Sweet and Simple

 

• 2 heart shaped sandwichs (stacked)
• Red grapes with heart picks
• Cheddar hearts
• Celery with ranch
• Hershey Kisses

In addition to the links above, here are some of the other products I used in this lunch:

 

 

You Make My Heart Sing

Now, I have the song "Wild Thing" stuck in my head...

• 2 Heart Singing sandwiches (stacked), decorated with icing eyes and cucumber mouth.  (It's totally driving me nuts that you can see a bit of turkey hanging over in this picture...but not enough to retake it.)
• Broccoli, carrot and cherry tomatoes with ranch
• Blackberries with a strawberry heart with music note picks
• Hershey Kisses

Here are some of the products, or similar products I used when creating this lunch:



Click on the BentoUSA ad to the right for the sauce cups and music note picks.

Love You!

Getting new bento boxes is fun. Heaven knows we didn't NEED any new boxes.  But, I have really been enjoying experimenting with our new PlanetBox.

 

• Sandwich decorated with a "Toast Stamper" and red food coloring.  I added lettuce and tomato separately so it won't make her sandwich soggy.  She can add them to her sandwich when it's time to eat.
• Purple cauliflower, broccoli, cucumber and carrot sticks (a.k.a. leftovers from our Super Bowl veggie tray) and ranch
• Watermelon hearts and blueberries
• Hershey Kisses
• Lunchbox Love Note (I have been recently including these with the girls' lunches but always forget to photograph them with the lunch.  They really get a kick out of getting a little note with their lunch.)

The Toast Stamper was from the Target Dollar Spot.   Here are some of the other items, or similar items, I used when creating this lunch:

 

 

Love Bug

This lady bug lunch was one of the first bento lunches I came across when I discovered the wonderful world of bento.   It inspired me when creating today's Love Bug lunch.

 

• Love Bug sandwich made using the Pampered Chef sandwich cutter and decorated with cheddar cheese and icing eyes
• Peas
• Red grapes
• Brownie bite

Here are some of the products, or similar products,  I used when creating this lunch: 

 

The letter picks can be purchased at BentoUSA by clicking the ad on the right side of my blog.

Guess Hoooooo Loves You

My youngest daughter and I both love owls.  So, when Pottery Barn Kids put their owl PlanetBox Lunch box on clearance, we couldn't resist! 

She was very excited to see the first lunch in the new box!  I said, "I titled your lunch "Guess Hoooo Loves You!"" and she said "You, of course!"  She's right!!  (I think it's funny that she doesn't seem to think it's odd that her lunches have titles!)

 

• Owl-shaped sandwich made using heart cookie cutters.   His eyes are provolone cheese decorated with food safe markers.  His beak is made from cheddar using a mini heart cutter.  His feet are carrots.
• Clementine and raspberries
• Broccoli with ranch
• Pretzels
• Dove Chocolate Promise

Here are some of the items, or similar items, I used when creating this lunch:

Click on the BentoUSA ad on the right and search "sauce cups" to find the cup I put the ranch in.

Luv You!

So, Costco sucked me in with their yummy samples and I ended up buying a big ole' bag of naan today!  It's really yummy and I'm excited to use it for grilled cheese and pizza.

But, for now, I just used a slice to make a sandwich!

• 2 heart-shaped sandwiches made with naan, herb spread, turkey and cheese.  I used letter picks to spell out "luv you"...I'm not usually a fan of intentionally misspelling words.  However, the one and only bento pick that has been lost in the 3 years of packing like this was the "O" from one of my letter sets.  SO, I didn't have enough "O's to spell "LOVE YOU" correctly.  Did you even care about that?  Oh well...
• Raspberries with heart picks
• Sugar snap peas and a cherry tomato with ranch
• Hershey Kisses

Here are some of the items I used when creating this lunch:



Click on the BentoUSA image to the right to find the heart and letter picks and sauce cups.  I think they may be currently out of stock on the exact heart picks I've used here but there are lots of other adorable options!

