Did you know that 2016 is the year of the Monkey according to the Chinese Zodiac? The smallest kid and I learned all about China on our recent field trip to Dr.Sun Yat Sen Classical Gardens in Vancouver's historic Chinatown, and as Chinese New Year is quickly approaching I figured I'd make a Chinese New Year Bento Lunch to celebrate! The monkey in this bento lunch was created … [Read more...]
Chinese New Year Bento Lunch
Kung Hei Fat Choi!! Or Happy New Year in Chinese! Did you know it's the year of the sheep this year?! Ya... me neither... Partially because it's not! Murphy's Law, a Chinese colleague told me that it was year of the sheep this year and that I should make a Sheep lunch to celebrate! So instead of asking The Google to make sure, I blindly made a sheep bento and patted … [Read more...]
Back to School Koala Bear Lunch
It has been an unbearably long time since I posted a bento lunch (see what I did there?!). Not for a lack of making bento's either, I suppose I've just been lacking inspiration, motivation, or just bento-mojo I suppose. What better time than the New Year to raise the bento bar? After doing some holiday cleaning, I stumbled upon a box containing some bento supplies that I had … [Read more...]
What came first? The Chicken or the Egg?
Some argue the chicken came first... Others argue it was the egg... But really, does it matter? Everybody wins with this bento lunch, incorporating both the chicken, and the egg at the same time! Today's bento lunch consists of chicken wings grilled in my T-Fal OptiGrill, peanut butter filled pretzels, roast baby potatoes, skewers of pineapple, cheese, a cookie, and a hard … [Read more...]
Leftover Pizza on a Stick Bento Lunch
If you've been around the blog for a while, you'll probably notice that I sometimes like to stick regular foods on a stick and then feed it to my kids, like here, here, and here. Well, today's bento lunch is no different! One of the downfalls of being a vegetarian in a carnivore house is that there's often a LOT of left over food from dinner. This pizza was no exception! I … [Read more...]
