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Friday, September 27, 2013


Butterfly Bento

Happy Friday everyone! I find it quite handy to use our LunchBots quad when I need to pack a quick bento. It has these already separated sections and I just need to add the various foods that Nikolai likes to eat, and have a bit of fun making them cute for him.


In this bento lunch:
  • Butterfly shaped sandwiches which I used our butterfly cutter and stamp for them.
  • Cucumber slices and a baby carrot with food safe marker accents and a pick.
  • Whole wheat crackers and a granola bar.
  • Seedless grapes with a cute butterfly pick. Packed in our LunchBots Quad. 
  • Linked to Bentosonthebayou.com- Fifteen minute Friday
Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013


Picture Day Camera Bento

It is picture day at school today and Nikolai requested a camera bento. I free hand cut the camera except I used a circle cutter for the lens.

In this bento lunch:
  • Main compartment - Nutella  sandwich camera body with Pumpernickel and nutella lens. Food safe markers for indicator lights. Lettering of organic fruit leather.
  • Lower left - Yogurt covered raisins "SAY" picks in colby jack cheese.
  • Upper left -Broccoli florets and ranch in mini dipper.
  • Center - Trader Joe's yogurt star.
  • Upper right - Organic plum slices. Packed in our Planetbox rover.
 
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Tuesday, September 24, 2013


Pizza Spirals Bento

Easy peazy leftover pizza spirals for lunch. My wonderful husband baked these last evening and I believe he found the recipe here and modified it slightly. Nikolai doesn't mind eating room temperature or cold foods and this time I am sending pizza, which he loves at any temperature.

 In this bento lunch:
  • Pepperoni pizza spirals and sugar snap peas. There is a container of ranch dip but it is not pictured.
  • Organic peaches and goldfish crackers. This lunch is packed in our Easylunchboxes container.
Here are the supplies that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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Monday, September 23, 2013


Fall Bento with Squirrels, Acorns, and Leaves

It doesn't feel like fall at all here in Florida, it's hot and our air conditioner at home is on day and night. I am still into fall foods especially anything pumpkin and had a pumpkin flavored coffee and pumpkin muffin yesterday.:) I made a fall bento for Nikolai today since by the calendar, fall season has started. This bento is packed in our Laptop Lunches.


In this bento lunch:
  • Top left - Apple slices and seedless red grapes with squirrel and acorn picks
  • Top right - Colby-Jack cheese in leaf shapes
  • Lower left - Cucumber in leaf shapes above organic baby carrots.
  • Lower right - SunButter sandwiches in squirrel and acorn shapes. Squirrels tails are from pumpernickel bread. Acorns are from bread crust cut and stamped with a fall pie press cutter which I purchased from Williams-Sonoma last year.
  • Far right - A cloth napkin. Linked to Bentoforkidlet Meatless Monday.
Here are the supplies that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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Thursday, September 19, 2013


Piano Bento

Nikolai loves music, and today just happens to be his music class day at school. For a special lunch I made this piano bento.

Note: If you like what I am doing, I would also love for you to follow my Facebook page since I post more often there with some cute and fun foods which I occasionally find on the web.

In this bento lunch:
  • Piano sandwich halves with keys cut from smoked Gouda cheese and nori
  • Seedless red grapes with music picks.
  • Organic baby carrots with nori music notes. I included a lunchbox love note from volume 64 into his insulated lunch bag with his bento packed in our Lock & Lock box. Linked to Bento Blog Network.
  • Linked to Lunchbox Dad- Throwback Thursday

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Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013


$25 Laptop Lunches Gift Certificate Giveaway

I am excited that Laptop Lunches is generously giving one of my readers a $25 gift certificate to do some shopping on their site. When you visit their site you will see that they have Bento Boxes, Bento Jars, Bottles, Insulated Bags, Inner Container Sets, Creativity Tools and much more!

We have been using our Laptop Lunches for awhile now and we absolutely love the durability and colors. I am going to make this a short post so that you can enter this wonderful giveaway now. Earlier I wrote a review of their Laptop Lunches 2.0 bento box that can be read HERE and many of our lunches packed in it can be viewed HERE.


This Giveaway is open to residents of both the U.S and Canada.

It is mandatory that you visit Laptop Lunches, check out their many awesome products, and leave a comment on this post telling me what you would purchase with your $25 gift certificate.
For additional entries just follow the instructions below. The winner will be randomly selected using Rafflecopter and announced on Sept 30th,2013. The winner will have 48 hours to respond and if no response is received, a new winner will be drawn.

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013


Vermicelli Bento

We love noodles, any kind of noodles, and I am one who can eat noodles everyday. Here is a  leftover vermicelli / mei fun bento packed in our Ecolunchbox solo rectangle.

In this bento lunch:
  • Leftover vermicelli; fried with garlic, eggs, carrots, peas and baby corn arranged as a star.
  • Whole wheat fig bar.
  • Organic plums with a flower pick.
Here are the supplies that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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Monday, September 16, 2013


Shinkansen Bento

My friend in Japan sent me this cute Shinkansen ( Japanese Bullet Train) bento box several years ago and I have always wanted to make a Shinkansen bento, and I finally did it! I'll admit that it was not easy for me since I had to free hand cut the train and the accents.

