Category Archives: Bento / Cute Food

My tortellini post inspired me to make more meals featuring tortellini. Thoughts of butterfly encouraged me to create the Karner Blue butterfly. I’m surprised that this is my first time to feature the blue butterfly. In the 8th grade I … Continue reading →

A long time ago, this roasted vegetables with goat cheese was part of my normal rotation. I found it recently when going through some paper recipes and decided to make it again. I still think it is “Great” but I … Continue reading →

I had some fun with frogs and made this meal for myself. Container: Prep Natural Glass Meal Containers Left Side: Frogs – Cucumber cut with a cookie cutter, peanut noodles Right Side: Frogs – Green apple cut with a cookie cutter, strawberries

I made this meal to use leftover blue potatoes and to celebrate flowers and warmer weather. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Watering Can – Blue mashed potatoes, Flowers – yellow bell pepper cut with cookie cutter, dried blueberry center attached with spaghetti, green … Continue reading →

I made this simple fun meal for myself. Container: Prep Natural Glass Meal Containers Left Side: Fish – Rainbow carrots cut with a cookie cutter, blue mashed potato Right Side: Mermaid – Apple cut with a cookie cutter with cinnamon tail, blueberries

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 →