My Mom, brother and two cousins from Ireland visited for a few days. We did a lot of sightseeing but I still wanted to prepare homemade meals for them. I made 5 versions of this same lunch in the morning and it was an excellent meal between visiting attractions. I desired an easy lunch but also wanted my guests to experience my bento lunch because cute lunches have become such a part of my life. I savor showing my love with healthy and cute food. I made this easy and cute by creating simple garnishes for each section.
My Mom prepared the pasta and my cousin Peg helped me assemble the 5 lunches.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Pasta: Mini Penne with Zucchini Pistou (My Mom made this while I cooked breakfast for everyone). We used toasted walnuts instead of pine nuts, reduced the garlic to 2 cloves, and we forgot to add the shaved Parmesan on top. I added a cherry tomato half and small basil leaf as garnish.
Vegetable: Diced tomatoes and mozzarella cheese with a little olive oil, white wine vinegar, salt, and pepper. A mozzarella cheese flower was the garnish.
Fruit: Strawberry Melon Spinach Salad – We added the dressing right before eating. It was delicious! When I prepared the melon for this salad, I cut flower shapes for garnish. I added a fresh blueberry with a small piece of angel hair pasta. It softened by lunch.
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Eclectic Lamb 
Reblogged this on Amanda's Words / starfire8me and commented:
looks good
Thank you!
u r welcome.
Looks and sounds delicious!
Thank you Mary Lee!
Wow, how yummy, so hungry now!
Thank you so much!
Pleasant lunch. I am sure your family enjoyed it!
Thank you! There was nothing left in each bento.
Yummy looking pasta! 😀
Thank you!
I am checking back with what I missed…how nice to have cousins in from Ireland!
All your bentos look so nice!
Thank you so much!
This is great. Love being able to share with family and friends!
Thank you so much!
I NEVER thought about making bento for guests! What a great idea!
Thank you so much! They loved it!