Bento Lunch #276: Sail Boat Bento

Happy Friday everyone! We are planning an out of town adventure trip during the weekend and I am excited about going back to one of my favorite restaurants that has really good food. Have a wonderful weekend!

• Boat shaped sandwich (hand-cut) with colby accent.
• Organic granola bar, organic raisins and cucumber slices.

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Bento Lunch #275: Roll-Ups Sandwiches

This is a very simple and easy bento.

• Roll-ups ham and smoked gouda cheese. Used rolling pin to flatten bread first, add ham and cheese, roll and cut.
• Wheat crisps in mini lego box
• Organic mangoes above organic raisins
• String cheese

 

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Bento Lunch #274: World Penguin Day Bento

On the 25th of April every year, it is World Penguin Day. I have to make a penguin bento since N is really into penguins lately.

• Penguin shaped sandwiches, accents are colby, icing eyes and nori
• Heart shape cut into cucumber slices
• Cuties Mandarin orange slices.
• Linking to Bentolunch.net
• Linking to Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons

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Bento Lunch #273: Birds Nest Cups

I started my pinterest boards yesterday, finally! I have been contemplating about it and procrastinating at the same time. So much more to learn and I am definitely taking baby steps as I'm not a natural tech wizard :)
This is a recipe that I found awhile back but did not follow proper instructions when making it. It turned out o.k but taste great.

Couple of birds nest, veggie crisps and seedless red and green grapes. Linking to Bentoblognetwork.com

Ingredients for birds nest-
12 turkey bacon
1.5 cups egg substitute
6 tbs shredded Mexican cheese blend
1 tbs minced parsley (I used organic oregano)

1) Cook bacon medium heat, partial set and not crisp
2) Coat muffin cups with spray. Wrap 2 bacon stripes around the inside of cup ( I used 1 stripe, in future will try 2)
3) Fill each muffin cup with 1/4 egg substitute, top with cheese
4) Bake 350F for 18-20 mins, cool for 5 mins before removing from pan
5) Sprinkle with parsley

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Bento Lunch #272: Earth Day Bento

April 22 is International Earth Day, a time to reflect on what each of us can do for our planet.
Throughout our son's school years we have tried to do as much reducing, reusing and recycling; reusable lunch boxes, juice containers, silicone molds, picks, cloth napkins, just to name a few. While usually not included in pictures, today's picture shows one of the  napkins/cloths in the yellow container and a blue juice container that I send with him.

• Top to bottom- Organic oatmeal raisin granola bar (Cascadian Farm Organic) topped with organic fruit leather 'RECYCLE' alphabets.
• Organic green and orange pepper slices.
• Round shaped sandwich with colby recycling symbol.
• Rose cut from strawberry, seedless green and red grapes.
• Organic grape juice in juice container and towel in reusable case. 
• Linking to BentoLunch.net and Bento Blog Network
• Also linking to Kitchen Fun With My 3 Sons

Bento Bloggers and Friends are joining together for a blog hop.
Want to see more Earth Day themed lunches? Click to check out the next one from Dina at What The Girls Are Having or click on the image below. Keep celebrating by hopping through the rest of the Blog Hop.

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Bento Lunch #271: Chicken Fried Rice

Here is a quick bento for a rush morning and busy biz inventory day. Packed in our LunchBots Duo.

• Left- Chicken fried rice with carrots, peas, red bell pepper, egg and topped with heart shaped cheese
• Right- Veggie crisps, seedless grapes

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Bento Lunch #270: Healthy House Sandwich

Happy Monday everyone :) This lunch is easy, just need to hand cut the bread to square and triangle shapes.

• House shaped deli ham and cheese sandwich. Door is made of Gouda, door frame is made of Colby, door knob is raisin, windows are oatmeal cereal squares and ham roll chimney.
• Organic baby carrots, seedless grapes.

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Bento Lunch #269: Hotdog and Cheese

Happy Friday! I am running low on groceries and don't intend to go grocery shopping since it's close to the weekend. Besides, I don't usually cook during the weekends unless my wonderful hubby wants to cook. He makes breakfast on Sundays though.
I am using a new lunch box that I found at Marshalls couple of weeks ago. It is perfect size for N's lunches and has a build in divider, Sistema is the brand, made in New Zealand. Most importantly, it does NOT have the weird plastic smell that I dislike. Have a wonderful weekend everyone :)

• Left- All natural hotdog and string cheese.
• Right- Yogurt stars, raisins, organic baby carrots and cucumber slices.

