I found out about this bento contest yesterday, it is ending on 2 June, so no much time, but since I make school lunches for the kids, and I like Hello Kitty (yes yes I know...) here is a little bento :-)
Actually, the bento comes in two boxes, both pink Hello Kitty, they are necessary because I don't like to mix the fruit with the savoury (and the kids don't like that either). Also, although I love bento boxes with sushi, cooking rice in the morning is not an option for me. I need bento lunches that are quick to prepare!
In the savoury bento there is a boiled egg, cut into two, 4 miniature sandwiches of Pumpernickel bread, Gruyère and salad (held with Hello Kitty picks), a small tomato, and raw carrot slices cut like flowers: a good mixture of proteins, carbo and veggies.
For the fruit mixing colours is good: green and yellow kiwi, orange mandarine slices and a purple berry. And another Hello Kitty pick.
All very simple really, but presentation matters, and makes food taste better. Also, it is fun to prepare :-).
Of course no Hello Kitty bento boxes for the boy... but the food is the same!
Photos and Recipes by Alessandra Zecchini ©
Ma quanto e' carino questo bento!!! Dentro e fuori ;-)
ReplyDeletemolto carini e appetitosi!
ReplyDeletema voi laggiù dovete portare il pranzo a scuola dei bambini?
ma è proprio bello, sei brava e molto paziente, i giapponesi danno molta importanza all'estetica, è giusto presentare un piatto in un certo modo, accomodare una fatte di carne o del riso in un certo modo, magari accompaganti da altro o sbatterli nel piatto vuol dire molto...baci
ReplyDeleteDelizioso, sotto tutti i punti di vista!
ReplyDeletePiacere di conoscerti Alessandra!
ReplyDeleteGrazie mille per aver partecipato al nostro contest. :)
Ti auguro una buona giornata!
Adorable! Makes food taste better! :)
ReplyDeleteYou've made food fun as well as delicious. Your children must be thrilled to open their lunch boxes. I hope you have a great day. Blessings...Mary
ReplyDeleteUna figata! Sono bellissimi poi quando mi proponi hello kitty lo sai che con me caschi bene! Lo adoro! :)
ReplyDeleteElisa
Thank you all for your comments.
ReplyDelete@ Gaia, i bimbi si devono portare il pranzo a scuola, e non e' detto che lo mangino (magari si mettono a giocare o fanno altre cose), e non hanno neppure tavoli e sedie nella maggior parte delle scuole, si siedono fuori, su delle panche o sul prato, o se piove sotto alla veranda, ma fuori. E' dura d'inverno, fa freddo e una minestra calda ci vorrebbe :-(.
Love Bentos are amazing and look always beauty! gloria
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Awww, your bento box is so cute!
ReplyDeleteSo adorable...I want this to be my lunch...all my students would be so excited. xoxo happy new week
ReplyDeleteThese look very cute, great job!
ReplyDeleteUn pasto decisamente allegro, versatile per i pranzi in ufficio e perfetto per le giornate ormai calde!
ReplyDeleteTì
Peccato che qui le giornate stiano diventando freddine, e a scuola non c'e' la mensa che offra un piatto di minestra caldo!
ReplyDeleteThat's very Japanesey! I wanna bring your o-bento and have a picnic!!
ReplyDeleteSSF, soon you will start making pretty obento for your daughter too :-)!
ReplyDeleteYou're also joining the contest, good on you :D)!! Well, now let's hope that both of us are the lucky winners ;).
ReplyDeleteHello Kitty is very cute, we saw a lot while in singapore last week, resisted buying myself a lunch box :0)
ReplyDeleteCooking Gallery, no hope to compete with your bento :-)!!!
ReplyDeleteOh my. What lucky children. Their lunch beats mine any day! I'd even swap my very sensible looking tupperware with a Hello Kitty bento box. :)
ReplyDeleteI also hate fruit and salty things together - I kind of wish I didn't (miss out on a lot of Middle -Eastern dishes) but taste is taste... Hello Kitty, kawaii!
ReplyDeleteThank you! This is so nice to see people making bento :)
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