Daddy's Lunch For 29/2/12

This was the lunch Isi took to work today:

In this lunch he has:

• Sesame Peanut Noodles; recipe taken from Nigella Express. I adore Nigella! 
• (note: I switched her recommended egg noodles for healthier and low carb raw zucchini noodles)
• One soft boiled egg with a black sesame spice mix made by my sweet sister! So yummy !
• Grated carrot
• Sliced cherry tomatoes
• Diced mango
• A  Chevron sliced apple
• Blackberries and one big strawberry!

I hope he likes it! I didn't tell him that his "pasta" wasn't really pasta; but it tastes wonderful to me so we'll just see what he says! He's definitely Mr. Healthy Lunch Man today! Lol

Mumin Bento

I made Missy Lulu a Mumin Bento for snack today. Mumins are are characters in children's books and comics by Finnish illustrator and writer Tove Jansson. They are a family of funny looking things who are white and roundish, with large snouts that make them look kinda like hippopotamuses. They are a carefree and adventurous family, living  in the forests of Finland. They have many adventures along with their many friends. It's a wonderfully creative and distinctive Finnish trademark!

Here in this lunch bento we have

• A heart shaped pizza slice with extra cheese and Mumi Pappa and Mumi Momma
• A big strawberry and blackberries
• Apple juice to drink

I made the Mumin characters with provolone cheese and cut out nori pieces. The red pieces are little pieces of salami. She loves Mumin and was quite excited when she saw them this morning!

How about some Adult Bentos!

I've posted so much of Missy Lulu's kiddie food that I feel that Isi and I are neglected! So I decided to do some simple photos of our lunches....not going to write much text, but if you have any questions, I'll definitely answer! ^.^

Isi First!

• Smoked Salmon and avocado sandwich on rye
• Plum tomato stuffed with Cheddar, Crab and Jalapeno pâté
• Sweet red pepper
• Grated carrot with sesame seeds
• Black grapes
• Way too much sunlight...geesh! 

      

• Vegetarian Taco salad with Spanish rice. 
• Big Salad greens 
• Grated cheese
• Fried onions
• Sweet red pepper
• Tomatoes & Corn
• Provolone Cheese "salad bowl"
• Salsa and Sour Cream 

• Decent Photo today!

My Turn!! ^.^

• Low Carb tuna salad with salad and cheese flowers
• Cherry tomato
• Sauteed mushrooms with onion and soy sauce
• Hard boiled egg with Sriracha...yum! 

• Pork and Beef mix Soboro
• Egg scrambled with sesame oil
• Red pepper cut out scraps
• Stir fried cauliflower
• More Sriracha, I love that stuff!
• I was bad and had Diet Coke...trying to break addiction...failed

My Melody snack bento and Dora muffin tin lunch

For Tuesday, Missy Lulu had a My Melody snack bento at playschool. I also went ahead and made her a muffin tin for her lunch. She really enjoys eating from the muffin tin. I'm kinda sold on the idea until spring breaks and we can pack up and eat our lunches outside at the park everyday. First the snack bento:

For today's snack she had strawberry and banana yogurt with rice krispys and fruit (raisins and a strawberry.) I cut into the strawberry and added a little cheese face to make it a tiny My Melody.

Here's a closer look:

She loved it! Came home with a clean box!

For today's lunch she had her favorite character...Dora the explorer!

In this lunch she had Spanish rice with corn and black beans. She had a cheese basket with lettuce were she could mix her own taco salad. Besides rice she had chopped tomatoes, corn, and sour cream to top her basket with!

Dora up close:

Dora was made from Bologna, nori, and cheese!

Bob the builder Muffin tin and snack bento

Monday's here again, and Missy Lulu returns to playschool after a week long ski week break! She was so excited to head back to school, I really felt her excitement! I packed a special friend in her snack bento today; he's called "Puuha Pete" here in Finland, but we all know this little guy as" Bob the builder!"

We have a Quail egg "Bob", with his tools ready to work! On the hammer and screwdriver picks we have grapes and cheese "spacers." She also had a pretzel mix and kiwi fruit in this happy Monday snack box.

She enjoyed her Muffin Tin lunch so much last week, that I decided to do make another muffin tin for today! It's the same "Bob the Builder" Theme....

In this lunch she had a Bob the builder tuna melt. With her sammie she had "Bob the builder" pasta with added peas and corn. Fun items, besides "Bob" himself were "nut and bolts" which were sauteed button mushrooms and flash cooked carrots. For sweeties she had black berries and Clementine orange wedges, as well as some apricot yogurt with orange and yellow sprinkles. Lunch was washed down with cold skim milk!

She ate really well, the sammie, pasta, fruit and yogurt were all cleaned. She only ate one mushrooms and two carrots; but I'm happy with that. She tried them and didn't say they were yucky...she just didn't eat them all. It was a pretty big lunch after all!

Closer look at "Bob!" He's made from two types of cheese and nori details.




This post is linked @ Muffin Tin Mom for Muffin Tin Monday!

Hello Kitty, Breakfast!

I made Missy Lulu a Hello Kitty Breakfast bento this morning! She loved it, especially that she got to pour her own juice and maple syrup!

In this Hello Kitty breakfast bento she had a Hello Kitty pancake with marzipan details.She had warmed myple syrup in her little creamer server. With her Kitty pancake she had a tea cup of fruit and a glass of orange juice with extra oj in the little pink teapot! "All done, ready to play now Kitty!" ^.^

To Mumi's House for Lunch!

I was excited to make today's bento using a brand new bento box set called Cocolon from Casa Bento. It's lovely pink with polka dots. With a large thermal compartment holding 240 mls and two smaller food containers holding 160 mls each, this set holds a very nice sized lunch! I bought this set for myself; thinking that once it becomes warm and sunny outside I'd love to have a nice picnic lunch in the yard while my girls played...but this lunch was packed for Missy Lulu.

In this lunch she had quick cook cheese ravioli pasta. I mixed the packaged pasta with a cheese, broccoli and basil sauce I whipped up. In one of the smaller containers I packed oven roasted chicken wings, basil and cherry tomatoes. In the other pink container I packed fruit (grapes and a strawberry)and fresh baked blueberry muffin wedges from breakfast!

So just before lunch Mumi (Finnish for Grandma) pops by our house, well Missy Lulu takes two seconds to dump me and her baby sister to be with her Mumi and off they went! Oh well, so much for fancy new bentos! (^o^) It will be her dinner then!