Bento Bits

13/10/2015

How cool are these?

18/09/2015

I haven't posted in ages. My kids have been taking turns at being sick for much of this term including a dash to the hospital due to my daughter's pneumonia. While she's been back at school the last 2 weeks, my son has been home keeping me company.
It also doesn't help that my kids have been requesting lunches that aren't really all that appropriate for a bento style lunch page. Like this one, my daughter's (and husband's) new favourite based on an episode of Jamie's 30 minute meals I've watched recently. It's Turkish bread filled with a mixture of char grilled capsicum, olives, gherkins, sundried tomatoes, capers, fresh basil, a little olive oil, Parmesan cheese, Salami and some mixed lettuce.
The first time my daughter took that to school she apparently said to her friend: "i have no idea what this is but it's delicious". Her friend told her that it looks a bit like subway. so now, even though she's never been to subway, my daughter requests a subway sandwich sometimes.

07/08/2015

I just realised that I never posted the other cakes I made over the holidays, Here's a superhero one for a friend's little boy. Guess how old he turned. This cake was massive and quite labour intensive but a lot of fun to make.

07/08/2015

We've been getting up too late every single morning this week so lunches were quickly thrown together. No cutesy stuff. I really should get myself organised and do them the night before.
We still made it to school on time every day though. Only just.
Today the kids got a chicken drumstick from the freezer, corn, carrot, celery and strawberries and also an apple for morning tea.

10/07/2015

No lunches to pack due to school holidays. It's nice to have a break.
So instead I've been making cakes. Here's an Elsa cake I made for a friend's little girl. It was a big success. And fun to make.
The cape is made from toffee. Instructions in the comments.

25/06/2015

Last day of the term. Can you believe we're half way through the year already? Where has the time gone?
To celebrate their great efforts during the first semester, my kids got a lunch filled with some of their favourites. Baked beans in our little cat and fish boxes, mini tuna sushi, corn, capsicum, a strawberry and my son also got edamame (my daughter doesn't like them). Due to popular demand apples and oranges for morning tea.

25/06/2015

Yay! Both kids are healthy enough to be back at school today!
Their lunches today are half a butter and honey sandwich, mini capsicums from the garden filled with cream cheese, a devilled egg (yolks taken out, mixed with mayo and salt, filled and both halves put back together) and a few strawberries. Morning tea is half an apple and half an orange. it's a good combination as the orange stops the apple from going brown.

24/06/2015

Is anybody interested in a pre-order of stainless steel products like these great insulated containers that make it easy to pack hot lunches in winter?

24/06/2015

Today's lunch isn't cute but still reasonably healthy. Sickness is still going around in this house and it was another night of very broken sleep. This tired mama found it very hard to get out of bed so lunch prep was rushed. It's a miserable day here so my son got leftover pea and ham soup (even though he said last night that it looks like frog vomit but tastes good) in a thermos, a cinnamon donut, grapes and strawberries, a banana and rooibos tea with milk in his bottle.

23/06/2015

Yesterday I had both kids home sick. One child is back at school today but Miss 8 is still home sick. So again i only had to do one lunch (aside from the one for the biggest child 😉).
Mr almost 6 got Octodogs, home made tomato sauce, mini capsicums that he picked from our very neglected veggie patch, cucumber slices and strawberries.

22/06/2015

I had to laugh about this one. Have your kids ever done anything like this?
My son recently wrote his name on his grandparents' wall. Then he denied that he did it.
If you're going to deny it, don't sign your work!!!

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!!!!

22/06/2015

Just thought I'd share an observation here that i made a few weeks ago and that i found fascinating.

I've always said that while my kids eat very healthy, they are not big eaters.
Their diet focuses on protein and good fats and moderate amounts of minimally processed carbs.
A couple of weeks ago i had no time to make their lunch so they got to choose their tuckshop lunch. One wanted lasagne and garlic bread, the other pizza and garlic bread. Morning tea was a yoghurt tub and for breakfast all we had time for was toast. So all very heavy on the processed carbs. I thought they chose way too much for their lunch. They usually wouldn't eat that much.
However they both came home STARVING even though they had eaten everything! When at other times they might not even finish their lunchboxes.

If you feel that you have to pack huge amounts of food to fill your child up, try upping the protein and fats rather than the carbs. They really are way more filling.