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Bento 12/13/2010-12/17/2010

Since Sydney was sick and stayed home for last two weeks, I did not have time to shop for Xmas gifts. Finally,  I got time this week and I was able to shop almost everything on my list. The bento theme for the week was Christmas.


I made a Rudolf the reindeer bento for Sydney on Monday. I used the Teddy Bear rice ball mold and seaweed to make eyes, eyes and mouth. I also stick a red M&M for the nose. The antlers are food picks purchased from http://www.allthingsforsale.com/.

Sydney wanted the red bean bun I bought in Korean supermarket for lunch on Tuesday. I packed the bun in the Santa Claus' cookie bag. Sydney also had carrots with blue cheese dipping sauce and mix berries with some Christmas picks.

On Wednesday, Sydney had rice with furikake, BBQ ribs with mushroom, corn on snowman pick and mix berries for lunch.

I packed rice with terriyaki  chicken drumstick, bean sprout and kiwi in Sydney's lunch box on Thursday.

Friday, Sydney had jelly sandwich with candy cane and stocking socks cheese, carrots and cucumber with salad dressing, cheese roll on picks and apples. 

Bento 12/9/2010-12/10/2010 & X'mas Afternoon Snack

Sydney finally went back to school last Thursday after 8 sick days. And it's time to make Christmas theme bentos.  

I made this Christmas tree bento for Sydney on Thursday. I used the tree cookie cutter to fill in with broccoli, and filled the space with rice, then took out the cookie cutter and used angel hair pasta and corn to decorate the Christmas tree. Along with the tree was miso chicken, strawberries and black berries.

Sydney had snowman and Santa Claus sandwich, baby carrots with salad dressing, fruit leather and cheeses stick on Friday. 

Santa was cut out with heart shape cookie cutter. Beard and the trim of hat were shredded cheese stick. I also put a small triangle ham to make Santa's hat.

 The scarf on snowman was made with leather fruit.

Gingerbread man pancake with raisin eyes, dried raspberry mouth and Fruity Cheerios buttons.  

Another snowman sandwich with icing decorations, mini marshmallow on snowman picks and apples with candy cane decoration.

Gingerbread man sandwich with leather fruit decorations, leather fruit candy cane and fresh berries.



Bento 11/29/2010-11/30/2010 and Goodbyn Lunchbox

Sydney had high fever since Tuesday afternoon, and the pediatrician wanted her to stay home for the rest of the week.  

Monday, I made a salmon rice ball for Sydney, cucumbers and carrots with Japanese Ginger salad dressing, apples and apple juice in the Ziploc 3 compartment container.

Sydney had rice with star shape rice seasoning, sukiyaki vegetable and mix fruits on Tuesday.

I bought these Goodbyn lunch box on http://www.gilt.com/ two weeks ago for $15 each. I finally got them today. They are much much BIGGER than I thought. The pink one which has the ears is for Vienna. Sydney gets the purple one which has no ears.

It comes with two sheets of stickers which can be used to decorate the lunch box. It also includes a reusable water bottle for either water or juice.

Sydney and her new Goodbyn lunchbox.

Vienna loves her pink Goodbyn lunchbox, too.

Bento 11/22/2010-11/24/2010 and Afternoon Snack

Last week was Thanksgiving and the theme for the week was autumn and Thanksgiving. Since Sydney had only three school days, I also posted some afternoon snacks in this article. 

Monday, 11/22/2010, Sydney had penne with meat sauce, some leave shaped cheese with face expression, cucumber and kiwi. I purchased those face expression punches from http://www.allthingsforsale.com/, and they were $2.99 or $3.50 each.

I tried to cut seaweed to make a pilgrim girl, but it looked like I failed. Sydney had rice, corn, half crab cake, pork chop with mushroom in ketchup and mix fruit on Tuesday.

Since this was the last bento before Thanksgiving break, I made turkey cheese sandwich with Thanksgiving picks, carrot and apple with cream cheese dip. 

I went couple stores to find Thanksgiving picks. Unfortunately, I did not find anything. Instead, I bought some Thanksgiving stickers. I used the stickers and tooth picks to make couple Thanksgiving picks for Sydney. But they didn't stick very well. 

Sometimes, I made some fancy snack for my girls. Those were parfait (blueberry yogurt, blueberries, strawberries and bananas) and buttered toast. 

I also made a Mickey Mouse with 2 slices of banana and a egg custard (raisin for the eyes, almond for the nose and pretezel for the mouth).

There were mini egg custards, mini pigs in the blaket and some grapes in this afternoon snack plate.

Bento 11/15/2010-11/19/2010

This week was not my week. I had very bad migraine on Monday night. I failed on the floor twice on Tuesday, and had stomachache on Wednesday. On Friday, my youger daughter had fever. So the bento theme for this week is "easy-pack".

Monday, I prepared grilled cheese and ham sandwich with carrots, grapes and pita chips for Sydney

Tuesday, Sydney's lunch is quesadilla, with leaf shape cheese, broiled vegetables and kiwi.

I let Sydney to purchase lunch at school on Wednesday.

I finally cooked something on Wednesday night. So Sydney had chicken rice with cucumber flowers, seaweed, grapes on Thursday.

On Friday, I made a rice ball with dried tofu and turned it into a girl with broccoli bows and cucumber on the side. The brown thing on the top was some over-cooked steak. Sydney also had some strawberries.

Bento 11/8/2010-11/12/2010

We came back from a 10 day Auto Train+Disney Cruise trip on Sunday(11/7) afternoon around 4pm. I ran to the supermarket and grab some food, came home and do the laundry. I was so exhausted. I went to bed at 9pm and could not get up the next day morning. So I let Sydney to buy her lunch at school on Monday.

Tuesday, Sydney has shrimp and corn fried rice, steamed vegetables and strawberries for lunch. You can see I do not have enough food to make a nicer bento. I am still working on refilling up my refrigerator.

Wednesday's bento is Penne with meat ball. I was trying to decorate the meat ball to Elmo, but looks like I did not do a very good job. For some reasons, I think I am still in the "Vacation Mode". Sydney also has some steamed vegetables, strawberries and blue berries.

I made Chicken Terriyaki on Wednesday night. Sydney asked me if she can have it for Thursday lunch. Between the "Teddy Bear" rice ball, there is bean sprout which is Sydney's favorite. Sydney also has kiwi and blue berries for fruit.

On Friday, Sydney told me that she wanted a "big girl" bento for her lunch. I asked her what is a "big girl" bento? She told me that she preferred has no decoration, no furikake, she wanted a simple bento. Ok, did I do a bad job this week??? So I made a very simple lunch box for Sydney today. Curry Chicken with rice, baked pita chips and some fruit.