Music themed lunches (3)

Happy Monday everyone! Before I get to the bentos, I would like to introduce you all to the 'Resources' page that I have created where you can find bento supplies that I love and frequently use. Over the years I have used all the products listed there and I recommend them because I feel they are great products, helpful for my bento making, and are made or supplied by companies that I trust. Now, back to the bentos!

I made these music themed lunches for the days when Nikolai had music class. They are basically simple lunches to which I added a few picks and some lettering to give them the  music theme.

The first lunch was inspired by the 1965 movie, The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews. Have you watched the movie before? It's a classic and this Do-Re-Mi bento may get you singing.;) This lunch was packed in his Easylunchboxes container.

In this bento lunch:

• Main compartment: Crust-less sandwich with mild cheddar lettering and some music note picks, and yogurt covered stars in silicone cup.
• Top left: Cucumber slices
• Top right: Strawberry slices and frozen blueberries in a silicone cup with another pick.

I intended to cut more music note strawberry pieces for the lunch shown below but ran out of time that morning and ended up with only one slice of strawberry note above the grapes, lol. This lunch was packed in a Goodbyn Hero which is a pretty deep lunch box.

In this bento lunch:

• Main compartment: Pita pocket sandwiches (stacked) with cheddar cheese lettering. Popcorn and choc covered sunflower seeds.
• Top left: Seedless green grapes and a slice of strawberry music note cutout.
• Top right: Cucumber slices with a music note pick.

Here is another simple music themed lunch, I used a heart shaped cutter, a couple of music notes picks and packed it in a Fit & Fresh bento box.

In this bento lunch:

• Main compartment: Sandwich with picks, organic baby carrots and a spoon for the Greek yogurt.
• Top right: Seedless black and green grapes
• Bottom right: Greek yogurt.

Here are the supplies that I used to create and pack these lunches.

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Airplane bento

There was no school on Monday and Tuesday, and during the weekend we had gone to our nearby air field for their Aviation Day displays and show which we all enjoyed.

Now is also the time of the year where many snow birds fly south to FL and the airports become quite busy. We have been thinking about visiting the in-laws during Christmas this year, but have to give it some more thought since the airports are usually the most crowded during the holiday season.

I made this simple plane sandwich using one of the cutters from my lunch punch transport set. It's easy to use and designed to capture the most amount of bread. This lunch was packed in a Goodbyn Hero.

In this bento lunch:

• Main compartment: Airplane sandwich, yogurt tube, choc covered sunflower seeds.
• Top left: Broccoli florets and baby carrot slices.
• Top right: Seedless red grapes.

Here are the supplies that I used to create and pack this lunch.

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BOO, Ghost croissant bento

Happy Monday! We had a fun weekend at several carnivals as this was the last weekend before Halloween. This simple ghost themed lunch was put together in 5 minutes when I was in a hurry. The croissant was from a French bakery near our home and I love the little delicacies from the store which are made fresh daily from scratch, they are oh, so tasty.

I used an octopus shaped cutter for the ghost BUT you can also use a small tulip cookie cutter, turn it upside down and use a small straw for the features. The croissant fits nicely into our deep and spacious Goodbyn Hero.

In this bento lunch:

• Main compartment: Croissant topped with a couple of Provolone cheese and a cupcake pick, cotton candy flavored candy corn marshmallows and a GoGo squeeze apple sauce.
• Top left: Organic baby carrots.
• Top right: Tangerine with a leaf pick.

Here are the supplies that I used to create and pack this lunch.

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Goodbyn Hero: Koala bento and the new CuteZCute Cuddle Palz Kit

Hello everyone! It will soon be back to school time for us. With only a few weeks before school starts, we are trying to squeeze into our schedules as many fun activities, quality time together and as much travel as possible. I have not made as many bentos or shared items from my back logged ones as I'd planned, but as soon as I received the super adorable CuteZCute Cuddle Palz several weeks ago, I wanted to use the set to make a bento for Nikolai.

If you wish to get only one set of cutters for making your back to school lunches, this should be it!! 1 kit, using mix and match could create over 40 main cute combinations, how nice is that.
I really like the food pick which can be used to help remove small cut outs from the cutters and also as a cute decorative food pick for the lunch.

The CuteZCute Cuddle Palz set is affordable, versatile, and super cute! You can find more information about this set HERE. I made this Koala bear enjoying it's ice cream cone on a hot day.:) I'll need to start packing now for our trip tomorrow.
Have a nice weekend!

 In this bento lunch:

• Koala bear sandwich with organic blueberry jam filling and an ice cream cone pick on a bed of salad. A bear shaped egg which I made with the CuteZCute Animal Palz in a silicone cup.
• Top right: Cherries with Koala food pick.
• Bottom right: Salad with shredded cheese and a Koala bear pick from the set.
• This lunch is packed in a Goodbyn Hero lunch box.

Here are the supplies that I used to create and pack this lunch.

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Goodbyn Hero Set Review and Giveaway

The nice people over at Goodbyn kindly offered me one of their new Goodbyn Hero Sets and several other Goodbyn products that nicely complement it, for me to review.

Goodbyn is generously offering an identical Goodbyn Hero set which will include the Blue Goodbyn Hero, Dipper set in blue, Bottle in blue, Embroidered Patch- robot, Insulated lunch sleeve in blue, the Ice pack, and The Original dishwasher safe sticker set to one of my readers! All these items come to a total value of around $50.

Now, let's start with the review of these awesome products. The Hero has three separated compartments, which can be used with or without the dippers, it is top rack dishwasher safe, BPA and phthalate free. The lunch box with its lid provides for ample space. It is quite deep, deep enough for a couple of sandwiches to be stacked together, leftovers from dinner, salad, or other tasty treats, and that is just the main section. The other sections are a great size for veggies, fruits or a satisfying snack. The Dipper set, which is included, is wonderful for separating the sauces, toppings, yogurt, apple sauce or extras. Our son is kind of fussy about things getting all mixed together and these dippers solve this problem nicely, though they claim they are not leak-proof.

The drink bottle will hold 8oz. of a favorite beverage, is easy to clean, reusable and even 100% recyclable. The set of dishwasher safe stickers with which you can decorate both the hero and the bottle are a really fun way to customize your set.  Also, there is the beautifully embroidered patch which has a sticky backing and you can sew it on to permanently affix it to the insulated sleeve. The sleeve is light, bright, and comes with a little adjustable loop so that it can be piggy-backed to something else like a backpack. I only wished that it had one of those stretchy net things to handle the bottle.  It is big enough to easily hold the hero and the ice pack which is quite nice for keeping things fresh.

Here are the items which we received.

Below is a simple and cute lunch which I packed for Nikolai. The main compartment contains a couple of puzzle shaped sandwiches stacked, a mini Babybel cheese, pretzels and raisins in one of the the dippers. The sides are Rainier cherries and cucumber slices.

Goodbyn is generously offering an identical set of all the above items to one of my readers.

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