As always, I approached this lunch with big, elaborate, knock your socks off ideas, this time however, my big ideas didn't exactly materialize! I've had a car molded egg in the fridge for a couple of days and it needed to be used so my best intentions told me that I should make a cute car themed bento with hand carved sammies and all the other imaginative things you could think … [Read more...]
Ants on a Log
One of my favorite snacks when I was a kid was "bumps on a log" which consisted of peanut butter on celery with raisins. As the kids aren't allowed peanut butter at daycare, and cheese wiz (real nutritional I know) was on sale I figured I'd give it a shot. I thought this lunch looked pretty tasty, even with the cheese wiz! In this bento: penguin crackers, edamame beans, … [Read more...]
A silly little alien?
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...]
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...]
Lions and Tigers and Bears… Oh My!!
Well... I guess it's more like Lions, Edamame, Grapes, and Teddy's... Oh My!Seriously... I impressed myself with this one! And the shocking part is that it was SUPER easy! My pantry is getting seriously low, so I've had to resort to making due with my freezer stock pile... Which, coincidentally is also getting low! I found some rotini that the kids loved (and turned out to be a … [Read more...]
