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

Monday, November 28, 2011

Let the Christmas Bentos Begin!

Now that Thanksgiving is behind us (I hope everyone had a wonderful one!) it's time for Christmas themed bentos. I'm starting them off with a Rudolph themed lunch.





  • 2 reindeer shaped sandwiches with crust antlers, a cherry tomato nose and icing eyes.


  • Carrots with ranch


  • Red grapes with a Christmas tree pick


  • Hershey Kisses

Bento Lunch

Monday, November 21, 2011

Give Thanks!



  • Ham and cheddar roll-ups with "Give Thanks" letter picks

  • Blackberries and raspberries

  • Steamed broccoli with ranch

  • String cheese

  • Cornucopia snacks (i.e. Bugles)

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Turkey Feathers

My inspiration for this lunch was Tommy the Turkey.


  • 2 circle-shaped sandwiches with a carrot beak, icing eyes and an apple skin gobbler
  • Apple slices with peanut butter
  • Carrots with ranch
  • Hershey Kisses

Bento Lunch

Cute TDay Bento
 
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Turkey Day is on It's Way!

And here's a lunch to celebrate:



  • 2 Turkey-shaped peanut butter and honey sandwiches (stacked) with cheddar foot and beak, fruit leather gobbler, and an icing eye

  • Strawberries and blackberries

  • Carrots with ranch

  • Mini PB Snickers bar



Cute TDay Bento

Monday, November 14, 2011

Flower Power

Another quick and easy lunch...





  • Peanut butter cracker sandwiches

  • Clementine flower with strawberry center

  • Roma tomato and cucumber slices with ranch

  • Cheddar cheese flowers

  • Pretzel snaps

  • Mini Milky Way

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Gobble, Gobble



  • Whole wheat mini bagel with salami and herb cream cheese decorated with a turkey ring.

  • Pineapple, blueberries and strawberry slices

  • Carrots with ranch

  • Mini Snickers bar


Cute TDay Bento

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Quick and Easy - Pizza Puffs



  • 3 Pizza Puffs (see Recipe tab) with pizza sauce for dipping (Note: they are frozen in this picture but they will be fine by lunch)

  • Carrots with ranch

  • Blackberries and raspberries

  • Babybel

  • Nestle Crunch