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Thursday, September 27, 2012


Bento Lunch #322: CuteZCute Review and Frog Bento

I am so excited to try out my super cute and easy to use CuteZCute cutter and stamp kit from All Things For Sale. You can also find them at  Amazon.

This is a 6-piece set that includes cutters/stampers and an assistant pick.
- 1 outer face cutter (frame)
- 4 animal friends characters cutters and stamps (panda, cat, frog, pig) that can be used as a food cutter and a bread stamper. One side is sharper and used as a bento cutter, while the other side is used as a stamper for bread, cookie, pastry press and more.
- 1 cute happy panda assistant pick who is always excited to help making food cute and also help you clean the product by poking out the leftover food that may get stuck.

Use this set as a bread stamp, sandwich cutter, thin-sliced meat cutter, hamburger mold, rice mold, seasoning (spice or furikake) mold, cheese cutter, cookie cutter and stamp, pastry press, play dough mold, and many more.


In this bento: The top section contains veggie straws and honeydew melon. Bottom section contains a cute frog shaped spinach tortilla. I used my cutezcute cutter for the face with nori behind cutouts and pepperoni for cheeks. The frog's body is free hand cut and sitting on pumpernickel pretzel log. The letters are from organic fruit leather. Packed in EasyLunchBoxes.

Here are the items that I used to make and pack this lunch:

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Wednesday, September 26, 2012


Bento Lunch: Robot Bento, I Am Nuts And Bolts About You

I was looking at N's napkins and one with robots inspired this lunch! Most of N's napkins are given to us by friends who resides in Japan and relatives here in the US who can sew, we are very thankful:)

I am nuts and bolts about you Valentine's Day lunch

In this bento: On the left is a free hand cut robot shaped sandwich with carrot neck and crinkle cut carrot arm, seedless grape claw holding cheese heart, colby eyes, pepperoni mouth, smoke gouda cheese tummy screen with ham graph and couple of fruit leather control knobs. Top right is frozen strawberry yogurt with fruit leather lettering. Bottom right are seedless black grapes and strawberry slices. On the far left a spoon rolled in napkin. Linked to BentoBlog Network.com

Here are the items that I used to make this lunch.
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Monday, September 24, 2012


Bento Lunch: Gumball Machine Bento

I have always thought that gumball machines are cute and this bento is fun and easy to make.


In this bento: Top section contains seedless black grapes, carrot coins and round shaped bell pepper. Bottom section contains gumball machine shaped sandwich with organic fruit leather accent, gumballs made from smoked gouda cheese and colored with food safe markers, colby jack sting cheese halved on each side. Packed in Easylunchboxes.
Linking to BentoLunch.net

Here are the items that I used to make this lunch.
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Friday, September 21, 2012


The Lunch Punch VRRRM and Sweet Sets Review, Truck Bento Lunch

I have been given the opportunity to try out two sets of The Lunch Punch.
Lunch Punch are cool sandwich cutters that cut off the crust and cut sandwiches into fun, interactive and educational shapes. Lunch Punch makes any lunch special, easy, fun, and healthy.

The VRRRM  set comes with 4 transportation shapes: cool car, aeroplane in cloud , truck with cargo and train with caboose. Here is todays bento with a truck theme.




In this bento: Circle shaped watermelon slices, crinkle cut organic carrots, truck shaped sandwich using the VRRRM cutter from the lunch punch set, colby and provolone truck accent with olive wheels, the cargo are pieces of ham and bread secured with a food pick. Truck is on a road of raisins. Packed in Easylunchboxes.


The SWEET set is a themed set of a 4 sandwich cutters .The SWEET set contains a Birthday cake shape sandwich cutter, a cupcake shape sandwich cutter, a gumball machine shape sandwich cutter and a ice-cream cone shape sandwich cutter.



Lunch Punch are great for sandwiches, cakes, cookies and more. Designed to capture the most amount of bread to minimize waste, BPA free, lead free, mercury free, phthalate free! Kid friendly, dishwasher safe and fully recyclable.
I am looking forward to using other shapes in the sets.

