t was bound to happen sooner or later. I recently had my knives professionally sharpened, which has been fabulous but also, unfortunately, dangerous. Friday night I was happily prepping for a cozy dinner of red beans and rice when I slipped while horizontally cutting an onion. I caught my pinky and it was all over - M. drove me to the E.R. and I wound up with seven stitches and a bottle full of antibiotics to ward off infection. It was a drag but I'm healing with all my digits intact, Alhamdulillah.

As a result I haven't been doing too much cooking, but I did put together this little bento, which M. really enjoyed to my relief. The cabinets were pretty bare but with a little creativity a bento can be created out of very little.

Pictured is a container of chopped raw carrot and green pepper (with dressing in a tiny bear-shaped squeeze bottle), cornbread, two star-shaped cheese sandwiches, and gingersnaps. Edamame were liberally employed to fill the gaps.