You may notice that the next few bentos have much less food than I usually pack. Baby Girl went on a bit of an eating strike at school in November and December. Most of her bentos came back barely touched, even when I sent her favorite foods. To encourage her to eat her lunch, I stopped packing items to supplement her morning snack. I also packed more foods I knew she liked, but still tried to provide variety and a few new flavors. It was a frustrating time. I was worried about her getting enough to eat and annoyed at the waste of food. Since my mind was on other things, I often forgot to take pictures of her bentos, so the next few posts aren't a complete record of the few weeks before the holidays. Thankfully, Baby Girl started eating with gusto again the last week before the holiday break! However, I think her appetite is smaller these days as her growth rate slows in toddlerhood, so I'm going to continue with just packing food for lunch and not supplement her school-provided morning snack.
So, for her bento on this day sometime in early December, I gave her an apple and peanut butter sandwich (on an organic Fuji apple, which she let me know was much too tart for her liking. . .), two pizza plamiers from the freezer, some unsweetened banana chips and a couple carrot sticks. This was packed in the top section of her small green tiffin box. I think on this day all she ate was one bite of the apple sandwich, some of the banana chips a half a palmier. . .sigh.
Supplies similar to those used in this lunch:
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