Pasta Bento Lunch

Today's bento lunch features the fresh pineapple we bought last night. Upon seeing the big "dinosaur fruit" (as my daughter called it) on the kitchen counter, both kids were instantly intrigued and the prospect of carving into the pineapple pretty much derailed all of dinner.

After futile attempts to get them to eat their meal first, I finally relented and cracked into it, and we all gobbled the entire pineapple in one sitting! Good thing it was buy one, get one free, so I had pineapple #2 for bento lunches today.

This bento includes some bowtie pasta with carrot columns and pinto beans as well as stacked ritz crackers and cheese stick columns. I added whimsy with a cheese flower atop the pasta (just use a cookie cutter to punch any shape from a slice of cheese) and adorable little frog bento picks.

If it's pineapple season where you are, hope this inspires some ideas for tomorrow's bento lunch!

Happy Bento'ing!
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