So Nissa did not want the mustard greens. Instead, she gets a homemade onigiri, some orange wedges, and leftover pasta. I threw in a granola bar too just in case this wasn't enough. After school though, she told me that the animal pictures stuck to the cover of the bento and "scared" her friends! That made me laugh, I'm not even sure what she means but she doesn't want the animal decorations anymore, silly kid.

We picked up a huge gigantic bag of mustard greens at our local grocery store and this is the last of them. I have to say, I thought I'd be sick of them by now but I'm really, really not. They are so amazing. Norby prepared them in much the same way as a wilted spinach salad except that we had no bacon so used ham.

So he simply sauteed up the onion and ham in the wok. Once the onion was just getting caramelized, he threw in enough greens to fill up the Wok and seasoned them with a good amount of soy sauce and a little sushi vinegar. That's it, soooo amazing!

I threw in some cheese hearts on top to remind Annie of how yummy these are but she doesn't need the reminding. She loves them too. In the top tier are oranges and leftover pasta in a marinara sauce from dinner with another cheese heart and a few trees.

I'm really tired today. We finally had the windows open last night but all the crazy sounds, even the small ones wake me up. So I'm trying to explain why I'm being brief on this one, I'm tired and lazy! Three homemade onigiri, flavored rice balls, tomatoes, carrots, and two little containers of sunflower seeds. That's all folks!

For some reason, the carrot and cheese trees in the top tier made me think of Where the Wild Things Are. I loved the movie adaptation even if it was panned. Cried through most of it, but like the girls say, that's nothing new. Underneath the trees is leftover turkey mushroom stroganoff, yum! The other tier is just some oranges, dilled cucumber slices, and carrot rounds. Annie's still loving the new school, yippee!

Just for fun, here's Nissa's snack. She's got a tamale too as well as oranges and strawberries.

The main item in this bento are Norby's homemade roasted corn tamales. In-cred-ible! I'd give the recipe if I knew it but I was doing laundry when he made them. I think that was his plan all along! Anyway, they are decorated with carrots and noried cheese shapes. The other side has oranges, dilled cucumber slices, and turkey pieces decorated with cheese birdies.

Week 2 at the new school and alls well!