Bento #214

Lo mein, carrot sticks, raisins, gummy squirrel and lite ranch dip in the Hello Kitty container.

Maisie loves lo mein and ate every drop of her bento.

Bento #213

Mac & cheese with a carrot coin and broccoli flower, raisins, gummy owl, lite ranch dip in the Hello Kitty container & a grape jelly.

Only two little carrot coins remained uneaten. Maisie did ask for more gummy owls as she said it was delish!!

Bento #212

Homemade chicken noodle soup, raisins, grape jelly and a light Laughing Cow cheese.

A few stray noodles remained in the thermos when Maisie returned home.

Bento #211

Imitation crab meat, broccoli, lite ranch dip in the Hello Kitty container, mango jelly & red grapes.

This was a very successful bento as Maisie ate every last drop.

Bento #210

Mac & cheese, grapes and a jelly.

Oh so boring but Maisie enjoyed it. I did put way too much mac & cheese in as I was using up what I had, so when about 1/3 of it returned home uneaten, I wasn't too surprised.

Bento #209

Spinach and cheese quiche, grapes and a green marshmallow frog.

The first thing that Maisie said to me when I picked her up from school was that I forgot to put a jelly in her bento. Funny little jelly loving girl. Maisie ate all but one quiche.

Bento #208

Red grapes, pineapple jelly, lite ranch dip in the Hello Kitty container, chicken & spinach pizza and broccoli.

Maisie ate everything but two small pieces of broccoli and a bit of the pizza crust.

Bento #207

Multi-grain chips, a kebab of ham & cheese roll-ups and grapes, extra grapes and a marshmallow pink cat.

One lone red grape was all that Maisie left in her bento.

Bento #206

Chicken and vegetable dumplings, grapes, carrot coins, salad shrimp & a marshmallow frog.

About half of the shrimp and two carrot coins returned home uneaten.

Bento #205

Ham & cheese flowers on cheese stick stems on romaine lettuce, grapes & mango jelly.

About half of one flower, a lettuce leaf and a few grapes returned home uneaten.

Bento #204

Grilled cheese on wheat, broccoli, lite ranch dip in the Hello Kitty container, grapes, raisins & mango jelly.

Only one piece of broccoli and a few stray raisins returned home uneaten.

Bento #203

Mac & Cheese, quail eggs with gim faces & broccoli hair, strawberry jelly & grapes.

Maisie didn't eat the eggs but ate the gim faces and she also left most of the broccoli. No reason given and she didn't want to eat any of it later on. I think it was just the day as she really didn't eat much at dinner time so I'm guessing just a not-all-that-hungry day.

Bento #202

Grilled cheese heart sandwich with heart fairy sprinkles, grapes, raisins & mango jelly.

Maisie ate every last drop of her food.

Bento #201

Spinach & cheese mini quiche, grapes, carrots, lite ranch dip in the Hello Kitty container, salad shrimp, gim & pineapple jelly.

Maisie ate everything but the quiche but she did finish them after her nap.

Bento #200

I can't believe that I've now photographed and documented 200 of Maisie's bentos. I know that I've missed many along the way but getting 200 up here, to me, is very cool.


Ham & cheese flowers with quail egg centers and gim faces on a bed of gim. Cashews, jelly, grapes & dry roasted edamame.

After all the extra sugar in yesterday's bento I was extra careful in what I packed today. Maisie really enjoyed this bento and ate everything but a few kernels of edamame and a couple of the cashews as she said she was full up.

Bento #199

Peanut butter on wheat girly monster sandwich with banana Pocky hair, raisin eyes and fairy sprinkle nose & lipstick, red grapes, marshmallow kitty, jelly and raisins.

Maisie was excited to have this bento as she hasn't had Pocky in ages and she LOVES the stuff!! Today her bento returned home with just a couple of grapes and raisins remaining in the box. I know that today's bento contained more sugar than I usually give to her so tomorrow I'll really have to watch and be better about what I give her.

Bento #198

Crab & Swiss cheese quiche, grapes, raisins, jelly & marshmallow kitty.

Maisie's school closed early today due to snow so she ended up eating her bento at home. She gobbled up the quiche, raisins, jelly & marshmallow but after just a few grapes she was done and said she was ready for a nap. I'm sure that once she's up she'll finish off the remaining grapes as she always enjoys eating them as a snack.

Bento #197

Peanut butter filled wheat bread dumpling sandwiches with smiley faces, carrot sticks, lite ranch dip in the Hello Kitty container, red & green grapes, jelly and popcorn.

A few carrot sticks returned home uneaten as Maisie said she was too full to finish all her food today.