I made this sheep themed salad for myself on a day that my niece and I went furniture shopping. We ate our lunches in my car. I used “daikon“, (Japanese radish) for the sheep. It is larger than typical radish and great for using small cookie cutters.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Sheep – daikon (cut with cookie cutter), cheddar cheese, pistachio nuts, mixed lettuce
Top Right: Raspberries
Bottom Right: Triscuit crackers
I made this salad for my niece on a day that she helped me go furniture shopping. We ate our bentos in the car between furniture stores.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Butterflies – melon (cut with cookie cutters), raspberries, pistachio nuts, mixed lettuce
Top Right: Butterfly crackers
Bottom Right: Butterflies – carrots (cut with tiny cutter), celery with peanut butter
I made this dog themed bread lunch for my nephew to bring to school. He loves my homemade rolls and requested them for lunch. I enjoy making shaped bread.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Dog shaped bread (used this recipe), added chocolate chips after the bread was cooled, bone shaped cheddar cheese (cookie cutter)
Top Right: Carrots
Bottom Right: Raspberries
Last week my lasagna loving nephew turned 15. I made this lasagna lunch for him to bring to school.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Homemade lasagna with a cheddar “15” cut with cookie cutters
Top Right: Pistachios
Bottom Right: Blackberries and raspberries
I made this simple Children’s day or kodomonihi dinner for my parents and me. The garnish for the main course and dessert is pie crust.
Main: Partially cook broccoli, carrots, potato, and celery. Make a cheese sauce. Mix sauce with vegetables. Put vegetables and sauce in individual baking dishes. Put panko breadcrumbs on top and bake at 375 for about 20 minutes or until topping is browned.
Dessert: Berries, Greek yogurt, cinnamon
Garnish: Pie crust cut with koinobori cutter and baked until browned, pie crust cut in the shape of a kabuto hat and baked until browned
Happy Star Wars Day! May the Fourth be with you! I made this easy lunch for my taco loving nephew.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Black beans mixed with a little salsa, iceberg lettuce, Mexican cheese blend
Top Right: Cherry tomatoes and black olives
Bottom Right: Blackberries
Above the Box: Mini Dippers with Taco Sauce, tortilla chips with a hint of lime
This week one night after work, my niece and I took a walk to a daffodil meadow and had this themed meal (I made 2 identical bentos). We ate our dinner sitting on a log under trees. It was a perfect setting and enjoyable company.
When I shopped Sunday night at Wegmans they were out of radishes! I asked the produce person what to substitute that is white, crunchy, and can eat raw. He said daikon (Japanese radish). I never thought of them before but it is perfect for cookie cutters since they are larger than the radish I often use. But with my multitude of cookie cutters, I actually did not have a flower cookie cutter appropriate for a daffodil.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Daffodils – daikon (cut freehand), carrots (cut with mini cookie cutter), the daikon and carrots are held together with spaghetti, edamame in the pods, rice pilaf with vegetable broth, carrots, sauteed onion, and pistachio nuts
Top Right: Mini peanut butter cups
Bottom Right: Grapes
