The original plan today was a Sesame Street bento. As you probably know, today is the premiere of the new season, and they are celebrating thier 40th anniversay. I had grand plans for a turmeric colored quail egg bert, a cheddar cheese ernie, a babybel elmo, a grated cheese big bird and a street sign with a pretzel stick pole.
Alas, Baby L was not normal last night and took forever to fall asleep (after she projectile vomited at least twice the volume of formula she’d just taken, I swear!) and I was so tired when she finally did I just wanted to lay like a slug. This morning, she cried inconsolably for several hours. No time for elaborate bento prep at all!
Instead I made the next one on my plan for the week. The unit this week turned out to be “hibernation”, so I have a sleeping polar bear.
Sleeping polar bear (eggplant skin eyes and nose) and snowflakes from havarti cheese, snore Z’s from cheddar, sausages underneath. Organic blueberry mini waffles, grapes and raspberries.
Time taken: It was very quick. I cooked the waffles and sausage and left them to cool to try and quiet the baby. The bear is hand cut, and took only a few minutes. Oddly enough, the snow flakes took the longest. It was a total bear (pun intended!) to get them out of that tiny little cutter. In total I probably spent 15 minutes (not counting cooling time).
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