Day 34 – Day 38 Bento Days Menu

Here’s your menu and shopping list for the week of Feb 19 – 25 for Bento Days:

 

Monday:

• English Muffin Pizza
• Cheddar Flowers
• Grapes and Blueberries (or whatever berries you can find on sale)

Tuesday:

• Egg Salad with Pita Chips
• Stewed apples
• Carrot coins

Wednesday:

• Vegetarian Lasagna
• tangerine or orange slices
• Homemade oatmeal and raisin cookies

Thursday:

• Grilled Panini (veggie)
• cantaloupe
• Yogurt

Friday:

• Falafel with pitas
• cucumber salad
• Homemade brownie

Shopping List:

This list assumes you will have most “pantry and fridge staples” on hand, like eggs, flour, sugar, butter, salt, cocoa, etc. Please be sure to check the corresponding recipes for spices and pantry items to double check you have everything you’ll need. Bon appétit!

Produce

• Cucumber
• cantaloupe
• eggplant (small one for the panini)
• small zucchini (for shredding into the lasagna)
• Tangerine or oranges
• Apples (soft ones like red delicious)
• Carrots
• Grapes
• Blueberries (or whatever berries you can find on sale).
• Crushed jarred garlic, or garlic cloves

Canned Goods and Boxed Goods

• Can of chickpeas (garbanzo beans, 1 can makes four falafels).
• Pasta sauce
• Pizza sauce
• lasagna noodles (preferably whole wheat).
• Raisins
• Whole grain quick oats

Breads

• small loaf of Italian bread (found in your bakery)
• 1 pack of Pita Pockets (whole wheat).
• Whole wheat English Muffins

Meats and Fish

• 1 small package of nitrite and nitrate free turkey pepperoni

Dairy

• eggs for egg salad
• cheddar cheese (block, not sliced)
• swiss cheese (block not sliced)
• shredded or block mozzarella