Fun Food Friday Begins Now!

I'm trying something new, and fingers crossed I can keep it up.  This is the first in a series of posts called called "Fun Food Friday".  As the name implies: 

It's fun! 

It's all about food! 

and 

I'll post a new one each Friday!   

This first post is all about Bento, and you'll see more in the future, as inspiration for those friends of mine who are in a lunch packing rut.

Traditionally, bento is japanese for lunch box and refers to any boxed lunch, but it has evolved into much more.  If you're new to Bento, take a moment and check out my Beginning Bento post from 2 years ago.  

I am in love with Bento style lunches.  They are fun to make, fun to eat and the kids always praise my efforts.   

I'm praise driven, so that's huge!   

Here is one "bento style" lunch packed 3 ways.  Each includes:

1 lean chicken hotdog 

(cut in half so it looks like 2)

1 oz of cheese cut into tiny cubes

 carrots, celery, grapes 

and a tiny piece of a chocolate bar as a treat. 

  

The first is for my youngest, he loves his adorable teddy bear box.  He's super skinny, and if he grows any taller or looses another ounce he'll be technically underweight.   I give him about the same as my older kids hoping he'll eat more than I'd expect.  Don't tell the big kids, but he got more cheese than them. 

http://www.allthingsforsale.com/bento-box-lunch-box/2980-rilakkuma-die-cut-bento-lunch-box-with-removable-divider-4974413585637.html

This next one is for my daughter.  She picked out this pink sheep box herself.  She's not a huge celery fan, but loves fruit so she has less celery and more grapes.  

http://www.allthingsforsale.com/bento-box-lunch-box/2753-japanese-bento-lunch-box-set-sheep-4973307168987.html

This last one is for my oldest son.  He's not in to cutesy stuff, so this simple bento box suits him well.

He's a normal weight and loves crunchy foods, so he gets lots of celery and carrots.

http://www.allthingsforsale.com/bento-box-lunch-box/1786-microwavable-oval-2-tier-bento-box-lunch-box-blue-4560219031265.html

Want more bento ideas?

Check out these links for more ideas and recipes:

http://justbento.com/

http://www.justhungry.com/bento

I'm not affiliated with the site below in any way, but I love their selection of bento boxes and accessories.

http://www.allthingsforsale.com/

Do you have a bento picture you want to share?  

Let me know and I'll post it to inspire others.