Tea Party Bridal Shower Bento

This bento is packed with leftovers from my and my fiance's Bridal Shower Tea Party. My mom made a ton of delicious sandwiches and breads (all gluten free) and I brought some of the leftovers home.
My fiance was in the mood for the leftovers today, so I placed some of them into a bento box and made a cute little Tea Party Bento for her.
Check it out:

 This isn't even all of the yummy foods we had, just some of the sandwiches, dip, bread, and fruit. We also had a few yummy salads, and tons of yummy cookies and cake.

 YUM! I'll tell you what is in each compartment.

• Blueberry Bread (Homemade Gluten Free)
• Fruit Salad (Pineapple, Blueberries, Raspberries, Strawberries, Cantaloupe, Kiwi, Grapes)

• Cucumber Sandwich (Homemade GF Bread, Cream Cheese, Cucumber)
• Salmon Sandwich (GF Bread, Cream Cheese, Smoked Salmon)

• Ham & Swiss Sandwiches (Udi's GF Millet & Chia Bread, Spicy Mustard, Rosemary Ham, Swiss Cheese)

Now this may be the most unusual part, but everyone LOVED it!

• BLT Cheesecake [Dip] (Savory Cheesecake with Bacon, Green Onion, Tomato, GF crumb crust w/Parmesan cheese, gf cracker crumbs, and butter)
• Nut thins Crackers (GF Hazelnut Crackers)

I thank my mom for putting together a delicious spread of Tea Sandwiches, Salads, Dip, Cookies, and Cake all Gluten Free ad delicious. My friends didn't know it was gluten free until I told them. :)

Healthy Snack Box Bento

This snack bento is filled to the brim with healthy snacks. Some are store bought, some are homemade, and some are right out of Nature...
I designed/packed this bento to be easily accessible for snacking throughout the day.

• Orange Slices
• Black Plum
• Applesauce Cakes (My own recipe. Gluten Free, Refined Sugar Free, Vegan, low calorie, high fiber, Delicious!)
• Organic Mighty Mix from NatureBox (I was one of the winners of the 'Guess How Many Almonds' Game)
• Snyder's Garden Veggie Sticks

I am so happy to have won a delicious snack from NatureBox. I picked the Organic Mighty Mix because it sounded so yummy, and I love Trail Mixes. Yummy Nuts, Seeds, and Dried Fruits without any added sugars or preservatives. It's filled with satisfying flavor and fiber, and I can't wait to see what else NatureBox sends out! To find out more about NatureBox and to order your own box of Healthy Snacks visit their Website at NatureBox

Now to talk abut these delicious Applesauce Cakes. While I was mixing the batter it was really dry (more like a dough then a cake batter) so I added more applesauce. And then I thought I made a mistake because it took much longer to bake then I was expecting, and they were still very moist when I finally took them out of the oven. Boy was I pleasantly surprised. They are so moist and delicious, and the apple flavor is much stronger because of the added applesauce. MMM, I definitely want to make these again! I hope to tweak the recipe a tiny bit and maybe share the recipe here!

Work it Girl Bento

Last night I put together a bento to bring to work, since I had to get up early and wouldn't have time to pack it. I used things we had in the refrigerator, and because we don't have a microwave at work, it had to be foods that could be eaten cold or room temperature. And because I was in a fun mood I wrote a little message out in Cheese.
Here's what I came up with:

• 4 Cherries
• 1 Tbsp Dark Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans
• 1/2 Orange (Sliced)
• 1 Cup Bean Salad
• Cheese Letters (I tossed them in the trash when I was ready to eat)

 I decided to give myself a fun message. ;)

 I love slicing the oranges this way, It's so fun! :) I also put pink and green heart picks in for fun.

Here it is all packed up and ready to go.
I ate it today and it was delicious. The coffee beans gave me and extra boost of energy to get through work, and the bean salad was satisfying and filling. I hope you all had a great day today! Happy Friday the 13th!

Sausage Fried Rice Bento

This is a very lazy bento...
Why is it lazy you ask? Well because I just took what I made for dinner and plopped it into a bento box and took a picture, that's why.
That's right, I felt like making a bento, but I was short on time and energy so I took the Sausage Fried Rice I made for dinner and put it into a piggy bento box, and I added a Piggy Cheesy Bread to make it cuter (and because they are tasty).

 Aww, Look at those piggies! I just love them so much!

Here's the Fried Rice I made for dinner.

