HOORAY....

.... for the Red, White & Blue!!!

• Drink
• Multi-Grain chips
• Star shaped cucumber slices
• Blueberries with a star cupcake pick
• Mini Hamburger with a star cupcake pick
• Cheese cubes with a star cupcake pick

Ka-Boom ~ MTM

Starting Lunch Out With A BANG!!!


• Baby bell cheese with firework cocktail picks
• Carrot sticks with dip in a plastic shot glass
• Drink
• Multi Grain chips
• Star shaped sandwich
• Star shaped watermelon slices with a flag cupcake pick

Red, White & Bento

All American Bento!!!



This bento lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes

This was a very quick lunch for my 13-year-old!

• A sandwich with a star shaped cheese slice.
• Red, white & blue star shaped marshmallow 
• Carrot sticks
• Red-seedless grapes with a patriotic hat cupcake pick

Lightning McQueen

KA-CHOW!!!

This bento lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes

My kids are so excited to see Cars 2 this weekends! So by special request of my son
a Car themed bento featuring a Lightning McQueen sandwich!


• A Lightning McQueen shaped sandwiches with a checkered flag cupcake pick
   The sandwich was hand carved (no cookie cutter this time)
   Using frozen bread makes carving much easier.
   Also used icing eyes, white cheese and bread crust for wheels
• Baby bell cheese with the number 95 cut-out
• Pretzel snaps
• Car fruit snack pack
• Red-seedless grapes
• Cucumber slices

Speed. I am speed!

Faster than fast, quicker then quick. I am Lightning!

This bento lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes


• An car shaped sandwich with orange cheese lightning bolt,
  95 cut out of organic fruit leather & red m&ms
• Cars fruit snack pack
• Pretzel stick
• Watermelon balls with a race flag pick
• Carrot sticks
• Black olives with a racing flag pick

Star Spangled ~ MTM

An All American Muffin Tin Meal!

This Star Spangled lunch was very quick and easy to put together.
My kids loved the bite size star sandwiches.


• Mini star shaped sandwiches
• Red star marshmallows
• Red-seedless grapes with a flag cupcake pick
• Carrots sticks with dip in a plastic shot glass

Alien Invasion ~ MTM

A Muffin Tin Meal that is Out Of This World!


• An Alien sandwich: Circe shaped sandwich, red sprinkles for the mouth,
   cucumber slices for legs & feet,  pretzel sticks with red-seedless
   grapes and icing eyes
• Cucumber slices
• Red seedless grapes
• Pretzel sticks
• Blue marshmallow stars

Fireworks ~ MTM

Celebrating Freedom!

July 4th is one of my kids favorite holiday with all the parades, picnics and fireworks!
I'm sure we will be doing many July 4th themed lunches!


• Mini hamburger with firework cocktail picks
• Red star shaped silicone cupcake liner with strawberry slices
   and a USA rocket cupcake picks
• Red star shaped silicone cupcake liner with carrot sticks
   and pretzel snaps
• Red & blue star shaped marshmallows

My Bug ~ MTM

A special lunch for MY LOVE BUG!

• Heart shaped marshmallows
• Carrot sticks with dip in a plastic shot glass
   in a heart shaped silicone muffin liner
• Drink
• Strawberry slices in a heart shaped silicone
   muffin liner with a heart bento pick
• Ladybug shaped sandwich with icing eyes,
   American cheese & pretzel sticks
• Pretzel snaps

Happy Father's Day

To the BEST DAD!

In honor of Father's Day this weekend a special lunch to celebrate Daddy!
This lunch helped inspire my kids to make special homemade cards and gifts for the BEST DAD!

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads!


• Cucumber slices with the word BEST in bento food picks• Red-seedless grapes
• Goldfish crackers
• D shaped sandwiches
• A shaped cheese slices

Island Adventure ~ MTM

Discover how fun a MTM can be!

• Mini hamburger with palm tree cupcake picks
• Nemo fruit snack pack
• Drink
• Goldfish Crackers
• Carrot sticks with dip in a plastic shot glass
• Red-seedless grapes with a dolphin cupcake pick

Summer Bouquets

 A summer flower MTM in bloom

• Flower shaped silicone cupcake molds• Carrot sticks with dip in a plastic shot glass
• Red-seedless grapes
• White Chocolate covered pretzels
•  Leaf shaped sandwiches

Happy Flag Day

Red, White and Blue,
Through and Through

• Star shaped silicone cupcake molds with
   blueberries and a USA flag cupcake pick
• Star shaped silicone cupcake molds with
   pretzel sticks and red & white star candy
• A star shaped sandwich with a red star candy
• Star shaped cucumber slices

Magical Sea Horses ~ MTM

O under the ocean waves
I gallop the seaweed lanes,


• Flip Flop cookies: Nutter Butters with gummy strips & m&m's
• Cheese cubes with a paper umbrella
• Watermelon slices
• Beach Boy cup (found at my local Dollar Tree)
• Pretzel snaps
• Sea Horse sandwich with an icing eye
• Green pepper slices

Sunny days are here at last!

So let the sunshine on this Muffin Tin Meal!

• Flower shaped sandwich
• Flower shaped cheese slice with icing eyes, mini m&m and sprinkles
• Carrot sticks
• Pretzel sticks
• Watermelon slices

Lunch with an Octopus

How Many Arms Does an Octopus Have?

This bento lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes

• Sun chips
• Octopus sandwich with icing eye & sprinkles for the mouth
• Cheese cubes with starfish pick
• Blue m&m's
• Blueberries, raspberries, blackberries
• Cucumber slices with an octopus pick

Catch O' The Day

Good things come to those who bait!


• Nemo snack pack
• Cucumber slices with a dolphin pick
• Drink
• Strawberry slices with a clam & starfish pick
• Fish sandwich with a icing eye
• Pretzel sticks

Hook, line and sinker!

Look what I caught for lunch!


• Flip Flop cookies: Nutter Butter cookies with striped gummy candy & m&m's
• Beach Ball: Babybell cheese with a paper umbrella
• Watermelon cubes
• Beach girl cup (found at my local Dollar Tree)
• Pretzel Snaps
• Fish sandwich with an icing eye
• Carrot sticks with dip in a plastic shot glass

Island Paradise

An ocean side Muffin Tin Meal!!

• A mini hamburger with palm tree picks
• Blueberries around the island
• Goldfish Crackers
• Teddy Grahams in gummy life savers
• Carrot sticks

Lunch in the city

Last day of school lunch!

Alex's class has been talking about cities & town,
so he asked for his last school lunch to be skyscrapers.
Here's what I came up with!

This bento lunch was packed in Easy Lunch Boxes



• Skyscraper shaped sandwiches with mini brown m&m's
   for windows
• Green pepper slices inside a green cupcake paper
• Blueberries
• Mini Crunch bar
• Pretzel snaps