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Showing posts with label Happy Tiffin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Happy Tiffin. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 4, 2016


5 Pinwheels Lunch Ideas

I did mention recently how much I love my reusable snack bags. Snack Taxi was the first brand which I acquired and use. They generously sent me a set several months ago to try out, and we love them. The reusable bags are made of 100 percent cotton outer with nylon lining, hook and loop closure and made in the USA. You can find many more designs and prints at their site here.

Stasher is another brand of reusable snack bags which I've reviewed earlier and you can find it here. They recently sent me their snack size stasher which we absolutely love. It's smaller than the original stasher and is perfect for snacks.

5 Pinwheels School Lunches

Pinwheels are among the foods that Nikolai loves. Often I use bread which I slightly flatten with a rolling pin before adding the fillings. I also use tortilla if we have them on hand, which is slightly easier as the tortilla does not require rolling. I'm also sharing one of my failed pinwheels lunches, which you will find if you scroll down towards the end. That morning I was way in a hurry and didn't bother to roll the bread so that was how it turned our - failed! Fortunately, it was still a yummy lunch, Nikolai didn't mind, and came home with an empty lunchbox which made my day.

Ham & cheese pinwheels, organic snacks in SnackTaxi reusable bag.

Bento lunch 1: Ham and cheese pinwheels, cucumber slices and seedless grapes in a round silicone cup with a cute pick. This lunch is packed in a Happy Tiffin lunchbox. On the side is our SnackTaxi reusable bag which contains Annie's organic crackers.

Cream cheese and jam tortilla pinwheels.

Bento lunch 2: Cream cheese and jam tortilla pinwheels with an organic granola bar in the main section. Sides were Babybel cheese, fruit snacks, seedless red grapes and cucumber slices with a cute pick. This lunch is packed in a Bentgo leak-proof lunchbox.

Pinwheels with organic snack in stasher reusable bag.

Bento lunch 3: Pinwheels with cute animal face picks, organic baby carrots, watermelon slices cut into cupcake shapes in my favorite square silicone cups. On the side is a string cheese cut into half. This lunch is packed in our leak-proof stainless steel splash Ecolunchbox. As for snack, he had Annie's organic crackers in our new stasher reusable snack bag. We love this bag!

Ham and cheese tortilla pinwheels. Sides were organic baby carrots, grapes in square silicone cups, cereal bar cut into half and cheddar snacks.

Bento lunch 4: Ham and cheese tortilla pinwheels. Sides were organic baby carrots, grapes in square silicone cups, cereal bar cut into half and cheddar snacks. This lunch is packed in a Planetbox shuttle.

SunButter and Jam Pinwheels.

Bento lunch 5: This is the lunch which I mentioned above. SunButter and jam pinwheels which failed. Annie's organic snack and Babybel cheese with an eye food pick in square silicone cups. Sides were cucumber sticks, baby carrots, pineapple and watermelon chunks. This lunch is packed in an Easylunchboxes.


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Tuesday, March 11, 2014


House Bento - Home Is Where The Heart Is

Nikolai has a loose tooth and requested for apple sauce today. He reported to me that his friend told him he once had a loose tooth stuck to an apple! Now Nikolai is afraid to eat apples, just temporarily I hope!
Two more days to go before our Spring Break.:)

In this bento lunch:
  • House shaped sandwich with Colby accents, raisin door knob and a strawberry cut into heart shape. Cucumber slices.
  • Cinnamon apple sauce.
  • This lunch is packed in his Happy Tiffin Happy Home bento box. Linked to BentoLunch.net
Here are the supplies that I used to create 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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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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Monday, July 29, 2013


Review: Happy Tiffin Bento Boxes (bears onigiri, car bento and a snack bento) #446

Happy Tiffin generously sent me two of their stainless steel bento boxes to review. When I was given the chance to choose which one I preferred, I chose the 'Road Hog' and they pleasantly surprised me with an additional bento box, 'Happy Home'.

Tiffin, a term popular mostly in India, refers generally to a lunch or small meal in a container intended for transport. Having grown up in a country of great cultural diversity, I remember my mother using the multi-tier version when going to visit friends or relatives and my grandmother using them to cater dinners for neighborhood families.
Now on to the review!

The 'Road Hog' or car shaped container is totally adorable! Made of stainless steel, it is durable, easy to clean, and shines. Of course its designed to do more than look nice, so it is also a convenient container 6.5 inches long, 4.5 inches wide and 2 inches deep. Inside there is the 'spare tire' a cylindrical container with its own lid, perfect for those foods you want to keep separate from the rest.

The 'Happy Home' is 4.7 inches wide, 7 inches high and is also 2 inches deep, and every bit of it is simply adorable. Like the 'Road Hog' it also has a separate interior container and latches to secure the top. Both are dishwasher safe.

Things that we like:
- They are very cute!
- Stainless steel will not retain stains, odors or residues.
- Stainless steel will last for a long time with proper care.
- Dishwasher safe.
- Lead free, plastic free, BPA free, phthalate free and waste free.   

 Things to consider:
- The latches are quite secure, but could take a little practice. Our eight year old son experienced some difficulty opening it.
- Not for use in microwave.

To see other Happy Tiffins, visit their site here.

Here are the Happy Tiffins which I received.


Here is a view of the inside.


Here is a bento lunch in the Happy Home

In this bento lunch: 
  • Seedless red and green grapes
  • Bears shaped onigiri with nori(seaweed) features.
  • Leftovers meatloaf and broccoli florets. 
 Here is a bento lunch in the Road Hog.

In this bento lunch:
  • Seedless red and green grapes.
  • Car shaped sandwich using the lunch punch and accents are nori and cheddar cheese.
  • Greek yogurt in the 'spare tire' with organic fruit leather.
  • Organic baby carrots.
And here is a simple bento snack for after swim in the Happy Home.

In this bento snack:
  • Papaya pieces, seedless red and green grapes.
  • Goldfish crackers
Here are the supplies or similar that I used to make and pack these lunches and snack.

Disclosure: Happy Tiffin generously provided me with the products 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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