1 Bento #237 - Curried Chicken Salad & Purple Lettuce

I love chicken salad!  I happen to make a kick-butt chicken salad, but I love this curried chicken salad from Whole Foods - it's got red currants and slivered almonds.  So yummy.  I'm admittedly taking a risk giving this to E for lunch, because she's not the biggest fan of curry, and a container is a very dear $22 (don't tell my husband.)  What was I saying last week about extreme couponing?  I've gotta make a clone recipe....

The chicken salad is in a silicone cup nestled in a bed of purple artisan lettuce.

Bento #237 - Curried chicken salad, purple artisan lettuce, Stacy's Garlic & Parmesan pita chips, and a Clementine.  Snack - Apple banana spice muffin (not shown.)

Have a great weekend!

1 Lots of Bentos

First of all, I'd like to announce that Bentobloggy has been nominated on parents.com (Parents Magazine) in the category of "Best Food Blog", so I'd be obliged if you could spare a vote for me - click here.  Thanks!

Today I set up again at Harry's Farmers Market for their second back-to-school event and met some great people, including the ladies from Cute Sip (adorable and versatile stainless steel bottles that go from infancy to 6 years!) and Yummy Spoonfuls organic baby food.

Here are some bentos that I made on the fly.  Time to get those creative juices flowing!

What fun!  

2 Bento #138 - Ham & Cheese Sushi

So, getting back into the swing of things!  Today we have ham and cheese "sushi" rolls, along with veg and some really yummy dipping sauce I made from this amazing new spice blend I've recently had a chance to try called Primo27, which is getting it's own post in just a bit.

I'm also extremely excited to be invited to take part in an upcoming collaborative event between E's school and our local Harry's Farmers Markets.  Perhaps some bento demos are in my future....  Can't wait to share more once the details are known!

Bento #138 - Ham & cheese on a flour tortilla, celery sticks, Primo27 dip and an Aussie apple.