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.

0 Bento #218 - PB&J Rolls & Bell Pepper

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The PB&J roll that I made in the post the other day made it into this yummy bento lunch.  

Bento #218 - PB&J roll, yellow bell pepper, dip, fresh raspberries & an octopus mozzarella stick. Snack - Apple carrot Crusher and banana muffin.

0 Bento #202 - Vegetarian Yellow Day

Ladies & gentlemen, I think we have a theme.  Today is Yellow Day in Ella's class, and so I planned a nice lunch with all yellow(ish) foods. At least she's getting her daily doses of vitamins A, C & D. Yesterday happened to be Blue Day, but I really couldn't think of all that many natural blue foods (and I don't like to use artificial dyes.)  I let her go through the school lunch line that day for the first time, after discussing her choices.  Instead of popcorn shrimp, she decided to get a vegetarian Caesar salad, peas & carrots, mac n' cheese, cornbread and her ubiquitous water, which is her favourite drink in the entire world.  That sounds good to me!

This lunch is packed in a Greentainer.  It's a two-tier, so what you see above is all combined into one container.  I have a little yellow "Y" in the spicy yellow lentil hummus, with a sweet apricot salsa topping from Eat Well Enjoy Life that we just discovered at Costco.  Delicious!!  They also have edamame hummus which is also great.

Her snack below (which isn't yellow, unfortunately) is packed in a separate Greentainer.

Bento #202 - Fresh corn-off-the-cob with sea salt and cracked pepper, sliced yellow bell pepper, yellow lentil hummus, Pasta Prima five cheese ravioli with herb Parmesan and extra-virgin olive oil.  Snack:  Mozzarella cheese and fresh strawberries.

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2 Bento #193 - Egg Fried Rice & Corn off the Cob

This is the second-to-last school bento of the year!  I can't believe school is out on Wednesday.  Wow!  And a big congrats to my baby sis who graduated yesterday from UMD with her Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism! 

We got two nice ears of organic yellow corn in our CSA basket this week.  Delicious!  It's kind of a rarity in our house because corn is really starchy, but it was nice for a change, very sweet.  The rice is leftover restaurant fare, not my usual, but E liked it. It's just got egg in it, which makes this bento vegetarian.

So, when is your last day of school?  Any vacation plans?

Bento #193 - Egg fried rice, organic corn, organic cantaloupe, pistachios and a cheese stick.

6 Bento #111 - PB&J Crown

I made lunch at 1am this morning.  I wasn't going to take a picture, but I thought I might as well show it - I can't be the only one who packs messy lunches on occasion!  I used an adorable Lunch Punch to cut out the crown, but my mistake was in deciding to remove the heart cutout from the middle.  I use organic peanut butter which is extremely runny, and well, you see what I mean?  Also, I grabbed a too-large container, and had to shore up the sandwich with the sliced apples.  Sort of ruins the crown design.  The only thing that looks good is the cucumber flowers, which thankfully I'd done earlier, when not so dead tired.

Bento #111 - PB&J with organic strawberry preserves & peanut butter, pink lady apple slices, mozzarella cheese, and cucumber flowers.

6 Bento #108 - Octodogs & Chimichurri Rice

First of all, I'm super, super excited that this is my first lunch in E's new PlanetBox that the folks over there generously sent me to try out.  Trying to get the hang of packing lunch in it, it's very spacious and I love the little compartments.  I'm going to be writing up more about it after I've gotten the hang of it a little, but so far it's fab!

Bento #108 - Kosher beef octodogs, mozzarella cheese, sugar snap peas, chimichurri rice, fresh strawberries and a yogurt star biscuit.

6 Bento #94 - Baby Heirloom Tomatoes & Basil

My goodness, it's been a crazy few days.  Today's the last day before school starts, and I was desperate to go shopping.  E and I had a very late breakfast on the run to Trader Joe's.  We picked up these really adorable, juicy multicolored baby Heirloom tomatoes.  In fact, E was the one who insisted on buying them, just because they looked so interesting.  So, I incorporated them into a late snack today, along with fresh basil leaves.

Bento #94 - Baby Heirloom tomatoes, mozzarella, basil leaves, grapes and Caesar dip.

P.S. - I want to send a huge shout-out to Piyush of Best How To Blogger for his help and expertise in revamping the layout of this blog!  Thank you!!

1 Bento # 87 - Turkey Meatballs & Sweet Peppers

FIRST of all...the Cookware.com giveaway details will be posted tomorrow.  You know, just thought you'd like a heads up. ;)

Today's lunch consisted of those yummy TJ's turkey meatballs (cut in half - they are HUGE).  Miss E actually chose all the pick decorations today, which she was tickled to do, given that she doesn't usually have access to my bento supply organizer.  This is the first time I've given her raw sweet bell peppers - usually I add them into things I'm cooking, but today I wanted her to try them naked.  She was reticent at first because she associates "peppers" understandably with "spicy", but I assured her they were sweet.  She ended up loving them and cleaned her entire plate!

Bento #87 - Turkey meatballs, cucumber flowers, sweet bell peppers, yogurt dip and cheese.

1 Bento #85 - Octopus Party

So right about now my husband and I are driving a few hours north to enjoy the anniversary present I gave him back in April.  We will be taking a 70 mile country tour in a Lamborghini Gallardo, a Porsche 911 Turbo and a Nissan GTR a BMW M3.  He will be driving, and I will be doing my best to keep my mouth shut.  ;)  We're going to try to hit a winery tour beforehand, because the drive isn't until 4pm.  I'll make sure the alcohol consumption is kept to the bare minimum.  Don't drink and drive, kids! (and especially not in cars that cost in the six-figure range!)

But for now I give you the bento I made yesterday for Miss E.  An octopi party!  Is there anything better than an underwater shindig?  I think not.  I used the big veggie cutters for the first time, and the cucumber flowers turned out beautifully!  But all E wanted to know was where the octopus eyes were.  I'll get right on that.

Bento #85 - Kosher beef octopi hot dogs, mozzarella octopi, "sea" cucumber flowers, Goldfish crackers, fresh raspberries and ranch dip.

0 Bento #63 - Pastel Eggs & Cheese

E wanted colored hard boiled eggs for lunch, and she chose blue and purple, and I did my best to accommodate her =)

Bento #63 - Halved pastel hard cooked eggs, mozzarella, paprika & onion dip, sugar snap peas and fresh blueberries.

0 Bento #22 - Avocados, Tomatoes & Mozzarella

This is Miss E's snack for today.

Bento #22 - Sliced avocado, grape tomatoes and mozzarella on skewers