a new obsession
so, anyone close to me probably knows that i live in a constant state of chaos. i’m kind of like that pigpen kid from charlie brown. you know the one with the dust cloud everywhere he goes. well, ok… i’m not THAT bad, but i do tend to surround myself with clutter and randomness. anyone really close to me would know that despite my chaotic surroundings and lack of general tidiness skills, deep deep down i crave neatness and order. one of my beloved childhood pasttimes was "Roy G. Biv"ing my big box of crayons (rainbow order… Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet). the idea of everything having a place and everything actually being in its place makes me warm and fuzzy inside, but the practice of actually putting things into place overwhelms and frustrates me. cruel world, why must you mock me so?
i think that i’ve found a place to start in my eternal quest for order. bento lunches. not sure what i’m talking about? go on over to my new favorite blog and check things out. they’re neat, they’re tidy, once lunch is done, they’re gone forever and i can start planning the next one. no frustration, no stress, small enough to not be overwhelming. perfect for me and my crazy brain.
i’ve been as yet unable to find a bento box around here (not a big surprise in this crappy town), and the ones i’ve found online are rather spendy or little kid size tiny, so it will be a shopping around kind of purchase. until i find one that NEED to have, i’ll just use the 100s of ziplock and gladware containers that are always floating around the kitchen.
so here’s my first bento-style lunch
it’s not super fancy, but i had fun making it and i suspect i will have fun eating it tomorrow (i know the kids at work will have fun looking and probably poking at it). it’s 3 couscous piggies, a piggie hardboiled egg, a handful of baby carrots, and a wedge of laughing cow cheese. the couscous is super easy and super tasty and has dried apricots and cranberries and nuts and cumin and green onion. the piggies were made with an ice cream sandwich maker i found in the clearance section at walmart. it came with a cow face one too.
and now that i’ve spent more time writing about my lunch than i probably will spend actually eating it, i’m going to head to bed.
