Goofy Bunny

September 25, 2012

Cora was digging around in my picks and found the goofy teeth pop (thanks Kendra!). I’ve always wanted to do a sandwich with one after seeing this adorable post about bunny lip pops. So now was my chance!


Our goofy bunny is a Wowbutter sandwich with a touch of chocolate hazelnut spread and decorated with cheese, raw spaghetti and fruit leather. He has a quail egg bunny and raspberry yogurt pretzels keeping him company


The lunch is finished with watermelon bunnies and apple chunks

To make this lunch I used:

 
Japanese Bento Accessory Food Pick Hat 3D food picks 8 pcs
Japanese Bento Food Pick Cute Rabbit Frog Monkey Bear Pig
Japanese Bento Box Accessories Food Pick Animal Fork Pick 8 pcs
Japanese Bento Accessories Sandwich Cutter Small Animal and Flower
 

Arrrr It’s A Pirate Bunny!

September 20, 2012

Yesterday was Talk Like A Pirate Day and I participated in a HUGE hope and giveaway (see below for details and to join in – it’s not too late!) Cora was not so thrilled to get a pirate lunch. But, being Ms Independent, today she woke up wanting a pirate lunch. A pirate bunny. I got so many great ideas from yesterday’s hop that I thought I would go ahead and honor her request. I managed to whip it out in less than half an hour!


Our pirate bunny is a Wowbutter and banana sandwich with cheese and fruit leather accents. He is protecting his treasure of carrot coins and pile of kiwi coins and raspberry gems (I couldn’t find my ring picks in time. I really wanted to make raspberry rings in the treasure pile. Bummer!). In the background are strawberry pirate ships setting sail on a sea of blueberries.

Avast, Thar Be Treasure!

To celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day yesterday a bunch of my bento buddies and I are having a big blog hop and GIVEAWAY that is still open!

Every blog in the hop has a piece of the map to the bento booty treasure – a big giveaway! As you go through the hop, collect the pieces and put them in the right order to find out where to enter! You’ll probably need something to write with, because there are 39 blogs to visit, which means 39 pieces to collect! 37 of the pieces will spell the URL, and 2 bonus words will be your entries to win (yes you get 2 chances to win!). You can start with my post from yesterday, Avast Me Maties, This Pirate’s A Beauty!

To make this lunch I used:

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

To celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day a bunch of my bento buddies and I are having a big blog hop and GIVEAWAY! After you finish ogling m’ Pirate Lassy, continue on to find a scrap of map to the Pirate Booty and head off to claim yer treasure!

Our blond Pirate Girl is a Wowbutter and jelly sandwich decorated with cheese, soy paper and fruit leather. She has a nice big sword for protectin’ her treasures – a pile of Pirate Booty, black rice with an egg skull and crossbones, and fruit coins.


The skull and crossbones are made from a quail egg pressed into a skull ice mold, then adorned with picks.

Avast, Thar Be Treasure!

Every blog in the hop has a piece of the map to the bento booty treasure – a big giveaway! As you go through the hop, collect the pieces and put them in the right order to find out where to enter! You’ll probably need something to write with, because there are 39 blogs to visit, which means 39 pieces to collect! 37 of the pieces will spell the URL, and 2 bonus words will be your entries to win (yes you get 2 chances to win!)

Arrrr Here Be The Map

Veggie-Bento Bento Booty Map Piece

And Here Be A Plan

Needin’ some help organizing yer thoughts? Print this here chart to keep yer thinkin’ straight.

And Now, Away With You!

Check out Keitha’s sea-worthy wonders at Keitha’s Chaos and collect the next piece of the map!

Pirate Blog Hop Chart

To make this lunch I used:

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

Lucky me! I got to test drive a set of “Mini-Dippers” Small Dip and Sauce Containers before they were released for purchase. I couldn’t wait to get them washed so I could take them out for a spin! So, the first thing I noticed was there are a heck of a lot of containers in each set! So, I settled for washing a handful before the big day.

When I took a container out, a little lip on the lid caught my eye. It’s perfect for little fingers to open, so we get leak-proof, but still preschool friendly. Very handy!

I ended up using 4 in the large section of an ELB, one with a lid for hummus and the other three to keep the salty-cruncy (pretzels) from getting all soft and droopy by being next to the veg (carrots and cucumber). C loved having a mix and match dipping lunch and I loved that there was no mess at the end of the day. Win-win!

