Week in bentos - Oct 6 - 10th

Once again I get surprised how I can make things stretch when the pantry starts to dwindle and a shopping trip awaits us, but behold, here are the results... This weeks bentos include: 

Monday - Apple slices w/ soy nut butter for dipping topped with chocolate chips, pretzels, carrot sticks w/ ranch, jello and cheese cubes. 

This lunch was packed in this adorable Russian doll style bento box from Japan. Look at the detail! 

Tuesday - Chicken and cheese sammies, broccoli w/ ranch, cheeze-its, jello, and an applesauce pouch. 

Wednesday - Mac & cheese, banana, apple slices and carrots w/ ranch. 

Thursday - Bagel w/ cream cheese and strawberry jam, plus who needs lunchbox notes when you can write directly on their food? Jello w/ a grape, carrots w/ ranch, pretzels, and cheese cubes.

Friday - White rice w/ teriyaki and soy sauces, pretzels, carrots w/ ranch, jello, and I tossed an apple sauce pouch in afterwards when I realized there was no fruit! 

Making my shopping list for some exciting and creepy Items gearing up or Halloween week!! This is my second year doing Halloween bentos and they are fun!!

Have a great week! See you next Friday! 

Week in Bentos - Sep 29 - Oct 3rd

Happy October, everyone!! 

This weeks bentos... 

Monday - Picture Day!! 

To capture the picture day theme we have a bagel w/ cream cheese and strawberry jam, banana, carrot sticks w/ ranch, grapes, and a camera and picture made out of cheese. (Disclaimer: I'm no artist, and that's as good as it gets with edible marker on cheese! ;-) )

Tuesday - Chicken and provolone wraps on a whole wheat tortilla, fruit salad w/ bananas, apples & grapes, broccoli w/ ranch, fig neuton cookies, and pretzels. 

Wednesday - Rice w/ soy sauce, celery w/ ranch, apple alices, and cheese stick bites. 

Thursday - My little woman made it to the Good Behavior Hall of Fame and got to eat Round Table pizza with her teacher! 

Friday - Teddy Bear Picnic. Soy nut butter and jelly, bear sandwich with fruit leather tummy and chocolate chip eyes. I assure I didn't mean to make him look as depressed as he does! Carrots w/ ranch, grapes, Teddy Graham's, cheddar and Mozzerella cheese kabob. 

P.S. We received another AMAZING package of bento boxes and accessories from my cousin Melanie who currently lives in Japan!! Right from the source folks! I feel so spoiled!!! 

Have a great week and weekend!! See you next Friday!! 

Week in Bentos - Sep 22-26th

This week featured our wonderful first day of Fall, so this week in bentos was sort of themed as such. 

We are going to start with the first official day of Fall which was, 

Tuesday - Leaf shaped cheese w/ crackers, carrots w/ ranch, chicken, apple cinnamon fig neutons w/ mini pumpkin candy, and leaf shaped cranberry sauce. 

Monday - Grilled cheese sandwich, carrots w/ ranch, berry jello, fig neutons, and yogurt covered strawberries. 

Wednesday - Soy butter, banana and chocolate chip roll with pumpkin patch, Mozzerella and cheddar cheese kabobs, carrots w/ ranch, and strawberry/banana smoothie. 

Thursday - Tri colored cous cous, morning star chick patty (vegetarian) strips, carrots w/ ranch, cheese stick, and mandarin oranges. 

Friday - Cheese quesadilla, carrots w/ ranch, fig neutons, apple/strawberry GoGo squeeze and a marshmallow pumpkin candy. 

P.S. - Have I mentioned how much I LOVE this new lunch bag?!?! Look at how much I can fit in there!! 

Have a great week! See you next Friday! 

Week in bentos- Sept 15-19th

Cutting to the chase, this week's bentos include: 

Monday - Chicken and cheese kabobs, energy bites, ants on a log (using soy nut butter), carrots w/ranch and strawberry fruit burst pouch. 

Tuesday- Soy nut butter and jelly bunny sandwich with chocolate chip eyes, celery sticks w/ ranch, grapes, home made Rice Krispie treat bites, and a strawberry & banana smoothie, which is new to the mix and my daughter loved! 

Wednesday - Rice heart & star w/ soy sauce, carrot sticks w/ ranch, berry jello, mandarin oranges, and juicy juice box. 

Thursday - We tried Nachoes again because my daughter didn't eat the salsa or sour cream last time and wanted to give it another go. So we have Nachoes, with olives, jello, grapes, and celery & carrot sticks w/ ranch. This time she ate it all! :) (except for the olives, which I found out she gave to her cousin) 

Friday - Star and heart shaped cheese slices w/ ritz crackers, chicken, energy bites, carrot sticks w/ ranch, berry jello, grapes, and pear juice. Look how much can fit in one sandwich sized box!! 

And I'm in LOVE with these grass seperators!! They save so much space and your food doesn't touch!! Not to mention, I find them adorable! 

I hope everyone has a great week! See you next Friday!! 

Week of Bentos - Sept 8-12

Another week of school down, and my little first grader is thriving!! She is reading and has passed both spelling tests! This is one proud mama!! Now excuse my bragging while I show you what I fed her... 

Monday - Breakfast for lunch, that ended up being totally animal themed! Mini homemade pancakes with syrup for dipping, hard boiled egg that turned into a polar bear, mozzarella cheese stick bites, banana and a strawberry Fruit Burst pouch. 

