Anyone interested in starting Bento lunches for their kids should know that every day is not a winner, necessarily. Especially with multiple lunches to pack, sometimes you've got it, and sometimes, you just don't! Too much mommy time at night - whatev. The point to keep in mind I think is that OVERALL the kids are eating much better than they would with a traditional american-sandwich lunch system. More balanced. Always fresh fruit & veg, and efficient in not only using leftovers, but no waste. So, I hope a lot of you choose to give this kind of lunching a try in 2010 & here are a couple of winners from the end of 2009. (It's a "winner" if my kids clean plate it.)
Bento #1 -- (pictured above) - has a couple of good tricks to it. I use those thin sandwich flats in a whole grain to make the peanut butter & honey sandwich cut in triangles. The foil wrapped wedge of cheese is low fat laughing cow - my kids love the do-it-themselves spreading of this. Then with the Tortillas is an individual pack of Wholly Guacamole. So there is non-green waste with the foil & the guacamole wrapper, but if it's the difference between Bento-ing and not Bento-ing on a rushed morning, it may be the best I can do!
Next up - Bento #2 -
So here is a good example of using leftovers. It isn't too hard to get in the habit of making a bit of extra food at night to have morning be a lot easier. Here is leftover pasta & the cheese wedge again, but this time with butterfly shaped crackers. Seriously, what's not to love about a butterfly!? Red peppers & carrots. Cheese is soft enough to dip veg in too. An organic sweet & salty bar for desert & a great fresh trailish mix - just fresh blackberries, grapes & almonds. Yum! I wish I treated my own lunches with such care & concern. Maybe in the New Year! :)
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