Shanna's Princess Show Bento

Missy Lulu's lunch was inspired by one of her favorite books off the "Shanna Show" series. The show is a Disney production and it's really cute. In the opening theme song you hear this sweet little voice singing "My name is Shanna, rhymes with banana, and this is the Shanna sho-oooow!" Well, Shanna and her little friends put on a skit with five clues to each theme story, this one in particular is about what makes her a real princess!

In her Shanna Princess Show lunch we have a Princess Shanna bacon sandwich, with a tiara pick, and nori details. Missy Lulu can share a cup of "tea" with the Princess, and in this tea cup (from her toy box!) there's cinnamon applesauce. Along with the sandwich and cup of "tea"; she has a happy little quail egg, some clementine orange wedges and a little heart shaped mold of grapes. A box of milk completes lunch!

I love Keitha of  Keitha's Chaos idea of creating a lunch to piggyback off  the books of the week. She has a whole wonderful series of fantastic books and super cute lunches to match! It's the best idea ever, because coming up with daily lunch inspiration gets a little hard for me sometimes! But with a weeks worth of story books there are endless possibilities. Fun!

Lunches for a Tuesday

Lunches for a Tuesday...

I'm enjoying Linda's Low Carb Menu's and recipes. I know I don't strictly follow her guidelines with the salad and vegetables, but I can't be so restrictive while I'm still breastfeeding the little one. All in all it makes for fun pick and choose style bento planning for me!

Today I had one tuna muffin sliced, a salad of cherry tomato, two asparagus spears,some cilantro and parsley, and salad greens. With that I had a yummy tamagoyaki rolled with nori and spicy hot sriracha. I made a batch of Emerald Isle soup also from Linda's recipe for supper last night; so a cup went with my lunch today. I also made the Asian cucumber pickles along side some mock sushi rice. I made this with 1 tablespoon of Philadelphia cream cheese and a cup of cauliflower. It was dee-lish!



Daddy's Healthy Hungry Man Lunch!

Daddy got three of the same tuna muffins. On a bed of iceberg lettuce he had two avocados filled with a corn, pea, red pepper and Mackerel salad. Thrown in with that were a couple of olives and slices of sweet red pepper. He also got a jar of Emerald Isle Soup and a container of crackers.  He called me before he ate it to say it looked nice. It should taste even better! (^^)


Car Adventure for Missy Lulu

Missy Lulu had a car shaped egg and a car shaped bologna skewer. Along with that she had couple of carrot and bread sticks. I love the  traffic light pick and I plonked it down into a peeled clementine! A yogurt was a sweet treat and milk to drink!

A Family of Bentos

Hi everyone! Had a wonderful weekend. My husband and I spent time just puttering around the house and playing with the girls. Nothing special for us, just, no engagements, no need to be anywhere especially, and no agenda; my dream weekend these days!

As always, Monday morning rolled around; and  it was "time to make the donuts bentos again! And this time I was happily making a bento for my lunchtime; as well as lunches for my sweet hubby and Missy Lulu! This is what I came up with by the time daddy and daughter were walking out the house for work and playschool:

Missy Lulu got grapes, spreadable cheese, and goldfish "like" crackers. All in a super sweet Winnie the Pooh container!

Daddy got a BBQ. riblette and chicken hornet salad. Complete with coleslaw and bun!

And lastly me!! Mommy got a bento lunch to jump start my low carb lifestyle/diet. I am determined to practice portion control using bento boxes..."when it's all gone that's it!"

Inside this bento we have low carb chicken fried rice
cauliflower. (Recipe here!) The cauliflower "rice" was topped with  tofu butterflies with bologna and black sesame details. I also had some salad and a babybel cheese to round out lunch. I felt really satisfied and feel excited about doing it all over again tomorrow! See you then! (^.^)

Daddy's falafel bento

This is Daddy's lunch for today. It's meatless Friday with a Middle Eastern flair! He got oven baked falafels...store bought yes, I started to make my own , but just didn't have the energy (lame, I know because they're really easy to make!) With the falafels he had a cucumber, garlic and Greek yogurt sauce. It's served in a silicone muffin cup and garnished with spring onion.

In his large box he has lots of salad, with  lemon dressed avocado, bell peppers, red onion, grated sweet carrots, and his usual little sprinkle of tasty fried onions. In a rectangular plastic box he had a spicy cous-cous salad with onion, bell pepper, and parsley garnish. Two pita breads round out lunch!

