holiday bento

Easy bento ideas for Christmas, Halloween and NEW!Valentines:

VALENTINE BENTO
"Valentine Breakfast toast": a few slices of loaf bread (punch middle with a round or heart shaped cookie cutter), crack an egg in the middle and fry with butter, top with herbs and parmesan cheese. Do not discard the cut portion, use it as decoration. Add some fruits or nuts or jam. 


CHRISTMAS BENTO
"My little Christmas trees" bento: rice, ground beef with carrots, yellow cherry and a strawberry. I used cookie cutter to make shape of trees.


"Christmas stocking" bento: rice, corned beef, pear slices


"Christmas carol" bento: singers made of multigrain rice, scrves made of red and green sour belts, song book made of carrot, faces made of nori sheet, broccoli-sausage-carrot-egg omelette, yellow cherries 


"Jingle bells" bento: bells made of colored rice, lumpiang gulay, boiled egg, holy plant made of cucumber peels and red cherry, soysauce and lemon as dip


"Ho! Ho! Ho!" bento: multigrain rice, spam, cucumber slices, letters made of carrot, ketchup as condiment


"Christmas onigiri" bento: buttered shrimps, persimmon, rice onigiri, bonnet made of kani and cherry, face made of nori, cucumber slices


"Baby Jesus in the manger" bento: manger made of pancit canton and vegetable toppings, baby Jesus made of rice balls wrapped with kani, nori sheet for face, roasted chicken


"Shapes of Christmas" bento: rice balls formed into shapes of star, Christmas tree and candy cane, kani for decoration, cucumber slices, ketchup, omelette with sausage and mixed vegetables


I have extra Christmas stocking from a pile of last year's decoration, so I used it to contain some snack goodies for an extra Christmas feel


"Advent wreath" bento: rice, wreath made of cauliflower, kani for ribbon and garlands, corn, kani, and breaded fried chicken


"Gingerbread" bento: rice with ketchup, buttered vegetable mix, cocktail hotdogs, fish ball, egg floret and cucumber slices


"Candy cane" bento: pancit canton, candy cane made of rice, red straps made of kani, holly herb deco made of cherry and cucumber peels, Christmas trees made of hotdog, sweet ham and yellow bell pepper (i used toothpicks to assemble the trees), ponkan and jelly candy for dessert


"Chilly Christmas" sandwich bento: loaf bread (i used chocolate chip loaf bread here but any bread will do), punch center of 1 loaf with a cookie cutter of your choice (here i used a human figure cookie cutter) do not punch the other loaf, any sandwich spread of your choice, add decoration (here i used red sour belts for scarf and bonnet) pin a snowflake pick for an extra "chilly Christmas" feel, brrrr!!!


"Christmas ball #2" bento: Christmas ball made of rice, snowflake made of nori, boiled potatoes and carrots, salad dressing, hickory smoked chicken BBQ, Nips candies for dessert


"Parol" bento: parol made of rice, nori, hotdog and spaghetti pasta. Star made of rice, nori for eyes and mouth. boiled potatoes and carrots, salad dressing, hickory smoked chicken BBQ


I call this "Mommy i need lunch within 8 minutes" đŸ˜‹bento. This is good if you have left overs in the fridge: Fried rice, chicken nuggets, boiled corn, buttered vegetable mix, ketchup for condiment and pin a Christmas pick for instant holiday feel, voila! 


"Rudolph the red nose reindeer" bento: "rudolph" rice made of white and violet rice, cherry for nose, pretzels for antlers, nori for eyes. Spam, corn and boiled sayote, salad dressing.


"Christmas balls" bento: steamed rice, Christmas ball decoration made of yellow and red bell peppers and cucumber, snow made of cheese. Chicken adobo, star made of carrot.


"White Christmas" bento: house, snow and tree made of steamed rice, windows and door made of nori sheet, tree garlands made of kani. Breaded fish with a slice of lemon, vegetable salad, salad dressing and chocolate mint for dessert.


"Santa Claus" bento: Santa rice ball, Santa's hat and blush made of kani, Santa's eyes and moth made of nori, lettuce with "snowflakes" made of kani, cucumber slices and snowflake made of carrot, and braised chicken strips with mushroom sauce


"Christmas tree" bento: rice, Christmas tree made of lettuce, Christmas balls made of carrots, gifts made of nori, yellow bell pepper and kani, Century tuna with potato and carrots, snowflake made of potato and a slice of persimmon for dessert


"Frosty the snowman" bento: chicken, "snowman" rice ball decorated with red hotdog and marshmallow for hat, nori sheet for eyes and mouth, carrot for nose, kani for scarf, ham flower with marshmallow and red hotdog in the middle, cucumber slices and mango, ketchup for condiment.

Fried rice topped with sausage, fish ball and ham skewers, lettuce, carrot and cucumber slices, salad dressing and "Santa" marshmallow. Insert a Christmas themed pick for instant holiday feels!

HALLOWEEN BENTO
"Ghosts" bento: chicken nuggets, boiled egg, a cherry and "ghosts" rice balls. Gelatin with "fang" gummy candy for dessert. For rice deco: nori sheet and ketchup.


"Dracula" bento: chicken adobo, "dracula" rice, a slice of watermelon and a marshmallow. For rice deco: nori sheet and cheese.


"Bloody eyes" bento: buttered corn, chicken nuggets, rice balls. For rice deco: kani, nori and ketchup. Insert black cat picks for extra Halloween feels

"Ghostbusters" bento: chicken leg, sausage octopus, cucumber and carrot slices, "ghost" rice ball. For deco: kani for ghost's red sash and nori for belt of octopus

"Frankenstein" bento: chicken barbeque, french fries, a slice of carrot, ketchup, "Frankenstein" rice ball, "eye" candy. For rice deco: nori sheet and cheese


"Jack Skellington" bento: tuna with mixed vegetables, mandarin "jack-o-lantern" cucumber slices, jelly snack and rice ball. For deco: nori sheet for faces

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