Making Lunch Fun, One Box at a Time

ben·tol·o·gy (ben t äləjē) Noun : The study of making nutritious and fun lunches for my daughters.

I get a lot of inspiration from other blogs. So, in hopes someone might get some inspiration from me, I've decided to post some pictures here.

This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.Proverbs 3:7-9

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Zoo Camp!

Tomorrow is the first day of zoo camp for Avery. I foresee many animal themed lunches in our future this week!


We're starting off the week with elephants in tribute to Phoebe and her baby elephant Beco, who are always must sees when we visit the zoo. (Although Beco isn't so little anymore!)



  • Mama and Baby Elephant PB&J sandwiches on whole wheat.

  • Raspberries and blackberries with an elephant pick

  • Carrots with ranch (in an elephant cup)

  • Cheddar elephants

  • Iced animal cookies
Posted by Caren at 10:54 AM 2 comments

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Horse Camp - Day 3





  • Turkey and colby-jack on whole wheat sandwich


  • 2 cheddar horses with a fruit leather heart (I used some food safe markers to try to make them look a bit more like horses)


  • Steamed broccoli


  • Strawberry slices and blackberries


  • Goldfish/pretzel mix

QUESTION ANSWERED: I'm not sure why my blog is continuing to prevent me to add my own comments. But, since I can simply reply to the comment, I thought I'd add my answer here. The goldfish/pretzel mix is in the blue container from this set.

Posted by Caren at 10:17 AM 1 comments

2nd Day of Horse Camp



  • Salami and veggie cream cheese on a whole wheat mini bagel. Words are made from colby jack cheese and fruit leather

  • Blackberries and raspberries

  • Carrots with ranch

  • Mini snickers
Posted by Caren at 6:02 AM 0 comments

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Horse Camp Time!

Tomorrow is Haley's first day of horse camp - the day she's been waiting for all summer. She's supposed to take a packed lunch, so I had to go horse-themed, of course!










  • 2 turkey and cheese horse-shaped sandwiches (stacked)




  • Ranch flavored mini rice cakes




  • Cucumber slices and ranch




  • Raspberries

Check out What's For Lunch Wednesday for more lunch ideas!

Posted by Caren at 2:06 PM 3 comments

Monday, July 4, 2011

Patriotic Breakfast

Happy 4th of July everyone!

Here's what my girls had for breakfast to start off the day:



  • "Flag Toast" - whole wheat toast with cream cheese, strawberry jam, and blackberries (I had intended to use blueberries but didn't realize we were out)

  • Mixed berry yogurt with a strawberry star

  • Banana stars
Posted by Caren at 7:01 AM 1 comments

Friday, July 1, 2011

Wave Your Flag!

Another lunch to celebrate the 4th of July and to enjoy at the pool!





  • Flag shaped sandwich on whole wheat (H has turkey and cheese and A has PB&J) with dyed provolone stars.


  • Ranch flavored rice cakes


  • Red grapes


  • Cucumber and tomato slices with ranch


  • 2 Hershey Kisses
Posted by Caren at 5:41 AM 0 comments
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