The other two sections of the ELB held strawberries and raspberries, and flower-shaped cheese sandwiches.

Lots Of Love Lunch

September 14, 2012

Cora has been having a tough time adjusting to the new school year. After a particularly tricky night, I wanted to send her to school with a lunch that really reminds her of our family motto – ‘I love you with all my heart, all the time, always and forever’. So, time to break out the heart cookie cutters!


Our lovely lunch has Wowbutter and jelly sandwich hearts, watermelon hearts on a large heart skewer, yogurt covered pretzels, a bunch of berries and vanilla coconut yogurt with a strawberry heart

To make this lunch I used:

 
Japanese Bento Lunch Sandwich Cutter Bite Size Heart
 


Many of you know I had the honor of contributing to a cookbook for EasyLunchBoxes and Trader Joe’s. I got a sneak peak and it turned out beautifully! The book is now available for purchase on Amazon. I can’t wait to get my copy!!!

It was really fun pulling together designs that don’t require special cutters and seeing how they were translated for the book. Check it out!

I made:

and it turned into:

I made:

and it turned into:

This is an exciting time to be an EasyLunchBoxes fan. Not only is the book coming out, the containers will be back in stock in the next 10 days, AND they have also brought to market a new product, “Mini-Dippers” Small Dip and Sauce Containers, for including dips and other runny/juicy foods inside the ELB. I plan to do a post all about the wonders of these little guys, but I can tell you now I love them!

It’s back to school day! My daughter goes to a duck-themed school so I sent her off with a ducky classroom lunch

Duck School Bento Lunch
Our teacher duck is an almond butter and jelly sandwich. She is teaching the ABC’s (fruit leather) to quail egg ducklings in a spinach ramen nest. The classroom is decorated with melon flowers with little duck picks keeping it all together.

To make this lunch I used:

Natural Food Colors

 
Japanese Bento Accessory Food Pick Hat 3D food picks 8 pcs
 

Today is Ice Cream Sandwich Day, so how can I possibly resist making an ice cream shaped sandwich (or two)?

Ice cream sandwiches
Ice cream shaped almond butter and jelly sandwiches, decorated with fruit leather scoops.

Ice Cream Lunch
The lunch is finished with mini scoops of melon and a hard-boiled egg “ice cream’ alamoding a cake slice silicone cup filled with cheese stick pieces. Ya, it’s a bit of a reach, but I’m only half unpacked, so I decided to go with it!

To make this lunch I used:

 



Tingaling and the Glump

July 23, 2012

Cora is so excited we just earned a new Moshling, Tingaling, the lucky cat. I have to admit, this one is a real cutie so I was looking forward to this lunch as much as she was!

Tingaling Moshling Sandwich
Tingaling is a cheese sandwich with fruit leather and soy paper accents. Her whiskers are uncooked spaghetti, and her ears are held in place with spaghetti as well.

Tingaling Moshling and Gump Lunch
Look out Tinagling, there is a Gump plum hiding in the pile of cherry lucky coins! In the other compartment are broccoli, carrots and cucumber drizzled with Ranch dressing.

To make this lunch I used:

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

As I mentioned before, chaos is reigning in the Veggie-Bento house(s) right now. I have soooo many lunches I have made, so I thought I would share a handful in a gallery

It is safe to assume all sandwiches are cheese, berry cream cheese and banana, or almond butter, jelly and coconut butter, and sides are usually hummus, yogurt, eggs, veggies, fruit, crackers or yogurt-covered pretzels. If there is a food or technique you don’t recognize, please ask about it in the comments!

Some of these pictures were processed when I was first experimenting with watermarking my images, and some are pretty obnoxious. I apologize in advance for any blinding headache they cause!

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To make these lunches I used:

 
Decorative Bento Cutter Ham Cheese Cutter Set 18 Shapes
Japanese Bento Accessory Food Pick Hat 3D food picks 8 pcs
Decorative Bento Cutter Ham Cheese Cutter Set 15 Facial Expression
 
Decorative Bento Plate Cutters 4 Animal and Rice Mold
Japanese Bento Deco Cutter Ham Cheese Cutter Arrange Set in a Case
Japanese Bento Decoration Ham Cheese Cutter Set 9pcs Sea
 
Japanese Bento Accessories Ham Cheese Cookie Cutter Set of 6