I made this theme at the request of my friend’s daughter Elizabeth. She ate this lunch at my parents Lake House.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Mickey & Minnie – cheddar cheese cut with a cookie cutter, focaccia bread
Top Right: Pistachio nuts
Bottom Right: Mickey – apple cut with a cookie cutter, dipped in water with lemon juice to prevent browning, blackberries
I made this meal for my friend Carol for dinner at my house. I have made many cat themed meals for her since she has a cat named Sasha.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Cats – cheddar cheese cut with cookie cutters, roasted asparagus, rice
Top Right: Roasted zucchini with toasted walnuts
Bottom Right: Cats – apples cut with cookie cutters, sprinkled with cinnamon
I made this simple meal for my friend Mark with leftovers from this meal.
Container: Prep Natural Glass Meal Containers
Left Side: Jellyfish – rainbow carrots cut with a cookie cutter, lentils cooked in vegetable broth
Right Side: Fish – rainbow carrots cut with cookie cutters, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, smoked paprika
I made this snack lunch for my friend Renae’s daughter Elizabeth. It was a bonus cute meal since I knew she would not like the soup everyone else had for lunch that day. I was happy to make it for her.
Container: ELB Snack Boxes
Contents: Red grapes, carrots, cheddar cheese (cut with a cookie cutter), cat tortilla chips (flour tortillas cut with a cat cookie cutter, place on cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray, brush cats with olive oil and bake in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes or until lightly browned and crisp)
I made this lunch for my friend’s husband Jeff during a weekend at my parent’s Lake House.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: C3P0 – cheddar cheese cut with a cookie cutter, focaccia bread
Top Right: Pistachio nuts
Bottom Right: Blackberries
I made this ghost lunch for myself on a day that I made other rice lunches and wanted an easy theme for myself.
Left Side: Ghost – hot cooked Nishiki rice pressed into a cookie cutter with plastic wrap, carefully push rice out of cookie cutter, spread a little bit of Brie on top of the rice, Eyes – blueberry, green peas
Top Right: Walnuts
Bottom Right: Ghosts – apple (cut with a cookie cutter and dipped in water with lemon to prevent browning), blueberries
I made this photography themed meal for my friend Mark. He requested the theme and it was actually one I never did before! I represented photography of nature and people.
Container: Book Bento Box
Contents: Photographer – roasted garlic mashed potatoes cooled then cut with a cookie cutter, Photographer’s Eye – spinach, Camera – cucumber with carrot details attached with a piece of angel hair pasta, Butterflies – rainbow carrots cut with a mini cutter, lentils cooked in vegetable broth
Container: ELB Snack Boxes
Contents: Cucumber and Radish faces – details cut with Japanese decorative bento face cutters, Camera tortilla chips – corn tortillas cut into rectangles, brush both sides with olive oil, add smoked paprika details, place on cookie sheet and bake in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes or until lightly browned and crisp
Note: I cut a potato into a circle and small rectangle and used it as a stamp to attach the paprika to the tortilla chips before baking.
