3-Tier Bottle Bento #45

This lunch is evidence of another way of meeting myself in the struggle: Here we have some vanilla soy yogurt, a chocolate sweet potato banana muffin I'd thawed from my freezer overnight (I explained how I veganized the recipe in this post), clementine segments, and some butternut peanuts (which do not contain dairy). 

I didn't always do things like freeze baked goods, but these days I really try, if I'm baking muffins or making bread or something, to freeze some for later. Not only does this give me a ready convenience food when I'm beyond uninterested in cooking, it also saves me money because I don't use as many ready-made things like granola bars. It may also be healthier--I'm not a medical doctor, so I don't actually know--but it certainly feels better to eat a homemade banana sweet potato chocolate muffin than to eat a packaged granola bar. And even though I do use muffin cups (that makes it easier to freeze the muffins, among other things) making my own stuff also generates less waste, so I feel good about that, too.

Usually, I'd have this sort of thing as a breakfast, but on this day I had nothing cooked to pack for lunch and this stuff was on hand so why not? It worked, and it was tasty. It was cold for the car picnic, but I have hot tea every day so I was fine.