I never demand that he try anything. I don't think that helps a picky eater at all. I just present a piece of whatever it is along with the rest of his food. Everyone talks about how delicious their food is and we model eating it again and again. It's fun to watch him very slowly add to his repetoire.
And in other news,
Maia is 2 months old
today! So here is a pic
from earlier in the
week. I have yet to
take the obligatory
2 month photo yet
today. But she is 10
pounds 10 ounces
and 23 1/4 inches long.
Here's a photo of the famousasparagus meal, along with
"Neat Loaf" from the
children's book Benji
Beansprout Doesn't Eat
Meat, and some mashed
potatoes. The Neat Loaf didn't
hold together like it should,
but since it was a kids' book,
I followed the recipe as a child
would and did not use a food
processor. Ryan wants to try
it again at Thanksgiving anyhow.
Monday:
Ryan's lunch: onigiri
bee; Tofurky slice
"flowers"; raspberries;
steamed asparagus; a
cherry (pre-pitted).
It was a smaller bento
so that Ryan could bring
a Thermos his beloved
potato-leek soup, everyone's favourite.
Husband's lunch: orangecherry tomatoes; cherries;
a pickle; peanuts;
raspberries; Nate's meatless
meatballs; vegetable bagel
sandwich; asparagus.
Tuesday:
Ryan's lunch: 2 amaranth graham crackers; slice of leftover "Neat Loaf"; 2 polar bear animal crackers; purple grapes; edamame; onigiri bear; mini spring roll; cantaloupe bears & kiwi...Vanilla Almond Luna Sunrise bar on the side.
CSA share: napa cabbage; leeks; corn on the cob; onions; red potatoes; carrots; 4 lbs tomaotes; 1/2 peck apples; 1 head lettuce; 1 small pie pumpkin; zucchini; cucumbers; 1/3 lb tat soi greens.Not shown: PYO cherry tomatoes; kale/chard/collards; hot peppers; herbs; flowers.
Wednesday:
Ryan's lunch: onigiri moon; raspberries; pineapple starts; cucumber stars; marinated mushrooms; "Good Dog" on a whole wheat bun with organic ketchup.
Husband's lunch:orange cherry
tomatoes; orange
slices; tofu salad
sandwich on
whole wheat bun.
My lunch: HA! See, Ihave my bad food days
like anyone! "Good Dog"
with ketchup & mustard
on a whole wheat bun;
french fries; a pickle.
Thursday, September 11th:
Ryan's lunch: onigiri peace symbol surrounded by a rainbow of fruits & veggies.
At home, AJ & Nate had:mini pumpkin-apple
muffin; onigiri; edamame;
apple slices; green beans;
(and Nate had 2 cherry
tomatoes).
Friday:
I always tell Ryan "NOTHING BLUE!" But I just had to try this food coloring technique from Lunch In A Box. So I guess now I'll be getting requests for blue Pokemon in the future, sigh.
Ryan's lunch: pineapple Pac-Man; peas; steamed carrot "ghosts"; Tofutti cream cheese & jelly "ghost" sandwich; mini zucchini muffin; roasted & salted pumpkin seeds.Next week AJ & Nate start preschool, so I'll be overwhelmed with cute bento photos! See you then!
5 comments:
I am so inspired by all the beautiful ways you represent your families food! How do you make your rice for the onigari?
I use a Zojirushi rice cooker on "soft" setting. I'll save onigiri overnight to use the next day, but otherwise it goes right into the freezer; then I nuke it 20 seconds each side and do any embellishing an hour or so before the lunch leaves the house.
As far as shapes go, I have actual rice molds, but I also use everyday kitchen items such as an egg cup, cookie cutters, etc.
oh cool. I never thought of making it ahead and freezing it. Not that I have any room in freezer right now. Do you use sticky rice or just jazmine rice or is onigiri a type of rice on it's own?? Also, are there punches and stuff to make the eyes and noses an mouth for some of the embeleshing or is that all cut by hand? I went on ebay looking at bento boxes and accessories cause I love your sauce holders and little toothpicks with characters on them. I didn't find much though. Is there a special store you go to for those items? I can see an obsession developing for me here.
I often use sushi rice for making onigiri, but regular sticky rice is traditional.
There are punches you can buy that cut the nori faces, but you can also do them by hand. I do some of both. Scrapbooking punches can be bought at craft stores to make lots of cool designs.
EBay is a great place to buy stuff, but it's good to narrow your search, ie. "bento cup", "bento baran", "rice mold", etc.
Ichiban Kan is the cheapest US online bento shop, but there are others. Sugarcharms has a lot of neat bentos but they are expensive.
Craft stores, kitchen stores, party stores, all have items that can be used in a bento if you'd rather buy locally versus online or overseas.
I'm so very impressed with your bento boxes! I just wish Roo would eat those foods!
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