In this bento lunch:
  • Shinkansen train with cheese and nori accents. Seedless grapes below the train.
  • Flower shaped cucumber slices with carrot centers. Baby carrots under the flowers. Linked to BentoLunch.net
Here are the supplies that I used to make this lunch.
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Friday, September 13, 2013


Roll-Ups / Pinwheels Snack Bento

Happy Friday everyone! Roll-Ups or as some people call them pinwheels, are possibly the easiest bento to prepare. I sometimes use tortilla or just flatten out any bread that we have on hand, layer the other stuff on, roll it up and cut as desired! Our LunchBots Quad makes it easy to keep everything separated.

Roll ups/ pinwheels snack, bento school lunches
In this snack bento:
  • Roll-ups using whole wheat bread and flattened with a rolling pin.
  • Trader Joe's yogurt stars.
  • Star shaped watermelon slice.
  • Star shaped cucumber slices, nori eyes and mouth. Packed in our LunchBots Quad.
Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack this snack.
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Thursday, September 12, 2013


Fortune Cat Bento

I think fortune cats are cute and I have them at my work place and our home. The ones that we have are operated by battery and one of the paws moves slowly in a welcoming gesture.:) Fortune cat is sometimes also called money cat, lucky cat, happy cat and welcoming cat. They are usually being displayed at the entrance in shops, restaurants and other businesses and believed to bring good luck to the owner.

I made this fortune cat bento with the help of our CuteZCute cutter. Packed in our Laptop Lunches.

In this bento lunch:
  • Main section: Fortune cat, face is cut using our CuteZCute cutter. Whiskers and eyes are free hand cut nori with fruit leather nose and collar. I also free hand cut the body of the cat. There is a colby pendant and the cat is holding a goldfish cracker surrounded by fish shaped carrots.
  • Top left: Homemade agar agar 
  • Bottom left: Cantaloupe cut into fish shapes.
  • Far right: A spoon wrapped in cloth napkin.
Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013


Simple Pasta Bento and Belgian Waffle Snack Bento (2)

Simple Annie's organic pasta for today. The Belgian waffle snack bento below was made one of the weekends when Nikolai went to visit his friend and I packed a quick breakfast for snack bento for him to take along. 

Here is his bento lunch packed in our Planetbox Rover.
Annie's organic pasta bento school lunch
In this bento lunch:
  • Main compartment - Annie's organic white cheddar mac & cheese.
  • Lower left - Organic sweet red and yellow pepper slices with ranch dip in small blue container.
  • Upper left - Kettle corn.
  • Center - Trader Joe's yogurt star
  • Upper right -Orange slices and green grapes.
Here is his weekend snack bento packed in our Planetbox Shuttle. 
Belgian waffle snack bento


In this snack bento:
Main compartment - Belgian waffle with alphabet picks.
Organic grapes and sunflower seeds in small green container.
Greek yogurt in tall dipper.

Here are the supplies that I used to make and pack this lunch and snack.
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Monday, September 9, 2013


National Teddy Bear Day 9/9/13- Teddy Bears On Holiday Bento

Here is a bento of Bears on Holiday celebrating National Teddy Bear Day with an outing in their "Road Hog" by Happy Tiffin. I remember last year I had to make a last minute bento for our son when he discovered it was National Teddy Bear Day.

In this bento lunch:
  • Watermelon pieces cut and stamped into bear shapes.
  • Teddy bear sandwiches (stacked) with icing eyes and raisin nose.
  • Cheddar cheese cut and stamped into bear shapes.
  • Edamame with a cute bear pick. 
  • Linked to BentoLunch.net 
  • Linked to Bentosonthebayou
Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013


Mini Waffle Sandwiches Breakfast For Lunch

Breakfast for lunch is a hit in our home lately. I have been packing them for my hubby and I at times. It is so easy and quick, not to mention saves us time from going out to lunch. I noticed that this looks a little like a butterfly when I took the picture. Do you also think so?

Mini Waffle sandwiches breakfst for lunch
In this bento lunch:
  • SunButter waffle sandwiches with cute picks and MorningStar Farms grillers veggie burger kebab.
  • Organic baby carrots and ranch in small container.
  • Organic apple sauce in mini dipper. Packed in our Easylunchboxes container. Linked to BentoLunch.net
Here are the supplies that I used to make and pack this lunch.

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Tuesday, September 3, 2013


Goodbyn Bynto: Clean Out The Fridge and Pantry Bento

I haven't really gone grocery shopping in a while. Last week was mostly celebration for us with my birthday, our wedding anniversary (13 years) and labor day weekend. This bento was made from what was still available in the fridge and pantry.

In this bento lunch:
  • Veggie sticks, mozzarella cheese stick pieces and a grape tomato.
  • Healthy ones deli ham and goldfish crackers.
  • Watermelon pieces. Packed in our Goodbyn bynto.
Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack this lunch.

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