Vegetarian Pita Pocket

One of the bentos I made this month was a small dinner consisting of a pita pocket sandwich and some sides. It was super delicious and very colorful, so I decided to add it to my blog. Sorry the picture is kind of dark/blurry. I like to use natural lighting in my pictures, so since this was dinner there wasn't as much light as I get for my breakfast and lunch pictures.

•  Whole Wheat Pita, Hummus, Spinach, Tomato, Cucumber, Carrot, Pickles
• Light Babybel Cheese with a heart cut out
• Grapes
• Pineapple Chunks
• Apple Sauce mixed with Cinnamon

This was a very delicious dinner. I have made this sandwich before, but I am unsure if I have posted it on the blog before. And I'm too lazy to look through and see for myself. lol

Snack Bentos

Here are two snack bentos I made this month. One is my favorite cereal snack, and the other is a fruit bento I made for my fiance to bring to work.
This cereal snack is the best snack in the world because it can be made a billion different ways. I prefer it to be a healthy snack though, made with whole grain cereals that are low in sugar, and preferably with as little preservatives as possible.

 This particular cereal snack consists of:

• 1/4 Cup Rice Chex
• 1/2 Cup Kix
• 1/2 Cup Fiber One (Original)
• 1/4 Cup Fruity Cheerios

I have been trying to cut back on the super sweet cereals that I used to eat, and I have been finding it easier to cut back on them and switch to better cereals for me by mixing the sweet sugary cereal with the healthier ones. I gradually decreased the amount of sweet cereal and increased the other cereal, and now I sometimes don't need or want the super sweet cereal anymore.

This fruit bento I made for my fiance to bring to work. She asked for mostly Pineapple (because pineapple is the best!) so I did my best to incorporate as much pineapple as I could while also using a ton of other fruits and colors as well.

• Pineapple Chunks
• Blueberries
• Raspberries
• Blackberries
• Strawberry
• Watermelon Hearts
• Honeydew Chunks

Lunchable bentos

You know those horrible lunchable things you can find at the grocery store? I remember begging my mother for them when I was a little kid, and I am so grateful that she only let me have them once in a while, like maybe 1 or 2 a year. I knew kids who brought them in every day. WTF? Do parents know how horrible those things are for their children? I am glad I grew out of the lunchable phase pretty fast, I always brought my lunch to school, and I'm glad my mother helped me pick out some healthy things to eat as well as the other junk that was tossed in too.
Anyway, I was thinking about them recently and I decided to make my own lunchable using much better ingredients and it would actually taste good too. This is what I came up with.

This is for me and my fiance to share, along with the fruit and the water bottles. Great idea for a road trip bento, or a quick snack/lunch while out running errands.

• Salami Hearts
• Pepperoni
• Cheese hearts
• Garlic and Herb Laughing Cow cheese wedge
• Whole wheat cracker rounds
• Kashi Pita crackers
• Strawberries
• Peach
• Water Bottles

Here is a close up of just the lunchable bento.

Since my fiance and I enjoyed our mock lunchable so much, and I still had a bunch of ingredients left, I decided to make us another lunchable bento to share.

• Salami Stars
• Pepperoni
• Cheese flowers
• Creamy Swiss Laughing Cow cheese wedge
• Whole wheat cracker rounds
• Kashi pita crackers

And here is a closeup of this lunchable bento too.

I was thinking of making the mock pizza lunchable too, Those were my favorite as a kid, but this time I'll use real ingredients. Whole wheat pitas, real sauce, real cheese etc.

Soboro Bento

So I tried making Soboro for the first time, and It turned out delicious. I did change it though because I didn't want to add the seasonings that the soboro recipes called for, so I just made the meat and the egg plain. I tried out a few different ways of packing a soboro bento, but I didn't attempt any cute pictures like I've seen in other people's bento pictures. Maybe one day I will.
Anyway, here are my soboro pictures!!!!

This is the soboro bento I made for my fiance.

• Cheese hearts (Colby Jack, and Swiss)
• Apple Rabbits
• Brown Rice
• Sugar Snap Peas
• Grown Beef Soboro
• Carrot matchsticks
• Egg Soboro
• Sauteed Mushrooms

This is my Bento

• Brown Rice
• Sugar Snap Peas
• Ground Beef
• Carrot Matchsticks
• Egg
• Sauteed Mushrooms
• Peach
• Apple Rabbits

And here I added Ketchup to my soboro..... very tasty!

And here is my version of a tricolor soboro. I sectioned out the brown rice the beef and the egg, and then I added sugar snap peas to help separate the colors and to add some contrast.

And here is another one, the rice is underneath and I added more sugar snap peas because they are very tasty!

Breakfast Bentos of June

I took all the breakfast bentos I have made this June and put them here for your bento viewing pleasure. I love making breakfast bentos and I realized I made a lot of them this month.

