Dias De Los Muertos

The Mexican holiday Dias De Los Muertos starts tomorrow and continues through Monday.  This year we are ending are Halloween lunches with Dias De Los Muertos themed bentos.

In this bento:  green grapes, orange & yellow pepper rings, skull sprinkles, PB&J Day of the Dead skeleton sandwich, pomegranate, and a Babybel cheese.

In this bento:  peach slices, salami rose, hard boiled egg skull, kiwi berries, and baby carrots.



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Happy Halloween!

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Frankenstein & Bones for Lunch

Two more spooky Halloween lunches.  Today, Frankenstein and bone sandwich bentos were served.

In this bento:  baby carrots, green grapes, grape tomatoes, cheese crackers under the sandwich, and a ham & cheese Frankenstein sandwich.

In this bento:  Skull & bone shaped PB&J sandwiches, green grapes, Babybel cheese, jack-o-lantern cookies, grape tomatoes, and ranch dressing.


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Witch-y Bentos

Only four more sleeps till Halloween.  My kids are getting excited.  Witch theme lunches are next up in our lunchboxes!

In this bento:  jack-o-lantern cookies, pomegranate, green grapes, cheese crackers, flying with shaped salami sandwich, and orange pepper rings in the cauldron.

In this bento:  toasted mini bagel, pepperoni, jack-o-lantern cookie, shredded cheese, spaghetti sauce, and green grapes.  Yet another "make your own" pizza lunch for my daughter.  This one with a little Halloween spin.

The little vintage witch cupcake topper came from Mothergoose Collectibles shop on eBay.


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Jack-O-Lantern Sandwich

Last night was the annual pumpkin walk in our town.  Walk along the path lit with freshly carved spooky jack-o-lanterns.  Unfortunately, we were unable to participate in the actual pumpkin carving this year but we enjoyed seeing everyone else's creations.  I did, however, manage to make a fun jack-o-lantern sandwich.

In this lunch:  pomegranate arils, clementine with a jack-o-lantern face drawn on with a sharpie, a jack-o-lantern cookie tucked under the clementine, grape tomatoes, and a ham & cheese jack-o-lantern sandwich on top of a bed of lettuce.  This lunch was packed in our yubo complete with Halloween faceplates.


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For more bento-style lunch ideas check out my book Happy Bento!

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