Footprints on the Moon

You know, I don’t know how people who have a TON of bento accessories find the places to STORE all of them! I have a handful of bento boxes, and a few accessories– sauce bottles (I’ve never used), cupcake liners, cookie cutters. But they were still taking over the top of my fridge. Yesterday though, I decided to clean the kitchen… never did finish… but I did find the perfect thing for Bento tool storage! I had a Dr. Pepper lunch box on top of my fridge that I had forgotten about. I got it down, cleaned it off, and stocked it up with all of those accessories. They fit perfectly, and now I have room on top of my fridge for other things. Yay!

I finally made my first bento on Sunday for work. I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to test it out because if something wasn’t right, or if it wasn’t enough food, I had the opportunity to run out and get something else to eat. That’s not always an option during the week! Without further ado, my first bento:

The bottom tier is flower shaped peanut butter sandwiches. I had pickles in a small container on the side for these… I can’t do regular peanut butter sandwiches, but I tried originally with my butterfly cutter and PB&J, and well, the butterflies just looked like they had headwounds. Then we have cheese and crackers.
The top tier has cheesecake filling, grapes, and teddy grahams.

I actually ate this bento in two different sittings, which ended up working out pretty well. If I’d wanted to eat it all at once, it definitely would have been too much cheese and crackers. But not bad for my first bento, if I do say so myself. I think every bento I pack will teach me a little bit… like this one I learned to pack half the cheese and crackers and put veggies or something in the rest of that space!