Friday, April 8, 2011

Keeping it Super Simple

It seems like this week has gone on for a month. Whew! We've spent a whole lot of time with doctors this week. A-chan's asthma has gone haywire so we're tackling that day by day. But the pediatric cardiologist that we spent the day with yesterday assured us that A-chan's heart is okay :) Yay!!!!! My little girl didn't bat an eye at the EKG or the ultrasound, in fact she was fascinated and kept asking questions. She was thrilled to get to see her heart on the ultrasound monitor and said the whole experience was very cool.

Today's bento is super simple simply because I haven't had time to get to the grocery store this week and am just using up whatever we had leftover from last week. The terrible truth is that I have no provolone. How did I let my bento supply run out?! I don't think that I had realized how much I rely upon cheese slices as a staple in our bentos until yesterday when I had none :)

In the bento: Garlic basil couscous with diagonal lines of green peas, baby tomatoes with cheese blocks on Pokemon picks, a huge pickle that is mostly covered up by other things, an apple bunny, two carrot stars and two spears of baby corn.

9 comments:

megan said...

so glad to hear a-chan's heart is OK! hope you get the asthma issues resolved as well... she sounds like a smart little fighter :-)

love this simple bento -- very clean and classic looking.

Azzy said...

You know, I dunno if A-Chan is anything like me, but my asthma seems to act up worse when the season changes. But I'm glad to hear she is doing well! And I really love the everyday simplicity of this bento. (Peas make anything look great though.) It's making my recent craving for a good dill pickle start up again. =]

Bentobird said...

Simple and elegant...garlic couscous with green peas sounds delish!

Happy weekend :))

Natakiya said...

Thank you, Megan! We've finally got the asthma under control.

Natakiya said...

That seems exactly like what is going on, Azzy! The season changed and just made the asthma go all crazy on her. She is soooo much better now though.

I'm glad that you liked the bento :) The simple ones can be just as enticing as a complicated bento!

Natakiya said...

Thanks so much, Bentobird!! I"m about a month late, but I hope that you have a great weekend too :)

Natakiya said...

Hi Megan! Thank you :) We have finally gotten the asthma under control, yay!

Natakiya said...

A-chan's asthma does seem to be seasonal like yours, Azzy. I guess we'll have to plan ahead before Spring gets here next year! I'm glad that you like the bento :)

Natakiya said...

Thank you, Bentobird!! I'm so glad that you like it :)