Description
Prepare fun, festive, and balanced lunch boxes for your children using these three simple bento themes for Valentine’s Day.
Ingredients
- Nut butter & Jam Sandwiches (cut into shapes)
- Edamame (shelled)
- Veggie straws
- Apple slices
- Nut butter (for dipping)
- Italian Pasta Salad (leftovers)
- Cucumber (sliced)
- Clementine (peeled and segmented)
- Raspberries
- Pretzels
- Alphabet cookies
- Salami (sliced)
- Peppered Salami (sliced)
- Dill havarti (cubed)
- Green grapes (halved if needed)
- Assorted olives
- Roasted almonds
- Crackers
- Mini chocolate chip cookies
Instructions
- For the Sandwich Bento: Place sandwiches, edamame, veggie straws, and apple slices into separate compartments of a 4 to 5-compartment bento box.
- Add nut butter to its own compartment or place it with the apple slices.
- For the Leftovers Bento: Add pasta salad to the largest compartment of a 5-compartment bento box.
- Place cucumber, clementine, raspberries, and pretzels into the remaining separate compartments.
- Arrange letter cookies on top of the pretzels to spell a short message, like “Hi”.
- For the Charcuterie Bento: In a 5 to 6-compartment bento box, add sliced salami, dill havarti, and folded salami into the largest compartment sections.
- Combine raspberries and grapes in another compartment.
- Add olives and almonds to another compartment, or separate them if you have extra space.
- Place crackers and cookies into their own separate compartments.
Notes
- Use cookie cutters to shape the nut butter and jam sandwiches into hearts or other festive shapes.
- This bento style works well for school, daycare, or home meals.
- Customize compartment contents based on your child’s preferences and what you have available.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 0 min
- Category: Lunch
- Method: Assembly
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bento box
- Calories: 550
- Sugar: 35g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 30g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 22g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 60g
- Fiber: 7g
- Protein: 20g
- Cholesterol: 30mg
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