Going Buggy!

The ladybug snack inspired this bento:



It was for my lunch, and very tasty, despite the subject matter. ;) The bugs are grapes split in two and sliced almost into quarters with raisins for heads. They are on a bed of chicken salad and spinach. Like I said, very tasty!

Beary Yummy!

I finally made a bento in this bear bento box. I wasn't sure how it would work, but I put the bento in the bottom section and filled the top with snacks. It worked pretty well! Here's what the bottom section looked like:

Monkeyin' Around!

I was going for a rain forest theme here. =D This is my bento from the day I first tried rice balls. I flavored mine with a little sweet and sour sauce, though I found it caused them not to stick together as well. They have sesame seed centers. I have canadian bacon tree trunks with cute little animal food picks "climbing" up them. Spinach leaves line the bento boxes, and frozen peas provide filler and temperature control. =D The three little apple containers are filled with sauces - soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sesame oil. I broke apart my rice balls and mixed them in with the peas and spinach and then poured the sauces over top. It was super yummy that way!!

A bird in hand...

Really, the bird was supposed to be sitting on a branch. But the canadian bacon looks like fingers if you ask me!

This is my first attempt at making rice balls. Ellie LOVED them! Actually, so did I and so did Leif, so they are winners! Hooray! I put a little sweet and sour sauce in the center of the flower, and used a frozen pea as the bird's eye for this one. I also lined the bento with spinach leaves, which Ellie didn't eat. This was her bento and aside from the spinach, she ate and loved all of it! Then she proceeded to eat most of mine, too...