Bento's aren't just for kids folks. Momma's gotta eat too, and today, Momma's eating in style!One of the reasons I started making cute bento's for the kids was because I wanted them to have a good selection of visually appealing, healthy, and fun foods to pick from in an effort to have empty lunch boxes returned to me at the end of the day. Well, this philosophy can very well … [Read more...]
{MAKE IT} Egg Stuffed Meat Balls
I was recently invited to be a blogger for the Love Your Local Safeway campaign, and being the good vegetarian that I am, I jumped at the opportunity! I'm a huge Safeway fan, in fact, I fondly recall pushing the mini shopping cart up and down the aisles with my Mom when I was a kid. I'm also a huge lover of beef... Well, my family loves it, and I love everything about it … [Read more...]
{MAKE IT} Homemade Vegetable Broth
I hate waste. Whenever, and wherever possible I try to reuse, re-purpose, and recycle anything that I can. Along the same line of thought as my Bento Bread Scrap French Toast, I decided to start storing all veggie scraps and end of life veggies in a large freezer bag to make homemade vegetable broth. By nature, veggies create a lot of waste as they're often cored, … [Read more...]
It’s National Peanut Butter Day!
Did you know that today is National Peanut Butter Day? Well, if you didn't, you do now! We're big peanut butter lovers over here, and it's not at all uncommon to hear one of the kids asking for PB&J sammies for dinner on a regular basis! I love the versatility of peanut butter. You can cook with it, bake with it, or eat it straight outta the jar! Today's lunch pays homage … [Read more...]
Winnie the Pooh, and Tigger Too! An A.A. Milne Birthday Bento
"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh what's the first thing you say to yourself?""What's for breakfast? What do you say Piglet?""I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?"Pooh nodded thoughtfully."It's the same thing."A.A. Milne was such an amazing writer, and I think I realized that even more today after searching various quotes. So many of my faves are from A.A. … [Read more...]
