Lucky to have you!

Heres my first St Patricks day bento this March. Little man has a shamrock made with tortillas, ham and cheese, a mini salad and Lucky Charms (special St Patricks edition)!

Green eggs & ham

     Today we are celebrating the Birthday of the beloved children's author Dr. Seuss. His birthday was yesterday, but since it was a Sunday, I held off until today.

     Little Guy had a green egg & ham, broccoli and carrot spears. Not pictured is a cup of ranch for dipping.

LOVE in a lunchbox

     Here's another Valentine-themed bento. I wondered if this bento would be to pink for the Little Guy, but he didn't seem to mind. Everything was GONE at the end of the school day!
     He had a ham-roll up, a BabyBel cheese, carrot slices, berries, and heart-shaped marshmallows.

Introducing the MUNCH-able

Little guy loves Lunchables. I think they are way over-priced and belong in the junk food category!
With that being said, I also hate for him to feel left out when his school friends take them. Here, is my version of a healthier, smarter verson of a Lunchable. I refer to it as a MUNCHABLE!

Included in this Munchable, are whole grain crackers, roast beef, ham, and turkey slcies, cheese, an applesause, and a lemonade cookie. Also, tucked inside is a gummy heart.

Heart bento

Since we're in the month of February, I've started making valentine themed bentos. This is the first and is SUPER SIMPLE AND CHEAP!!!! 

Heart shaped cookie cutter and picks can be purchased for a total of $2. 

There's cheese sandwiches cut into hearts, turkey "flowers", pineapple, and peas & corn. Oh, and a gummy heart hidden in there too!

Croods-themed lunch

The little guy, since he's been tired lately, has been watching way too much tv.  He's on his 391st time of watching The Croods. 

Here's a bento lunch to go with it. 

It's a mini-pita bread stuffed with ham. The cave drawings were made with food markers. He also has peach "flowers", carrot "bones", and chocolate rocks (with a few candy bones included). 

Sorry for the crappy photo. I'm still learning! :)

As always, thanks for looking!

Mucha Lucha lunch

     This lunch was a simple sandwich cut with the Fred & Friends  Muncha Luncha cutters, broccoli, a cutie orange, and mini sugar cookies. 

     The little one loves Lucha libre masks. So this cheered him right up as he's been under the weather the past week. 

I mustache you a question.

Here's a funny mustache lunch I made this week. 

It's a turkey & cheese bagel with a (recycled) lip pop pick ,candy eyes, and a hat pick. Kiwi and cookies on the side. 

Breakfast bento...for lunch

Monday the boys had breakfast bentos for lunch. 

It consisted of a hard-boiled egg, sausage links, mini waffles, and an orange. Maple syrup, and salt/pepper were included on the side. 

Turbo bento

So, I was given orders to make the little one a Turbo- themed lunch. He has currently been fascinated by it and is currently watching it for the 437th time! I'm kidding! This is what I came up with. It is supposed to be Turbo and White Shadow. LOL

He has a ham & cheese roll-up on a flour tortilla (thats the snails shell) and cheese makes up the body. Eyes are attached with a raw spaghetti noodle. Mouth and irises made from nori seaweed. Included in his lunch are veggie chips, fruit roll up (rolled snail style), Wheat Thins, and an apple sauce. Please feel free to leave a comment and say hello!

Ham & eggs

Today's bento has a hard boiled egg, ham (not pictured cuz I'm ditzy like that), veggie chips, sliced kiwi, strawberry yogurt with candy coated sunflower seeds, and animal cracker for dipping in the yogurt.  Oh yeh and salt & pepper tucked away for the egg!

Baby, it's cold outside!

It's been really cold lately, but this will keep the kiddos tummy full and warm! 

Some Christmas bentos

Since our holiday will be spent overseas, I made a few bentos before we left to celebrate.

Perry the platypus

A Perry the platypus sandwich made from ham and cheese and bread. With peas and mandarins as a side. 

The idea I got from http://susanyuen.wordpress.com she has great ideas!

Turkey day bento

A turkey bento to celebrate Thanksgiving.  Included is a leaf (carved apple) pretzal sticks and cookies!

What's this? A baby egg pie!

Sometimes my kids friends have a guessing game while they figure out what certain foods are!

These at the bottom are homemade pickles that were just weird shaped!

Also in this box was "baby egg pies" aka mini quiches!

Aargh (again)!

A pirate/ treasure hunt themed bento that the kiddos have had.

Ordinary bento

Sandwich on a pick, carrots & ranch, mandarin oranges, and pretzels. 

More Halloween nom nom

Here are a few more bentos that the kiddos have enjoyed recently. 

Thanks for looking!!!!! 

Halloween bentos

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Since there are only 30 days to squeeze all of my ideas into... Here goes!

Here are a few bentos that I've done so far this month. 

Stay tuned for more!!!!