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Wednesday, October 30, 2013


Halloween Haunted House Bento #502

It is nearly Halloween! The trick for this treat is to include as many icons of the holiday as possible. Haunted house, ghosts, pumpkins, gravestones and even a harvest moon!

Halloween haunted house bento lunch

In this bento lunch:
  • Haunted house pumpernickel sandwich with smoked Gouda cheese windows, pumpkin sandwich with mild cheddar cheese, gravestone sandwich of white wheat, mild cheddar moon and provolone cheese ghosts with food safe marker eyes.
  • Crinkle cut carrots and cucumber cut into headstones shapes.
  • Black and green seedless grapes with Jack-o' lantern cupcake pick. This lunch is packed in our Easylunchboxes container.
Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013


Bats Halloween Bento and New Book Style Lunch Box

I received our adorable CuteZCute animal palz sandwich cutter and egg mold kit, this cute book style lunch box and several other items from my favorite online shopping store, BentoUSA a few weeks ago. So excited to put them to use today.

Bats Halloween Bento lunch
In this bento lunch:
  • Bat shaped SunButter mini pocket sandwiches (stacked). The cut and seal tool is so easy to use and comes with five different designs. All of them are very cute.
  • Cheddar cheese bats.
  • Crinkle cut carrot slices in the sealer cup which comes with the set.
  • Seedless red and green grapes with a spider in web cupcake ring.
  • Linked to BentoForKidlet - Meatless Monday
Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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Monday, October 28, 2013


Black Cat, Bat and Ghosts Halloween Bento (2)

We had some friends over during the weekend and I made fruit and vegetable kebabs for the kids. I made some extras, as usual, and decided to include them with this 'Cat on a Fence the Night of the Full Moon' bento. Below is another snack bento I made for Nikolai as we have a busy day today and I will need something ready-to-eat for after school.

Black Cat bento for Nikolai
Black Cat, Bat and Ghosts Halloween Bento lunch
In this bento lunch:
  • Cat shaped pumpernickel sandwich on fence sandwich with pretzel sticks. Behind cat is full moon of provolone cheese and fruit leather bat. Fruit leather also used for cat's eyes and a mild cheddar cheese grin.
  • Cucumber cut to flower shapes with carrot centers.
  • Ghost cupcake pick above watermelon cut to flower shapes with cantaloupe centers. 
  • Some pretzel sticks on the far right section and this lunch is packed in his Laptop Lunches.
Bat and Ghosts in a Happy House snack bento
In this snack bento:
  • Sandwich made with flax bread with Pumpernickel and mild cheddar bat and provolone ghosts (their 'eyes' are transplanted from the bat).
  • Cantaloupe pieces and crinkle-cut carrots with skeleton cupcake ring.
  • Packed in his Happy Home bento box from Happy Tiffin .
Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack this lunch and snack.
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Thursday, October 24, 2013


Jack O' Lantern Halloween Bento

During the weekend, I found some smaller than usual persimmons which are one of my favorite fruits from early childhood. To my surprise, they are as sweet as the larger ones and I decided to carve one to included with Nikolai's lunch. He is not a huge fan of persimmon and I am hoping he will give this small one a try.

Jack O' Lantern Halloween Bento

 In this bento lunch:
  • Jack-o-lantern sandwiches, one with features cut out, the other with them added. Food safe marker stem.
  • Small Persimmon carved as if it were a pumpkin into a Jack-o-lantern.
  • Broccoli florets with Jack-o-lantern pick in silicone pumpkin  cup. This lunch is packed in a Fuel lunchbox.
  • Linked to Eatsamazing - Fun Food Friday
Here are the supplies that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013


Ghosts In Graveyard Halloween Bento

When I was around Nikolai's age, my grandmother used to tell us scary stories especially those which involved eerie graveyards. This bento brought back some fond memories spent with her.

