Spring Forward

I've never really enjoyed the time changes of Daylight Savings Time, so I thought I would try to make it a little cheery today.

I made the "spring" from cucumber peel. I tried several times to peel the cucumber so it would be curvy but I am not talented in the ways of peeling fruits and veggies... so my next try was to slice the cucumber as I normally would, then slice the peel off, in a circle, which worked much better. I wrapped the peel around one of my bento basket clothes pins to sit while I made the rest of the lunch. I cut the little leaves with scissors out of the peel scraps from when I was trying to peel the cucumber. Sliced grape tomatoes in half, arranged them on some fresh rice as a flower.

I hardly ever use my veggie cutter but today I found a big fat carrot and got to use my cutter to make a cute little inside to the flower, then I made a bunch of extras for my little one's lunch just for fun.

Easter Eggs

Okay, I know I said before we don't do eggs much at our house, which is usually true, but with it being Easter, it was one of those times that I get eggs, and I'm getting better at hard boiling them!

We don't do a lot of Easter Egg decorating here, but I wanted to have a lunch prepared so she wouldn't have to peel the eggs at lunch time, so I just took the natural, locally made food coloring, mixed them in some water, and the kids just basically watercolored the shelled eggs. Super fun for them, easy, and didn't make much of a mess!

I found some cute little plastic bunnies at the japanese store too, so added those for some extra fun. The rice is brown rice, green beans and carrots with mint sauce.

Fall Back

I was trying my hand at some Daylight Savings Time humor. Daylight savings change is not a favorite at our house!

Found this clip art on google images and cut it out of nori with a scissors. I cooked the rice with half a can of pumpkin and some cinnamon for some autumn flavor.