Friday's Piggy Bento

Happy T.G.I.F!!
Missy Lulu got a piggy bento today. I love this cute box!! I ordered it online here. It's two tiered and sturdy with a nice inner lid to keep all the goodies contained. Of course this  little piggy's pink...again a winner with my little lady!

Inside this little piggy we have in the first tier, (surprise) more pigs! Made from bologna, a tiny cut of salami and nori details. Along with our piggies, Missy Lulu had Clementine wedges, cucumber and a cherry tomato with a tiny piggy food pick!

In our next tier we have some tasty crackers...it's great to have the separation to keep the crackers crisp! I am in love with the tee-tiny piggy container filled with spreadable American cheese slices...I just melted two packets in the microwave with a bit of butter spread. But back to this pig... it's (ADORABLE!!) right!

See the little red spreader spoon? I saved it from a ice cream Missy Lulu got this summer; I thought I might be able to use it in a bento, and I finally did! Yay!! (^.^)

Animal Friends Bento

This morning I was in a complete fog...I just had no inspiration and needed something easy to make a cute bento for Missy Lulu. And voila I spy pre-made ravioli in the fridge!! Yay, saved!

In Thursday's bento Missy Lulu had two ravioli's made into cute lions and two animal friends holding black berries and Clementine slices. A drinkable yogurt completes this meal...now back to bed!!

Bentos Jan 16th & 17th

Playing the catch up game once again...Voi ei! It's just so much easier to crank out everything (Right) after I make the bento, but we are talking about 6am... Lately, I've just headed back to bed!

Monday's Bento for Missy Lulu
We started the week off with Pokemon! She doesn't get to watch the show yet..but the little cat or whatever this thing is, is quite cute Lol!! Kids get these t.v. names by osmosis I think! So when she saw the bento she said, "Ooh, Pokemon!"

She had a Pokemon Pizza, face made with an extra Cheddar slice and crab stick details. Along with the tiny pizza she had some clementine wedges and blackberries.

This lunch she just about completed...she took the cheese face off though.

Daddy's Monday Bento!

I love veggie wraps! I made one for hubby, wishing I could eat it myself for breakfast!! Inside the tortilla was avocado with lemon, a spicy cheddar cheese jalapeno and grated carrot salad, and salad veggies! Along with the salad and wrap he got two babybel cheeses and a clementine orange.
I also sent a big glass container of spicy tomato soup(I hate plastic in the microwave).He warmed up his soup at lunchtime. It was really chunky/spicy and topped off with grated cheese. He absolutely loved it, but, he got a serious case of heartburn...ooops!

Tuesday Bento for Missy Lulu
I kept things pretty simple with Missy's bento on Tuesday. She had simply a fish shaped boiled egg, two black berries and a yogurt. Lunch was complete with a box apple juice.

Tuesday´s Bento for Daddy
I went all out for Daddy's lunch starting Monday evening. I had a lovey white lasagna for lunch at my neighbors and decided to make it for him on Tuesday. The lasagna was super easy to make and filled with salmon & shrimp...yummy!

Salmon Lasagna serves 4-6
Ingredients

• 200 g quick cooking lasagna noodles
• 3 heaping tablespoons butter or margarine
• 3 heaping tablespoons wheat flour
• 2 cloves of garlic chopped and crushed
• 200 g Swiss or any white stretchy cheese
• 5d milk or cooking cream
• fresh dill
• 400 g salmon fillets
• 200 g small shrimp
• 300 g full fat small curd cottage cheese
• 1-3 dl grated cheese

Start with making a simple white sauce by slowly melting butter and bit by bit adding your flour. Once you have your paste: slowly add the milk, stirring quickly the whole time til all combined and no lumps. Add the grated Swiss cheese and with cooking scissors snip 5 or 6 sprigs of dill into sauce. You are not melting the cheese just combining with white sauce. Should resemble risotto in texture.

• In a mid size glass dish place a ladle full of sauce on the bottom.
• Next a full layer of lasagna noodles
• Then a layer of salmon, broken into bite sized chunks is added, along with a layer of shrimp on top
• Drop teaspoon fulls of cottage cheese all over the seafood, as the next layer 
• Place another layer of the cheesy sauce over the Cottage cheese / seafood layer.
• Make the  next layer of pasta, taking all the same steps til you fill your dish's height.

Bake in a pre-heated oven at 175  for 45 to 55 min. At the last 5 min take out to add grated cheese and let brown on top!