Thursday, September 11, 2008

Feisty Bento #221: Pork Chops & Chunky

Still not a good week.  Well, it's almost over, thank god, and it's ending with one of my favorite things in the world - BASEBALL!!!  Whee! 

Top tier: miso pork chop
Bottom tier:  leftover mac & cheese (from dinner last night); frozen corn

I'm really into this frozen corn in bento thing now.  It defrosts and is tasty in time for lunch.  Yay.  Review on the place I went to for dinner last night to come... This box must be pretty small because one pork chop barely fits into the big tier.  Weird.

Happy bento!!!

5 comments:

  1. yum! pork chops and mac n cheese:) one of my faves!

    i use frozen corn, green beans and peas and occasionally other veggies too
    It works best when you are going to be warming the lunch up

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  2. Yum! I am going to have to try miso pork chops!

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  3. I pack frozen Brussels Sprouts sometimes in my bentos. They are really good and a but spicy just thawed out and not cooked further. That pork of yours looks amazing!

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  4. Can I ask a question about frozen corn? Do you end up with water in the bottom of the box? I interested to try frozen berries and veg during the winter months but am worried about other things getting soggy.

    Thanks!

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  5. robynblue- completely valid concern. Well, I've been using recently-bought frozen corn and have not found a problem with excess liquid, but I bet if I put a cracker in there (for example) it would get soggy anyway from the moisture/condensation as it defrosted. Also, in the past, I've packed "old" frozen corn (like it'd been in my freezer for a few months, and had clumped up into icy chunks, still good for cooking) - and that definitely had a lot more liquid when it defrosts. Hope that helps, please let me know if you have more questions!!! :)

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