Tag: lunch

My latest realities + Where the Bento’s have gone

Hello all, so…I’ve taken another small break from blogging mainly due to my need to re-assess and make some alterations to my life. I hope that it gives you the warm fuzzies to know that I missed you terribly! Some things I have been thinking about: -Purpose. Wanting to live my life in a way that is…

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Balsamic Garlic Chicken with Avocado on Ciabatta

I love this sandwich because its my kinda combination. Simple and luxurious! Plus, is there a better chicken lover than avocado? They were born to be lovers, wouldn’t you agree? I decided to make this when I needed a sandwich to accompany pumpkin soup on our ‘soup and sandwich’ night. I wanted something flavorful and…

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Bento boxes from last week + some Pirate’s Booty!

Hello all!! Here are our Bento boxes from last week. The week was kind of hectic and we allcrashed on Friday 🙂 Peanut butter crackers, mandarin orange wedges with a strawberry fruit flat cut out. Pretzels, marshmallows and apple chunks with a flower cut out. This is the result of my first attempt at making…

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My lover, Pumpkin Soup

One day while roaming the internet I happened upon The Pioneer Woman‘s blog. I immediately fell in love. Its just that simple. I love her blog. Moving on. I made her pumpkin soup and it has since become my lover! This soup feels like a warm, soft blanket, fuzzy socks and comfy clothes on a cold, windy, rainy,…

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Bento boxes & help from my Bento Box mentor!

Recently I was visiting the Facebook page of my unofficial Bento Box mentor Wendy from Wendolonia. I have always LOVED her pictures of food. Clear, simple, straight forward and decidedly kid-like. A lot of that wonderfulness comes from her simple straight forward design approach. Everything in her box looks like something any mom on any day can…

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As promised: Bento lunches from last week!

Good day friends!! Here are our most recent boxes. One morning I let the kids make all the choices for their boxes. All I did was take pictures, LOL!! It’s pretty obvious which box is theirs  But hey, they ate and I heard no evening complaints about vegetables (because there were no vegetables). Here goes: This box has…

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An explanation of where I have been.

Welp, I’m back. I know its been some time since I posted anything. Here are my reasons: 1. I moved, unexpectedly. 2. The unexpected move was to a much smaller space. 3. Due to size, I had to approach organization in a creative fashion (read as: purge junk, rearrange like 15 times, then purge more…

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New Bento Supplies and a few boxes too!

Here are some supplies that recently arrived from All Things for Sale. I have to admit that lots of my inspiration for this shopping trip came from the lovely Queen of Bento Boxes: Wendolonia. I love her style because its simple and clean but still super cute and creative. Love her! Anywhoooo…. here we go! These containers…

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More Bento Fun!! 9/10-9/14

Hello all, Another great week. I saw a pin on Pinterest that showed a “snack box” that I thought was worth trying. It also gave me an excuse to go to IKEA (here is an instagram of that moment) LOL! Anywhoooo, here are the boxes. I woke up late and had to THROW this box…

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Bento Box for 9/4-9/7 + My first and last intricate bento box!!

Last week had a holiday in it and the kids spent a few nights at my parents house (#winning) so I didn’t make a Bento every day. I did however, go grocery shopping and somehow my little double decker cart steered it self down the cupcake decoration isle and magically stopped infront of THE CUTEST…

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Bento Lunches for 8/27-8/31

Here are some of the Bentos from last week. I found the cutest frog bento box and forgot to take a picture of it closed aarrrgg! Anywho, there is a picture of the box open and I will post the picture of the closed cute little box asap. I also found this little lemon that…

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