In honor of turkey day, I made a turkey bento for my kiddos:
The turkey was a lot of fun this morning. It's a plain old PB&J and I used my new square shaped cutter for the body and the circle shaped cutter for the head. So it's two mini sandwiches. The cutters I got at Hobby Lobby for $3.77 each with 3 cutter sizes per package. So while it wasn't the best deal, I couldn't resist! I could have easily made the square sandwich with a knife and the circle with a shot glass (I've done that before) but these were quick and easy enough. The wattle was made with a strawberry bit and the beak was a fruit leather piece. The eyes were made with food safe black marker and the "feathers' are just apple slices. The upper right hand corner is my attempt at a "Nutri Grain" bar. I made it with all purpose flour and teff flour and strawberry preserves. It turned out well and if you would like the recipe, just comment at my blog and I'll post it for you. I found some turkey toothpicks at Hobby Lobby for 50% off and I'm getting excited for Christmas stuff, but I'm going to wait until closer to black friday when they really discount a little better.
I'm trying to figure out how to make hot lunches in a thermos for the boys. They love hot lunch, but hate the contents. For instance, they love Mac & Cheese, but after a few hours in a thermos, it's pretty mushy and unpalatable. Same with any pasta or noodle concoction. Hot dogs in the thermos are fine (if I cut it in half or squish it into the thermos,) but then I need a baggy for a bun and a container to keep it from squishing and I don't think the kids want to take two thermos's each or two containers just for one meal. We also have a condiment issue with my oldest. He has sensory issues and has to have hot sauce on the hot dog. Not a big deal, right? Well, it's Chalulu sauce and gets everywhere because it's so thin and drippy. Trust me when I tell you that hot sauce is not my friend. So back to hot lunches, I'm looking for a container that does it all. A one stop shop. I'm going to fill out my wholesale license for Citizenpip because it looks as though I can have it all with that system. Comment below if you know of another containment system that would work even better!
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