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This Week's Bento Lunch

This week's bento is a little bit salty, a little bit spicy and just sweet enough to make it perfect for those days when you're craving a bit of everything. Enjoy! 

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Quick and Easy and Oh so Healthy

This Week's Bento Lunch

This week we're filling up with two amazing sautés left over from last night's dinner. These sautés are full of vitamins and nutrients, making them a powerful duo. To balance the meal out, we've paired our sautés with a kale salad and a sweet Asian pear - Further proof that quick and easy can also mean healthy and nutritious! 

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California Brown Rice Salad ~ submitted by Lauren Pierini

This Easy Gourmet Recipe submission is perfect for a summer picnic or barbeque.

Ingredients:

1 Shallot, chopped
2 cups Cooked Brown Rice
1 Tomato, diced
1/2 Cucumber, diced
2 tbsp Arugula, finely chopped
1 Avocado, cubed
1/3 cup Crumbled Feta Cheese
Juice of Half a Lemon
Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper

Prepare your Brown Rice according to the package details and set aside.

Dice your Tomato and half a Cucumber into small pieces and finely chop your arugula and shallot. Set these aside. 

Sauté the chopped shallot in a skillet with a swirl of olive oil. Add two cups of the cooked brown rice, the diced tomato and cucumber, along with your arugula. Cube your avocado and scoop into the mix, discarding the black shell. Add your Crumbled Feta Cheese and squeeze one half of a Lemon over the salad, then Salt and Pepper to taste.  Mix until just incorporated and lightly warmed.

Serve as a side to salmon or as an addition to a green salad. 

Home Run Bento

This Week's Bento Lunch




Looking to stretch your lunch dollar? Try making a big batch of lentil soup and letting it stretch into your lunch making week. That's exactly what we did this week and have been able to put together several well-balanced lunches such as this. Easy, cost-effective and nutritious... a definite home run lunch! 


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Healthy Valentine Bento

This Week's Bento Lunch

In anticipation of Valentine’s Day, we decided to prepare an extra special bento lunch to show our loved ones how much we care about them. Not only does this bento lunch taste great, it’s also loaded with vitamins and antioxidants, so have a happy and healthy day!

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