Plans for next week

[vg_ford]

So, I'm working 3 12-hr shifts Monday through Wednesday next week. This requires planning on my part, because I will be damned if:

a) I will eat out every lunch break and/or dinner break.
b) I will have soda again.

This means that I have to do a few things - hey, beard5, what's your thoughts on stopping at a Family Dollar tomorrow and looking at some Bento Boxes? I'm going to get either some of the Hello Kitty ones that they supposedly have (it's either them or Dollar Tree) or some Lock-n-Locks from Target/Walmart. I'm going to be packing bentos for lunch and dinner for all three days.

I want to make up some peanut noodles (yummy!) and maybe I'll try some furikake rice or some rice balls (I think they're called onigri). I'm also going to see if I can find some cookie cutters I can use to shape the rice and do some hard-boiled eggs.

I need to get some fillers for the boxes (cherry tomatoes, grapes, etc) and some paper cupcake cups.

I'm also going to make some cranberry bread and maybe some chicken casserole for the week.

More later.

Oh, and my bento shipped already!!!

Comments

[magicnoire.livejournal.com]

I know Dollar Tree is the one with the Hello Kitty bentos. This doesn't mean Family Dollar doesn't have them too but just a heads up. (And yeah, they're called onigiri.)

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Sweet! Thanks for the heads-up - I'll have to see where a Dollar Tree is near us...

[peartreealley.livejournal.com]

Bento lunches are great. Even if they aren't incredibly fancy, they still can brighten up your day. I try to remind myself of that, because sometimes the time it takes to prepare them gets frustrating to me :)

That sounds like quite the week. It looks like you have a good plan going :D

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

I'm having a lot of fun with them. Even if I'm not making them correctly yet - it's still great portion control.

[beard5.livejournal.com]

that works for me :)

[beard5.livejournal.com]

Oh and forgot to add Check these guys out Build a better Bento she takes pictures of her lunches almost every day.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Already do check out her blog every day. :p

[kuzushi.livejournal.com]

I've been feeding us baby carrots and the little red laughing cow bonbell cheeses in our lunches. The come in the light variety too and are soft and yummy.
Some one at work had the bento box I think that's were I saw it. It was cool. Good luck!