Zulily Finds - 8/18/14

I was so exited to see that Lunch Bots when on sale on August 18th on Zulily.com! I have been waiting for this sale to come back for a long time! And you know I stocked up! Go big or go home!

Here is what I got!

Blue Lunch Bots Uno - $11.99

 Orange Lunch Bots Duo - $11.99

 Green Lunch Bots Quad - $15.99

 Red Lunch Bots Trio - $14.99

 And a felt blue lunch bag to carry them in for just $14.99

So exited to try these out and post pics of all the lunches I make! What a bargain I think I saved around $35 at the end of the day!

And if you don't know about Zulily, its only the best site on the web! They have daily sales that last 3 days each. New sale starts at 9AM Eastern time everyday. They have stuff for women, kids, babies, maternity, home, and now they even have men's! If you never have been there, you really should check it out!

Bento Lunch Wish List (Part 2)

Part two of my Bento lunch supplies wish list :] Part one is here and contains boxes and bags.

Allthingsforsale.com

Utensils:

                        1. Red Building Block Fork and Spoon - $5.99                 

 2. Frog Chopsticks - $5.99

3. Pink 4 in 1 Bento Cutlery Set - $2.99

                                 4. Soup Spoons - $2.99                               

   5. Orange Pig Chopsticks - $2.99

Food Picks:

             These are just some of the picks I want :] They have TONS to chose from and they are all so cute!

Part three will be posted soon and will include cups, molds, and food cutters!
Part four will include food separators, dipping cups, and misc. supplies.    

      

Bento Lunch Wish List (Part 1)

I happen to be obsessed with Bento lunches! Anthony thinks I'm crazy and forbids me from going on my much wanted bento supply shopping spree. I figure that maybe if I buy the supplies little by little instead of all at once, he wont mind as much. We shall see lol.

I do not know how I first discovered bento lunches but I do remember the first one I was introduced to was the Lap Top Lunch Box. I originally had planned to buy 4 of these before I got pregnant.... and well getting pregnant changed my financial situation and I was not able to buy them :[.

I follow a lot of blogs about bento and bento lunch so I see all they're cute creations daily. I can not wait to get the chance to start my own!! I am through the roof exited to make lunches for Anthony and myself. Since I am getting my tax return soon I decided I would buy a little bit of supplies. So here is a wish list of what I would like to have. (Way out of my budget but hopefully I will have everything eventually).

Part 1 - Lunch Boxes and Lunch Bags

 Amazon.com

1. Dr. Sears Nibble Tray - $7.99 + Shipping

Love this one! Especially for Bear when he gets older

Laptoplunches.com

1. Bento Kit 2.0 - Garden - $38.99 + Shipping

This is one of the kits I was planing on buying before I found out I was pregnant. My favorite of all the bento boxes I have seen so far!

Lunchbots.com

1. Bento Box Set -$51.99 + Shipping

This set comes with one Lunchbots Uno, one Trio, and one Quad. I just love the fact that these are stainless! They look more adult than a lot of the boxes I have seen.

Allthingsforsale.com

This site is where I will be buying the majority of my supplies. I found that many of the supplies are sold on eBay but most are from international sellers (which have long shipping times) and cost more than they do on this site. This site also has $6 flat rate shipping with every order!

1. Pink Square Bento Lunch Box - $14.99

In love with the fact that this one is all pink :]

2. Bright Easy Lunchboxes - $13.95

3. Made in Japan Bento Box with 5 Sections - $15.99

4. Red 2 Tier Lacquer Block Bento Box - $19.99

5. Japanese AG+ Bento Box Slim Set with Silicon Cups - $9.99

6. Brown Bear Bento Lunch Bag - $3.99

7. Dark Red Easy Lunch Boxes Lunch Bag - $7.95

8. Insulated Panda Lunch Bag - $8.50

This concludes part one of my wish list. Part two will be up soon a well and will include all the fun accessories for the food making that I am just dying to get to get. :]

My 1st Ever Bento

Linking up today with What's for Lunch Wednesday! Ok I cheated a bit because I made this about two months ago, but I wanted to post it because it was Valentines Day theme :] (And I was too lazy to upload the pics from today's Bento lunch last night. lol)

I made this Bento heart themed because well I don't have any Bento making supplies and just so happened to have the heart shaped cutters and heart picks so it worked out nicely.

I really need to get a hold on my photography! I CAN take good pictures I just never feel like getting out the photo cube to do it.

This is a breakfast for lunch Bento. It contains heart shaped mini pancakes, two mini heart shaped egg sandwiches, and pineapple chunks skewered with heart picks.

I may or may not have stolen that little red cup from Chili's -_-

This is packed in a normal 'ol cheap Gladware (nothing fancy here)! and those picks, I got from the Dollar Tree a while back.

What's for lunch at your house? You should join the fun and link up too! :]

 

Frozen Yogurt Shapes Tutorial

I follow a lot of food blogs. Blogs about bento, blogs about American bento lunches, food review blogs, new food product blogs, and some other random food blogs as well. In a lot of the blogs about American bento lunches I see people are putting frozen yogurt shapes into their lunches. Their shapes come in all sizes and I have seen everything from stars to letters! I think these look so cute and are a great way to add some spunk to the daily bento lunch. The problem is, I had to search high and low to find out how to make them! So, I decided to post a tutorial here on my blog, in case any of my readers had the same issue. I plan on posting a lot of bentos later on in a few months, once I have the time and resources to make them.

You will need:

Yogurt

Sprinkles (optional)

Molds (silicon works best)

You can also color your yogurt if it is white with food coloring.

Step 1

Put a few dashes of sprinkles on the bottom of the mold

Step 2

Fill the mold with yogurt

Step 3

Place in the freezer for a few hours until completely frozen

Step 4

Pop the yogurt out of the molds, and repeat the process if you have more yogurt than you had molds

You can now place them into baggies and put them in the freezer. These are great a frozen snacks or they can be placed in a lunchbox to be thawed by lunch time. The possibilities are endless!