Category Archives: Bento / Cute Food

Happy May! This year for May Day, I have a basket with handle and vegetable flowers. Basket: Flower tortilla, cheddar cheese, skillet cook until brown and melted, fold Handle: Flour tortilla Flowers: Bell pepper and radish cut with different sized … Continue reading →

I made this for Renae on a day in February when we went to the Dutch Connections flower show at the George Eastman museum. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Tulips – Carrot cut with a cookie cutter, snow peas, peanut noodles Top Right: … Continue reading →

I made this fun meal for myself. (I also ate the scraps). Go here to see more of my space collection. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: UFO – Cheese quesadilla cut with a cookie cutter (Renae printed it for me a few … Continue reading →

In honor of Earth Day, I made this meal. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Earth – Polenta cut with a cookie cutter, cream cheese with butterfly pea powder, pesto, black beans pureed with salsa and balsamic vinegar Top Right: Tree – Zucchini cut with … Continue reading →

I made this imprint Easter egg meal for myself. I was inspired by my Conversation Hearts lunch. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Easter Eggs – Blue mashed potatoes with butterfly pea flower powder, Yellow mashed potatoes with turmeric, cut and imprint with Easter … Continue reading →

I made this Bunny Peep themed meal for myself. I experimented for the first time with natural pink dye – crushed raspberry with water. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Pink Peep – Nishiki rice shaped in a cookie cutter with plastic wrap, brushed with … Continue reading →

I made this simple but cheerful chick themed bento lunch. Container: Cloud box from Japan (set of 3) Top Box: Chicks – Cantaloupe cut with an imprint cookie cutter, blueberries Bottom Box: Chicks – Turmeric mashed potatoes cut with a cookie cutter, Eye … Continue reading →

I made this colorful unicorn lunch for myself. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Unicorn – Daikon radish cut with a cookie cutter, food coloring marker details, carrot and zucchini noodles Top Right: Pistachio nuts Bottom Right: Blueberries Mini Dippers: Ricotta and salsa

I made this cheese Leprechaun meal to add to my St. Patrick’s Day collection. This is only my third Leprechaun meal! Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Leprechaun – Cheddar cheese cut with a cookie cutter, food coloring marker details, cheese tortellini with Vodka … Continue reading →

I made this meal for myself. I had a lot of shamrocks in my St. Patrick’s collection but didn’t have one made from polenta with pesto. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Shamrock – Polenta cut with a cookie cutter, pesto, mashed cauliflower Top … Continue reading →

I made this meal for myself. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Fish – Nishiki rice shaped in a cookie cutter with plastic wrap, cheddar broiled on top, spinach details (eye cut with a paper straw) roasted broccoli Top Right: Pepitas Bottom Right: Fish – Radish cut … Continue reading →

I often celebrate the beginning of March with lamb or lion food. This year I garnished a salad with cheese cut-outs. Lamb – White Cheddar cut with a cookie cutter, food marker details Lion – Orange Cheddar cut with a … Continue reading →

I made this in honor of Leap Year. My 2020 Leap Year meal is here. Container: Prep Natural Glass Meal Containers Left Side: Leap Year – Carrots cut with a cookie cutter, Frogs – Radish cut with a cookie cutter, rubbed with … Continue reading →

I made this meal for myself. Peanut noodles are often a lunch staple for me but I have not made them in awhile. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side:  Whale – Zucchini cut with a cookie cutter, Water Spout – carrot cut with … Continue reading →

I made this cardinal themed lunch for myself. Container: Wooden box purchased in Kyoto at Bento&co. Contents: Cardinal – Mashed potato with tomato paste cut with a cookie cutter, Eye – Dried blueberry, Beak – Black sesame seeds, green pimento olives, broccoli, … Continue reading →

I made this meal for myself. The tortellini has a delicious Vodka Sauce. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Elephants – Cheddar cheese cut with a cookie cutter, food coloring marker details, cheese tortellini with Vodka Sauce Top Right: Pepitas Bottom Right: Elephant – Bell pepper … Continue reading →

I made this XOXO cheesy rice meal for myself. I was inspired after looking at my Valentine collection and thought I should add more to my XOXO section. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Plate: XOXO Red bell pepper cut with a cookie cutter, rice with … Continue reading →

This is my 1500th post! Unbelievable! Happy Valentine’s Day! Conversation Hearts is a new theme for my Valentine collection. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Conversation Hearts – Green mashed potatoes with matcha powder, Red mashed potatoes with tomato paste, Blue mashed potatoes with … Continue reading →

I made this heart bread lunch for my Mom on the day that my parents, niece and I went on a little daytrip to the Buffalo Botanical Garden greenhouses. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Heart – Shaped bread  Top Right: Hearts – Cheese cut with a cookie … Continue reading →

I had some blue potatoes I wanted to use so made this ocean themed meal. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Jelly Fish – Cheddar cheese cut with a cookie cutter, blue potato mashed potatoes Top Right: Green olives Bottom Right: Orange

Happy Groundhog Day! I made this meal for myself as part of my Groundhog Day series. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Groundhog – Sweet potato cut with a cookie cutter then roasted, mashed cauliflower with ricotta, smoked paprika Top Right: Hazelnuts Bottom Right: Clementine

To celebrate Setsubun (bean throwing day) in Japan, I made this Oni sweet potato lunch. This is only my second time doing this theme. Here is my first. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Oni – Roasted sweet potato with cheese and food marker details, Setsubun … Continue reading →

I made this seahorse lunch for myself. I am fascinated by seahorses but have only created food in this theme twice in the over 12 years I have blogged here. When I made this meal, I ended up breaking my … Continue reading →

I made this flower bread lunch for my niece on the day that my parents, niece and I went on a little daytrip to the Buffalo Botanical Garden greenhouses. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Flower – Shaped bread with Nutella inside Top Right: Flowers – Carrots cut with … Continue reading →

I made this fun meal for myself. Container: Book Bento Box Contents: Dinosaurs – Sweet potato cut with a cookie cutter and roasted, mashed cauliflower with ricotta cheese, walnuts, chocolate chips

I made this snowman bread lunch for my Dad on the day that my parents, niece and I went on a little daytrip to the Buffalo Botanical Garden greenhouses. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Snowmen – Shaped bread with food marker details (I … Continue reading →

Keeping with tradition, my niece and my Mom made this breakfast while at my house for Christmas. Kangaroos – chocolate chip pancakes cut with a cookie cutter, Nutella Others in this series: Bear, Bunny, Groundhog, Camel, Cows, Dinosaurs, Ghosts, Moose, Raccoon, Sloth, Squirrels

I made this fun and seasonal meal for my parents and me. We LOVED the wonton snowflakes! Cauliflower Gratin Roasted Potato Snowflakes – cut potato slices with a snowflake cookie cutter, rub with butterfly pea powder, roast until tender Snowflake … Continue reading →

Happy New Year! I made this festive meal for myself. 2024 – Nishiki Rice pressed into cookie cutters with plastic wrap, dried parsley Roasted butternut squash