I went a little crazy and made a Valentines Day themed bento for Baby Girl last week. As far as themed bentos go, it's still pretty low key, so I didn't completely lose my mind. I wanted to do a little something special for Baby Girl because it was Grandparent's Day at her school and she was one of the few kids there without a parent or grandparent in attendance. We don't live close to grandparents and neither of us could miss work that day. Plus, she's really into shapes these days, so I thought she'd get a kick out of all the hearts.
I packed it in a bit of a rush, so it's not as cute and neat as it could be. Looking at this picture, it's driving me crazy that I didn't stick another strawberry on the far left. But as we're all aware, that really doesn't matter. So, here's the info that really matters, what all the food is! The main attraction was two heart shaped freshly ground peanut butter and raspberry conserves sandwiches on homemade bread. My husband bakes all our bread using recipes from The New Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day and white whole wheat flour. This flour allows you to make bread with a nice light crumb, while getting all the benefits of eating whole grains. With her sandwiches Baby Girl had one large strawberry cut in half and shaped a bit to look like hearts, a few grape tomato hearts filled with hummus and some snap pea crisps. The snap pea crisps are really glorified chips, but they were a special treat (but she didn't really like them, anyway). I made the tomato hearts by cutting the tomatoes in half on the diagonal, smearing a tiny dab of hummus on the cut ends and then putting the tomato back together with the pointy ends together. It works best with the more oblong tomatoes.
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