Ghosts In Graveyard Halloween Bento
 In this bento lunch:
  • Main section: Tombstone sandwiches (stacked) surrounded by broccoli florets, mild cheddar cheese full moon, provolone clouds and fruit leather lettering.
  • Top right: Egg ghost on top of a small silicone cup. There is a cover for the green container which prevents the egg smell from getting into other foods.
  • Bottom right: Peaches.
  • Far right: Small bottle of soy sauce for the egg and ranch in small white container. 
  • I also included a Lunchbox love note from the new joke edition. LOL! What game do ghosts like to play? Answer: Hide-and-Go-Shriek! This lunch is packed in his Laptop Lunches.
Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013


Mac & Cheese, Pumpkins and A Goodbyn Bento (2)

Here are a couple of quick and easy lunches Nikolai enjoyed at school last week. I added some cuteness with food picks and baran.:)

Lunch in a Thermos.

Mac & Cheese, Pumpkins lunch
 In this bento lunch:
  • Annie's organic mac & cheese in thermos food jar and organic grape juice in thermos drink bottle.
  • Pumpkin shaped cantaloupe, broccoli florets, Cascadian farm organic granola bar and ranch in small white container. All packed in his Steeltainer container.
Clean out the fridge and pantry bento in Goodbyn bynto 
In this bento lunch:
  • Top section: Organic baby carrots and seedless red grapes.
  • Middle section: String cheese with a broccoli florets center, organic turkey breast.
  • Bottom section: Multigrain crackers.
Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack these lunches.
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Monday, October 21, 2013


Spider Pancakes Breakfast For Lunch Halloween Bento

Spiders here, spiders there!  Nikolai brought home the spider pick from school, and I included it in this breakfast for lunch bento today.

In this bento lunch:
  • Mini pancakes with bits of raisins (cut lengthwise for mouth and short way for eyes) for features and pretzel stick legs.
  • Seedless red grapes with the spider pick.
  • A spider made from a large black olive (one half used for body, the other cut in slices for legs) on half of a hard boiled egg above pieces of cucumber and grape tomatoes.
  • Organic maple syrup in mini dipper and this lunch is packed in his Easylunchbox container. Linked to BentoLunch.net
Here are the supplies that I used to make and pack this lunch.

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013


Frankenstein Halloween Bento And Blog Hop

I was working in the lab late one night and decided to pack this eerie sight! Since Halloween is approaching soon, my fellow bento bloggers and I are having a frightful fall blog hop! I created this Frankenstein bento for today's lunch in a Planetbox.
Make sure to scroll down to see what my bento friend Grace over at Eats Amazing came up with.

Frankenstein Halloween bento lunch
In this bento lunch:
  • Main compartment - A freehand cut Frankenstein head with red hair in this version! Hair, mouth, scars, and pupils are free hand cut from fruit leather. Eyes are provolone cheese and black olive iris.  A couple of picks.
  • Lower left - Another creature carved into part of a green apple above seedless black grapes.
  • Upper left - Fruit leather face on pistachio pudding.
  • Center - Trader Joe's yogurt star.
  • Upper right - Organic baby carrots with a spider cupcake ring.
  • I also included a Lunchbox love note from the new joke edition. LOL! Where do monsters swim? Answer: In Lake Eerie!! This bento is packed in our Planetbox Rover.
Click to check out the next one from Grace over at Eats Amazing or click on the image below. Keep celebrating by hopping through the rest of the Blog Hop.


Here are the supplies that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013


Witch On Broom Halloween Bento

Nikolai brought home a witch's brew cauldron from school last year and gave it to me to use in one of his lunches some day.  He is good at that sort of recycling. So, today I used it in a flying witch bento.  The witch's brew (peas) was the easy part, the witch took a little longer but it was fun to make!

Witch On Broom Halloween Bento

In this bento lunch:
  • The witch shaped sandwich was made from a witch cookie cutter and I used nori for the cape and hat, tiny carrot pieces for the hair, a broom made of pretzel stick and provolone cheese (also provolone cheese for hat band) and a candy eye.
  • Above her is a mild cheddar cheese moon on a night sky of raisins.
  • In the separate container to the right is a scary hand trying to escape through seedless red grapes.
  • Cauldron full of organic peas.
  • I also included a Lunchbox love note from the new joke edition. LOL! What is a witch's best subject in school? Answer: Spelling!
Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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Monday, October 14, 2013


Simple FALL Bento

I made this fall bento a few weeks ago waiting for the weather to be cooler here in FL and thought I will post it then. Unfortunately, weather is still hot here and I decided to post it today.

