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Bento #187 – Lotsa love day

April 25, 2012

This week is testing week at C’s school. So she has been working hard at school. I thought I would pack a sweet lunch filled with lots of love! Yeah, I know, it’s kinda cheesy Heart-shaped peanut butter sandwiches, Babybel cheese, carrot sticks, fried wonton skins, raspberries, a bell-shaped chocolate for a special treat.

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Bento #186 – Another Spam Day!

April 19, 2012

Even though I am trying to stay away from processed or canned food, somedays we need our Spam fix! C’s favorite way to eat Spam is either Spam and pineapple fried rice or Spam maki sushi. In this case, it’s Spam maki sushi for lunch. Also in the bento are orange slices and carrot sticks [...]

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Bento #185 – Waffles Rule!

April 16, 2012

Phew, that was a long break! It was Spring Break for C and we had a nice relaxing week culminating in a short weekend away by the lake. But now it is back to the grind of our busy daily lives. It was hard getting back into routine this morning but I did manage to [...]

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Bento #184 – Have a bunny day bento

April 6, 2012

It’s Good Friday today. We have half-day school and then we are off for Spring Break! Yay! Even though we have no Spring Break plans, it is still nice to have a weeks break from school and just chill. So the last bento of the week contains bunny Nutella sandwich, fudge brownie, a stack of [...]

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Bento #183 – Nibbles & Bits

April 4, 2012

I think nowadays C has become a little grazer especially at lunchtime. I am not sure whether it is due to the fact that she only has 20 minutes to eat or it’s because she is too busy talking to her friends during lunch. For a while, she was bringing back half-full lunch boxes. So [...]

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Sandwich Loaf

April 3, 2012

I love bread, especially freshly baked bread. I use to bake a lot of bread a couple years ago but lately I haven’t. But C has been asking for homemade bread lately, so I dug out my bread maker, dusted it off and made bread just for her. After a not-so-successful attempt with my Pullman [...]

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Bento #182 – Pizza, pizza!

March 28, 2012

If there is one food that C will eat everyday and every meal is she could is pizza. It is easy to make pizza at home especially when all you need is a small portion for the kids. Mini bagel, tortilla, pita bread, flatbread or even just a piece of regular bread can all be [...]

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Bento #181 – The Green Bento

March 27, 2012

This bento was actually packed for St Patrick’s Day. It wasn’t planned but I ended up buying this green lunchbox just a couple of days before and it came in handy for the occasion. Packed in this bento are homemade waffles with syrup in the little container, green celery sticks with peanut butter, orange slices [...]

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Breakfast Parfait

March 20, 2012

When C was younger and did not need to go to school early, I had plenty of time to fix a decent breakfast for her. But now she is in the regular school, we have to leave the house really early in order to make it to school on time. So nowadays breakfast is always [...]

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Bento #180 – Almost Spring Bento

March 19, 2012

Yes, I am calling this my Almost Spring Bento because I am really really wishing for Spring to be here. It is the middle of March and we have been having the craziest weather ever. For the past 2 weeks, we have had so many days when we had snow, hail, rain and blue skies [...]