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Orange Meal
Continuing my Featured Ingredient meal series, today’s spotlight is on orange. As with the rest of the series, this meal was packed into an Easy Lunch Box, though for dinner I served the rice and salad on plates for my … Continue reading
Grapefruit Lunch
Today as a continuation of my Featured Ingredient meal series – I have Grapefruit. I made this for myself and it was delicious! Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Avocado Grapefruit Salad – I didn’t make the dressing and it was still wonderful! Top Right: Grapefruit with Mint … Continue reading
Watermelon Lunch
Continuing with my Featured Ingredient meal series – Watermelon. I made this for myself. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Savory Watermelon Salad – I made it single serving and didn’t use the olive oil, yellow watermelon, fennel or basil Top Right: Watermelon dipped in melted chocolate and covered … Continue reading
Featured Ingredient
In 2013, I first started making Featured Ingredient meals. I serve them in EasyLunchBoxes and I make one main and two sides that each use the Featured Ingredient. Here is my collection! Updated: 1/21/26 NUTS Almond Macadamia Pistachio CHEESE Parmesan … Continue reading
Cheddar Meal
Continuing with my Featured Ingredient meal series – Cheddar. I know this doesn’t look like much but it was fun to create. This was my first time trying broiled avocado. I loved how it looked and while making it thought it would look … Continue reading
Parmesan Meal
I made this meal for myself as part of my continued Featured Ingredient series. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Parmesan Risotto Top Right: Chocolate covered Parmesan Bottom Right: Salad in Parmesan Cheese cup
Almond Lunch
Today I have another Featured Ingredient meal – almonds. I made almond tomato pesto for the first time and I loved it! Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Almonds and Sun Dried Tomatoes Pesto Pasta Top Right: Smoked almonds Bottom Right: Slivered almonds with … Continue reading
Pistachio Meal
For this meal, I resurrected a series I have not visited in awhile, Featured Ingredient. All of my past meals in this series were made in this style box and included 3 recipes that incorporated the featured ingredient. Today I … Continue reading
Garlic Lunch
Happy National Garlic Day! I made this featured ingredient garlic lunch for my mom. She is a big fan of garlic! Also she loved the roasted artichoke hearts. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Roasted artichokes with garlic, cottage cheese with paprika Top Right: Mini … Continue reading
Pineapple Meal
I made this pineapple featured ingredient meal for my parents and myself while at their Lake House for a weekend. I have made this rice recipe many times with my friend Dennis. It looks different this time since my Mom … Continue reading
Lunch with Basil
I made this meal for my companion Dennis and made an identical one for myself. It may seem a little strange to put basil on strawberries but the whole meal was delicious! Container: EasyLunchBoxes Top Left: Sliced strawberries with a … Continue reading
Macadamia Nut Lunch
It has been awhile since I made a featured ingredient lunch. I made this for my companion Dennis. He loves macadamia nuts so it inspired this packed meal for him to take to work. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Pasta with … Continue reading
Lunch with Apples
Here is another featured ingredient lunch. I made this for my 10 year old nephew. He was not a fan of the maple vinaigrette but I liked it. I had house guests for breakfast the same morning and served them … Continue reading
Lunch with Dill
This is another lunch in my featured ingredient series. The ingredient dill is used in each recipe in this lunch. I have a lot of dill in my herb garden this year. I am enjoying looking at it from my … Continue reading
Raspberry Lunch
My 15 year old niece and I went raspberry picking at Chase Farms. It is a beautiful place for u-pick. I needed fresh raspberries to make this featured ingredient lunch. I also needed raspberries to make a Raspberry Cream Pie … Continue reading
Rhubarb Lunch
This lunch may not look pretty but some of it was delicious. For this meal I tried something new for me, I made savory food with rhubarb. This is a continuation of my series of featured ingredient lunches. I have … Continue reading
Peach Muffins Bento
Peaches are abundant now. My husband’s favorite fruit is the peach. I thought it would be a special treat to create a peach featured lunch for my him. He said it tasted as good as it looked. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Peach … Continue reading
Pear Pizza Bento
I wanted to use up some local pears I received from a friend. I made the pear pizza and stuffed pears for dinner and it ended up being a perfect leftovers for lunch meal. The pizza toppings were ingredients I … Continue reading
Posted in Bento / Cute Food, Food
Tagged bento, featured ingredient, leftovers, lunch, vegetarian
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Zucchini Bento
It is zucchini time! I don’t bother growing zucchini because I can count on receiving it from my grandmother-in-law, mother-in-law. and sister-in-law. I made this lunch for my husband. It has zucchini in each course. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Zucchini Pie:Zucchini and … Continue reading
Strawberry Pizza Bento
It is now strawberry season here. I made a strawberry themed dinner for my husband and myself. The leftovers made an easy and delicious leftover lunch. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Strawberry Pizza:The pizza has goat cheese, strawberries in a reduced balsamic vinegar … Continue reading
Posted in Bento / Cute Food
Tagged bento, featured ingredient, strawberry lunch, vegetarian
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