Sausage and Pasta Bento

I never realized how "adult" the food I typically make is until we brought the kids home.  I had planned an Italian sausage and spinach soup - but then realized that kids wouldn't eat it.  So, I turned it into a pasta dish.  This is leftovers repackaged for lunch.


Layer 1 is a small green salad and fresh fruit.  There is dressing in the cup in the center.  I've added a square of lovely dark chocolate as a special treat.


Layer 2: Sausage and spinach pasta.  It isn't pretty but it did the trick.  :)   This dish started life as a soup: chicken stock with Italian sausage (chicken sausage) meatballs that I had sauteed.  I added spinach, tomatoes, pasta (which cooked in the broth), and cheese. 

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Thank you DD for being wonderful bento!

Since we've gotten home from Russia with our three little munchkins, our DD has been a fabulous help!  She has changed diapers, given up her time so that I could have 5 minutes of my own during the day, and generally been a mini-mom to our other children.  This tremendous gift of self is more than I can ever repay.  She does it without asking and without complaint - even going so far as asking us to plan a date night and get out of the house (providing baby sitting free of charge, of course).  She has tried to get me to stop making her bento but I just can't.  It would be poor thanks for all she does.  So, this bento, simple as it is, is a thank you bento - made with love and gratitude.


Layer 1 is the usual veggies and cheese, Greek yogurt with blackberries, and some crackers. 


Layer 2 contains red, purple, and golden potatoes tossed with carrots, edamame, sugar snap peas, and black beans.  Roast chicken tops it all.

And just because I can, here is my DD with our other little girl.  They look so alike! 


Oh, and please excuse the top of the fridge - it looks a dreadful mess!  It is the only place in the entire kitchen that the kids don't seem to be able to reach.  I tossed a bunch of things up there in an attempt to stop them grabbing everything in sight!

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Baby Bento 2: Lunch

I have begun putting together bento lunches for the kids.  It's a slow process because they take a lot of my attention.  :)  Here is my first attempt.


On the left is a maccaroni and cheese type item.  It's whole wheat macaroni that I have combined with a sauce made from leftover vegetable soup from the night before, a little milk, cornstarch, and some cheese.  The kids seemed to love it!  On the top right are more veggies: pepper, sugar snap peas, some yogurt and a cube of cheese.  The bottom right compartment is clementine and watermelon.

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