One of my favorite blogs right now is Another Lunch. We have been fighting with Steven at dinner time so I was looking for creative ways to get good, fun food in front of him. Also, things that are quick and easy. Our schedule in the evening is going to be hectic again as Daddy starts his school year hours in a week or so. That leaves mommy to making, serving and eating dinner solo.
So, I picked up a few of the suggested tools of the lunch (dinner, in our case) trade. I have a sandwich punch in the shape of choo choo trains (really is there anything better for Steven?) and some silcone muffin cups. I don't have any Bento boxes but for now tupperware is making the cut. Our first Bento box adventure wasn't too creative but I am easing into it. I can say, however, that Steven ate ever morsel. Maybe we can make eating progress with a little creativity.
By the way, Dad, do you remember talking non-stop about Bento when you visited Grandma in Portland? Didn't Cousin Jen introduce you to this phenomenon? I bet those Bento boxes were a bit more authentic but it I find it funny how things come around in your life!
Marilyn introduced us to Bento when we would go out to see Grandma Margaret when she was at Park Place.
ReplyDeleteBento is a traditional Japanese lunch carried in a small box, but the bento that we had came from a meat market, it consisted of a plastic takeout box with a lid, full of short grain sticky rice, topped by two skewers of beef, chicken or one of each. It was topped with a hot pepper sauce and soy sauce. It was a great lunch and Mom and I still make it on occasion. I don't think that it is the original Japanese Bento but it sure was tasty.
Love, dad