Simple Snowflake

Here is a quick an easy snowflake lunch while we are *enjoying* all this snow!

• Snowflake sandwich.  I used a large snowflake shaped cookie cutter to cut out the sandwich and then this cookie press to add the detail.
• Clementine and strawberry slices with a penguin pick
• Celery sticks and peanut butter, decorated with a snowman snowglobe cupcake ring
• Cheese cracker
• Hershey kisses

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

Gold at the End of the Rainbow

Sticking with the St. Patrick's Day theme:

• 3 shamrock-shaped sandwiches with shamrock picks
• Carrots and ranch
• Rainbow of fruit (red grapes, blueberries, green grapes, pineapple, clementine and strawberry)
• Pretzel thins and Nutella
• Chocolate gold coin

In addition to the links above, here is another item I used to create this lunch:

I Love You To Pieces

My friend Cristi from BentOnBetterLunches sent me this adorable puzzle cookie cutter and I couldn't wait to use it!  Thank you Cristi!

• Puzzle sandwich with cheddar letters to spell out "LOVE"
• Lettuce and tomato (to put on the sandwich)
• Kiwi hearts with blueberries
• Carrots and broccoli with ranch
• Peanut Butter/Pretzel chocolate balls

All packed in our PlanetBox lunch box with a LunchBox Love note.  I actually have a cute story to share about the LunchBox Love Notes... I have recently been putting LunchBox Love notes in my daughters' lunches (I just never remember to include them in the picture!). Today, my younger daughter was buying the school's lunch. She said "Does that mean I don't get a love note?!" So, she asked me to pack her one in her snack instead...Which I did, of course!!  I LOVE this product.  What an adorable way to make your little one feel extra special and remind them how much they are loved during their school day.  Plus, the trivia on the pack of each card is great for lunch table conversation starters!

Stay tuned...I'll be having a LunchBox Love giveaway soon!!

Pie Press Sandwich

We are in the home stretch of Valentine's Day and I have to admit, I think I started making Valentine's Day themed lunches a bit to early this year because after almost a month, I'm running out of ideas!!  We will see what this week holds.  

Anyway, while at Target, I spotted an adorable heart shaped pie press.  Some of my bento friends have been using mini heart presses but I hadn't seen the larger one before.  This press was the side of the full piece of bread.  Actually, it was a little larger than the bread.  But, I just rolled the bread out slightly with a rolling pin in order to make it large enough to fit. 

In most case, I have at least 2 of each bento box so both my girls get pretty much the same lunch.  However, we only have one Yubo (so far) and one PlanetBox.  So, when I pack in them, their lunches vary slightly. 

PlanetBox:

 

• Turkey and cheese sandwich made using the heart shaped pie press and decorated with strawberry fruit leather hearts
• Raspberries
• Carrots with ranch
• Chips and Salsa
• 2 Hershey Kisses

Yubo:

• PB&J sandwich made using the heart shaped pie press and decorated with strawberry fruit leather heart
• Vanilla yogurt with raspberries
• Carrots with ranch
• Healthy chocolate muffin with "XOXO" sprinkles

Here are some of the products, or similar products, I used when creating these lunches:

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:

 

 

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.

FunBites Review and Giveaway

I was very excited when Bobbie from FunBites contacted me about doing my first review and giveaway.  She sent me the FunBites "Cube It".   I have to say, I REALLY wish I would have had this tool a couple of months ago when my daughter got her pallet expander and braces.   She had trouble eating for the first few days and we had to cut her food into small pieces.   This product would have been SO helpful!

This product seems to be well made and durable.   Using the tutorial I had seen on BentOnBetterLunches, I used the FunBites "Cube It" to make both my daughters' lunches.   It was super easy to use and the bite-sized pieces turned out great!  I just stuck them on a stick (you know, because everything is more fun when eaten off a stick!) and I was done!  Easy!

• Ham, turkey, on whole wheat bread with honey mustard (cut using the FunBites "Cube It", of course), lettuce and cherry tomato kabobs
• Strawberries and blackberries
• Carrots and celery with ranch
• Ferrero Rocher, for dessert

This was my first experience using a FunBites product.  So, check out some of the lunches my bento buddies have made using these products.

Does your little one have a wiggly tooth?  Look at this cute lunch Cristi from "Bent On Better Lunches" made for her little one:

Kendra from "biting the hand that feeds you" made this adorable Valentine's Day lunch using the "Luv It" cutter.

 

Karen from "What's In Our Lunch Bags?" made this yummy dinner for her son,

also using the "Luv It"

 

FunBites aren't just for meal time!  Look at the snacks that Jenn from BentoForKidlet made. 

 

FunBites has generously offered to give a FunBites "Cube It" or "Luv It" (your choice!) to one lucky reader!   All you have to do is leave a comment on this post, telling me which FunBites cutter you would like to have and "Like" FunBites  on Facebook.  If you want bonus entries,  you can "Like" Bento-logy on Facebook and/or repost about this giveaway on your blog or Facebook page. 

 a Rafflecopter giveaway

Please remember to only enter with one email account per household and if you choose like/follow entries, you need to be a current liker/follower at the time of the drawing.  Also, the winner will have 48 hours to claim their prize.  If I do not hear from the winner within that time, I will pick an alternate. Thanks!

Do you want even more chances to win one of these fun gadgets?  Head on over to Tiny Princess Lunchbox and enter her FunBites giveaway too!

Here are the products I used when creating this lunch: