Lightning McQueen

This is my son's lunch box. He is a huge fan of Disney Pixar Cars. He has so much cars t-shirts, toys, movies, etc. 

For his surprise I made him Lightning McQueen open face sandwich.

I used 2 slices of Pågen bread, shaped into cars. I used Danish red salami for the body, cheese slices for the windows, mouth, and other details, cucumber slices for the wheels, and black olives for his eyes. Served with homemade pasta salad.

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Another Wall-E

I just made this for my son's lunch for tomorrow. I asked him what he would like me to make for him and he said Wall-E, so that's what I did, I really enjoy making these art sandwiches. I used ham, salami, cheese slices, mayonnaise, cream cheese, black olives, Pågen bread. I added extra fruit with it. 

Son's bento lunch

This was my first time making Yoshi from Super Mario World. One of my son's favorite character. He was so happy that I made him this. I bought a sushi kit from Meny. I used shredded roasted chicken, minced cucumber, avocados, potato salad, mayonnaise, sushi rice, nori, and cheese slices for Yoshi. Served with sausages, steamed broccoli, and rice.

The Raving Rabbids

I made The Raving Rabbids sandwiches for my son's lunch for school today. I used smoked ham and lett gulost (low fat cheese slices), and chorizo & ham cheese spread.

Marinaded Coconut Pineapple pork with Hawaiian salsa.

For dinner was homemade Hawaiian salsa with marinaded coconut pineapple pork chops served with cooked long grain rice.

For my Hawaiian salsa I used:
1 small can pineapple
1/2 cup fresh sliced strawberries
1 nectarine pitted, diced
2 fresh tomatoes diced
1 orange bell pepper, diced
1 riped large mango cut into bite size
1/2 cup corn
1/2 cup coconut milk
1/2 teaspoon dried red pepper flake
about 1/2 tablespoon hot sauce
2 tablespoon lime juice
1/2 cup chopped fresh coriander leaves

Mixed all ingredients well in a large bowl, covered, refrigerated for 4 hours.

For marinaded coconut pineapple pork
6 bone - in pork chops
1 can unsweetened pineapple juice
1/2 or 1 can coconut milk
3 chopped scallions
2 clove garlic, minced
3 tablespoons ginger, peeled and minced
3 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
1 tablespoon brown sugar
freshly ground black pepper
teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
2 tablespoon dark sesame oil

I mixed all ingredients in a container then added pork chops and covered. Shake container well so pork chops were well coated. Refrigerated for 4 hours. Removed chops from marinade. Seasoned a little bit more with ground fresh black pepper and seasoning herbs. Cook pork chops on a grill pan for about 10 minutes, turning once.

Let rest for 4 minutes. Then on a plate added 1 cup cooked long grained rice, add slices grilled coconut, pineapple pork on top of rice. Topped with Hawaiian salsa.

Teddy

His lunch for school today, Teddy bear sandwich. I used 4 slices of fresh whole grain wheat bread. Shaped them into circles. (one for the head. Another for the body and I cut a v shape so it has legs)

I used ham, cheese, and light mayonnaise for the sandwiches and for the face. I added grapes for the eyes. Served with slice kiwi, grapes, and yellow bell pepper.

Angry Birds lunch box

For my son's school lunch box tomorrow I made angry birds. I used danish salami, cheese slices, mayonnaise, black olives, slices egg plants, carrots, and Swedish bread served with grapes and cucumber slices. I used babybel cheese ( his favorite and it was on offer at Centra grocery store in Oslo) for the mini angry bird.