A while back, in my DIY bento cheese moon and stars tutorial, reader Arual asked in a comment if cookie cutters might also work for the same idea. Reader Courtney in Oki also alluded to this.
I answered that yes, they definitely could, though I didn't have any of my own small enough to make stars for the boxes in my daughter's lunchbox.
But there was something else; I was laboring under the misconception that buying specialized bento art tools was an expensive proposition. Arual and Courtney had gotten my gears turning, and suddenly after a little browsing, I found some cute stainless steel bento mini cutters - 4 for around five bucks. Wow!
So here, you see the results of my first go with them:
Today, my preschooler's lunch featured (clockwise):
- Some liverwurst (~ 2 slices' worth), Kerrygold cheese, and cucumber slices, all prettied up with the aid of some inexpensive stainless steel bento shape cutters (seen at right).
- Organic whole milk yogurt with frozen red raspberries and a few drops of whole leaf stevia concentrate
- A banana
~
This post contains an Amazon affiliate links. Thanks for supporting Primal Kitchen at no additional cost to you!
I'm going to try this for my toddler. He's such a picky eater and it's frustrating when he doesn't even pick his food :( Hopefully something this pretty will attract him. I've never tried making bento boxes, but this looks simple!
ReplyDeletethis is so cool. thanks for sharring this idea. i really like it.
ReplyDelete