Happy Monday! I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. I’m proud to say that Cam is in the no cavity club for another 6 months at least so that made my weekend happy.
For her Monday bento, I shredded up some leftover turkey and just put it in a little silicone up. There are a few Angry Birds graham crackers next to it. In the opposite section I packed celery sticks, carrot sticks, and a few grapes. I also quickly cut some colby jack cheese into star shapes & tossed them in as well.
Happy Friday everyone! No bento today. Camryn has a Dentist appointment during her normal lunchtime so her Daddy and I are taking her out to lunch after her appointment.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Cass
Can you tell I was a bit rushed this morning? That sandwich is a hot mess. Oh well, like I always say, this is real life and things are not always perfect in real life.
For today’s lunch, I packed cam a “fruit salad” of pineapple and mandarin oranges. Can I call it a fruit salad if it’s only two fruits? She also has broccoli and the last of the yellow tomatoes.
In the big section I packed a panda sandwich filled with a thin layer of chocolate spread, half of a cheese stick (because that’s about all the cheese Cam will eat at one time), some Angry Birds graham crackers, and a little piece of chocolate as a treat. I don’t normally pack candy in her lunches but we got a really good report today during our parent/teacher conference so she more than deserved a little something special today.
For today’s bento, I used my cut and seal sandwich cutter to make a few small heart-shaped sandwiches. I also packed a cheese stick, some Nilla Wafers, raw broccoli and 4 yellow tomatoes.
Behold the bento that almost wasn’t. Pictured above, is actually the 2nd bento I made last night. As I was putting the first one in the fridge, it slipped out of my hand and all of my super nimble cat like reflexes weren’t enough to keep it from hitting the floor. Luckily, nothing actually spilled out of the bento box, it just got sloshed around and jumbled up inside the box.
So we press on because this is real life and sometimes we drop things and therefore sometimes we end up making lunch twice.
For today’s bento, I put some diced chicken breast leftover from dinner the previous night, in a silicone cup with some sliced carrots. Next to that are some french green beans (hericot vert) with some yellow grape tomatoes on top. In the other part of the bento, I put two banana muffins and a few chocolate covered almonds.
For today’s bento lunch, I made Cam two small bear-shaped chicken sandwiches. She still not crazy about sandwiches unless they have chocolate on them so I’m trying to warm her up to lunch meat sandwiches a little at a time. She did eat a chicken sandwich for lunch on Saturday. She wasn’t crazy about it but she ate the whole thing so I’m hoping she ate a little at lunch time today.
Right next to her sandwiches, I sliced half a mozzarella stick & put small animal picks in each piece which should make it easier for her to eat. Next to the mozzarella cheese are some Cheez-Its.
On the far right side, I put some steamed french green beans & yellow tomatoes.
Happy Friday!
Cam’s hot pink bento has raw broccoli in a heart-shaped silicone cup and strawberries in the bottom tier. In the top tier, I wrapped salami around sliced mozzarella cheese and then used small animal picks to keep them from coming unwrapped and to make it easier for her to pop them into her mouth. I also packed her some Scrabble Jr. Cheez-It’s in another heart-shaped silicone cup.
I have a feeling she’ll probably spend more time spelling out words with her crackers then actually eating them.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
I was running later than usual this morning so I didn’t have time to snap a more flattering picture. I do think that this lunch goes to show that you don’t have to invest in actual bento boxes to pack a bento style lunch. You probably already have something in your kitchen cabinets that will do just fine.
Today’s lunch was packed in a sandwich container that I got for free when Rudy’s was doing an awesome promotion a while back where if you sent them a picture of a drawing your child had done, they would put it on a sandwich box & ship it to you for free! I was all over that one.
I love this box because it’s a bit wider than most sandwich boxes so my silicone cups fit and I can really pile up the fruit or veg.
For lunch today, Cam has half of a chicken sandwich, grapes, and a cupcake left over from our Halloween party last night. I also packed her some tortilla chips in a separate container.
Happy Halloween!
Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday. We throw a party at our place every year on Halloween so that our friends can bring their little ones over and I can load them up on sweets and treats. I look forward to it like a kid looks forward to the arrival of Santa on Christmas.
My little goblin has early release today so she’ll be home right around lunch time. More time to party I say!
Today’s bento had to be Halloween themed. I think it will get Cam in the party spirit.
Cam has two ghost sandwiches, frozen yogurt skulls with candy sprinkles for eyes, and spider cheez-its. These were actually from a Spiderman themed box but I pulled out just the spiders for a creepy Halloween look. I also placed a little Frankenstein on top.
I found some sticky ribbon with creepy Halloween cats on it at the craft store the other day so I put a little around a plastic spoon.
Have a happy and safe Halloween!
In today’s bento, I put a cute kitty sandwich and diced apples in one tier. In the other, I put sliced grape tomatoes & trail mix flavored Chex mix (with the Chex taken out). Cam doesn’t like Chex so I ate them. I also threw in a few chocolate covered almonds.
Once I cut up an apple, I put the pieces right into a bowl of water that I’ve added a couple drops of lemon juice to and let them sit for a minute. This keeps them from turning brown.
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