In Like a Lion. . .

March 1st already!  Can the summer sun be far off?  I hope not!  Here are tomorrow's bentos:

Lovey's bento:

In this bento: Salami and cheese on a mini ciabatta roll, grape tomatoes, a two bite brownie, some broccoli slaw left over from dinner, and cantaloupe.

CeeCee's bento:

In this bento: Some left over pulled bbq chicken breast from tonight's dinner, broccoli slaw (also left over), watermelon, cantaloupe, cheese, and some wonton strips. 

Back in the Saddle

Yeah, this blogging thing isn't as daunting as I remember it.  Here are today's and tomorrow's bentos.

Lovey's bentos:

In this bento: Grapes, turkey meatballs, a container of ketchup, grape tomatoes, carrots, wheat thins, and a few gummy letters.

In this tier: Mini wagon wheel pasta sauteed with broccoli and olive oil.

In this tier: Cheddar hearts, a few gummy letters, and half an orange.

CeeCee's bentos:

In this bento: Orange sections, watermelon, and the same wagon wheel pasta with broccoli that Lovey got for tomorrow.

In this bento: Turkey meatball, grapes, watermelon, cheese, and graham crackers.

A Million Bentos

I've been gone for a couple of months.  Christmas craziness forced me to take a break, and then one week turned into two, and then it was just too dang easy to neglect this blog.  I have been making bentos every day, and even taking photos here and there.  And the time has come to get back to it.  Every night?  I don't know.  But I promise to be back at least a couple of times a week.

So here are some of the bentos I've made over the past two months.  You'll notice a couple of holiday themes - cucumber and grape tomato holly, a snowman, a couple of hearts for Valentine's Day.  I'm not going to explain each of these bentos because they're self explanatory, but if there's something you want clarified or a recipe or something, by all means, ask!

So here's to 2011, readers!  Back on the bento blogging train!  I'm sorry to have been gone so long - and I thank you for your messages, comments and emails asking me to come back. Makes a girl feel loved!

 

Stay tuned. . .

I know it's been a while, but tonight's the night I get back to posting!  I'll have just under a million bentos to post tonight.  Check back later!

Catch Up Time Again!

Well, the Christmas Crazies have hit our house.  While i love this time of year, it's easy to forget how busy it is.  Here are today and tomorrow's bentos!

Lovey:

Today's bento

In this bento: Grapes, broccoli, orange pepper slices, a bunny and a bear ham and cheese sandwich and two holiday Hershey kisses.

Tomorrow's lunch

 In this bento: Four mini ham and cheese flower sandwiches, grape tomatoes, mini chocolate chip cookies, half a Harry and David pear, and strawberry yogurt.

I didn't take a photo of CeeCee's lunch for today, but here's tomorrow's bento:

In this tier: A diced clementine and blueberries, broccoli, and a Baby Bel cheese

In this tier: A cubed cream cheese and jelly sandwich on double fiber bread.

More Holiday Cheer!

It's times like these that I'm embarrassed to say that I make bentos.  I look at some of the other moms doing holiday bentos and I think WOW.  That is amazing. And here are my holiday bentos.  Scrawny and pathetic.  I suppose that's the point of my blog, that you can make simple, Americanized bentos even when you don't have a lot of time (or creativity in my case!).  Let's face it, Lovey is none the wiser.  She loves it anyway, even if I can't recreate the Sistine Chapel in a bento box. 

Here is tomorrow's bento for Lovey:

In this bento: Two cream cheese and jelly gingerbread man-shaped sandwiches with sugar star buttons. blueberry yogurt, a rice krispie treat with two gingerbread man picks, red pepper stars and a clementine with a star cut out. 

And this is CeeCee's lunch for tomorrow:

In this bento: Half a cream cheese and jelly sandwich diced up, pear, Baby Bel cheese, frozen peas (which will thaw by lunch tomorrow, and a clementine.

And here is Lovey's lunch from yesterday - I was too tired to post.  Plus, I was afraid my scary snowmen would scare some of you away. 

In this bento: Two ham and cheese snowman-cut sandwiches with sugar eyes and a fruit leather bow tie for one and a fruit leather mouth for the other, carrots, blueberry yogurt, and an apple with stars cut out. 

Happy weekend, all!

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