Korean Bento

A Re-Purposed Lunch

Did you ever wonder what happens with dinner leftovers in most household nowadays?  Tell you what, most re-purposed them in many different ways. For the kitchen ingenious, they create a total different dish out of it.  For working moms, they may pack them for work the following day.  And still for the some, may even freeze them to serve on lazy days. Now which one are you?

We are the people who either re-purposed them for work lunches (yes! We eat the leftovers), or freeze them for any lazy days.  Now that the kids are older and are less picky, they share the chores with us to consume whatever is left.  And they don't mind at all.

The secret to that is the bento-style lunches.  Nothing cute looking anymore, but I make sure they look appetizing and good.  If I need additional compartments, I make use of silicone cups sold mostly at any local Daiso, or online by Bento USA.

Today's lunch is a leftover dinner from our Korean Restaurant dining.  We always order a little too much to what we can actually consume.  Aside from the hefty servings, my daughter was a bit full from her snack before we went to church last late Sunday afternoon.  I like to pack foods in to-go boxes.  I feel it's a great excuse to skip cooking for half a day or so.

Korean dishes is one of our favorites.  From appetizer to dessert, it's all delectable.  So for this bento, I packed Vegetable Kimchi, Chap-chae glass noodle, Beef Bulgogi with Spicy Chicken on a half cup of steamed rice.  To finish the meal, oranges to neutralize all after tastes.  All in on our Easylunchboxes.

 
For my boy, on his Fit & Fresh Bento Lunch Kit, he had a 3/4 cup of steamed rice, half cup of Beef Bulgogi, and oranges with plum for dessert.

 
Lastly, my girl brought in warm steamed rice on her favorite thermal kids' funtainer from Thermos. She also had a half cup of non-spicy Korean Chicken teriyaki to go with her rice, and plums to snack on for recess.  All klip it plastic containers by Sistema.


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Kimbap

What's inside our Kimbap lunch today? Rice, Fish cake, carrots, spinach, pickled daikon, egg and crab sticks. Another one of our yummy, healthy and fulfilling eats.

Sushi is one of my children's comfort foods to go, the rest are fruits. It has always been on the top of their lists when asked what to pack for school, or for trips.  I was so relieved that they have outgrown the fast-food french fries.  No! Not really. They just make better food choices now.  Perhaps completely eradicating junk foods at home has helped us. When they're hungry, they always turn to natural food choices, if not all-natural, to enjoy at home. But when we're out, I let them have them so as they don't feel deprived. I just taught them that it's okay to eat it when we're outside. But when we're home, it's always best to eat as healthy as we could since I could cook it for them. 

Ham Hung Korean Restaurant

I was fortunate enough that my camera phone cooperated well.  Usually I'd get an unacceptable shot for a post.   It's either that or we were too hungry to even photograph an entree.

It was a rainy Saturday morning and we took the kids to the doctor for a check-up.  Major seasonal allergy flare-up that needs to be checked since Children's Claritin is not working anymore.  It had been a week and it worries me a bit.  Just a bit since there were no signs of fever or malaise.  We found out that it was really just an allergy, and the kids just needed a nose spray that should take care of the congestion.

For lunch, we thought of dining out after 2 weeks of cooking at home.  We wanted to chill out as a family and have a serene time together.  Dining out is one of our comfort zones on rainy days.  We thought of a good hot soup to keep us warm and soothed. 

Ham Hung Korean Restaurant is the perfect choice at this time of the day.  They have appetizing soup that you can drink all you can.  You heard that right.  We drank it like crazy.  It's refillable.