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, February 6, 2012

Hugs and Kisses




  • 2 heart-shaped sandwiches with cheddar "X" and "O"s


  • Kiwi and blueberries with kiwi "X" and "O"s


  • Carrots, cucumber slices and a cherry tomato heart with ranch


  • Hershey Kisses



Bento Lunch

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Love Bug



  • 2 heart-shaped sandwiches (stacked) with "Love" and a bug picks

  • Tomato and cucumber slices with ranch

  • Heart-shaped cantaloupe and raspberries

  • Dove chocolate hearts

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Love Letter

I saw this idea on a couple other bento blogs and thought they were so cute.





  • Letter shaped sandwich with a fruit leather heart seal.

  • Carrots with ranch

  • Red grapes with a "love" pick

  • 2 Dove Chocolate hearts

Hearts




  • 3 heart shaped sandwiches, stacked. For a little "something", I put a small heart of darker brown bread in the center of the top sandwich.

  • Peas with a cherry tomato heart

  • Pineapple and blueberries

  • Toasted Wheat Thin Crackers

  • Hershey Kisses

    Bento Lunch

Monday, January 30, 2012

Valentine's Day Bentos

The first real Valentine's Day bentos:


- 2 heart shaped sandwiches with fruit leather hearts

- Blueberries with a strawberry heart

- Babybel with heart cut-outs

- Broccoli

- Dove Chocolate Hearts




Same with a different type of sandwich, fresh broccoli vs. steamed and cheddar hearts instead of Babybel.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Snowman




  • 4 peanut butter/cracker sandwich made with snowflake shaped crackers


  • Cucumber and tomato slices


  • Blackberries and raspberries


  • Powdered Sugar doughnut snowman, decorated with a candy corn and chocolate chips

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Rainbow Smiles



  • Salami and herb cream cheese on a whole wheat bagel thin, halved and stacked. I colored the rainbow using food safe markers

  • Cauliflower "clouds" with ranch (SO annoyed that I bought purple cauliflower instead of regular white this week...White would have made better clouds but I had to go with what I had on hand.)

  • Babybel cheese rainbow, halved, stacked and decorated with food safe markers

  • Strawberries

  • Veggie Straws

  • Hershey Kisses



Bento Lunch