Ingredients
- Homemade Fruit Snacks
- Cut-out sandwiches (nut-butter and jelly sandwiches, cut with cookie cutters)
- Hard-boiled egg, shaped in a mold
- Cheese of choice, cubed
- Vegetable of choice, cut into sticks
Prep Time:
10 minutes (plus one hour or overnight cooling)
Number of Servings:
2
Recipe Source:
Bento by Yuki & Noriko ($15.99, Race Point Publishing, 2020)
Equipment
- Cookie cutters
- Egg mold
Directions
- Make a large batch of fruit snacks ahead of time and keep them in the refrigerator.
- Hard-boil the egg, cut the vegetable sticks, and cube the cheese the night before.
- In the morning, make the cut-out sandwiches.
Notes
Here are some tips on what to pack in a bento filled with love for little children who are starting school, especially for the first time:
- Pack something they like, and don’t overpack. You don’t want to make them feel bad for not finishing the food you made.
- Make it fun (just a little). It takes only a few extra minutes to cut out sandwiches into fun shapes or mold hard-boiled eggs.
Here's the fruit snack recipe...
They're adorable, easy, healthy, and tastier than store-bought!