Valentine Roll-Ups

Today's lunch was super quick and easy!

 

• Roll-ups made with a whole wheat tortilla, salami and herb cream cheese and secured with heart picks
• Carrots and a cucumber slice with ranch.  I used a mini cutter to add a little carrot heart to the center of the cucumber
• Strawberry hearts
• Pretzel snaps
• Dove Chocolate Promise heart

 

Here are some of the products I used when creating this lunch:

 



Click on the BentoUSA image to the right to find the heart picks and sauce cups!  I think they may be currently out of stock on the exact heart picks I've used here but there are lots of other adorable options!

Salad!

My youngest daughter LOVES salad!  She was so excited when she saw the lunch I was making her...it was adorable!  It was nice to make something other than a PB&J for a change!  This is my second time using our new Yubo lunch box.   I have to say, I really like it!  It's on the large size, but the girls don't seems to mind and it gives me a lot of space to work with!

• Romaine lettuce, spinach, cucumbers, carrots and cherry tomatoes with Italian dressing on the side.  I used small heart cutters to make the cucumbers and carrots into hearts.
• Vanilla yogurt with a strawberry heart
• "Healthy" chocolate muffin with "XOXO" sprinkles.   Note:  I made the muffins according to the directions in the link.   However, instead of a sugar substitute, I made them with real sugar.  I would prefer my girls to have the "real stuff", even if it makes them higher calorie. And, no, mine look NOTHING like the picture on the website but they taste REALLY good!

Here are some of the items I used when making this lunch:

Love You 4 Ever

Today, I tried a new technique that I had seen on Karenwee's Bento Diary to create sandwiches using egg molds.   The author just uses jelly in hers but I did peanut butter and jelly and it worked just fine.

 

• 2 heart-shaped PB&J sandwiches with a "love" cupcake pick
• Red grapes with heart picks
• Broccoli with ranch with a "4 Ever" cupcake pick
• Brownie bite

 My older daughter doesn't like PB&Js anymore.   I wasn't sure if the technique will work as well with meat filled sandwiches.  Plus, we have these mini buns I'd like to use up, so she got a similar lunch but her sandwich was made on a mini bun and I used a small heart shaped cookie cutter to cut a heart out of the top.

Here are some of the items I used when creating this lunch

My first Yubo Lunch!

I recently purchased a new bento box...The Yubo lunch system!  Many of my bento buddies have this box and I have been envious!    I was super excited to try it out!

• 2 heart-shaped sandwiches with a small heart cut-out and a few "XOXO" sprinkles to add a little fun.   My bread wasn't quite big enough to get 2 full hearts out of it.  But, I thought it was pretty cool how they ended up going together like 2 connected hearts.  I love it when things work out like that!
• Heart-shaped cantaloupe
• Vanilla yogurt with a strawberry heart
• Sugar snap peas with 2 cherry tomatoes that is supposed to look like a heart (use your imagination and squint a little)

I used the following products, or similar products, when creating this lunch:

My Heart Belongs to You

I love it when I set out to make lunch and have NO clue what I'm going to do and then it ends up with something I'm really happy with.  This lunch was super simple, but I thought it turned out really cute.

 

• 2 heart shaped sandwiches made with a heart sandwich stamp and decorated with food safe marker and heart picks
• Celery and carrots with ranch (ranch cup is hidden under the veggies)
• Strawberry hearts
• Vanilla yogurt with "XOXO" sprinkles

 

In addition to the links above, I also used the following products when creating this lunch:

 



Lots of Love in My Heart

To early for Valentine lunches?  I think not!

 

• Heart sandwiches made with this sandwich press (loving all my new gadgets I got for Christmas!) and a "love" cupcake pick
• Cucumbers and tomato slices with ranch and a heart ring
• Red grapes with heart picks
• Hershey Kisses

 

In addition to the links above, here are some of the other products I used when creating this lunch: