Todays Bento

Breakdown:

Cheese Cubes: 120 Calories (8 pieces)

Turkey: 66 Calorie

Rosemary Wasa Toasts: 70 Calories (2 sheets)

Laughing Cow Cheese: 35 Calories

Cucumber: 2 Calories

Hummus: 70 Calories (2 tbs)

Baby Carrots: 31 Calories (22 pieces)

Total: 394 Calories

Todays Bento!

Breakdown:

Carrots: 22 Calories (16 pieces)

Roasted Garlic Hummus (oh my co-workers are going to hate me today..): 70 Calories

Cheese Cubes: 120 Calories

Tortilla: 75 Calories

Turkey: 33 Calories

Cucumber: 2 Calories

Laughing Cow Cheese Wedge: 35 Calories

Salsa: 10 Calories

Total: 367 Calories

Todays Bento!

Breakdown:

Rosemary Wasa: 60 Calories (2 pieces)

Laughing Cow Swiss Wedge: 35 Calories

Cucumber: 2 Calories (1/8 cup approx)

Cheese Cubes: 120 Calories (8 cubes)

Carrots: 22 Calories (14 pieces)

Roasted Garlic Hummus: 70 Calories (2 tbs)

Half of a Banana: 53 Calories

Clementine: 35 Calories

Total:

397 Calories

Todays Bento

Breakdown:

Baby Carrots: 22 Calories (16 carrots)

Roasted Red Pepper Hummus: 70 Calories (2 tbs)

English Muffin: 120 Calories

Peanut Butter: 95 Calories (1 tbs)

Concord Natural Grape Jelly: 50 Calories (1 tbs)

Total: 357 Calories

Todays Left-over Easter Ham Bento!

Breakdown:

Bone in Easter Ham: 96 Calories (2 oz)

Baby Carrots: 20 Calories (14 pieces)

Hummus: 70 Calories (2 tbs)

Wasa, Light & Crisp: 60 Calories (3 full pieces, broken in half)

Cheese Cubes: 120 Calories (8 pieces)

Mustard: 15 Calories (1 tbs)

Tota: 381 Calories

Todays Bento

Breakdown:

Wasa: 60 Calories (2 pieces)

Ham: 30 Calories (1 oz)

Turkey: 33 Calories (1 oz)

Laughing Cow Cheese: 35 Calories

Cheese Cubes: 120 Calories (8 pieces)

Baby Carrots: 20 Calories (14 pieces)

Hummus: 70 Calories (2 tbs)

Total: 368 Calories

Todays Bento!

Today's Bento, with last nights Zucchini Cakes.
Also, with a "put together later" mini pita sandwich as shown HERE.

Breakdown:

Zucchini Cakes: 130 Calories

Ketchup: 15 Calories (1 tbs)

Hummus: 70 Calories (2 tbs)

Mini Pita: 80 Calories

Baby Carrot Shreds: 8 Calories

Cucumber Slices: 2 Calories

Cheese stick: 80 Calories

Total: 385

Zucchini & Cheese Mini Breakfast/Snack Cakes

Tried a new recipe last night! Altered the ingredients a little bit so I'll just tell you what I did instead of linking back to it. Oh, and they're only 65 calories each!

Zucchini Mini Cakes!

What you'll Need:

Muffin Pan

Mixing Bowl

Kitchen Towel

Cheese Grater

Pam Spray

Ingredients:

2 Small Zucchini's (or one large)

1/3 Cup Bread Crumbs (I used Italian)

1/3 Cup Shredded Reduced Fat Cheese

2 Eggs (only one shown in picture, added another later)

1/4 Cup yellow onion

Salt, Pepper, Spices to taste

Preheat your oven to 400*. 

Start off by grating the Zucchini onto a clean towel. You will need to wrap up the Zucchini in the towel to squeeze out the excess water. Do it over the sink, theres a lot.

Combine all ingredients into a mixing bowl.

Spoon mixture into muffin tin. My mixture filled 8 spots.

Bake at 400* for about 20 minutes, turning around in the oven half way through. Keep checking on them though, once the tops are brown they should be good to go!

They reminded me of mini breakfast quiche, so I ate mine with ketchup! They tasted awesome! I may add a little bit more cheese next time, but these were great. Also perfect to throw in todays bento box!

Todays Bento, Inspired by last nights dinner!

Heres the bento for today!

Breakdown:

Chick peas: 52 Calories (1/4 cup)

Carrot Shreds: 14 Calories (1/4 cup)

Corn: 30 Calories  (1/4 cup)

Cucumber: 5 Calories  (1/4 cup)

Red Bell Peppers: 12 Calories  (1/4 cup)

Turkey: 55 Calories (2 oz)

 Laughing Cow Cheese: 35 Calories

Mini Pita: 80 Calories

 (plus: salt, pepper, dill, lemon juice)

Total: 283 Calories

Todays Bento

Breakdown:

Turkey: 49 Calories (2oz)

Laughing Cow Cheese: 70 (2 pieces)

Wasa, Rye: 60 Calories (2 pieces)

Hummus: 70 Calories (2 tbs)

Baby Carrots: 22 Calories (16 pieces)

Cheese Stick: 80 Calories

Clementine: 35 Calories

Total Calories: 387

Extra snack for afterwork also included:

Special K Bar: 90 Calories

Todays Bento

I made turkey sausage for dinner last night, so of course, left overs go in the bento!

Breakdown:

Turkey Sausage: 140 Calories

Mini Pita: 80 Calories

Cheese Stick: 80 Calories

Hummus: 70 Calories (will only use half the container for lunch)

Baby Carrots: 22 Calories (16 pieces)

Cantaloupe: 36 Calories (2/3 cup)

Total: 428 Calories

Tummy Friendly Bento Box Lunch

Welp.. yesterday I had a bad tummy day. One of those lovely days I talked about in my first post/about me. So bad, that I actually left work a half hour early, hadn't had one that obnoxious in a while.