Sorry I can't turn the pictures. I am not using my computer yet, and I have no idea how to turn the pictures on my friend's computer like I usually do. I have a PC and she has a Mac, so I have a lot of trouble using her computer.
Anyway, this is a frittata breakfast bento.

• Morningstar vegetarian sausage, mushroom, spinach, onion, frittata
• Colby Jack cheese hearts
• Pineapple chunks
• Strawberry Slices
• Honeydew Flowers

Yogurt and fruit breakfast bento

• Vanilla yogurt
• Milled flax seed heart
• Fiber One cereal (the original)
• Pineapple Chunks
• Strawberry Chunks
• Watermelon Hearts

Oatmeal Breakfast Bento... Just add water

• Instant plain oatmeal
• Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Vanilla extract, and Milled Flax seed (mixed in)
• Sliced Almonds, Raisins, Brown Sugar (to mix in)
• Fruit Salad (Watermelon hearts, Pineapple chunks, Honeydew flowers)

This is with the cinnamon, nutmeg, and vanilla extract mixed in with the hot water. I like my oatmeal very dry (the consistency of cookie dough). I don't know how people can eat it watered down or with a bunch of milk in it... yuck. To each their own I guess.

And this is with the mix ins mixed in... Super yummy!

Cereal breakfast bento. I like my cereal dry, but this would work with milk too, just add milk. lol

• Rice Chex, Kix, Multigrain Cheerios, Fiber One
• Apple Sauce (With a cinnamon star)
• Fruit Salad (Pineapple, grapes, raspberry, blackberry, watermelon heart, honeydew flower)

French Toast Bentos... I made three because one was for me, one was for my fiance and one was for my friend Julie who is letting us use her computer while ours is getting fixed.

My bento has:

• French Toast Triangles with powder sugar
• Strawberries
• Apple Sauce with cinnamon

My fiance's bento:

• French Toast triangles with powder sugar and maple syrup
• Strawberries

My friend's bento:

• Frech Toast hearts with butter
• Strawberries

So there you have it, lots of breakfast bentos. I tried to switch it up a little with the breakfast because I was getting sick of having yogurt every day for breakfast. But this shows that breakfast bento can be made from lots of things. I hope you enjoy.

Bento Teasers! and Birthday Bento

My friend Julie came over and let me put pictures from my camera onto her computer, so now I should be able to start blogging again. Since I do not have a few hours to kill I am going to leave a bento teaser of  few pictures I had.
Enjoy!!!!

 Mock Lunchable

 Cereal snack mix bento

 Fruit Snack Bento

 Cereal Breakfast Bento

 My First Soboro Bento

 Another Soboro (tricolor)

 French Toast Breakfast Bento

 French Toast Hearts

French Toast and Strawberries

And now for my Birthday...

Happy Birthday!!!

 Yesterday was my 24th Birthday. I didn't actually have a bento on this day because it was a thursday and I'm always busy on thursdays, so I made this bento a few days before. It's actually a sandwich made with whole wheat bread, nutella, peanut butter, and fluff (and chocolate sprinkles on top). The sandwich was sooooo good (and not too sweet despite the ingredients).

The bottom layer is a thin spread of nutella, the middle is a thin layer of peanut butter, and the top layer is another nutella. Then I briefly heated fluff in the microwave and spread it over the top sprinkling chocolate jimmies on top. The fluff hardens when it cools so I was able to pick up the sandwich and eat it without making a mess.

Happy June! And BIRTHDAYS!!!!

It's finally June! June is one of my favorite months of the year because it's beautiful with tons of flowers and life. I love the end of Spring and the beginning of summer, whee the weather is beautiful and you can't help spending so much time outside. June is also the month of celebrations. So many things to look forward to. every weekend there is something, weddings/anniversaries, and graduations, as well as holidays, parades, parties, and birthdays! My mother's birthday was June 1st, and my fiance's cousin's birthday is today June 6th, and My birthday is June 16th! I'm so excited! Birthdays are a big deal to me. I never understood how people can treat birthdays as a 'just for kids' thing. I don't know why more adults don't celebrate their birthday! I don't care that I'm turning 24 and it's not a milestone birthday, I have a birthday party for myself EVERY year!
I usually throw a themed party because half the fun of throwing a party is all the planning and preparation. You get to think about all the fun little details, and it gets you more and more excited for the party! It's like the party lasts for weeks instead of just one day.
Past themes I have used for my birthday parties are:

• Save the Bees/Honey Tasting
• Luau
• Asian Culture/Bento

And this year I am having an Eco-Friendly theme with a Picnic and a Nature walk (With a photo scavenger hunt). I can't wait for it, and I hope to have a ton of great pictures.

Speaking of pictures. I have bentos to post, but I won't be able to post them until we get the computer back. Hopefully we will be getting the computer back soon because I'm going crazy not being able to update anything or look online for the things I need to look up. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful day, and I'm looking forward to posting pictures ASAP!