Another left over lunch! This is my best effort at improvisation! Reusing last nights pulled pork I decided to make each kid a funny faced alien. I thought it was kind of cute, and required minimal effort! :) In this bento: Pulled pork on a bun, pickle slices, ham cutouts, cheese string, apple slices, yogurt tube, grapes, mixed veggies, ritz crackers, strawberriesEnjoy! … [Read more...]
Oh Mr.Sun, sun, sun, Mr. Golden Sun…
To put it nicely, our weather lately has SUCKED. Non stop rain, cold, and just overall gloominess. May-cember is over but sadly, it has paved the way for June-uary.This bento was inspired by memories of the sun, and the desire to create a lunch for the kids that was more than just another plain ole' sammie. Our nextdoor neighbour (from our rental house) used to always … [Read more...]
{MAKE IT} Zucchini Bites
As soon as I saw this recipe by The Curious Country Cook on, you guessed it, pinterest, I knew I had to give it a shot. I should preface this post by mentioning that my kids have always been good at eating their veggies, but sometimes are a little reluctant on eating the non-traditional, but super good for you ones.This recipe satisfied a couple different things for me:1. … [Read more...]
Double the Bento, Double the fun!!
I guess it's always double the bento, double the fun in this house seeing as I make at least 2 lunches every day, but this is one of the rare occasions that I made two DIFFERENT lunches... And believe me, that's a big deal! And, it's a double post day! It's a fun Friday for sure! I was dieing to use my new egg molds, so I boiled up some eggs, and made my lunches revolve … [Read more...]
Mail Call!!
Today was an excellent mail day... An unexpected, excellent mail day!! I had long since forgotten about the egg molds that I ordered off eBay a while ago, until there they were, in all their little packaged goodness sitting on the counter for me when I got home! As I'm still new to bento-ing, and our walk in supply stores are somewhat limited out here, I don't have nearly as … [Read more...]