 Here are tips from their site about how to make lunch like a legend!
  • Use Fresh Bread. Soft, fresh bread works best.  Dry, old bread doesn’t go into the shape as well and is difficult to cut.
  • Use A Cutting Board. Make sure your surface is 100% flat.  Plates are not 100% flat, even though they often appear to be.  If you have trouble cutting all the way through your sandwich the first step is to switch to a cuttingboard instead of a plate.
  • Press down firmly. Place BOTH hands on top of The Lunch Punch® and press straight down, hard into the sandwich.  You will need to press down rather firmly.  Its not difficult, but give it a very big push down to begin with.  Then if you need a little extra kick to make the cut all the way though…
  • Twist it back and forth a few times. Once you’ve pressed down as hard as you can then twist the cutter back and forth a few times.  When you hear the plastic cutter scrapping on the cutting board you know it is cut completely through.  The pressure and twisting you need to cut a sandwich may vary.  Often the ease of the cut will depend on the sandwich fillings you use (example: peanut butter, obviously, being easier to cut than ham).

    Here are the supplies that I used.


Disclosure: Lunch Punch generously provided me with the items with no obligation to review or promote their products. The opinion express is entirely my own.
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Thursday, September 20, 2012


Bento Lunch: Gyoza Bento

There are several ways to cook gyoza and we especially love them being pan fried. I decided to boil them this time since N is still having cough and I try to avoid giving him fried foods.


In this bento: Clockwise from top left - Cut strawberries and blueberries, V8 Vfusion juice in Rubbermaid juice bottle that fits perfectly inside his Laptop Lunches, blanched broccoli with heart shaped carrots, chicken gyoza from Trader Joe's.On the far right is a fork rolled in napkin. Packed in Laptop Lunches.

Here are the items that I used to make this lunch.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012


Bento Lunch: Talk Like Pirate Day Bento And Giveaway!

It is International Talk Like A Pirate Day today, Bento Bloggers and Friends are having our blog hop with a Giveaway!

When its time for N to drop anchor for a bite to eat, he'll find this pirate theme lunch!


In this bento: Clockwise from top left - Cucumber map with carrot X-marker. Watermelon boats on sea of blueberries. Free hand cut Pirate ship sandwich of turkey and Colby cheese and treasure chest with Colby coins on nori sea under clear sky with provolone clouds. Packed in Easylunchboxes.
   
We Buccaneers in this here Hop each has a piece of a treasure map! To get your hands on the treasure you'll need to "collect" each piece and put 'em together in the right order to find it! You'll want some parchment and a quill, to keep a log with each clue and each number, because there are 39 of us scurvy pirates running amok with 39 pieces o' the map to collect! Of these, 37 pieces will guide you to the hidden treasure (by spelling out the URL where you can enter to win!) and there are 2 other bonus pieces with the "secret passwords" to get two chances to win some pirate booty! Below you will find my piece o' the map.

Arrrrh! Ya got yer grip on my piece?  Take it along to another o' me mates! You can find here or click the Pirate flag below!

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The Giveaway runs this week only, ending Sunday night at Midnight EST

Here are the items that I used for this lunch

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Monday, September 17, 2012


Laptop Lunches 2.0 Review and Puppy Bento Lunch

I am so excited that Laptop Lunches sponsored me to choose one of their lunch boxes for review. I went for the Bento Lunch Box 2.0  in Primary color.
This bento box is easy to pack and the bento buddies can be arranged in many different ways, using one container or all depending on what you decided to pack.

I also love the idea that everything fits in perfectly when you use their containers. I have even tried using N's drink bottle and it fits in the space where one of the other containers would otherwise go. Laptop Lunches boxes are BPA, phthalates and PVC free, reusable, waste free and the food containers are made in the USA.

This lunch box features:
  • Removable inner containers can accommodate a variety of food sizes 
  • Tray-like feel makes lunch fun 
  • The 3 lids seal well to prevent wet foods from leaking onto other foods 
  • Assembled into a single unit eliminates the mess of jumbled containers 
  • Its convenient size fits in backpacks and most lunchboxes 
  • The containers are microwave safe (without the lids) 
  • Containers and lids are dishwasher safe--top rack only, NO heat boosters
The quality of the bento lunch boxes is great and I am sure they will grow with my child. We will be using them for many years to come and I plan to purchase a set for my hubby to use especially during his travels.
Laptop Lunches look awesome for any age or gender and will make great gifts ( I am already thinking Christmas)!!!


In this bento: Clockwise from top left - Seedless green grapes and blueberriey kebabs, yogurt with blueberry eyes and strawberry smile, heart shaped cucumber slices with ranch dip, puppy sandwich that I made with heart shaped cutters for face and ears, candy eyes, raisin nose and colby tongue. On the far right is a spoon rolled in napkin.

Below are photos when I first received the Laptop Bento Box.





Disclosure: Laptop Lunches generously provided me with the items for review without cost to me. Other than receiving the products, I have not received any compensation to write this review.
  
