Guest guest Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 Delicious!!!! Thanks for sharing these great ideas heather. Can I buy a Mr Bento online? Tina On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Heather Butler <hawaiihmb wrote: > > > So one of my newest tools in my arsenal of eating vegetarian meals out is > something called a Mr. Bento. It is a thermos with four inner containers > that can keep food warm for hours. I usually prefer warm food for meals. I > thought it would be good to share some of the things I put in it. So just to > give some background, the containers are different sizes, with the bottom > container holding about 1 cup of soup, the next container holding 2 cups of > rice (though I usually do half veggies), the next container holding about 1 > cup of veggies or other items and the top container holding about 3/4 cups > of anything. They stay hotest from the bottom up (thus the soup is in that > container, it even has a great leak free lid!!). > > Here are some of the things I do (or plan to do): > 1) veggie chicken and butternut squash soup; 1 cup brown rice, 1 cup kale; > 1 slice banana bread; handful almonds > 2) miso soup with extra tofu; 1 cup stir fried brown rice with tempeh > crumbles and ginger, 1 cup spinach with sesame seeds; brown rice crackers; a > few apple slices > 3) 1 cup cashew chili; 1 cup brown rice, 1 cup chopped green beans; 1 slice > corn bread; 1/4 cup cheese and 1/4 cup sour cream for the chili > 4) 1 cup enchiladas; 1 cup brown rice, 1 cup spinach; sliced red and yellow > bell peppers; sliced strawberries > 5) 1 cup veggie soup; 2 cups cajun beans and rice; 1 cup sliced cucumbers; > 1/4 cup sour cream and dill (to dip the cukes in or top the rice with) > 6) 1 cup saag paneer; 1 cup brown rice, 1 cup broccoli; 1 cup spinach and > lentils; mixed berries > > Of course you could do all these things without a Mr. Bento, too! > > Heather > > There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a > miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. > --Albert Einstein > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 Yes, I got mine from Amazon Heather There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. --Albert Einstein ________________________________ Tina Castronovo <tinacastronovo Thursday, May 7, 2009 12:42:24 PM Re: Mr. Bento Delicious!!! ! Thanks for sharing these great ideas heather. Can I buy a Mr Bento online? Tina On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Heather Butler <hawaiihmb > wrote: > > > So one of my newest tools in my arsenal of eating vegetarian meals out is > something called a Mr. Bento. It is a thermos with four inner containers > that can keep food warm for hours. I usually prefer warm food for meals. I > thought it would be good to share some of the things I put in it. So just to > give some background, the containers are different sizes, with the bottom > container holding about 1 cup of soup, the next container holding 2 cups of > rice (though I usually do half veggies), the next container holding about 1 > cup of veggies or other items and the top container holding about 3/4 cups > of anything. They stay hotest from the bottom up (thus the soup is in that > container, it even has a great leak free lid!!). > > Here are some of the things I do (or plan to do): > 1) veggie chicken and butternut squash soup; 1 cup brown rice, 1 cup kale; > 1 slice banana bread; handful almonds > 2) miso soup with extra tofu; 1 cup stir fried brown rice with tempeh > crumbles and ginger, 1 cup spinach with sesame seeds; brown rice crackers; a > few apple slices > 3) 1 cup cashew chili; 1 cup brown rice, 1 cup chopped green beans; 1 slice > corn bread; 1/4 cup cheese and 1/4 cup sour cream for the chili > 4) 1 cup enchiladas; 1 cup brown rice, 1 cup spinach; sliced red and yellow > bell peppers; sliced strawberries > 5) 1 cup veggie soup; 2 cups cajun beans and rice; 1 cup sliced cucumbers; > 1/4 cup sour cream and dill (to dip the cukes in or top the rice with) > 6) 1 cup saag paneer; 1 cup brown rice, 1 cup broccoli; 1 cup spinach and > lentils; mixed berries > > Of course you could do all these things without a Mr. Bento, too! > > Heather > > There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a > miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. > --Albert Einstein > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2009 Report Share Posted May 7, 2009 Great! Tina On 5/7/09, Heather Butler <hawaiihmb wrote: > Yes, I got mine from Amazon > Heather > > There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a > miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. > --Albert Einstein > > > > > ________________________________ > Tina Castronovo <tinacastronovo > > Thursday, May 7, 2009 12:42:24 PM > Re: Mr. Bento > > > > > > Delicious!!! ! Thanks for sharing these great ideas heather. Can I buy a Mr > Bento online? > > Tina > > On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Heather Butler <hawaiihmb > wrote: > >> >> >> So one of my newest tools in my arsenal of eating vegetarian meals out is >> something called a Mr. Bento. It is a thermos with four inner containers >> that can keep food warm for hours. I usually prefer warm food for meals. I >> thought it would be good to share some of the things I put in it. So just >> to >> give some background, the containers are different sizes, with the bottom >> container holding about 1 cup of soup, the next container holding 2 cups >> of >> rice (though I usually do half veggies), the next container holding about >> 1 >> cup of veggies or other items and the top container holding about 3/4 cups >> of anything. They stay hotest from the bottom up (thus the soup is in that >> container, it even has a great leak free lid!!). >> >> Here are some of the things I do (or plan to do): >> 1) veggie chicken and butternut squash soup; 1 cup brown rice, 1 cup kale; >> 1 slice banana bread; handful almonds >> 2) miso soup with extra tofu; 1 cup stir fried brown rice with tempeh >> crumbles and ginger, 1 cup spinach with sesame seeds; brown rice crackers; >> a >> few apple slices >> 3) 1 cup cashew chili; 1 cup brown rice, 1 cup chopped green beans; 1 >> slice >> corn bread; 1/4 cup cheese and 1/4 cup sour cream for the chili >> 4) 1 cup enchiladas; 1 cup brown rice, 1 cup spinach; sliced red and >> yellow >> bell peppers; sliced strawberries >> 5) 1 cup veggie soup; 2 cups cajun beans and rice; 1 cup sliced cucumbers; >> 1/4 cup sour cream and dill (to dip the cukes in or top the rice with) >> 6) 1 cup saag paneer; 1 cup brown rice, 1 cup broccoli; 1 cup spinach and >> lentils; mixed berries >> >> Of course you could do all these things without a Mr. Bento, too! >> >> Heather >> >> There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a >> miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. >> --Albert Einstein >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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