In this bento lunch:
  • Pumpkin shaped SunButter sandwiches (stacked) with colby jack lettering and a piece of pumpernickel bread for stem.
  • Seedless black grapes.
  • Colby Jack leaves.
  • Cucumber leaves. This lunch is packed in our ECO Lunchbox Solo Cube.
  • Linked to BentoForKidlet - Meatless Monday
Here are the supplies that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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Friday, October 11, 2013


Halloween Candy Corn Bento

Happy Friday! I woke up late and Nikolai requested for a candy corn bento this morning. I was happy to oblige and told him that I would have to make him a very simple one. Luckily, I found a couple of candy corn food picks in my Halloween bento supplies.

This lunch took me only around 10 minutes to put together.:) I found one which I made last year and I am attaching it below. Have a great weekend everyone!

Candy Corn bento in his PlanetBox shuttle
Halloween simple candy corn bento lunch
In this bento lunch:
Last year's Candy Corn bento packed in his Sistema lunch box.

Candy corn bento lunch
 In this bento lunch:
  • Candy corn shaped sandwiches stacked, decorated with provolone, colby cheese and food safe marker. Candy eyes and raisin mouth added to make smiley candy corn.
  • Organic baby carrots with candy corn pick.
  • Apple slices and seedless red grapes.
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Thursday, October 10, 2013


Penguin Bento

I have made several penguin bentos before but this one is a little different. I used an oval shaped cookie cutter instead of my penguin cutter.

In this bento lunch:
  • Top tier: Penguin sandwiches (stacked) with nori, icing eyes and cheddar cheese accents. Accents are free hand cut. Sugar snap peas in a penguin shaped silicone cup with a cute penguin pick.
  • Bottom tier: Seedless black and green grapes with a couple of penguin shaped watermelon slices. Linked to BentoBlogNetwork.com, Bentosonthebayou - Fifteen-Minute-Friday
Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013


Halloween Ghost Pizzas Bento {with recipe}

A few days ago my son took a leftover piece of cold pizza straight from the refrigerator for a snack telling me that he enjoyed pizza at pretty much any temperature. Using a modified version of a recipe I found online, I made some ghostly mini pizzas and packed a couple for his lunch today. Here is my modified recipe:

Ingredients: One tube refrigerated Pillsbury biscuit dough, 1 bottle of organic pasta sauce, 10 slices part skim mozzarella cheese (for the ghost), sliced ripe olives.
Directions:
  1. Roll or pat biscuits into 2-1/2 in. circles. Place on greased baking sheet or non-stick sheet. Pre-heat oven to 400°.
  2. Add pasta sauce on top of biscuits. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned.
  3. Using a small ghost-shape cookie cutter, cut a ghost out of each cheese slice. Immediately place a ghost over each pizza; add pieces of olives for faces. 
  4. Pack in his Laptop Lunches after the pizzas have cool down.
Halloween Ghost Pizzas Bento {with recipe}
In this bento lunch:
  • A couple of ghostly pizzas made with Pillsbury biscuit dough, tomato and basil organic pasta sauce topped after removing from oven with mozzarella cheese cut to ghost shape and black olive accents.
  • Top Left - Organic peas with a ghost pick.
  • Top Right - Peach slices topped with mozzarella cheese mini ghosts.
  • Far Right - Fork wrapped in cloth napkin. 
Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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Monday, October 7, 2013


Quick and Easy Lunch: HI, it's lunch in a Planetbox and a Snack Bento (2)

There are a lot of times when I quickly put a lunch together or there is a last minute change of mind or plan from Nikolai and he wants a bento instead of school lunch. I find it difficult to name the posts sometimes since it is so quickly put together with a little of this and a little of that in those lunches. So, I have decided to use the name 'Quick and Easy Lunches' for these posts, and at times I may combine two or more of these in one post.

