Finally back to actually making food on all five days! And not too many salads to boot.

Turkeyloaf, couscous with vegetables, salad, chili sauce Double Bean Soup, Salad, Cornbread Lamb pelmini, rice with broccoli and cheese, carrots and dip, nectarine Potato and Spinach Knish, Salad, Roasted Red Pepper Soup Mac and cheese, meatball, cucumber salad, nectarine and grapes

Considering it’s past halfway through the year I just did a quick calculation and I posted bentos for 20 out of the 29 weeks so far, about 70% of the time. That seems really good. A few weeks I didn’t post because I only made one or two or didn’t take pictures and for five week this year I was on vacation so actually, it’s even better than that. Go me!

Lentil falafel, couscous with vegetables, salad

Vegetable stir fry rice, carrots and dip, nectarine

Biscuits and gravy, side salad, carrots and dip, apple

Red curry chicken and vegetables, rice, salad

Just a tiny blip from vacation and now we’re back. Easy peasy. Expect only two more weeks though before there’s another pause while I take a second vacation (crazy I know).

chicken noodle soup, challah, salad tex mex rolls ups, rice with salsa, corn and zucchini salad with feta, apple chicken and spinach baked rice, salad, apple, challah vegetable cutlets with spicy dipping sauce, salad, boiled egg, carrots and hummus, apple

Next week won’t have any bentos because PORTUGAL! I feel like I’ve been talking about it forever but it’s finally here! All a bunch of weird lunches as I try to keep things easy with little leftovers.

Pb and j, salad, carrots and hummus, nectarine Chicken and Vegetable Dumplings, Rice with furikake, soy dipping sauce, salad, apple Homemade Spaghettios, bread, salad, orange Zucchini Pancakes with jam and butter, cherry tomatoes, boiled egg, yogurt with walnuts, nectarines, and a drizzle of honey

Double digits! Very fancy. Next week we’ll be in Portugal so there won’t be any bentos but there will be lots of pictures I’m sure on my instagram of all the delicious food we try.

Stir Fry Noodles with Vegetables, Kinpira, Apple Pizza Bites, dipping sauce, grapes, salad, orange Black Bean Enchiladas, salad, carrots and hummus, apple Spinach mac and cheese, salad, red pepper, orange

Study hard, bento hard. Am I right? No? Just me. This week I’m really focused on making sure I can do my best on the test I’m taking on Saturday so I doubt my lunches will be very cool but last week they weren’t so bad.

Salami sandwiches, cherry tomatoes, grapes, boiled egg, salad Vegetable quiche, carrots and hummus, pickles, appleLentil Falafel, couscous with tomato, yogurt sauce, salad Red curry chicken and rice soup, black bread, orange, pickles, grapes Couscous with roasted vegetables, pickles, boiled egg, grapes, carrots and hummus, apple

I’ve gotten in to a pretty nice groove with making lunches these past two months. I feel like I do it really well and this is probably also the most consistent I’ve ever packed lunches that were unique in my life. In college I often packed the same thing for 2-3 days out of the week because of time contrast and here the only problem is storage space (it’s always something).

Pancakes, boiled egg, grapes, salad, orange

Meatball sandwhiches (turkey and sweet potato meatballs on brioche bun with cheese, red sauce), carrots, salad, apple

Pea Soup with goat cheese drizzle and brioche croutons, apple, salad, strawberries, grapes

Japanese style curry, rice, salad, apple

Grilled halloumi salad, spiced couscous with yogurt sauce, orange

Last week was only four days of work because Good Friday is a day off here which means I only made four bentos and we just ate leftovers on Friday which is a lot easier anyway. Tried to do a little change up with including a salad as the main course for one of the days but Andrew still insists on salads nearly every day so there’s a lot of boring salads.

Lemony Vegetable and Lentil soup, bread, grapes, boiled egg

Greek inspired salad (balsamic marinated chicken, tzatziki sauce, feta), rice, mandarin, walnuts

Cheese and spinach Piroshki, side salad, spicy pickles, mandarin, boiled egg, salad dressing

I think salads are boring but it’s what Andrew wants so I guess I’ll just keep packing them and be bored out of my mind looking at these pictures. I keep wanting to shake things up but I’ve been really slacking on my meal prep so I never get around to it. I was hoping to get some back end stuff done this weekend but it didn’t really happen so we just gotta march on.

Baked len

Baked Falafel, Chili-Yogurt Sauce, Salad, Roasted Spiced Potatoes, Apple

Chicken Goulash, Rice, Salad with Carrots, Apple

Minestrone, Bread, Salad, Cherry Tomatoes, Apple

Aloo Dahi (pan fried potatoes in yogurt sauce), Rice, Carrots and Hummus, Strawberries

It was too hectic this week and I was only able to make 3 bentos and honestly they’re even more boring than average but it’s still better than zero bentos (in theory). I missed cooking though so I’m kind of looking forward to getting back in to the swing of things next week. Also I’m excited to study Estonian again! Four days was a good break but I feel like I forgot stuff!

Stir Fry Vegetable Noodles, Carrots and Hummus, Apple

PB and J on Black Bread, Chips, Boiled Egg, Apple, Salad

Savory Turnover (pear chutney, Havarti, walnuts), carrots and hummus, apple, salad