So I figured I'd play it safe today with some of my tummy friendly "safe" foods.... aka carbs. 

Breakdown:

PB&J Sandwich: 215 Calories

(Bread, Low Cal: 80 Calories (2 pieces), Sugar Free Jelly: 40 (2 tbs), Peanut Butter: 95 (1 tbs)

Special K Bar: 90 Calories

Honey Nut Chex Mix: 107 Calories (2/3 cup)

Total: 412 Calories

I did not count the banana, that is part of breakfast. Just figured I'd keep it in the picture to add to the "tummy safe" food list.

Last Nights Dinner? Todays Lunch!

Last nights dinner was chicken over pasta, with dressing and fresh tomatoes.

You can check it out HERE.

So we had some leftovers, so I decided to turn it into todays lunch!

Breakdown:

Garden Pasta: 95 Calories (1oz)

Italian Chicken: 140 Calories (1 piece)

Kens Lite Olive Oil & Vinegar Dressing: 50 Calories (2 tbs)

6 Cherry Tomatoes: 18 Calories

Baby Carrots: 22 Calories

Hummus: 70 Calories (it is a 150 calorie pack. I'll eat half with lunch, and half at another time)

Total: 396 Calories

**NOTE FOR PACKING**

I did not cut up the tomatoes or the scallions yet. I will cut those two once I am ready to eat so that they do not get soggy or mushy.

Bento & Snack

Todays Lunch & Snack

Breakdown:

Turkey: 66 Calories (2 oz)

Cheese Cubes: 120 Calories

Wasa (Rye): 60 Calories (2 pieces)

Guacamole: 60 Calories (3 tbs)

Baby Carrots: 22 Calories (16 pieces)

Broccoli: 4 Calories (1/4 cup)

Special K Bar: 90 Calories 

Total Calories: 422

Todays Bento

Lunch & Snack!

Breakdown:

Chicken Breast: 93 Calories (3 oz)

Cheese Cubes: 120 Calories (8 pieces)

Mini Pita: 80 Calories

Guacamole: 60 Calories

Baby Carrots: 22 Calories

Broccoli: 4 Calories

Kens Light Options Oil & Vinegar Dressing: 25 Calories (1 tbs)

Total: 404 Calories

Todays Bento

Tuesday Bento!

Breakdown:

Small Turkey Wrap with Pepperjack Cheese: 220 Calories

Special K Crisps: 51 Calories (14 chips)

Salsa: 10 Calories (2 tbs)

Baby Carrots: 22 Calories (16 pieces)

Broccoli: 8 Calories (1/4 cup)

Hummus: 70 Calories (2 tbs)

Total: 381 Calories

Pasta Bento.. mmmm

Last night for dinner I made a crock pot Pot Roast, my husband and I had it over pasta. It was deeeelicious. But that also meant, lots of left over pasta. So I decided to make a really quick pasta salad for todays Bento.

Breakdown:

Carrots: 22 Calories

Hummus: 70 Calories

Pasta: 105 Calories (1/2 cup)

Olives: 20 Calories (2 tbs)

Chick Peas: 52 Calories (1/4 cup)

Fresh Cucumber: 2 Calories (1/8 cup)

Fresh Broccoli: 8 Calories (1/4 cup)

Kens Light Olive Oil & Vinegar Dressing: 50 Calories (2 tbs)

I also chopped up some scallions from my ever growing Scallion Re-Plant to throw on the top of the pasta salad, but I did that after I took the picture.

Tota: 330 Calorie Lunch

How last nights dinner became today's Bento..

I saw a recipe for easy crock pot chicken tacos on Pinterest last week, I HAD to try it, because.. who doesn't like tacos? It was simple:

One 16oz Jar of Salsa

One packet of taco seasoning (I used mild)

Chicken Breasts

Combine in crock pot, cook 4-6 hours on high

I altered it and used chicken tenders instead, which was great because it cooked in just 2.5 hours. The chicken VERY easily shredded apart, actually practically fell apart, and it tasted AMAZING.

Taco Shown is just about 270 Calories, and kept me full for hours!! 

Now heres todays bento, made from last nights dinner!

Breakdown:

Snack:

Baby Carrots & Hummus: Total 92 Calories

Special K Crisps: 44 Calories (12 Pieces)

Total: 136

Lunch DIY Taco:

Flour Tortilla, cut into 4 pieces: 110 Calories

Crock Pot Chicken: 62 Calories (2 oz)

Light Sour Cream: 31 Calories (1.5 tbs)

Fresh Avocado: 57 Calories (1/4 avocado)

Salsa: 10 Calories (2 tbs)

Total: 270

Grand Total of Snack and lunch: 407 Calories

Todays Bento

Heres todays Bento Lunch!

The Breakdown:

PB&J Sandwich:

Low Calorie Bread: 80 Calories (40 calories a slice)

Reduced Sugar Jelly: 20 Calories (1 tbs)

Reduced Fat Peanut Butter: 95 Calories (1 tbs)

Hummus (Sabra): 70 Calories (2 tbs)

Special K Bar: 90 Calories

Total: 377 Calories

Monday Bento!

Boo it's another Monday.. back to work it is.. but yay for bento lunches to help me make it through the day :) 

Heres todays!

Breakdown:

Mini Whole Wheat Pita: 80 Calories

Cheese Cubes: 120 Calories

Turkey: 99 Calories (3oz)

Guacamole: 60 Calories (3tbs)

Baby Carrots: 22 Calories (16 pieces)

Total Calories: 381

Please note I did not count the banana in this, that was part of breakfast I forgot to move out of the picture :)