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21 May 2013 7 Comments
in Food, Bento / Cute Food Tags: bento, Nursery Rhyme, vegetarian
This is second in my four part series this week of nursery rhymes/songs with sheep/lambs.
Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow
And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Background: Lettuce
Mary: Cheddar cheese quesadilla with hair and dress painted with food coloring and water
Lamb: English muffin served with cream cheese and pineapple (in Mini Dippers)
Wool: Cauliflower
Fruit: Raspberries
20 May 2013 11 Comments
in Bento / Cute Food, Food Tags: bento, lamb nursery tales, vegetarian
This week I am featuring nursery rhymes/songs with sheep/lambs.
Old McDonald has a farm, Ee-i-ee-i-o, And on his farm he had a sheep, Ee-i-ee-i-o
With a baa-baa here, And a baa-baa there, Here a baa, there a baa , Everywhere a baa-baa
Old MacDonald had a farm, Ee-i-ee-i-o.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Background: Flour tortilla painted with a little blue food coloring and water
Baa-Baa: Carrot
Sheep: Peanut butter sandwich on wheat bread, eyes (chocolate sprinkles), nose (food safe marker)
Barn: Watermelon, door (Wegmans fruit flat details), apple slices
Wildflowers: Yellow bell pepper, centers (dried blueberries attached with spaghetti – it softens by lunch)
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17 May 2013 28 Comments
in Bento / Cute Food, Food Tags: bento, vegetarian
Last week I invited you to vote on the type of bento I would make. The winner was “Interesting colorful food layout (not character)”. I bought a lot of colorful produce for this bento but it ended up being red, green, and white.
I hope that you think of this as interesting and colorful. I tried a few new techniques in this lunch.
Container: ECO Lunchboxes
In Round Cup: Tri-Color Pearl Couscous cooked with vegetable bouillon, added chickpeas and decorated with chickpeas, green peas, and snow peas
In Oval Container: lettuce, cream cheese with some homemade pesto in cherry tomato cups, green pimento stuffed olives on star picks, checkered apple (this was my first time trying this, I used this awesome tutorial by Jenn of Bento for Kidlet), stamped watermelon (used cutter similar to this), and snow peas.
Not pictured: Blue Diamond Natural Oven Roasted Almonds with Sea Salt
16 May 2013 19 Comments
in Bento / Cute Food, Food Tags: bento, vegetarian
My 14 year old niece made this lunch. I only offered a little help/suggestions.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Ocean: Mukimame, sprouts
Starfish & Seahorse: Homemade grape jam sandwiches on wheat bread
Whale: Apple on blueberry yogurt
Fish: Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Crackers
15 May 2013 18 Comments
in Food, Bento / Cute Food Tags: bento, pasta lunch, racchette pasta, vegan
When I found Racchette pasta at Wegmans, I knew I had to make a tennis themed bento lunch. I made this lunch for my 14 year old niece. She ate it at school and heated the pasta with a microwave available for students. I placed the sides in silicone cups so she could remove them before heating the pasta.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Fruit: Mineola Tangelo
Nuts: Toasted pecans
Tennis Pasta: DeCecco Racchette pasta with green peas, dressed with a garlic and olive oil sauce, carrot lettering
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14 May 2013 27 Comments
in Food, Bento / Cute Food Tags: bento, vegetarian, vegan, lily of the valley shaped food
Lily of the Valley is my favorite flower. I love the shape and smell. I am also reminded of my Grandmother’s garden in the house she had when I was a kid. That house and garden holds magical memories for me. I have a memory of fresh cut Lily of the Valley in a small juice glass on a counter in the kitchen. The memories are probably more special because that house and garden no longer exist. When I was about 11 my Grandparents sold that house. A contractor bought it, destroyed the house and garden and built apartments.
Container: ECO Lunchboxes
Soil: Wild rice cooked with a vegetable bouillon
Lily of the Valley: Apple with chives (from my herb garden)
Vegetables: Lettuce, mukimame, cucumber, carrot, roasted green and orange bell pepper, roasted asparagus (difficult to see in photo)
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13 May 2013 24 Comments
in Food, Bento / Cute Food Tags: bento, vegetarian, bagel lunch
I am not convinced that this looks like a bear. I think that the eyes are the problem. But my husband enjoyed this for breakfast on a day he went to work early. I love that he does not mind eating cute food because I love making cute food.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Bear: Homemade bagels with cinnamon sugar topping, eyes (Craisins), nose (carrot made with CuteZcute cutter), filled with cream cheese and homemade apricot jam
Vegetable Bears & Fruit: Cucumber bears and strawberries
Mini Bears: Mini Teddy Grahams – Honey
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10 May 2013 15 Comments
in Bento / Cute Food, Blog, Food
I appreciate you my readers, your visits and all of your “likes” and comments. I love it when you offer suggestions for what I will make next.
So I thought it would be fun for you to vote on the type of bento I will make. Please vote below. In the comments, offer specific suggestions if you want.
Voting is open until Sunday May 12. Voting is now closed. See results below. On Friday May 17, I will post the bento influenced by you.
09 May 2013 15 Comments
in Bento / Cute Food, Food Tags: bento, tree lunch, vegetarian
I wanted to try out a family tree idea. This was a quick and easy lunch to prepare.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Fruit: Apple and strawberries
Dip: Ranch
Hearts: Horseradish cheese
Tree: Peanut butter and homemade strawberry jam on wheat bread, broccoli, sugar snap peas, carrot lettering
07 May 2013 14 Comments
in Bento / Cute Food, Food Tags: bento, Star Wars, vegetarian
In preparation for my recent “May the 4th Be with You” blog hop, I made two bentos. This is the one that did not make the cut for the hop. But I thought that it would still be nice to share.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Background: Nori (dried seaweed)
Millennium Falcon: Cheese quesadilla with food marker details
Asteroid Field: Red grapes
Lightsabers: Pretzels with dyed white chocolate
???: I was aiming for Vader, looks more like Chewbacca, roasted green pepper with raw pepper slices behind
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06 May 2013 24 Comments
in Bento / Cute Food, Embroidery, Food Tags: bento, EasyLunchboxes, embroidered napkin, vegetarian
Awhile ago a reader suggested that I embroider a bento. I love my EasyLunchboxes so it was a natural choice to embroider it on a napkin. I enjoyed planning and creating this simple embroidered napkin with matching lunch.
Container: EasyLunchboxes
Stars: Peanut butter sandwiches on wheat bread
Fruit: Strawberry
Vegetable: Sugar snap peas
Embroidery in Progress
I made a 12 inch by 12 inch napkin from a Flour Sack Towel bought from Herrschners. I used a water erasable pen to transfer my pattern to my napkin. My stitching is done with a simple back stitch. For the food I used 2 strands of DMC thread. For the outline of the box I used DMC Perle 5. I would have used 2 strands of DMC thread but I did not have any black left in my stash. (If you would like the pattern, leave a comment or email me.)
EasyLunchboxes with Matching Napkin
05 May 2013 13 Comments
in Bento / Cute Food, Food Tags: bento, cinco de mayo, vegetarian
I made this simple lunch for Cinco de Mayo. For the lettering I used a cutter set similar to this.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Cactus: Cucumber
Sombrero: Watermelon with dried blueberry fringe (I attached the blueberries with pieces of spaghetti – it softens by lunchtime)
Lettering: Horseradish cheese
Mexican Rice: I used this recipe from Eating Well.
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