Bento: Pan Roasted Chicken (300 – 301)

I wanted to share a bento (or two actually) that I enjoyed last week.  (A review of the Easy Lunchbox set is coming later today.)  Last week, I received the first copy of Everyday Food from my new subscription.  It was teh June 2010 issue and there was a recipe for pan roasted chicken.  I tweaked the recipe as I’ve been wont to do lately.  I’m convinced that Martha needs to hire a someone from South Louisiana to inject seasoning into her recipes.  Not necessarily Cajun seasoning, but just some taste.  I don’t understand recipes that don’t use basic seasoning.  Step-by-step pictures of this recipe will come this week.

This recipe gave me two tasty recipes: pan-roasted chicken and lemon mashed potatoes.  The mashed potatoes were done in a way I haven’t tried before.  The technique used reserved water from boiling the potatoes isntead of milk.  Hmmm, it was tasty with just a hint of lemon taste.  Normally, I’m not much on lemon-flavored things.  Lately, I’ve been willing to try them more often.  I’m not sure if my taste-buds are changing again or if I”m just finding ways to use lemon that I like.

Roasted broccoli and pan-grilled zucchini round out this bento meal.

Be the bento everyone!