Bento #54: Did I Say Hiatus?

Lentil soup (which is very hard to photograph to make look appetizing btw), 

honey-wheat bread, and strawberries and blueberries. (approx. 320 cal)

s-so when i said i'd be awhile i didn't count on my wonderful awesome lovely mom coming up to visit and take me shopping hee <3;


i have no longer eaten myself out of house and home


just wait until next month if you're here for the dregs-of-the-cabinets bentos


for today have some soup i made 


i'd never tried lentils before last night but i figured what the hell


cheap and full of protein can't beat it


overall that pot of soup cost maybe $2 to make tops


and it is delicioussss


have a recipe because i'm nice like that

reeeeally hard

delicious lentil soup (barely adapted from vegetarian.about.com)


1 tsp vegetable oil
1 whole onion, diced
1 carrot, sliced
3-4 mushrooms, chopped
4 cups chicken broth (i didn't have vegetable HA VEGETARIANS)
1 cup dry green lentils
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp dried thyme
2  bay leaves
1 dash salt
1 tbsp lemon juice


1. sautee all the vegetables in a big pot in the oil for about 5 minutes or until the onions are see-through and the carrots are softer
2. add everything else except the lemon juice and bring to a boil
3. turn the heat down and cover and simmer until the lentils are done (about 45 minutes but it took me closer to 50 hurp)
4. fish out the bay leaves and add the lemon juice right before serving
5. NO SOUP FOR YOU

Bento #46: I'm Baaaack

Leftover shepherd's pie, leftover broccoli, blueberries, and vanilla yogurt- 

approx. a million calories and a kind of ugly photo

s-see i told you i'd cook today

if you call cooking yesterday and the day before and heating them up again cooking;

but i've cut my calories down again so now is as good a time as any to use up the temptation of the shepherd's pie in the fridge why did i make a whole pan whyyyy

Vanilla + cinnamon = tastes good man

this is all packed in one of the new boxes i got this christmas

it's got little nesting dolls and some (from what i can tell; only took one semester) sorta nonsense french on it

gotta love it

You are french and make no sense but you are cute so I forgive you

like my other long two-tier box it has the problem of being kind of hard to fill when it isn't just rice in the small tier but i think i'll figure it out

thanks mom <3

Bento #40: Mushrooms!

Fake mushroom, real mushrooms, shrimp, cheese stick, carrots, udon, and

blueberries. Possibly the most things I've put in a bento ever.

GROCERIES

I HAVE SOME