Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Feisty Bento #304: Meatless Update

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Top tier: cabbage; steamed yu choy/broccoli rabe, both with a touch of salt
Bottom tier: black bean tacos (recipe to come)

Phew.  So yesterday, in my neck of the woods, it snowed oh, about a foot, somewhere between 8 and 14 inches, depending on where you were exactly.  (By my sister's, which is a 20 minute drive from me: 14".  By me, about a foot or so.  By my office, hmm, hard to tell.)  Thankfully, this meant they cancelled classes and I didn't have to go to class, so no dinner bento, just a lunch bento.

The problem with that is just that if I've packed my lunch, willpower is almost easy to have.  But faced with my fridge and a grumbly stomach, I very much wanted to reach into the freezer and grab some frozen dumplings (all of which are pork or the like) for dinner.

I didn't. 

But still!  It was there, that desire to "be bad" and eat meat.  The weekend wasn't that bad, even though I stayed home most of the time, I just focused on other things like cooking and cleaning.  And homework.  Because yes, I have a lot of that.  Ugh. 

Anyway, it'd have been pretty pathetic if I caved after just 3 days, right?  Considering I barely ate meat the week before without thinking much of it at all. 

I'll be updating with what I ate my first week out meatless, with photos and stuff, but for now, you are left with the above ;)

Happy bento!!!

5 comments:

  1. That looks so elegant and I bet it was delightful to eat. Looking forward to recipe!

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  2. You have my address. Just send the meat and no one gets hurt. Okay?

    giggle...What were you thinking having the temptation in the house.

    I agree with Lily - looks lovely and OH so GOOD!

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  3. NOM NOM!! I want that cabbage!

    Keep it up! ^^

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  4. SkippyMom - what do you mean? I always have frozen dumplings in my freezer. I wasn't going to throw them out just so I can be meatless for 5 weeks! :)

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  5. oooh, can't wait for the recipe. Those sound very interesting. I once made a sweet potato/black bean tortilla filling that was really tasty, so I'm super interested in another black bean based recipe. :)

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