A bounty of bentos!

So I haven't posted in forever. I'm going to try NaBloPoMo again in May, so I thought I'd get back into the habit. To (sort of) make up for my neglect, I'm going to share not one, not two, but three bentos!

Bento number one incorporates a leftover piece of Culver's fried chicken, cottage cheese, carrot and celery sticks, a Mini Babybel gouda cheese and Back to Nature cream cookies (like Oreos). There is a lot of protein in this one, what with two kinds of cheese and meat, but that's what guys need, right?

Bento number two makes up for the protein overload in the first one: it's completely meatless! The entree is baked whole wheat rotini with creamy vodka pasta sauce, shredded mozarella, and grated parmesan-romano cheese. It also includes purple cauliflower, radishes, and yellow mini cupcakes with buttercream and strawberries. Yes, those cupcakes are leftovers from his birthday two weeks ago, but the buttercream pretty much disguises the fact that they are stale. ;)

Bento number three is an example of how a ton of food can be packed into these little boxes. At first glance, you would think I'm starving the poor guy, but empty all of this out onto a plate and it's a pretty big lunch. This one contains a sloppy Joe on whole grain white bun; carrots, celery, and radishes; a tangelo; and waffle pretzel and Nutella sandwiches. I had to remove all but one compartment to make this work. Hopefully the fruit and veggies are dry enough that the sandwich doesn't go soggy. It helps that the filling was refrigerated prior to making the sandwich, so it's pretty solid.

That's all for now. Bonus points for anyone who can tell me which picture was taken at night under crappy compact fluorescent lights.