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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Bento Lunch: Choo Choo Train Bento

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Last week was the whole full week of school and I am happy to report that it went by more smoothly than I would have thought. Here is a train bento to start off this week.

In this bento: The top section contains heart shaped sweet red bell pepper on lettuce (again I forgot to include the small container of ranch dressing before taking the photo), seedless red and green grapes. Bottom section contains a train shaped sandwich with colby cheese window, nori (seaweed) and provolone cheese for wheels, nori for train tracks and provolone for smoke. Packed in Easylunchbox. Linked to Eats Amazing

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

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Bento Lunch #255: Train On Track

Time flies when you're having fun! We came home on Friday and left for another mini vacation on Saturday and back on Sunday. I am still on vacation mode and no inspiration, thus, this simple bento. It's time to get back on track!

• Train shaped sandwich on track
• Pepperoni
• Cucumber slices and seedless grapes

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

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