From the category archives:

Preschooler Lunch

Bento #104 – Lotsa love

September 1, 2010

Woohoo.. we survived the first day of school and the first lunch at school!! Going into the new school year, I was not worried about Lil’ C adapting to her school work but I was more worried about lunch time. Lil’ C is a pretty good eater but she is also a very slow eater. [...]

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Kids Bento #103 – I heart Salmon

May 19, 2010

Lately I have been trying to get Lil’ C to eat more fish especially salmon. She used to hate it but I am so glad that she is slowly starting to like it just a little. I find that if I slice it really thin and add a dash of teriyaki sauce, she will eat [...]

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Kids Bento #102 – Butterflies a-flutter

May 3, 2010

Thanks everyone for their kind thoughts and well wishes. Both Lil’ C and I are both almost fully recovered and glad to be starting off a new week. This past week of being cooped up in the house makes me wish that the warmer weather will be here soon and we can all go outside [...]

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Kids Bento #101 – Flowers & Logs

April 25, 2010

Using these TJ croissants, I made turkey croissantwich topped with cheese & fruit leather flowers for today’s bento. Ants on a log (celery with peanut butter & dried cranberries) and blueberries makes up the rest of the bento.
Have a great Monday, everyone! : )

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Bento #100 – Swirly Whirly

April 20, 2010

I have been busy working on a project with Lil’ C’s school auction. It’s fun stuff and involves lots of big swirly whirly lollipops, so now I’ve got that stuck in my mind! So I made a swirly whirly bento which is made up of Asian crispy pancake and a thin omelette all swirled up. [...]

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Bento #99 – Cubes & Flowers

April 5, 2010

Hope everyone had a good Easter. We had a pretty low-key weekend since both Lil’ C and I were feeling under the weather this past week. But we are better this week and hopefully so will the weather! It has been so freezing cold and wet lately.
Anyway, today’s bento contains Mickey Mouse whole wheat chicken [...]

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Bento #98 – A Giraffe Day

March 16, 2010

Today’s bento contains pasta with marinara sauce and topped with giraffe-shaped cheese, carrots, cheese flowers, ranch dip in the blue container and homemade peanut butter chip cookie.

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Bento #97 – Spring Garden

March 4, 2010

Woohoo… #97! I am creeping up to bento #100. It has taken me a long time but just like my gal says, slow and steady. To celebrate my #100th bento, I will be having my first bento giveaway ever next week. So do come back next week to check out my giveaway.

Spring is [...]

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Bento #96 – Hearts Rule!

March 1, 2010

Starting off the week with a simple yet well-loved bento. Heart-shaped nutella sandwiches, heart-shaped cheese slices, smoked turkey on flower picks and carrots.
On a side note, last week I submitted Lil’ C’s registration form for school in September. She will be in first grade!!!! I can’t believe my baby girl is all grown up.

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Bento #95 – Flowery Pasta

February 21, 2010

We have been having the most awesome weather this past week. It feels like spring is already here. Due to our unusually warm winter this year, all the spring flowers are already blooming. It feels so strange because the blooms usually come out mid-March, so it is unusually early. But we are loving every minute [...]