• Brown Rice
• Scrambled Egg (I used Egg Beaters)
• Mixed Vegetables (Peas, Corn, Lima Beans, Carrots, Green Beans)
• Chicken Sausage (Spinach + Red Onion)
• Green Onion
• Garlic, Black Pepper, GF low sodium Soy Sauce, Sesame Oil

Garden Vegetable Piggy Bento

That's right everybody, Another Piggy Bento...
I made this last night, but it was right before I had to go to work, so I didn't get to blog about it until now. I made my fiance and Mother-In-Law steak for dinner, and since I don't eat red meat I decided to make myself a cute little bento using one of the Garden Lites I won. And since I have been in the 'Pig' mood, I decided to turn said Garden Lite souffle into a pig face. :)

 It looks like my Garden Lites pig is checking out my Bento Box Pig... How cute!

 Oink Oink:

• Garden Salad (Lettuce, Carrots, Broccoli Slaw, Cucumber, Tomato) [unpictured Light Italian Dressing]
• Garden Lites Pig (Zucchini Garden Lites Souffle with/ Cucumber, Tomato, and Almond details)

 Here is a close up of my piggy face. I think it turned out really good. :)

And the salad that was really packed in there. It was too big to eat out of the bento box without making a mess so I ended up dumping it into a bowl to eat.

Piggy Sandwich Bento

I have been on a real Piggy kick lately. I just want to make tons of cute little piggies! Maybe my inner child is coming out since I was obsessed with pigs when I was younger...
Anyway, this bento has yet another piggy face in the form of a sandwich.

 And of course I packed it in one of my piggy face bento boxes! Aren't they cute together?

 Here's What's Inside:

• Piggy Sandwich (Udi's GF Fiber/Flax bread toasted, Tofutti 'Cream Cheese' mixed with Red Raspberry All Fruit spread w/ fiber. Blueberries cut in half for eyes, and sunflower seeds for nostrils) 
• 1 oz Nut-rition Heart Healthy Mix (Almonds, Pistachios, Walnuts, Hazelnuts, Peanuts, Pecans)
• 1 Med Orange (Sliced)
• 10 Blueberries
• 2 Cherries

 I lightly toasted the bread and used a glass to cut out a circle in one slice. In a small bowl I mixed the Tofutti vegan cream cheese and raspberry All fruit spread (no added sugar). I spread the mix on the slice of bread and added the crust of the other bread on top. I added some more spread for the ears, and I took part of the circle cut out and cut a snout from it. I sliced 2 smaller blueberries in half to use as the eyes, and added sunflower seeds as the nostrils. Oink Oink!

I sliced the Orange, and alternated the slices to create a wave effect. I added the blueberries to the open spots and 2 cherries on top of them. YUM!

I hope you liked my piggy sandwich! I know I did :)

Triple Blueberry Pancakes

These Pancakes have Three Times the amount of Regular Blueberry Pancakes.
How could you resist that?

 Plus they are Gluten Free and Vegan and can be made regular as well. Let the Blueberry Lovers rejoice!

First I took about 1/4 Cup of Frozen Wild Blueberries (Unsweetened) and I microwaved them for about 30 seconds to thaw.

I added the wild blueberries (with their juice) to 1/3 cup Gluten Free Pancake Mix and 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce in a bowl...

and I mixed it together with a few Tbsp of Almond Milk until the batter was the consistency I wanted. I love the color, but if that bother's you, then I suggest not adding the blueberry juice from the first step. It'll have much less of a blueberry flavor though.

 I sprayed a pan with nonstick spray and plopped down a spoonful of batter. As the batter cooked on one side, I added a few blueberries and gently pressed them into the uncooked side of the pancake.

 Here is the other side of the pancake. You can see a blueberry peaking through! :)

 Here is the finished pancake resting on a paper towl while I cook the other three pancakes. This recipe makes about 4 pancakes (one serving).

 Here is my plateful of pancakes ready for the third addition of blueberries.

 Here it is topped with Fresh Blueberries. See? It's Triple Blueberry Pancakes. Wild Blueberries and their juice in the batter. Blueberries added while cooking, and fresh blueberries on top.
Now you can top it with whatever you like. Blueberry Syrup might be nice, or regular maple syrup.
Powdered Sugar and Butter would be delicious as well.
But I topped mine with...

 Whipped Cream! Fat Free Whipped Cream to be exact.
Now they are nolonger vegan, but you could use vegan whipped cream if you'd like. Or Maple Syrup, or Blueberry Jam... whatever you desire.

 YUM,The first bite with a little bit of everything in it.

MMMM, I love the way blueberries pop and the juice leaks out when they have been cooked. It definitely adds another dimension to the pancakes, and it adds a yummy sauce to the plate. I mixed the whipped cream with the blueberry juice and used my pancakes to sop it up. Yummy!

I hope you liked my Triple Blueberry Pancakes! And Enjoy some Blueberries this month.
After all July is National Blueberry Month! :)