Bento #217

Ham & cheese roll-ups, carrots, grapes, apple jelly, milk chocolate candy and lite ranch dip in the Hello Kitty container.

One of the roll-ups and half of the carrots came home uneaten.  Maisie did though totally love the chocolate and asked to have it in all her bentos.  Yep, she's my girl, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate!

Bento #216

After a week of spring break followed by our wonderful two week transatlantic cruise, it was time to get back in the groove of packing bento for Maisie.  Unfortunately my good camera is back in the shop so I'm using my point & shoot but I'll make due.

Today Maisie had chocolate peanut butter on wheat heart sandwiches, raisins, half of a clementine and a strawberry jelly.

Maisie is not always fond of citrus and sure enough only one segment of the clementine was eaten but she did well with everything else, finishing all the other food.

Bento #215

Today Maisie's class celebrated Easter so I did a bit of an Easter themed bento with a bunny shaped grilled cheese on wheat sandwich, carrot sticks, broccoli, lite ranch dip in the Hello Kitty container and even a double helping of treats with a gummy bunny and chick.

One piece of broccoli, a carrot stick and about two bites of her sandwich returned home uneaten but overall she ate well.

And just because she's adorable, here's my little over excited bunny at her class party eating one of the bunny cookies that we made for the party.

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.

Bento #196

Homemade pork dumplings, carrot sticks, lite ranch dip in the Hello Kitty container, marshmallow frog Prince and raisins.

Maisie ate everything but one carrot stick. When I asked why she left just one piece of carrot she informed me that she ran out of dip so she couldn't eat it. Funny little girl!

Bento #195

Ham & cheese roll-ups, grapes, carrot sticks, lite ranch dip in the Hello Kitty container, pop corn and an orange jelly.

Maisie's bento box came home completely empty, a lunchtime success!

Bento #194

Cheese quesadilla, roasted broccoli, lite ranch dip in the Hello Kitty container, grapes and orange jelly.

Maisie just wasn't very hungry today as she only ate the quesadilla and jelly at lunch time and though at dinner she did finish all the broccoli and grapes, she ate very little else. Just one of those days I guess.

Bento #193

Home made pork dumplings, grapes, carrot sticks, raisins, marshmallow frog prince and lite ranch dip in the Hello Kitty container.

Maisie loves dumplings and loved this bento finishing every last drop!