sits my chicken tenders. I was a little to tired and not feeling to creative. The first picks I found were the umbrella ones. So I grabbed the grape tomatoes and added those to the picks. What can I use for rain? The only colorful item I can find is matchstick carrots.

To the left we have a mini apple cranberry pie. Below that we have great peas. Mmm... Peas.

 Are you surprised to see this bento box? I know, long time no see! We will start with the blue bottom tier. The boys have a mini apple cranberry pie, strawberries, and a spaghetti, egg, and cheese cupcake. I know that sounds odd, but it is really yummy! The spaghetti was a leftover from 2 days prior.

The top tier has some of our leftover fried chicken tenders and some red seedless grapes.

Colonel Sanders had her own bento. I took all the crisp pieces and top off the spaghetti and egg cupcake. I also gave her finely diced strawberries, finely diced chicken tender, and baby peas.

She was very happy to be given a good item larger than the small pieces she is use to. Colonel Sanders seems to think she can eat anything . She started to yell at us and refuse her puree food because she wanted something more. The Colonel wanted little chunks. So in efforts to please her, I feed her what we eat and just make sure that it is soft enough for me to smash easily between my fingers. The eggs keep the spaghetti very soft. Colonel Sanders very happily ate the spaghetti cupcake first.

WE ARE AT #99!!! Do you know what that means? Stay tuned for tomorrow!

Pork Chop Halloween Bento

I went to post this and realized I forgot to take a picture or the minons' bentos! Oh no! Oh well. They are now in their bellies.

Today we have another left over lunch in my Easy Lunch Box. Today's meat is a breaded and baked pork chop. Under that I have a left over baked potato that I cut up, seasoned, and pan fried. The pumpkin is made from a sweet potato and I added 2 grape tomatoes just because I could.

To the right we have left over broccoli from 2 nights ago. Under that is an orange cheese cake (mint flavor) with mint chocolate crumbles on top.

The background image is one that one of the boys drew for me. They requested I used it.

2 more lunches till our 100th! There will be a giveaway posted in the 100th lunch post.

Stir Fry Beef with Piggies

Doesn't this look yummy! Yes, I know it is being taken over by lunches for the Elder. I have more time to pay attention to his. Although he is also kinda my minion. I mean, when he is home I feel like he is minion #5 dancing on the clouds. Ha ha ha! I think I just got myself grounded. Oh, I love him dearly, I really do.

On the left we have a stir fry sitting on a bed of brown rice. The stir fry consists of beef, onions, carrots, and broccoli. Sadly, most of the carrots and broccoli are missing. There was an incident with the container holding just the stir fry falling out of the fridge and almost causing me to slip and spill my chocolate milk. Where was the top? Well, that would be the correct way of storing something, even short term, wouldn't it? Therefore, I had to store it without a top to rebel. Against who? Well, I'm not sure. It sounded good though, right? The 2 piggy sauce bottles have soy sauce in them.

To the right we have some raw carrots and a little container.

The last little bit is apple and cranberry crumble. Mmm...  I ate the left over topping and I have to say it was pretty good.





Countdown: 6

Mini meatloaf monster

Well, someone is still use to those nifty microwave meals. So sandwiches just won't do. I still had some left over ground beef from the squid, so I decided to make a meatloaf. You know, it is surprising what yummy and healthy things you can fit into a meatloaf. You can add rolled oats, puree of spinach and a little carrot and even your most picky eater will not notice if you do it right. That is what I did with my little meatloaf. Then I added a topping of BBQ sauce and brown sugar. The eyes are made from carrot and a small piece of ham.

By request I also have pan fried and seasoned potatoes. Those are always a huge hit with the Elder. For sides we have green beans and sweet potato.

Our first Easy Lunch Box ~ meat dinosaur

* Special news at the bottom!

I LOVE my Easy Lunch Boxes and I haven't even used them yet! The boxes are thicker than the other brands. This will com in handy when The Elder takes them to work. It is harder for him to grab and hang onto things with his disability. So sometimes things get smashed. As you can see, there is plenty of room for food. Today's lunch is for The Elder. I finally have talked him into packing a lunch instead of taking a microwave meal. 

I am sure this is not what he had in mind. Poor, poor Elder. Hahaha. Ok, I don't feel bad at all. They all know I am crazy.

I attempted to make 2 dinosaurs out of ground meat. Sadly they didn't hold up to well. I used 2 dinosaur food pick heads to make them look better. I hope The Elder returns with them. Also we have a volcano made out of homemade mashed potatoes with some butter under the carrot lava. In addition to that, we have some steamed broccoli.

The last compartment did not come out as well as planned. Believe it or not, what looks like stewed tomatoes is really cooked apples with the skins left on (red), cinnamon, lemon juice, and a little raw sugar.




Special News!!!!
Only 11 more bento lunches until we have a give away to celebrate our 100th posted bento lunch! Yeah!!!!

Soccer Game Bento Lunch! Pt 1 ~ The boys

More artwork thanks to a minion.

 You see that little container? That is my newest addition! I have 8 little Mini Dippers from Easy Lunch Boxes. I love them! Even Pork Chop can open them up! I used them today to to put "bird food" in. Yes, that is what the minions have dubbed dried cranberries and sunflower seeds. I also hid 2 scooby gummies in them.


Yes, there is a whole sandwich in there. It is cut in half and stacked. I know it is a little on the small size, but it is VERY dense bread. I made a loaf of whole wheat quick bread. Wow, you could make bricks out of that stuff! Anyway, I also gave the minions red pears and a cheese stick

 The Elder had some not so healthy food. He insists that he needs to have chips with is lunch on the weekends. So I gave him chips, a piece of string cheese, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and a few pieces of pear.

Tyke is eating his "bird seed". Isn't he handsome in his soccer gear?

The Elder relaxing while watching the minions play soccer.

Clark and Pork with their lunches