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012


Bento Lunch: Ladybug Bento

I have seen so many cute ladybug bentos out there and always wanted to make one but procrastinated about it. I recently saw a cute ladybug toe nails photo online and I am eager to have my nails done this week. I made this ladybug bento while this inspiration is fresh in my mind.


In this bento: Clockwise from top left are round shaped bell peppers with ranch, organic apple sauce in the leak-proof mini dippers, strawberry shaped ladybug (cut the strawberry into half, attached black grape with spaghetti for face, nori for body accent and colby cheese for eyes), ladybug shaped sandwich (round shapes for body and face, wings are provolone cheese colored with food safe marker with nori accent, candy eyes and nori mouth). Linking to BentoLunch.net

Here are the items or similar that I used to make and pack this lunch.

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Tuesday, September 11, 2012


Bento Lunch: Tigger & Pooh Bento

Thought I'll continue with a simple bear theme today since N was very happy with his bear lunch yesterday. Linking to bitingthehandthatfeedsyou.net


In this bento: Top tier contains Tigger and Winnie The Pooh sandwiches (stacked). Used my sandwich stampers that I purchased from e-bay. Bottom tier contains seedless green grapes and strawberry mini kebabs, crinkle cut carrots and cucumber slices. Packed in double tier lunch box.
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Sunday, September 9, 2012


Bento Lunch: Teddy Bear Bento - National Teddy Bear Day 9/9

Our son has always been a big fan of Teddy Bears and he told us that today is National Teddy Bear Day, a discovery during one of his visits to the virtual world Bearville.

How fortunate that I now have this Mini Dippers small containers that I received last week. This will be a perfect container to safely send some applesauce which is one of N's favorites. The containers are leak resistant, BPA free, dishwasher and freezer safe. The most important feature is that it is easy to open even for small children.



In this bento: Clockwise from top left - Crinkle cut and bear shaped carrots, organic apple sauce with a sprinkle of cinnamon, ranch dip, happy bear shaped mild cheddar cheese with food safe marker for eyes and nose, seedless green grapes, happy bear shaped SunButter sandwiches(stacked) with candy eyes and raisin nose. Packed in EasyLunchBoxes.

Here are the items or similar that I used to make this lunch.
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Friday, September 7, 2012


Bento Lunch: Star Bento

I didn't really start with a particular theme for this lunch. It is all that I could find in my refrigerator and I had to go with what I had on hand. I don't cook during the weekends unless hubby does it at times and grocery shopping is mostly done on Sundays or Mondays. Have a great weekend!


In this bento: Clockwise from top left - Seedless green and black grapes, wheat thins, lettuce and star shaped mini carrots, star shaped deli turkey and smoked gouda cheese sandwich.

Here are the items that I used to make this lunch.
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Thursday, September 6, 2012


Bento Lunch: Car Bento

One thing we enjoy is a nice road trip but it is in the middle of the week and this is the closest we can get today, lol. VROOM, dreaming away!


In this bento: Top tier contains car shaped egg, lettuce and carrots, seedless black grapes. Bottom tier contains SunButter car sandwiches on a road of raisins.
Packed in double tier lunch box.

Here are the items that I used to make this lunch.
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012


Bento Lunch: Chicken Tenders Bento

Some days I tend to get 'brain freeze' as what N calls it and I can't  think of what to pack for lunch. It usually happens during beginning and end of the month when I am super busy with work. So, here is a simple lunch that I made for today. 


In this bento: The top section contains seedless black grapes and goldfish cheddar crackers. Middle section has a drink bottle with V8.V.Fusion. Bottom section contains sugar snap peas, crinkle cut carrots and all natural chicken breast tenders. Packed in Goodbyn Bynto.

Here are the items or similar that I used to make this lunch.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012


Bento Lunch: Tulips Bento

I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. We celebrated our Wedding Anniversary on Saturday and had BBQ on Sunday with some friends. I managed to clean my bento cabinets and gave away some lunch boxes and bento accessories to a friend who decided to pack lunches for her daughter. This will  also gives me a good reason to shop more at Sanrio for her in near future :) I found a tulip cookie cutter while cleaning my stash and it belongs with a set of Easter cookie cutters.


In this bento: The main section contains couple of tulip shaped sandwiches with smoked Gouda cheese and  cheddar cheese accents, butterfly shaped carrots and sugar snap peas. Top right section contains wheat thins and bottom right contains watermelon cubes.
Packed in an Easylunchboxes container.

Here are the items that I used to make this lunch.
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