February Bento

New year...and only one bento so far. I had hoped to have more by now but that just hasn't been the case. As I've said before we mostly eat lunch at home and it's often dinner leftovers or a quick sandwich or something like that. I want to get back to attempting some bento lunches it just hasn't really happened. But, we're still early in the year so I've got plenty of time, right?!

We both had heart shaped egg salad sandwiches (though the bread was kinda small and barely shows the heart shapes), mini babybel, and flavored pretzel thins. I had roasted edemame, and fresh kiwi & pineapple. Dave had trail mix and probably a couple of golden oreos.

Finally a Bento!

Finally a bento lunch for us - and it's September now. How did that happen?! I packed these lunches as a picnic lunch thinking we would get out of the house today for lunch and enjoy a little sun. We ended up eating at the office, but that's okay, it was a change of scenery anyway. Sorry about the flash & bad indoor lighting, but at least there is a picture.

The box on the left is my new box my hubby got me for our anniversary! I love it! It has little Russian stacking dolls on the clear lid, and the little handles that snap down on the sides. It's smaller than I realized, but that's okay, I used my Mio snack box too!

My lunch has pb&j on a sandwich thin (cut in heart shapes), local garlic dill cheese curds, and fresh raspberries mixed with a little sour cream and powdered sugar. Mio has cut up cantaloupe.

D's box has turkey & cheese on a heart shaped sandwich thin, Laughing Cow blue cheese with pretzels, and a couple of golden oreos. (both of the heart sandwiches are 2 stacked on top of each other)

A much overdue Thank You!

First let me start with the overdue "Thank You" to a bento friend for sending a sweet little Mio box for my slowly growing bento box stash. (Thanks Judy!) I love this little box! It's the perfect size for a snack. For this inaugural snack I had some black grapes (really hard to see in the black box) and some of my new fave Weight Watchers mini Ginger Snap cookies. They have a nice little spice to them and are fantastic with coffee.

This next shot is a variety of columbine growing in my garden. I love how they look like little clusters of fireworks. This year this columbine is about 4 1/2 feet tall! Speaking of fireworks, I hope everyone has a great 4th of July!