Day 9: I am Thankful for Bento

A Pizzawich/Quesadilla Tutorial

{courtesy of CuteZcute}

 I may sound so vain with this post.  But really I have to admit that I am grateful that man created bento.  Bento has truly played an important role towards our food choices and eating well.

Bento has brought me to blogging and discover foodie blogs which nurtured my food choices for my family. Not all healthy, but I always choose the lesser evil.  I have learned to read nutrition labels and ingredients. We do not belong on the nut-free, dairy-free, vegan, whole grains only, or diet-restricted family. We eat everything we want and crave for. No restrictions. But the rule is always in moderation.

Day 7: Thank you CuteZCute

Of all the cutters I have, cuteZcute has given me the most inspiration to use because of the many faces it created on my lunches when there's only sandwiches in mind to pack for school. My children are not huge fans of sandwiches.  The only way I could make them devour it is thru cute sandwich cutters. like cuteZcute. I wish I could buy all sorts of cutters in store but I'd love to put into consideration that neither one of us liked to be swamped with bento accessories inside my lovely cozy house.  We just had too many toys lounging around, and anything more of my bento collections would send the hub nuts.  SO I have to be wise on my purchases and requests. I carefully choose only the best and the useful ones in our household.  

So I am thankful for cuteZcute for the opportunity I was given to try out their cutters before it even came out in the market.  I had the grandest opportunity to play around with its endless possibilities.  It actually outweighs my creativity.

Here's a cuteZcute Linky Love by Lunches with Eyeness,

for a vast lunch ideas created by the genius bento mommas.

Happy Halloween Bento Lunch

I must apologize for all the late posts I've been making lately. Work is in the way plus a lot of school volunteering happening. I am seriously hooked on Kindergarten activities, and this is what I'm always happy about.  October is almost over, and the end meets the Halloween Event. My kids are having a Halloween parade in school.  All dressed up on their favorite costumes. Mr G was dressed as Harry Potter, and my little one was Belle.  And this is our favorite rhyming chant on Halloween day.

Eepity, creepity, oh what a fright!

Hiding from things that go Bump in the night

Eekity, squeakity, oh such a lark!

I wish I wasn't afraid of the dark.

Turkey ghost cut by bunny cutters on peanut butter sandwiches,
grapes and strawberries on jack o'lantern
and ghost food picks. She also had zombie milk chocolates.
All packed on her Hello Kitty bento box.

Jack O'Lantern, trick or treat

Scary costumes out on the street

Ghosts and ghoulies in the air

Stay inside, beware, beware!

Ghost turkey cut by cuteZcute cutters on cheese ravioli, with
grapes, strawberries and zombie milk chocolates. All packed on
our favorite Easy Lunchboxes.

School Lunches: Piggy Chia Pockets

If you have been following my blog, you already know that I was given the opportunity to try out CuteZCute newest baby. Yesterday's lunch featured the bears and the kitty lunches. If you haven't seen it, check it out here. Today's school lunch is courtesy of CuteZCute cutters again. This time on Chia Pockets. 

It's school's picnic lunch today.  This is a fun event that helps promote school camaraderie among students. Everyone from TK-6 sits on a tarp covered ground, all gathered together with the teachers and the principal eating and chatting together. It was my first time to witness this event since Mr. G started 1st grade in this school. Now that he's in 4th grade and Missy A in K, I have all the time to sit back and enjoy this moment of their school age years.

School Lunches: Panda Bears and a Kitty Ravioli Meal

Recently I was given the opportunity to try out a new cutter by CuteZCute.  It's one of the cutters that I've been wanting to own.  It's a cutter and a stamper in one. You can use them on breads, cheeses, hams, fruits, tortillas etc.  They cut very clean and are kid-friendly.  The set comes in 4 faces, a frame and a pick to gently push out small & intricate designs off the cutter.  It has a panda, a kitty, a frog and a pig.