bentos so trendy on YouTube hey
everybody its Lauren from hot for food
and I can't believe the time has come
already where some of you are heading
back to school I don't like the feeling
of this time of year it has a weird
feeling even though I don't go to school
and haven't for many many years but it
does have a weird feeling doesn't it so
it's back-to-school time and today I'm
going to give you some easy meal and SPO
for your back-to-school lunches with
five easy back-to-school bento ideas so
this is just meal inspo you can take
these ideas leave some of them
mix-and-match whatever and the whole
idea with these meal ideas I'm going to
show you is that the components in the
first box can be repurposed for another
box so nothing's gonna go to waste
you're gonna reuse all the food that you
buy for the week or for two weeks and
it's gonna be tasty simple ideas so I
got these reusable plastic bento box
things with three sections there is
really fancy ones that have more
sections they're made out of metal but
they're so expensive they were like $50
a piece which i think is crazy and I
would never expect you to buy that
instead I got a pack of six so now you
can have one for each day all ready to
go in the fridge grab and go so that's
what we're gonna do let's get started
with bento box number one
so first up you're gonna make a fried
tofu sandwich I've got crispy fried tofu
you're gonna put mayonnaise and hot
sauce on some toasted bread avocado
lettuce tomato and sauerkraut for your
side you're gonna make a white bean
pesto salad so use canned navy beans add
some pre-made pesto fresh chopped
parsley lemon juice and salt and pepper
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so bento box number one's gonna have a
fruit salad the white bean pesto salad
and the fried tofu veggie sandwich
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so for bento box number two you are
gonna have extra fried tofu from when
you made this sandwich you're gonna cut
it into thin strips and we're gonna put
them into collared nori rice rolls the
first component you're gonna make is the
creamy miso tahini dressing which is
tahini water miso paste lemon juice
apple cider vinegar sea salt and ground
pepper now you're gonna add some of the
creamy miso tahini dressing to cook
brown rice and add some sesame seeds now
for the colored nori wraps you're gonna
start with a rice paper then layer a
collard green a nori sheet add some rice
thinly sliced vegetables and then roll
it up tightly
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if you have a stocked pantry like I do
you can make your own homemade trail mix
by combining different nuts and seeds
and dried fruits in your own jar in
bento box number two I'm gonna add
orange slices the trail mix and our
coloured nori rice rolls
so from box number one you repurpose the
fried tofu into box number two for the
collared nori rice rolls and now some of
the extra veg you have from the rice
rolls you can dice up to go into box
number three because we're making it
pasta salad we're gonna make a basic
balsamic vinaigrette with olive oil
balsamic vinegar Dijon mustard a little
bit of maple syrup garlic powder and
salt and pepper
so those leftover veggies from the nori
rolls are gonna go into your pasta salad
in a fine dice I'm adding cherry
tomatoes walnuts avocado ground pepper
and the vinaigrette now you're gonna
repurpose your Weiping pesto salad into
a hummus add some tahini lemon juice and
salt and pepper to taste
in bento box number three I'm gonna add
some chopped melon crackers the white
bean pesto hummus and our veggie pasta
salad
all the recipes are on hopparoo blog
comm so don't forget to check the link
below for more detail and prevent Oh box
number four and five you're gonna use
roasted sweet potato so you'll have that
prepped and ready to go we're gonna make
a quick sweet potato risotto using the
leftover brown rice from the nori rolls
so mash up the sweet potato until it's
pretty smooth and soft then add more
miso tahini dressing nutritional yeast
and salt and pepper
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now take more of your cooked brown rice
add in the sweet potato mash some fresh
herbs like basil and parsley and
currants and there you go you can also
add more dressing to taste in bento box
number four I'm adding mixed berries
some steamed edamame and sea salt and
our quick sweet potato risotto and
finally it's bento box number five
you're gonna repurpose your roasted
sweet potato that you made your pasta as
well as your pesto and we're gonna make
a quick sweet potato pesto pasta salad
and we're gonna repurpose the trail mix
and make trail mix cookies so to your
cook pasta add some canned chickpeas the
roasted sweet potato pre-made pesto
nutritional yeast and salt and pepper to
taste
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you're gonna take some of your trail mix
and pulse it with rolled oats mash up a
banana and add a tablespoon of ground
chia then you're gonna add all that to a
bowl with coconut sugar almond butter
sea salt and vegan chocolate chips then
portion small scoops of the cookie dough
onto a parchment lined baking sheet and
bake at 350 for 12 minutes in bento box
number five we're gonna add more fruit
salad the trail-mix cookies and our
sweet potato pesto pasta salad okay my
friends there they are the five back to
school bento boxes so much food prep
I've never done this before remember a
long time ago on my blog or somewhere I
said like I'm never gonna do this but it
was kind of fun look at all the food
ideas you get look all the meal ideas
you get plus you're gonna have leftovers
you're repurposing food nothing is going
to waste
you'll probably even have some extra
stuff that you can eat as a snack or for
dinner
or on the weekend like I've got some
leftover collared nori rice rolls and
miso tahini dressing this makes a great
snack I like it and look so the pull
point of wrapping the rice paper around
this Collard wrap is that it holds
everything nicely so you can eat at your
desk or during class and nothing falls
out mmm
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if I did go to school I'd have so much
energy you remember the miso tahini
dressing is from our bootable recipe the
balsamic dressing is from the three easy
salad dressings video so I've repurposed
some things giving you new ideas again
feel free to mix and match or experiment
these are just ideas inspo for you and
for all those of you going back to
school good luck have fun not jealous at
all but I know you'll do great
there's also great work ideas take these
bento box ideas to work eat at your desk
eat at the park with your friends
whatever and I linked below in the
description the link to purchase this
set of plastic bento boxes like I said
it's a lot more affordable to do this
now I've got all five meals ready to go
in the fridge grab and go Monday Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday Friday yes those are
the days of the week that I just recited
to you okay hope you guys like this
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and the whole thing okay back to my
chewy chewy nori rice roll bye all
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