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:

Happy Birthday - Mickey Style!

My oldest daughter turned 10 yesterday (sniff, sniff).  Since we had just been to Walt Disney World over the weekend, I decided to make her bento birthday lunch Disney-themed. 

 

• Circle shaped sandwich and stamped with a Mickey stamper that I bought at Disney World and a "Happy Birthday" pick
• Sugar snap peas, cherry tomatoes (which are on Disney picks that my friend bought me at Tokyo Disney!) and ranch
• Blackberries
• Cheddar "10" with "U" "R" letter picks so it says "You are 10!"
• Hershey kisses

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

 

 

Surprise! We're going to Disney World!

In the fall, I found really good prices on airfare to Orlando.  My girls had a 3-day weekend this past weekend so we decided to plan a surprise trip to Disney World.  We are HUGE Disney fans but we haven't been in a few years because we took a Disney cruise last year and went to Disneyland in California the year before.   We had been waiting for them to finish the Fantasyland makeover before we went back.  ANYWAY, in a nutshell, we decided to surprise the girls.  So, we picked them up from school on Friday and headed straight to the airport.  The girls were in complete shock!  It was SO much fun!!!

Our flight was during dinner time so I packed the girls Disney bentos for the trip!

 



•  3 mini Mickey and Minnie sandwiches decorated with food safe markers and a bow pick (on Minnie)
• Peas (and a spoon)
• Red Grapes with Mickey and Donald picks

 

Dinner and a movie on the iPad.   We were there before we knew it!

 

Here are some of the products I used when making these bento meals:

 





 

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: