Rose's Lunch

I was reading a Parenting magazine this fall when a saw a little blurp about a blog and had an inkling to check it out. The blog was www.wendolonia.com. For some reason, her cute little lunches she packed for her son to take to preschool just seemed so cool. So I started doing some research on Bento lunch packing, which is a traditional japanese style of packing to go. There are many interesting types of food that that japanese use, and some folks get really fancy in their crafting of Bento lunches. You can see what I mean here www.hapabento.com/.

Not wanting to devote my life to making lunch, but still intrigued I ventured on my quest to create some Bento lunches for Rose. Much like those on Wendolonia, they are simple and not too artsy. The goal of the Bento lunch for me is to be fun and visually pleasing. Visual pleasing = color. Color = lots of fruits and vegetables. Bento boxes = reuseable = sustainable. I pack a Bento for Rose many days when we will be out for lunch. Today, I packed one at home. It isn't the prettiest. Rose had apple slices, peaches with sprinkles, 2 baby carrots, 2 miniature peanut butter hearts on multi-grian bread, and the "scraps" from the hearts. Rose at everything but some of the peaches and 1 apple slice. I think that is pretty successful for a pre-schooler for lunch.

I use a stainless steel Lunchbots container that is the perfect size for a pre-schooler. LunchBots Pico Stainless Steel Lunch Container
I hope to add some Hello Kitty and other themed Bento boxes. I purchased some silicone baking cups to use as dividers. That is what the peaches and apples are housed in. I also have some pics for food like grapes or ham cubes, but I didn't use those today.  Today I couldn't get too pretty because Wyatt was very fussy from having his shots yesterday afternoon and I had to do most of the lunch preparation with him in my arms, but I will post more Bentos in the future.