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Bento Lunch #268: Puzzle lunch

Made this puzzle with different kind of bread today for a change. Cheddar cheese bread is quite a big hit in our home lately. I'll be including cucumber in N's lunches often since he loves them and I have never seen him that keen on any veggies before. Well, as long as he eats them, that's all that matters.

• Left- Puzzle shaped deli ham and cheese sandwich.
• Right- Cucumber slices with strawberry star insert, teddy grahams, strawberry slices.

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Bento Lunch #267: Tortellini and Smiley Strawberry

This is a quick put together bento. I thought of asking N to have school lunch but changed my mind last minute. The strawberry face was inspired by artistic Mommy Kiki Can!
Yesterday, N finished all his cucumber slices and I was super excited. It's the first time that he finished his veggies!

• Left- Cucumber slices, Smiley strawberry face with some sliced strawberries at the bottom
• Right- Cheese tortellini with colb jack shredded cheese.
• Linking to BentoLunch.net

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Bento Lunch #266: Simple Happy Bears

We had a wonderful Easter weekend with family and friends. Enjoyed the food and ate a lot as usual, but spending quality time with everyone and watching the kids play and had fun was the greatest!
I have not made Nutella sandwiches for school lunch in a long time. He was so into them when he was in Kindergarten, all he wanted was Nutella or honey sandwiches. He prefers cucumber without skin and seeds and using a mini cookie cutter does the job of getting the seeds out. 

• Top, left to right- Hard boiled egg with nori accent, cheddar crackers, bear shape cut into cucumber slices and spinach.
• Bottom, left to right- Seedless green grapes, Nutella sandwich (halved), bear shaped colby jack cheese.
• Linking to BentoLunch.net 

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Happy Easter Bento Lunch #265: Bunny With Easter Basket

Today is the last day of school for this week and classes will resume next Tuesday. Happy Easter!

• Bunny shaped sandwich with Colby accent, icing eyes and Easter basket ring.
• Strawberry slices, Cheddar cheese with Mozzarella bunny insert, baby spinach under cheese.
• Linking this to Thematic Thursday
• Linking to Kitchenfunwithmy3sons
• Linking to Bento Blog Network 

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Exciting News: Featured At Trudeau

I am so excited that couple of my lunches using one of my favorite lunch boxes have been featured below.

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Practical size is perfect for sandwiches
One piece construction: Never lose your lid!
No more disposable sandwich bags

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 I’ll be sending you a few things I think you will like for your blog.

Happy Easter!

 
 
 

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Happy Easter Bento Lunch #264: Easter Basket & Bunny Hop

Easter weekend is around the corner and here is N's edible Easter basket. I love wicker furniture, baskets etc and decided to weave this basket out of cheese :)

• Easter basket sandwich made of sandwich thins, weave is from Colby cheese decorated with sprinkles, goodies are marshmallow eggs(halved) and edible confetti.
• Left top- Seedless green grapes
• Right top to bottom- Watermelon with cantaloupe bunny insert, organic baby carrots, watermelon bunnies.
• Linking to Bento Blog Network
• Linking to BentoLunch.net 
• Linking to Thematic Thursday
• Linking to Kitchenfunwithmy3sons

Want to see more Easter/Spring themed lunches? Click to check out the next one from Karen at What's In John's Lunch Bag  or click on the bunny below. Keep celebrating by hopping through the rest of the Blog Hop!

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Happy Easter Bento Lunch #263: Easter Eggs

This is a quick and easy lunch. I am under the weather a bit, might have caught N's cold.

• Left- Egg shaped deli ham and Gouda cheese sandwiches,stacked. Accent is food safe marker and fruit leather, marshmallow egg.
• Right- Organic baby carrots in spinach nest, seedless green grapes

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Winner of Amazon $75 Gift Card is.....

A winner has been drawn for my Amazon Gift Card by random.org. And, the winner is....

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Congratulations Karen !
I will be emailing you shortly. A huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated and shared my giveaway.

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Happy Easter Bento Lunch #262: Bunnies Everywhere

I was going through my Easter bento supplies and came across this pick that looks like part of a bunny face:) If I am not mistaken, it was from some kind of a candy that N had last year.

• Bunny face sandwich with cheddar ears, eyes from cucumber peel, rest of the face is a large pick.
• Top to bottom- Bunny shaped watermelon slices, bunny shaped cheddar cheese and organic baby carrots.
• Linking this to BentoLunch.net
• Linking to Thematic Thursday 
• Linking to Kitchenfunwithmy3sons
• Linking to Bento Blog Network

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