1 Bento #260 - PB&J Sushi

Yummy!  We have organic peanut butter and strawberry jelly on whole wheat today, rolled into sushi and some cheese cubes on leaf skewers.

Bento #260 - Organic PB&J on whole wheat, mozzarella cheese, carrot chips and ranch dip.

7 Bento #232 - Stars & Pinwheels

Happy Friday!  Oh my gosh, craisins again??  This is the last for a while, I promise!  At least E isn't wholly sick of them yet.  These Colby cheese pinwheel roll ups are made with rolled out sliced bread.  They were falling apart a little, but they stayed together in their side of the box.  And salad!

The ubiquitous craisins in a star-shaped cup and yogurt stars!  The salad dressing is in the blue bear cup.

E and I made spiced apple muffins (Trader Joe's) with...craisins.  It's kind of a joke now, isn't it?

This is the bento box that I got from a Crocs store, totally perfect (it even came with the bow strap!)

Have a great weekend!

4 Sandwich Rollups

Normally I make rollup/sushi sandwiches with tortilla shells (it's that whole flat and flexible thing.)  This time I used two pieces of multi-grain bread with the crusts cut off.  Microwave the bread for 10 seconds to make it really pliable.

Stack one slightly on top of the other, width-wise.

Roll it flat with a rolling pin.

Spread your toppings of choice - peanut butter & jelly

Or prosciutto -

And roll up!

2 Bento #188 - Whole Grain Turkey Rollup

I got a whole new batch of cute bento items from AllThingsForSale.com the other day!  Look at this ADORABLE little piggy sauce container!  So cute, I can't stand it.  School gets out on May 25th here, how about for you?  I'm getting a little burned out these days, I can't wait for summer vacation to get here.

Bento #188 - Turkey & cheese whole grain rollup, organic strawberries, organic cucumbers and salad cream.

2 Bento #27 - Bacon & Cheddar Rollup

Trying out the new picks!  Doesn't this look yummy?  Unfortunately, the rollup came back from school today.  She likes tortillas, bacon and cheese, but I'm not sure she's digging this tortilla.  Maybe it's the brand.

Bento #27 - Bacon and cheddar cheese rollup, raspberries on picks and carrots with spinach dip

0 Bento #14 - Ham & Spinach Rollup

I received my bento shipment from Japan this morning! It had a bunch of adorable skewers in it, and I wanted to try them out, so I got a little skewer-crazy! I steamed some fresh sweet corn, and Ella just loves it. I can do it really quickly in the micro - just use a microwave-safe plate, add some water to the bottom, and the corn on the cob, then cover with a domed splatter shield with holes in the top, and micro on high for 4 mins. Delish! Sorry for the over-exposed pic, not sure why that happened.

Bento #14 is a mac n' cheese, ham & spinach rollup, fresh sweet corn off the cob, and grapes on skewers.

0 Bento #2 - Animal Rollup

Bento #2 - Okay, I fully admit it - I have no idea what kind of "animal" this might be, but Ella liked it. It consists of bacon mac n'cheese (leftover from The Nook the other day) with sliced chicken nuggets rolled in a small flour tortilla. Raspberries and sliced chicken nuggets for ears, nose and tail.




I know this isn't REAL bento, but it will be more so once she starts school next week and I start packing it in her lunch box ;)

A few days ago I took Ella to the Dollar Tree, and then to Ikea to buy a bunch of bento supplies - cookie cutters, neat cups, pretty toothpicks...fun!