Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Day - 11 Bento Box for your loved ones part 2

My youngest son loves this lunch box that come with 2 space ship shape sandwich cutters.  This lunch box definitely makes my son's day!

Star Wars Lunch Box menu:

  • Whole grain bread peanut butter sandwich. 
  • Grape and mozzarella cheese shish kabob
  • Banana
  • Organic plain yogurt

Monday, January 3, 2011

Day - 10 Bento Box for your loved ones

The long holidays are over and the kids are back at school. I always try to give my kids creative lunches especially since one of them is a picky eater. I often make Onigiri - rice ball or rice roll with seaweed for their lunch. Nori - seaweed is a super food and it is high in mineral salt content and is a good source of iron, calcium, fiber, and many different types of vitamins. Now I understand why my grandparents kept telling me that seaweed is great for our hair! I eat seaweed almost daily. You can purchase it at any type of market.


Rice roll bento box

I use stainless steal bento boxes instead using plastic ones. Please, please try to not to use many of the small plastic bags ... this helps keep our oceans clean. I add some grape tomatoes, edamame and grapes for this lunch box.

Put cooked rice on seaweed with
sesame seeds


Start rolling with finger from bottom