Food on the Go (10/8-10/21)

I was intrigued to discover cucumber lemon at the Farmer’s Market over the weekend. Cucumbers are a lunch staple and lemon juice has magical powers that make almost any food delicious. (Seriously, my boys even eat kale if they can squeeze lemon on it.)

Unfortunately, my son did not follow my logic. So, when I included cucumber lemon in a simple lunch, it came home uneaten.

Rice, egg, cucumber, applesauce, and cheese.

Believe it or not, this bento was the pre-cursor to my Goldilocks bento. I got excited and made the rice and hard-boiled egg without realizing I didn’t have the right ingredients to finish the rest. This turned out to be a plainer, but still tasty and healthy lunch for my guy.

Later in the the week I sent a simpler snack-for-lunch bento for both boys. I used tea cups from their play set for the hummus.

Bentos for Two: pastrami, cheese, crackers, carrots, hummus, apple (for the little one only), dried mango, raspberries, and pretzel nuggets

I’ve been whipping up several Halloween-themed bentos, which I’m saving for a separate post. Stay-tuned!

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Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Bento: rice and egg shaped with bear molds; Goldilocks made from orange pepper, cheese face, and shredded cheese curls. The faces are decorate with nori.

This lunch has been in the works for a while. Over the summer a friend emailed and mentioned she was shredding cheese and thought it would work well as hair in some way.

It took me quite a while to work out that I could use the rice and egg molds. (I used one egg and cut it in half.) I had a bear cookie cutter that was huge and I just couldn’t get past how that wasn’t going to work.

Once I figured out the bears and Goldilocks, the rest flowed easily from there. If only I had room to put some porridge in there…

I rounded out the bento with greens, a ham flower, carrots, radish and apple flowers, and pepper and radish hair bows.

Bento Tools

Here are some of the tools I used to make this bento:

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