Alien Bento Lunch

It was World UFO day earlier this week. So here is a alien lunch.

A cheese sandwich with a a Kale Alien, tortilla UFO And stars on tomatoes, jicama, red peppers and raspberries.

All in a Lunchbots Duo.

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Safari lunch

I've joined a cult! Really, I am now the proud owner of the only lunchbox with a cult following EasyLunchboxes.

A proper review will be up after the weekend but honestly I couldn't wait to use these. I was kindly sent a set of boxes and insulated carrier by EasyLunchboxes.

So here is my first of many lunches in this box (it is so easy to pack).

A Safari lunch Rhino and Alligator cheese sandwiches on a salad of mixed greens and carrot. Dried fruit including mixed berries and pineapple and tomatoes and red pepper.

The Safari Cutters are from Good Cook and also feature an Elephant.

I was kindly sent this product for review. All opinions are my own. I was not compensated for this post. This post contains affiliate links.

Salmon roll ups lunch

Today is an adult lunch for me in the PlanetBox Rover Lunchbox. It's really great for portion control and trying to remember to get your different food groups represented.

In this lunch is:

Salmon roll ups (see how to below)
Kale with garlic and shallots (how to below)
Banana bread (recipe link)
Greek yogurt in the PlanetBox tall dipper and raspberries

The Salmon roll ups:

1 egg
1/2 cup flour
90ml milk
Salt
Olive oil
Butter
Cream cheese
Smoked salmon

Mix egg add flour slowly whisking in add a little of the milk. Once all the flour is mixed in, add the rest of the milk, 1 tablespoon of olive oil and a pinch of salt. Leave alone for an hour before using. Heat a non stick frying pan and add a little butter and melt.

Pour in a 1/4 cup of mixture at a time and swirl round leave a minute then flip and cook a further minute. Place on parchment paper between creeps and cool.

Once cool spread with cream cheese (I used Philadelphia with chives)

Add a layer of smoked salmon Roll up sushi style and place in fridge for an hour. Cut into 1/2 inch slices

Kale

Curly Kale About 10g remove stems and rip up into small pieces.
Add 1 tablespoon olive oil and some salt and pepper toss
Chop a clove of garlic and A few small shallots and fry in olive oil.
Toss in kale and 1/2 cup water cover and cook for 5 minutes until kale is soft.

Serve straight away or cool for next day lunch.


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Patriotic Surprise Cake

Today no Bento but being as its Independence Day in the USA a patriotic Surprise cake. Surprise at the bottom of post!

I saw the idea on pinterest for a Surprise cake to announce a Babys Gender here

So Here is the Cake before cutting. Standard cake with icing and 

Wilton Shape-N-Amaze Sugar dough stars.

Patriotic Surprise Cake Before Cutting

and 

wait for it...

here is the cake after cutting....

Surprise!!!

Here it is showing the Surprise!

The Red Velvet Cake is filled with Red White and Blue M&Ms and York Bits.

Its fairly easy to do just make two 9 inch round cakes I chose Red velvet Duncan Hines

Cool completely slice into four rounds. 

Cut a 4-5 inch circle out of two.

Assemble with Frosting with the two Center layers having holes. Add the Candy then the top layer and ice. 

This is just Store bought Duncan Hines Vanilla and the stars are Wilton Shape-N-Amaze. I rolled out and cut with Wilton Star Cut Outs.

Happy 4th of July!

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4th of July Bento Lunch (& more) Linky Party!

Its Americas Birthday on Thursday and to celebrate I am joining the Bento Bloggers & Friends 4th of July Bento Lunch (& more) Linky Party!

So here is my lunch A Red, White and Blue Extravaganza in a PlanetBox Rover!

The Red White and Blue Star Four Cheese Ravioli has been sitting in my freezer waiting for July! I had to keep telling the kids no you can't have it yet. Tried some last night it was yummy. It came from Costco.

The ravioli is sprinkled with Parmesan. In the veggie section is red bell pepper strips and Jicama strips for dipping in the cream cheese served in a Monbento pot.

The fruit section has blueberries, raspberries and watermelon cut into stars. In the Planetbox tall dipper is some blue Greek yoghurt. All served in a PlanetBox Rover.

To see lots more independence day inspiration and patriotic ideas for food head on over to the linky party hosted by bentonbetterlunches.com by clicking the picture below.

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Steampunk Bento: Cogs and Gent

I was kindly sent this lovely Copper bento box by Casabento.com

They have a very large selection of Bento gear and ship worldwide.

The first thing I thought was Steampunk Bento. This is my first attempt. I have plans for several more.

This lunch box is a slim bento box with two levels that has a total capacity of 780ml.  

It has two levels:

The top level is 330ml and has a plastic transparent cover with a small hole for microwave heating.

The second level has a capacity of 450ml.
 

The bottom layer has Brocoli, Carrots, Lettuce, Tomatoes. The Gentleman is made from Provolone with Nori and sugar eyes.

The Top Layer has Rice with Soy Sauce and cheddar and provolone cogs.

Below you can see the lid that can be used for Microwaving.

Disclosure: I received a complimentary Casabento Copper Vintage Bento Box to review. No other compensation was given for this post. All descriptions, photographs & opinions are my own.

Calcifer bento: Howls moving Castle

Calcifer is my favorite character from Howl's Moving Castle.

So for my lunch today I thought why not turn my egg into the mischievous fire demon.

She likes my spark!

Calcifer is a fried egg the white shaped into flames and painted with red and orange with sugar eyes and nori mouth on a bed of rice.

Accompanied by kale and berries.

 All in a LunchBots Duo.