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Easter Obento
It's a bit of a gloomy Easter, since we have no car; we couldn't get to the church service, hubby's still coping with papa's death, mama didn't feel up to church, the littlest brother had to fly back to college, and the second oldest had to work today. In the end, I seem to be the only one with any desire to celebrate Easter and all it stands for. :(

I did make Easter bentos, not because we went anywhere (we didn't), but because I desperately wanted to cheer the hubby up, and he told me earlier that even if he's too listless to respond to it, the cheerful bentos make him feel more encouraged and cheered.





The hubby let me get a little more creative with his sandwich than usual - instead of balogna, I made a ham, turkey, cucumber and lettuce heart-shaped sandwich! Progress! It was slippery, since he doesn't like mayonase, which would've held it all together, so I stuck a toothpick in. Strawberries on a heart-shape pick, a mini ham sandwich with cucumber and lettuce, oreos, and a cucumber salad with carrot-flower garnish. And an egg-chick, with a wedge of cucumber beneath to make it sit a little higher to see it. More a spring theme than an Easter theme, but the hubby actually laughed when he saw the egg-chick, and devoured the whole thing, so I felt my efforts were rewarded!



My bento is a little different, I wanted to use up leftovers from the hubby's meal - the round mini sandwich is cut from the same sandwich the flower was cut from, and the sandwich rolls have ham, turkey, cheese, cucumber, and beansprouts. YUM! Also, a few fig-newtons, strawberries on a pick, and a hardboiled shelled egg with ears and tail drawn with food marker (though the ink bled, it served its purpose - snow bunny!). Tasty, healthy, bright :)



To those who celebrate Easter, Have a Happy, Hoppy Easter!

To those who celebrate Easter for the religious significance, He Is Risen!