Fourth of July Fireworks

June 29, 2012

My super talented bento blogger friends are hopping again! Today we are getting a head start on July 4th with a Patriotic Bento Blog Hop. Make sure you click the button at the end of the post to see Cristi’s cute creation celebrating Canada. Sounds fun, eh?


Cora’s cheese sandwich is a fireworks display decorated with cheese and fruit leather. The vegan marshmallow clouds are holding adorable pinwheel cupcake picks. They really spin, Cora is going to LOVE them! I probably should have saved them for her birthday lunch next week, but I couldn’t resist!


The patriotic lunch is finished with a vanilla coconut yogurt flag (decorated with blueberries and raspberries) and pineapple and watermelon stars. I put a cling wrap layer on top of the yogurt to keep it from spilling. This lunch is pretty light on complex grains, but she eats a ton of crackers and pretzels at snack time, so I’m not worried. Now veggies is a whole ‘nother story. At least we manage to slip carrot juice and spinach into her morning smoothies!

Don’t forget to hop!

To make this lunch I used:

 

Fun in the Summer Sun

June 20, 2012

It’s time for another blog hop with the amazing bento bloggers! Make sure you visit the link at the end of this post so you don’t miss out on any of the fun (and great ideas!)

For our summertime theme, we have a cutie wearing sunglasses and a drippy yummy ice cream. Both are cheese sandwiches, except for the cutie’s ponytails which are Wowbutter. The cutie is decorated with cheese and dye-free organic fruit leather while the ice cream cone is decorated with cheese and dye-free chocolate covered sesame seeds. They are so yummy!

Our cutie is playing in the hard-boiled egg sun with cheese rays. When she’s done with the ice cream, she has a fruit beach ball to play with (cantaloupe, honeydew, pineapple) and cherries to munch on.

Don’t miss the hop – lots of fun ahead, starting with Molly’s Lunch Box!

To make this lunch I used:

 
Japanese Bento Accessory Food Pick Hat 3D food picks 8 pcs
Decorative Bento Cutter Ham Cheese Cutter Set 15 Facial Expression
 

Mom’s Day Off

May 13, 2012

Today I am participating in a Mother’s Day themed bento blog hop, sorta. In honor of Mother’s Day, we are all taking the day off and leaving the lunch making to the kids and/or our partners. The hop officially starts mid morning on Monday. It’s a great lesson in how much our kids pick up from watching us, so don’t miss it. These lunches are great!

To help ‘encourage’ Cora to participate, I ordered dinosaur cookie cutters for the occasion. It worked 🙂


Cora’s Lunch – pretty cute!

When they were done, I interviewed Cora about her lunch:

Cora can you tell me about making your lunch today with Daddy?
What kind of lunch did you make?

Dinosaurs made out of sandwiches. I used two sandwiches and fruit butterflies and broccoli trees. (Note from the editor: The bears are cinnamon apple muffins cut outs, I might need to swap a couple pieces out with whole wheat pretzels to bring down the sugar level a bit)

Can you tell me what you need to make a healthy lunch?

Carrots, hummus, some egg and a sandwich and fruit and broccoli!

Did you use all those things in your lunch?

Ummm I did the fruit part but I didn’t use all of that stuff.

Is it still healthy?

I think so. I did two sandwiches and I got the broccoli in there.

Did Daddy help? How?

Yes! By helping me and making the last stuff (Note from the editor: Cora abandoned the project midway through. D did a great job wrapping it up!). He was the one that asked me the question which cutter to use, and if I wanted to do butterflies or a bear or something else and he did that stuff. Now turn the show back on.

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And there you have it! Don’t forget to hop on through to see what transpired at Food, Family, Fun. and have a Happy Mother’s Day!

To make this lunch Cora used:

 

We are at it again, its another blog hop and I am having so much fun with the Star Wars theme!


Princess Leia is a cheese sandwich (big surprise!) with almond butter sandwich buns on the side. I’m kinda regretting the jelly
rosy cheeks’. Maybe pink soy paper circles would have worked better…


The Ewok is a cucumber bear with soy paper hood. He is resting on a bed of hummus, standing on a carrot log and holding a pretzel spear.


Our light sabers are pretzel sticks dipped into a mixture of cream cheese, coconut oil (to keep it from cracking as it dries) and a touch of vanilla syrup. I made a lot of ‘mistakes’ on this one because it was sooooo yummy! The colors are from using natural food colors. I tried for a blue using cabbage water and baking soda but the color wasn’t concentrated enough so it ended up too soupy.


For a little extra fun, I decorated the PlanetBox with stickers and included two Lego Ewoks

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the hop, these gals are so creative and fun. The hop starts bright and early on Friday (those dang East Coasters!) Click on the image below to see Kristie’s amazing work!

To make this lunch I used:

 
Decorative Bento Cutter Ham Cheese Cutter Set 15 Facial Expression
Decorative Bento Cutter Ham Cheese Cutter Set 18 Shapes
Japanese Bento Accessories Sandwich Cutter Small Animal and Flower
 

Cora loved our Tree Hugger cutie from the other day, so I tried to turn her into a super hero

For more Earth Day themed lunches, see out the posts on Wednesday (Earth Day Tree Hugger Lunch) and Thursday (http://www.veggie-bento.com/2012/04/19/save-the-whale-earth-day-lunch/), then click on the button at the end of the post to hop through the amazing lunches in the Earth Day Bento Blog Hop. There are some really great cute n green lunches in there made by some very talented gals!


