{"id":593,"date":"2009-10-01T09:44:32","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T16:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/?p=593"},"modified":"2009-10-01T10:05:41","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T17:05:41","slug":"kindergarten-bento-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/?p=593","title":{"rendered":"Kindergarten Bento #16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left\">I still can&#8217;t unpload and resize pictures with wordpress.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m using an external ftp program to get the photo uploaded, which sucks because it doesn&#8217;t get put into the media library for management.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0And then I have to resize by eye, so I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;m keeping proper proportions.\u00c2\u00a0 Very annoying!<\/p>\n<p>Easy bento today.\u00c2\u00a0 Tomorrow, perhaps not so much.\u00c2\u00a0 When I was figuring out what &#8220;little&#8221; bento to do, I considering a classic golden book that the\u00c2\u00a0kidlet really loves, &#8220;The Shy Little Kitten&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0 I sketched it all out, experimented with painting food colors and discarded the idea because its all white, gray and black &#8211; and the Kidlet doesn&#8217;t like anything I do that is black.\u00c2\u00a0 He won&#8217;t eat nori.\u00c2\u00a0 Overpainted \/ colored food turns him off (even though I&#8217;ve got &#8220;no taste&#8221; colors by Wilton).\u00c2\u00a0 I just don&#8217;t see any way to make the shy kitten work.\u00c2\u00a0 This morning, though, the Kidlet spied my sketch and asked for the shy little kitten for tomorrows lunch.\u00c2\u00a0 I told him that I didn&#8217;t think I could do it because he doesn&#8217;t like any black foods and he said &#8220;You can make a rainbow shy kitten, mommy.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 Oh boy.\u00c2\u00a0 Hopefully I will be able to get away with a generic kitten.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Kindergarten Bento 16\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/kinderbento16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"303\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beef smoked sausage under cheese flowers (pomegranate seed centers), held in place with mozzarella balls. Raspberries, blackberries, yellow cauliflower, celery and radish flowers.\u00c2\u00a0 I am not thrilled with the amount of processed sausages and lunch meats that the Kidlet eats.\u00c2\u00a0 Unfortunately, he is going through a phase where he doesn&#8217;t like any solid meats at all.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been buying from trader joe&#8217;s,\u00c2\u00a0getting organic when I can (I actually don&#8217;t feel strongly in organic foods, but\u00c2\u00a0in theory\u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;m getting foods with fewer chemicals and nitrates and all that stuff in it), and hoping that this solid meat boycott is temporary.\u00c2\u00a0 I even tried the\u00c2\u00a0teriyaki baked tofu that <a href=\"http:\/\/wendolonia.com\/blog\/\">Wendolonia&#8217;<\/a>s wee one likes so much, but he rejected that big time. \u00c2\u00a0He *will* eat shrimp and fish, and I&#8217;m going to try and plan ahead to\u00c2\u00a0start including those things.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, he had the sausages for dinner yesterday, so I had cooked extra for today.\u00c2\u00a0 This morning I just had to cut out the flowers, lightly steam the cauliflower\u00c2\u00a0and assemble, 10 minutes, tops.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s box is &#8220;Sucre Pink&#8221;.\u00c2\u00a0 Which I really love.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s a good size.\u00c2\u00a0It&#8217;s a single tier, which we prefer. \u00c2\u00a0It has 3 divider inserts\u00c2\u00a0so if I want to pack something saucy, that is easily done without external cups.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s got the lock down lid that is the only way to go here (no way kidlet is messing with belts right now).\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Blue Sucre Bento Box\" src=\"http:\/\/s.ecrater.com\/stores\/58187\/48aa1cd2983d7_58187b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Basically, its just like &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/650ml-Lunch-box-bento-bag\/dp\/B001IJBMLI\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=home-garden&amp;qid=1254416169&amp;sr=8-1\">Leaflet Tight<\/a>&#8220;, except its a 430ml box, not 650ml &#8212; (and the 650ml is really too much food for kidlet, even if its my favorite box for character\/cute theme because its bigger and has more room so\u00c2\u00a0I don&#8217;t have to make characters quite so small.\u00c2\u00a0 Smaller is harder!)\u00c2\u00a0 Unfortunately, its pink, and while the Kidlet isn&#8217;t rejecting &#8216;girl&#8221; colors yet, I expect that he will soon.\u00c2\u00a0 Other kids in his class aren&#8217;t as open minded about gender roles, colors, etc.\u00c2\u00a0 Originally this box was available in blue and orange, but by the time I started buying boxes, I could only find the pink.\u00c2\u00a0 I would really like to find another box or two just like this, except in boyish color or theme.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Does anyone out there know a mail order source for a box with these requirements?\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Single Tier<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">450ml \u00e2\u20ac\u201c ish<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Divider inserts that use the whole space<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Tight locking clamp seal<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Boyish\u00e2\u20ac\u009d color or theme<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I still can&#8217;t unpload and resize pictures with wordpress.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m using an external ftp program to get the photo uploaded, which sucks because it doesn&#8217;t get put into the media library for management.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0And then I have to resize by eye, so I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;m keeping proper proportions.\u00c2\u00a0 Very annoying! 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