Simple Heart bento packed in his Planetbox rover.
In this bento lunch:
  • Main compartment - Heart shaped sandwiches (stacked) with HI food picks.
  • Lower left - Peaches and seedless grapes.
  • Upper left - Annie's organic cheddar crackers and organic apple sauce in little dipper with alphabet fruit leather.
  • Center - A couple of cheddar crackers
  • Upper right - Sugar snap peas.
Snack bento packed in his Steeltainer container. 
In this snack bento:
  • Fig Newtons with a cute Mickey pick.
  • Organic plum slices.
  • Sliced baby carrots.
Here are the supplies that I used to make and pack this lunch and snack.
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Friday, October 4, 2013


Mummy Bento

Happy Friday everyone! This week I received the Seasonal Lunchbox Love Notes which were generously sent by the nice people over at Say Please.com, including the Halloween Jokes edition.
I included one that is especially suited for today's Mummy Bento. Have a great weekend!:)

Mummy bento lunch
  
In this bento:
  • Mummy sandwich cut with a circle cutter, provolone cheese cut for wrapping strips, nori and candy eyes.
  • Apple sauce with a grape big spider (body is one half of a large black grape, the other cut into legs).
  • Peach slices.
  • Edamame (Eat a Mummy?) with a mummy cupcake ring.
  • I also included a Lunchbox love note from the new joke edition. LOL! What did the mummy say to the detective?  Answer: Let's wrap this up!! This bento is packed in our ECOLunchbox Solo Cube.
  • Linked to Bentosonthebayou - Fifteen minutes Friday
Here are the supplies that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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Thursday, October 3, 2013


Animals Puzzle Bento

I love using our puzzle cutter and it's always so easy to add a final touch to the lunch with cute baran sheets and picks. Nikolai sometimes doesn't like carrots which is not a surprise to me since he is quite a picky eater. I decided to slice up some baby carrots and hope that he will eat them today.

In this bento lunch:
  • Puzzle shaped sandwiches with animals baran.
  • Organic baby carrot slices and yogurt covered raisins.
  • Puzzle shaped mild cheddar cheese and puzzle shaped watermelon slices. This bento is packed in our Planetbox Shuttle.
Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013


Stainless Steel ECO Lunchbox Giveaway (Solo Cube or Solo Rectangle)

I am so excited to share this generous giveaway with you! The nice people over at ECO Lunchbox surprised me by offering two of their stainless steel lunchboxes to two of my lucky readers.

I personally love both the EcoLunchbox Solo Cube and Solo Rectangle. Which to use depends on what you decided to pack!
They are 100% stainless steel, BPA free and they look great.
Earlier I wrote a review of these boxes which can be read HERE. I am also including pictures of several lunches packed in them to help you make your choice of which one you would most want to win.



To enter this giveaway use the Rafflecopter widget below. It would be great if you leave a comment on this post telling me which ECOlunchbox you would like to win, the Solo Cube or Solo Rectangle (each valued at $20). Without a comment to indicate your preference, I will presume you would like either.
The TWO winners will be randomly selected using Rafflecopter and notified via e-mail addresses provided. Winners will have 48 hours to respond. If no response is received, new winners will be drawn.
This giveaway is only open to U.S. residents. a Rafflecopter giveaway
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013


Piggy Bagel Bento

October is one of my favorite months even when it starts to get busier for me. I am looking forward to October fest, Halloween parties, yummy fall foods, wonderful snow bird friends who visit FL and more. I have seen so many cute piggy bentos on the web but this is my first time making one. I used a bagel, since we have those on hand. This bento is packed in our Laptop Lunches.

In this bento lunch:
  • Bagel pig with mild cheddar ears ( I used a small heart cutter to cut the ears), smoked Gouda eyes and raisins for pupils, oval shaped bread for snout and some pretzel sticks.
  • Broccoli florets and ranch for dip in cute small pig shaped container.
  • Cantaloupe and seedless red grapes.
  • Far right - A cloth napkin.Linked to BentoLunch.net
Here are the supplies that I used to make and pack this lunch.
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