Bento mania! I was inspired by NPR to make the best one I've ever made. First time with the cut outs. Am I the only one on hellobee currently on a bento kick?? If not, post a pic. My only regret is that I didn't have purple sweet potato for color and nutrition.
Edited to add ingredients: oranges, shrimp, nori, rice, cheese, avocado, watermelon
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So cute, and what a healthy lunch! My LO is still too little for bentos, but I can't wait, they look like so much fun!
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Nice! I don't know when we'll ever have a need for bentos (our daycare provides all the food). Maybe when she's in elementary school!
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What is bento lunch? I know what it is at a sushi place, but not for kid food.
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@artbee: Thanks! It is a fun creative outlet. I'm sure I'll do it whenever the mood strikes me but not everyday. By the way, I saw a whole bunch of cookie cutters at a garage sale!
@Mrsdaredevil:
Here's a link about the history and the Hellobee blog had a bunch of posts in the past so try their search engine.
http://www.npr.org/2012/07/03/156199639/thinking-outside-the-bento-box@highwire: Ah yes, there's no 'need' for a bento for any of us, unless you live in Japan and it's culturally sane/appropriate/ the norm...for everyone else it's just for fun!
Maybe a picnic at the zoo?
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@808love: Ha, good point!
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I will totally be a bento mama when my LO is old enough! Yours looks awesome!
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Cute!
Our daycare also provides food so I don't need to do bentos. But I was thinking of trying them out at home to get DD to eat a wider variety of foods. I just haven't had any time to hunt down the supplies yet even though I'm sure it wouldn't even take that long.
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have you seen all the amazing bento blogposts?! they're sooo cute!!
I want to do bento when DS gets older - I love them and think they're adorable.
@Mrsdaredevil: http://www.hellobee.com/?s=bento check out some of the posts- they are adorable. It's basically just having fun with your kids lunch, but they are generally pretty healthy (depending what you put in them of course)
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@808love: PS I may or may not have a pinterest board completely dedicated to bentos/my kids future lunches hahaha
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@Coco Bee: thanks for linking the Hellobee posts. I may or may not have just made a bento rainbow chart and dreamed up an app for it. And I definitely have a fun food board, a bento board, and a bentos I've made board. I also have a just plain old food board.
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I love it! This is so cute!!!!
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@808love: Gorgeous!! I'm gonna have to mentally file this one away for future reference
LO is too young for bentos (only 7 months old), but once she's a toddler, I'm definitely gonna go bento crazy!
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I mistouched my vote!
I make bentos for my eldest DD, but don't take the pictures. Was just at a Japanese store yesterday getting some new supplies! So fun!
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So cute! I always take out a bunch of different stuff for LO's meals but never make anything pretty. Maybe when he's a little older, or starts daycare...
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so cute!! dreaming of doing this one day when LO is old enough
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Here's the latest heart and star shaped spam, oh yah!! Also salmon, scrambled eggs, cheese, strawberries, apple, spam, rice, avocado
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Here is our latest! She had frozen peas, frozen grapes, cheese, broccoli, and chicken.
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@808love: Love Spam and my toddler will eat them too. Yay!
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Here's my first Hello Kitty breakfast bento. Pear, grape, raspberry, turkey, raisin muffin, scrambled eggs.
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So cute!
Maybe a picnic at the zoo?
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