3 Healthy Vietnamese BENTO BOX LUNCHES 🐝 DAY 15 | HONEYSUCKLE

grilled chicken

🥗Healthier: grilled tofu

💰Cheaper: shredded chicken

Tofu is lower in calories and suitable for vegetarians.

jasmine rice

🥗Healthier: brown rice

💰Cheaper: white rice

Brown rice provides more fiber and nutrients.

fish sauce

🥗Healthier: soy sauce

💰Cheaper: salt

Soy sauce offers a similar umami flavor for vegetarians.

boiled eggs

🥗Healthier: avocado

💰Cheaper: cooked chickpeas

Avocado adds creaminess and is plant-based.

Prepare marinade by combining minced shallots, minced lemongrass, sesame oil, sugar, fish sauce, and oyster sauce in a bowl.

Set aside the marinade and marinate the meat overnight (thin cut pork chops, chicken thigh, or beef).

Cook tofu and shiitake mushrooms that have been marinated.

Assemble spring rolls by moistening rice paper and layering with lettuce, herbs, carrots, cucumbers, tofu, and mushrooms before rolling them up.

Arrange spring rolls in a bento box with lettuce leaves at the bottom.

Add jackfruit and star fruit for decoration in the bento box.

Prepare noodle salad by layering green lettuce, bean sprouts, chopped mint and cilantro, and cooked rice noodles in a bowl.

Top with pickled daikon and carrots, grilled meat, and green onion relish made from chopped green onions, sugar, salt, and olive oil.

Serve noodle salad with a side of fish sauce vinaigrette.

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