bentos

A Bento Box Painting in Gouache

April 19, 2019

Yesterday, I decided to combine two of my old and new passions into one project: a bento box painted with gouache! I dug through my bento box photo archives and found a photo with a lot of bright colors and simple shapes to reproduce. Then I traced the basic outline onto watercolor paper and went to town […]

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Fun, Snacky Lunches for Grown-ups

October 10, 2017

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Yumbox. All opinions are my own and all lunches were eaten by my family. We’re going to change things up a little bit today and talk about packing lunches for adults! Believe it or not, I started this whole bento thing by packing work […]

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The Week in Bentos: Back to School 2017

August 25, 2017

The kids are just wrapping up their last day of school (they’ll be home any minute!) and barring any unforeseen playground disasters, I think it’s safe to say we had a pretty good week. And I think my back-to-school lunch game was pretty strong, if I do say so myself! Here are the lunches the […]

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First Day of School Bentos: Eclipse Edition

August 21, 2017

Today was the first day of school for my boys and it was the day of the big eclipse that went all the way across North America (and parts of South and Central America too). We were all very excited — or maybe it was just me — and after a reminder from a friend, […]

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How to Pack a Bento Lunch for a Teen or Middle Schooler

August 14, 2017

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Yumbox. All opinions are my own. In just a few weeks, I’ll have a teenager living in my house. What the heck?! I started packing this kid’s lunches ten years ago when he was just a little three-year-old heading off to preschool. In those […]

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Golden State Warriors Championship Bento Box

June 14, 2017

(This post contains affiliate links) Wahooooo! My beloved Warriors won the NBA playoffs this week and they are officially the champs! We were all on a high after Monday night’s game, so of course I had to make Augie a Warriors lunch for day camp yesterday. I hadn’t planned this lunch in advance so I […]