Our super hero cutie is a cheese sandwich decorated with fruit leather and more cheese. The Earth in the distance is a smushed up piece of bread. Super Tree Hugger needs some work, her eyes are kinda freaky.


The lunch is finished off with hummus and whole wheat pretzels, star fruit salad and berries and coconut yogurt for dipping.

See more Earthly delights in the Earth Day Blog Hop. Click the button below to start with Jenn’s masterpiece

Earth Day Blog Hop

Cora was so excited by the Earth Day theme yesterday, she woke up asking for another one today. I call this one Save the Whale because my ‘blue’ water turned out a sludgy purple so it looks like he is swimming in polluted water. Poor guy!

For more Earth Day themed lunches, see out yesterday’s post (Earth Day Tree Hugger Lunch), then click on the button at the end of the post to hop through the amazing lunches in the Earth Day Bento Blog Hop. There are some really great cute n green lunches in there made by some very talented gals!

In honor of Earth Day, I decided to go entirely vegan with this lunch (except for the gelatin in the vitamin).


Our poor little fruit leather whale is swimming in yummy coconut milk yogurt dyed an odd sludgy purple with blue natural food dye. Other folks got a really nice color using the natural dyes so I think it was a weird reaction to the coconut milk (as opposed to dairy products).

Our vegan Earth Day lunch is finished off with a hummus and spinach reduce, reuse, recycle Earth surrounded by carrot sticks, a broccoli and almond cheese forest (the grass is almond cheese dyed green with natural food dye) and fruit flowers.

See more Earthly delights in the Earth Day Blog Hop. Click the button below to start with Jenn’s masterpiece

Earth Day Blog Hop

I’m back! My hand is in great shape and Cora is headed back to school, just in time to bring an Earth Day themed lunch for the Earth Day Blog Hop. I just love these, so many creative ideas in one place! So be sure to click on the button at the end of the post to see some great green, earthy, fun lunches! I posted an additional Earth Day lunch on Thursday, so you can hop on over there, then continue the hop with the button at the bottom of that post.

In honor of Earth Day, I decided to go entirely vegan with this lunch. I am curious to see how Cora reacts to vegan (almond) cheese!


We are all tree huggers in our family so I thought a tree hugging cutie would be a fun way to celebrate the day. The sandwich is cheddar style almond cheese quesadilla on whole wheat lavash and the girl is mozzarella style almond cheese with fruit leather and soy paper accents. Here is our cutie without her tree:


Our vegan Earth Day lunch is finished off with a hummus and spinach globe, whole wheat pretzel sticks, carrot sticks, pineapple flowers, raspberries and two little vegan marshmallow ‘clouds’

See more Earthly delights in the Earth Day Blog Hop. Click the button below to start with Jenn’s masterpiece

Earth Day Blog Hop

To make this lunch I used:

Decorative Bento Cutter Ham Cheese Cutter Set 15 Facial Expression
Decorative Bento Cutter Ham Cheese Cutter Set 18 Shapes
 

I went a little bonkers with the bunnies today! For more lunch ideas, be sure to see my other posts this week and visit the Bunny Hop linked below. Some very fun and talented bloggers are contributing to it and there are a lot of great ideas for Easter and Spring themed healthy lunches!


Almond butter and marmalade bunny sandwiches decorated with sugar and dye free fruit leather and a vegan marshmallow


There are even more bunnies! A hummus bunny made by freezing it in an egg mold, cheddar bunnies, carrot sticks and bunny fruit salad.

To make this lunch I used:

 
Decorative Bento Plate Cutters 4 Animal and Rice Mold
Japanese Microwavable Bento Baran Food Partition Sheet Set
 
Microwavable Bento Silicone Food Cup Animal 6 pcs
Japanese Bento Decoration Ham Cheese Cutter Set 9pcs Animal
 

Don’t forget to do the Bunny Hop!

The full list of Bunny Hoppers:

Easter Egg Lunch

April 5, 2012

Aaaaand we have another Easter themed lunch! For more spring/Easter fun, please check out my other lunches from this week or hop through the Bunny Hop linked at the end of the post.


Cheese Easter egg sandwich with natural (dye and sugar free) fruit leather designs.


In the upper corner I placed a pink egg (dyed with beet powder) with cheese stars in mung bean noodles dyed green using natural food dyes. I finished the lunch with Veggie Stix and fruit flowers.

To make this lunch I used:

 
Decorative Bento Accessories Ham Cheese Cutter 12 designs
Japanese Microwavable Bento Baran Food Partition Sheet Set
 

Don’t forget to do the Bunny Hop!

The full list of Bunny Hoppers:

Easter Bunny Lunch

April 3, 2012

Today I am participating in a Bunny Blog Hop. If you want to see a bunch of cute lunches with Easter and/or spring themes, be sure to follow the link at the end of this post! Also check out yesterday’s Easter Basket Lunch


Strawberry cream cheese and banana Easter Bunny sandwich with candy eyes and fruit leather features


I finished the lunch with a hummus carrot, left over brussel sprouts (she loved them at dinner so it was worth a shot!), carrots, cucumbers and fruit tulips

Don’t forget to do the Bunny Hop!

The full list of Bunny Hoppers: