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:

 



CuteZCute to the Rescue!

I'm still getting back into the swing of things after the long holiday break.   So, today I was excited to make a cute and very EASY lunch with my trusty CuteZCute and a few presents I got for Christmas.

The CuteZCute was just named one of the 10 best selling kitchen tools and gadget sets on Amazon.com.   I'm not surprised.  It's super easy to use, very varietal and adorable!

- Sandwich made with the CuteZCute cutter and decorated with strawberry fruit leather.  Due to the size of this bread, I couldn't get 2 full cuts with the CuteZCute so I used a smaller bear cutter to make 2 tiny sandwiches, to avoid waste
- Raspberries in a bear cup with panda picks
- Peas
- Ferrero Rocher chocolate

In addition to the links above, here are some of the items I used to create this lunch:

Back to the Real World

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season.   We are back to the real world and back to making lunches.  

- 4 mini sandwiches made with these super cute cutters that I got as a Christmas present!!
- Blackberries with elephant picks
- Broccoli with an elephant pick and ranch
- Lindt chocolate

In addition to the links above, here are some of the items, or similar items, that I used when making this lunch:

And the Stockings were Hung by the Chimney with Care

Talk about a super quick and easy lunch!

• 2 rectangle-shaped sandwiches (stacked) decorated to look like a mantle using the crust of the bread and stocking picks
• Raspberries with a stocking pick
• Carrots with ranch
• Pretzels
• Dove Milk Chocolate Promises

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

Santa and Rudolph

I made these doughnuts for the girls to take to a Christmas party this weekend.  (Thanks Pinterest!) As you may have seen, I've made the snowman doughnuts in the girls' lunches before.  My youngest specifically asked me if I'd make one of the Rudolph ones for her lunch.   

I've made quite a few reindeer sandwiches so far this year so I didn't want to go with a strictly reindeer theme.  What goes better with Rudolph than Santa?  So, pulling lots of inspiration from Michelle at Creative Foods (AGAIN!), I made this lunch:

• 2 circle-shaped sandwiches (stacked) decorated to look like Santa using strawberry fruit leather, white whole grain bread and sprinkles.
• Broccoli with ranch and a present pick
• Blackberries with a "Merry Christmas" pick
• Mini chocolate doughnut decorated to look like Rudolph using an M&M, icing eyes and pretzels

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

Candy Canes

I am happy today!  I discovered a cookie cutter, cupcake picks, sprinkles store, called Smidge and Pinch, and it's right down the street from my house!  How dangerous is that?!?!?  A friend of my told mine about it the other day so I ventured in this morning to check it out.  It is super cute and has tons of great things that I'll be able to use in my bento lunches!   If you aren't lucky enough to live in central Ohio, you can check out their online store.
Anyway, so here's the lunch of the day:

• 2 candy cane-shaped sandwiches (stacked) decorated with salami and stabalized with parsley.
• Carrots and ranch with a candy cane pick
• Blackberries and fresh pineapple with a "Merry Christmas" pick (one of my purchases today at Smidge and Pinch!)
• Mini candy cane for dessert

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