Tuesday - Apple sandwich, consisting of two apple slices with the core cut out and filled with soy nut butter (like peanut butter), oats and mini chocolate chips. Chicken and mozzarella cheese kabobs, broccoli w/ ranch, teddy grahams, and organic lemonade juice box. 

Wednesday - Soy nut butter & banana butterfly sandwich with marshamellow accents, cheese stick bites, diced pears, carrots w/ ranch, and an apple juice. 

Thursday - Chicken and cheese sandwich on Hawaiian roll, apple slices, carrots w/ ranch, homemade pumpkin and oat muffin w/ a little pumpkin candy because why not? :) 

Friday - Mozzerella cheese stuffed bites that I baked the night before, carrots w/ ranch, two homemade energy bites, banana that you can sort of see I imprinted her name on the peel with Wilton alphabet cut outs, a peice of Texas toast, and pear juice. 

I was pretty proud of myself because this week we are in desperate need of one of those big long shopping trips where you stock up on everything, and I still managed to pull all this off. Necessity is indeed the mother of invention! 

I hope everyone has a good week! See you next Friday! 

Week in Bentos - Sep 1st - 5th

Happy Friday!! We've got Back to School night out of the way and in a few weeks school pictures will be taken! We are in the swing of things now!! 

This weeks lunches included: 

Monday - Soy nut butter, banana and chocolate chip roll on a whole wheat tortilla, cheese stick, celery & carrots w/ ranch, and watermelon. 

Tuesday - Apples w/ soy nut butter, cheddar and mozzarella kabobs, celery w/ ranch, corn bread muffin, and lemonade.

Wednesday - Rice heart and star w/ soy sauce, broccoli and carrots w/ ranch, watermelon, and apple juice. 

Friday - Cheese quesadilla, three Apple fig neutons, carrots w/ ranch, strawberries, and apple banana GoGo squeeze. 

Notice how all these lunches are vegetarian? I didn't mean for it to be that way, but my daughter loved every one of them. Have a great weekend!! See you next week! 

New School Year! New Bentos to kick off the 2014-2015 school year!

So it's a whole new school year and I'm back in the swing of things making bentos for my now FIRST GRADER!!

I'd like to start by saying I invested in a much better lunch box this year. I searched for one that would  accommodate bentos not falling over and messing up any creations. This one is so worth the money... 

  

And it fits way more items!! (I found it at Target) 

I would suggest to anyone making their child's lunches to make sure the lunch box it worth all the hassle. 

Anywho... Here's what my child had this week... 

Monday - Chicken and cheese pin wheels on whole wheat tortilla, pirate booty, home made energy bites, jello bunny, celery and carrots w/ ranch, and something new we are trying this year frozen juice boxes to thaw out by lunch time, in apple. 

Tuesday - Breakfast for lunch! Whole wheat mini pancakes with maple syrup to dip (in rainbow container), bear shaped hard boiled egg, cantaloupe, HM energy bites and strawberry & banana yogurt. 

Wednesday - Nachoes with sour cream and mild salsa, corn, banana with a secret message on the peel, HM energy bites and apple juice box. 

Thursday - Mini soy nut butter and jelly sandwiches, mandarin oranges with grapes, mozzarella and cheddar cheese kabobs, broccoli w/ ranch, HM energy bite and this time Lemonade. 

Friday - Hello Kitty white rice molds w/ teriyaki sauce, banana and apple salad drizzled with honey, celery and carrots w/ ranch and more lemonade. Note the napkin! 😊 

Bonus! I'd like to nerd out for a second on two things, first these adorable grass seperators I used last week! Not only functional but like I said adorable as well! 

And second, my sister in law, Nicole, made my children these insanely cool reusable napkins, all hand made with love. They are just Coolsville. 

Thank you, Nicole! The kids love them!! 

That's it for this week! See you next Friday for more bentos! 😊

Week in Bentos - last week

To say I'm slacking on the bento portion of this blog would be an understatement. We moved to a new house and it's been a chore getting the new house organized. Now school is almost out! Where did the time go?!?! I assure you my child has been eating lunches, I just haven't been documenting them. Here to redeem myself, are last weeks lunches... 

Monday- cheese and crackers, celery & carrots w/ ranch, grapes and blueberry 100% whole grain fig neutons. 

How cute are these containers?! 

Tuesday- cheese heart shaped sandwich, Ants on a log (celery, soy nut butter and raisins), Apple slices, homemade pumpkin oatmeal muffin, and Mott's fruit & veggie fruit snacks. 

Wednesday- Celery and carrots w/ ranch, cheese-itz, soy nut butter & jelly butterfly sandwich, turkey pepperoni and cheese kabobs, and Apple sauce pouch. 

Thursday - Field trip day! I chaperoned a field trip to Agriculture Day, and got to bring along little man, so I had three lunches to pack. Pretty unoriginal but we all got cheese and crackers, celery and carrots with ranch, homemade pumpkin muffins, applesauce pouches, and fruit snacks for the kids, sunflower seeds w/ dried cranberries for me! 

Friday- Soy nut butter, banana and chocolate chip wrap, turkey pepperoni & cheese kabobs, apple chunks, fig neutons AND proud to announce broccoli and carrots w/ ranch!! Little woman is finally eating new veggies!! 

I will post this weeks lunches as well and then before you know it, school will be out for the summer! So crazy!