Laptop lunch. Yes or no?
What do you think? Is it worth the initial investment?
Can I really justify spending approx £40 on a lunch system? I’m tempted but I need advice.
Share.
Advice.
Reviews.
Go on, you know you want to ….. 
Just enjoyed a bowl of shiritaki (yam potato) noodles with mushroom, carrot and corn in chicken broth. Very satisfying!
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I had a very simple lunch today. My systema lunch cube was packed with a peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich. I was fortunate enough to find welch’s grape jelly in a local deli and I succumbed to a bottle of it! Oh and a box of lucky charms too
Normal service will resume next week, I expect to have grown up by then!
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Well, after my recent disasters at home, there isn’t really much I can do in the way of cooking.
Essentially tomorrows bento box is a repeat of today. I was fortunate enough that I have rice and some staples in the freezer that had been pre-cooked and just needed nuking in the microwave.
My bento from today: crab stick salad, onigiri, apple bunny, cucumber wedge, blueberries, smoked cheese with ham.
Birdie contains ume and shiso furikake.
Bento for tomorrow: cucumber and tuna rolls, blueberries, crab stick salad with balsamic glaze, onigiri. Bottle of shoyu and bottle of ume dressing.
I’m also packing an apple and a banana for tomorrow in my bag as they are too big to fit the box.
The crab stick salad is very simple; shredded crab stick and QP mayo. That’s it. Told you it was easy Tuna and cucumber rolls are made with leftover tuna and mayo from the Hubs lunch. Dog doesn’t like tuna so, I guess I’ll use it up 
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It’s been a bit hectic with me for the past few days. I’m in the process of working out my resignation.
It’s a mad rush in the evening after a long day at work to get the family fed, tidy up, make lunch for the next day and then it’s bedtime, so most nights I don’t have time to blog what I’ve made.
I must actually try to at least take more photos that this!!!!
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I tested the kids box the other day and I have to say it worked really well!
I was actually surprised that it fared so well, after all it is designed as use for a baby travel weaning set.
My box was packed with a small baguette cut in half, a tub of pasta and a tub of yoghurt. I wanted to see how different food types would hold up when packed in the box. The picture above shows the box exploded so you can see all the parts.
The baguette was placed in the non divided section, it stayed in place well and didn’t get squashed by the lid on top. The top lid fitted quite snugly so prevent food from getting thrown out into your bag. The pasta and yoghurt were packed in the lidded tubs shown above. The tubs worked well although when packed they are quite fiddly to remove. The tubs fit insided the divided section of the box and as a result there isn’t really enough of a space to get a grip on the small tub to remove it. The lids will also pop off quite easily at this point so beware! I wouldn’t say that the tubs are liquid tight, so a snack packed such as yoghurt, could potentially leak. My lunch was OK, but I’m careful when carrying any of my boxes. A child carrying this box wouldn’t necessarily be so good and may knock it about inside a school-bag.
This is the box all packed inside the sections.
This is how the box looks as if it were packed with food.
This is the box shown in the collapsed storage state.
Now the only fault I could find and to be fair, it isn’t really a fault on the part of the box, is that the cutlery isn’t really designed for use by us adults. After all the box is designed for the teeny humans and therefore teeny weeny mouths! So my advice on this, pack spare cutlery!!!
The box managed to hold a significant amount of food and if you aren’t careful when packing, you may end up packing a meal that is too high in calories for your recommended intake.
Just a quick reminder that guidelines say an adult female needs 2000 calories per day and an adult male needs 2500 calories per day. Recommended intake for lunch is probably around 500 calories, although pregnant women and children have a different allowance.
(Details taken from NHS UK website)
Maki over at Just Bento has a fantastic beginners handbook for making bento if you need some help on how to choose a box and packing advice. Her bento stash ideas are great!!
Rating out of five for this (non) bento box: I give it a strong 4 (^_^)
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I’m testing out a new box tomorrow, it’s actually a kids lunch set. I suppose it’s a bit like the sassy on the go set. This one is by Annabel Karmel and is a funky two tier design. It’s a blue and green colourway with a secure locking lid, interior dividers, two internal boxes and lids and a spoon which sits in its own little slot on the top of the lid.
I bought mine from Asda, but you can find it on Ebay.
I’ll let you know how it fares!
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This evening I prepared some baked bread cups for my bento lunch tomorrow. The bread cups are very quick to prepare and are a tasty alternative to quiche.
For each bread cup you will need:
1 to 1 1/2 slices bread
1 egg
and what ever filling you’dlike
salt and pepper
grated cheese
butter or margarine
(I used shallow baking cups that I bought in poundland. You can make these in a bun tin or a muffin pan.)
Cut the crust off the slice of bread.
Roll each slice of bread with a rolling pin until very thin.
Spread each side with butter or margarine.
Press into cup as you would with pastry.
Add your filling and cover with seasoned, beaten egg.
Place on a baking sheet and bake in a preheated oven, 180 degrees c for 10 to 15 minutes.
Ensure that egg is thoroughly cooked right through to the centre.
When cooled, you can place these in the fridge for lunches or you can eat them hot
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Do you remember a while back I tried making onigiri in a jar? I’d spotted a video posted by Maki over on Just Bento,
well now you can buy a mold specially for making these round onigiri!!!
I have google alerts set up for bento and this popped into my reader this morning. Cute little bear and cat jars with a spoon included for making round onigiri.
I think I will just stick to making my tupperware container version to be honest!!
(This is the version I made using my tupperware jar, look ok to me!!)
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I have made some toasted (grilled)cheese sarnies for my bento tomorrow. I will let you know how they fare for my kunch, this is my first attempt at packing them for a bento lunch!
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