Last week was rough, with two 5:00 am wake-ups and two 5:30 am wake-ups, so I decided not to spend time in the evenings making bentos and bought lunch instead. This week should be quite a bit easier, so I’m hopping back on the bento horse.

The ranch dressing is made with my homemade ranch powder, though I’m still not sure it really lives up to the commercial stuff. My wife made the apple pie a few days ago from the recipe on Smitten Kitchen. She used Jonagolds that we picked from an orchard in Connecticut a few weeks ago, and it came out absolutely glorious.