January 10 - Onigiri with Beet Salad

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The only thing I had leftover from dinner last night were some beets, so I had to get creative.

I didn't want to just throw the beets in there plain. That's how I had them for dinner, and it was delicious, but I wanted something different for lunch. I grabbed my Just Bento cookbook, and flipped to the index to see if there were any recipes featuring beets. There was one, so this is it. It's a beet salad with a grainy mustard dressing. I sliced up the beets in to thinner pieces before dressing them.

I settled on chicken nuggets as my protein - there are actually 4 in there, one is hidden under the cup.

And for my carb, I've got 2 onigiri, made with a plum rice seasoning I found at a little Japanese style convenience store near my work.

I filled the space with grape tomatoes (I like how these ones are slightly green at the tips - they don't taste underripe, but they look nice!), and some carrot matchsticks.