Late riser bento

Just because you've woken up late doesn't mean you have to buy a sandwich for lunch!!

I try to have a couple of items prepared in advance for the whole week. Rice is always one of them - I cook it and freeze it in bento-sized amounts. This week, my other item is the beetroot salad you've probably seen cropping up again and again (I made it last week, too, I love beetroot!).

The other advance prep I did for today's bento was taking a chicken thigh out of the freezer to defrost in the fridge.

This morning, I leapt out of bed, put some porridge on (low heat) and tossed the chicken in some harissa. Once washed, I leapt out of the shower, gave the porridge a stir, popped the chicken into a frying pan and ran upstairs to get dressed.Once dressed, I flipped the chicken over to cook the other side, stirred some salt and a few grand of dark chocolate into my porridge and chopped some chard while it cooled. Once the chicken was cooked, I quickly stir-fried the chard (3 mins max) with some sesame oil and soy and popped it into the bento box with the chicken on top.

Ok, so I forgot my miso soup, forgot to put the laundry on and left the washing-up until this evening, but I think it was still a pretty good effort :)