I'm a huge Bento fan and I've seen so many cute ones lately that I had to share! It's not too late to make up a spooky lunch next week!
In fact, the week after Halloween is the best time for a fun and spooky lunch--I'm hoping to lure my kids in to eat some healthy lunches and forget about all their candy!;)
Also, while you're getting recipes ready for the upcoming Holidays, you should know that Alouette and Chavrie are having a First Annual Facebook Fan Recipe Contest! The winning recipes will receive a $100 gift card from Cooking.com. It’s a great ‘starter’ contest assigned to a great food name. You can check them out here and here. I'll be working on some ideas!
In fact, the week after Halloween is the best time for a fun and spooky lunch--I'm hoping to lure my kids in to eat some healthy lunches and forget about all their candy!;)
Also, while you're getting recipes ready for the upcoming Holidays, you should know that Alouette and Chavrie are having a First Annual Facebook Fan Recipe Contest! The winning recipes will receive a $100 gift card from Cooking.com. It’s a great ‘starter’ contest assigned to a great food name. You can check them out here and here. I'll be working on some ideas!
Back to Bentos! Los Dragonnes has a ton of great ideas, this one is my favorite. Do you ever get the feeling your lunch is watching you??
This dastardly "Macbeth-inspired" pot of treats is from Cloud9Food. It would be so easy to add some string cheese and pieces of hot dog or olives to a bowl of soup or whatever you're serving for lunch.
Learn how to make this cutie at Adventures in Bentomaking:
Oh, do I love that Sherimiya from Happy Little Bento --she has some adorable ideas:
The "ghost" is a cut-out slice of mozzarella cheese.
It's not a bento, but what kid could resist "Monsters on a Stick" from Kellie at Little Nummies? I'm thinking you could use all sorts of tasty veggies, fruits, and pretzels to make some fun creations!
And, for a healthy and sweet treat, follow Obsessively Stitching's idea and put some electrical tape on the outside of an orange. Easy and so cute!
11 comments:
Hi Mandy! Thank you so much for sharing my ghost bento! I love all the festive foods you found! I love love love your ideas too! Happy Halloween to you!!
Those are so cute! If I ever got that creative with my food, I'd be mad if somebody ate it...ha!
These are such cute ideas! Happy Halloween! :)
Thanks for sharing these great pics. We just finished a mini study on Japan and it introducted the Bento boxes to my youngest son and thought it was neat. Now he can get a better understanding by viewing your photos and hopefully will inspire him to make one for himself.. Thanks again
Those are mighty looking Bentos! Hmmm...making me crave Sushi now and its' 10 at night. Darn! lol. Great ideas!
Hey Mandy...I would like to email you, but am unable to link to your email address through your profile. Would you mind contacting me at jamiecooks@live.com...thanks! Darling pictures by the way!
Love the ideas! Food should always be this fun. Hope you had a Happy Halloween!!
Thanks for linking, Mandy! So many fun ideas!
I feel super dumb for asking but what is a "bento"?
Don't feel dumb! A "Bento" is basically the Japanese equivalent of an American "Sack Lunch". However, it's usually in a box/container, and moms love to make them with fun food shapes, designs, toothpicks, etc...
There are a lot of women who spend quite a bit of time to make beautiful lunches for a spouse or kids. Gourmet Dad lived in Japan for 2 years and I studied Japanesse for 6 years, so we're fans of bentos.:) Hope that helps!
I saw those monsters on a stick a couple weeks ago, love them!
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