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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Bento Art: The Moon is Made of Cheese



If you have a hunk of hard cheese in your fridge, you are only a couple of minutes away from a bit of lunchbox whimsy - get our your paring knife and let's get to work! Don't stress about perfection - just try several stars (large and small) and throw in a moon if you feel like it! What a fun surprise for the lunch eater. :)

Cheese Stars


Ingredients:
Hard cheese (I used Kerrygold Dubliner)

Materials:
Sharp paring knife
Cutting board

Directions:
Cut off a sturdy slice of hard cheese - 1/4 inch or so. Out of the slice, cut a pentagon as shown above. Then focus on each side of the pentagon, cutting a wide wide triangle out of each side.

Note: Save cheese scraps for a less artistic dish, like melting into an omelette or soup.


Cheese Moon


Ingredients:
Hard Cheese (I used Kerrygold Dubliner)

Materials:
Sharp paring knife
Cutting board

Directions:
Cut a thick (1/4") slice of cheese, and make a diagonal cut across the slice to create a right triangle. (See above.) At the right angle, cut a curve. At each of the smaller angles, slice off the tip of the slice, creating a half circle. Cut a curve inside the half-circle to create the inside crescent.

Note: Save cheese scraps for a less artistic dish, like melting into an omelette or soup.

3 comments:

  1. Hmm. Do you think cookie cutters could work effectively?

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  2. Hi, Arual,

    I think that cookie cutters (especially sharp steel ones) would work just fine! I don't have any star-shaped ones, though, that are small enough to make stars that will fit in my daughter's lunchbox compartment, hence my winging it with the paring knife. :)

    There are plenty of bento-oriented tools as well that can help to make beautiful lunchbox additions; I'm simply focusing for now on fun lunchbox ideas that can be made with the basics in any kitchen.

    However, I have an egg mould that I'm going to use some time soon, once I get the hang of it! ;-D

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  3. I <3 my bento tools! I have a bunch of different veggie cutters, that I actually also use to cut cheese more than anything. So far, my kids love the stars :] I too have not gotten the hang of the egg moulds LOL, those things are something else.

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