Last Week's Bento Class

One of my blog readers, Cathy, contacted me a few weeks back and asked me if I ever taught classes on how to make bentos. The answer (up till that point) was no. Since she lived very close by and it did sound like fun, I agreed to try it.

I met up with her & her friends last Saturday for a quick bento ideas class. After talking with Cathy, we decided to concentrate on cute & easy ideas to prepare, without a whole lot of special tools. I did bring egg molds to try out, because who doesn't like an egg shaped like a cow, but for the most part, we worked used things I bought in the Dallas area instead of online.

We did shaped & decorated sandwiches, some cute fruit & veggie ideas, egg faces, and just some overall presentation & packing ideas; lots of simple, yummy food that can easily be spruced up for a cute lunch!


One of my bentos from the class, it's a mix of some of the ideas we tried--kitty shaped sandwich (although his face got smooshed in the picture, some sandwich "sushis", face egg, cute cantaloupe bear, inside out cucumber hearts, and some assorted grapes, cheese & strawberries to hold it all in place.


Fruit & veggie shapes, I love inside out fruits & veggies, they look so cute in a box. And a kitty shaped egg, we used straws for the eyes/nose versus a punch, things you probably already have in your kitchen!

More inside out fruits & veggies. If things are sized right, you can swap the middles without wasting the extra pieces (or you can throw them in the salad of someone who doesn't care if his food is cute).

Another bento from the class--dinosaur sandwiches with grapes & blueberries up top, fruits & veggie shapes on the bottom

Another class bento--Lunch Punch fish shaped sandwiches, kitty egg, cucumber/carrot inside out hearts, and a flower tomato!

It was a ton of fun, I really enjoyed meeting the ladies. Cathy, thank you for inviting me and opening your home for this! :o)