Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Good Husband Bento

Ok, so all that whining I did about my husband breaking a bento box, I take it back. Oh, he still broke a box, but he just spent an exhausting 4 days dealing with snot-nosed, coughy, achy, whiny, lethargic, sick me. I got WIPED OUT by this latest bug. Seriously, I spent all day on Sunday just sleeping, coughing, and sucking on cough drops. I think I mentholated my brain.

So to make up for it, now that I am finally back to a somewhat-healthy state again, I made a Good Husband Bento. No silly stuff, it's not cute, and I even put it in a plain bento box. But it's filled with yummy stuff and will hopefully be a good lunch for him at work today.

In this no nonsense, Good Husband Bento: baby carrots, frozen edamame, Aidell's Teriyaki Chicken Meatballs, steamed broccoli from Triple T Ranch tossed with a soy sauce vinaigrette, a few walnut halves from the Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market, half of a mandarin orange from De'Santis Farms, and a plain salted onigiri rice ball. The poor man even slept on the couch (mostly so he wouldn't get the plague, but also so I wouldn't have to worry about keeping him up all night with my hacking and sniffling)!

My bento is similar, although with better lighting. I have a 'side car' bento filled with the other part of the mandarin orange, a few blackberries, walnuts, and dried apricots. Also broccoli and baby carrots. You may have noticed my BRAND NEW Hello Kitty Thermal Jar. Heh heh! Got it while I was in Seattle at Uwajimaya. Today is her first trial run, and I am pretty impressed. I packed it with pretty hot jook at 8:30am (using a recipe from Sheri at Happy Little Bento), and it's still nicely warm at 1pm. I will try to eat earlier when I pack the thermal jar, just to be on the safe side.

Oh you wanted to see inside the jar? Here you go!

Lots of love to my hubs for being a good guy, who only accidentally ends up in the dog house for breaking something, but mostly deserves yummy bentos. I couldn't wish for a better Valentine.

I shared this on Shannon's What's For Lunch Wednesdays. Check it out to see what other bento buddies are whipping up!

9 comments:

  1. That's great Michelle! Jook is good for the soul :) That's a cute thermal, and I've heard it insulates very well. Welcome back to health and bento!

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  2. Thanks, sheri. It was so nice last night to not have a cough drop in my mouth all. night. long. I swear that much menthol (while allowing one to breathe) will do wacky things to one's noggin.

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  3. Glad that you are back to healthy state! Love that round simple bento box, it makes the food stands out so much!

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  4. Pei pa koa is pretty decent cough medicine (from herbal as I remembered), great non alcoholic medicine, some western cough medicine are more effective, but this is non drowsy.

    You can access info online @
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nin_Jiom_Pei_Pa_Koa
    ninjiom.50webs.com

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  5. Hubby didn't fight you for the Hello Kitty thermal? Oh, that's right, you were going for manly. (Just got an idea...a tool box as a bento? That would be about the right size to make my husband happy.)

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  6. Thank you Kids Dream Work. I always love packing food into round bento boxes. It just works!

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  7. Thanks for the tips, Teresa! I've never heard of that remedy.

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  8. dragonmamma, he smiled at my Hello Kitty thermal jar, but I could see the avarice lurking in the back of his eyes. He will try to steal it from me, I am sure. :) A toolbox bento?! Funny.

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