Quick and Speedy Bento with Quail Egg Faces!

I didn't have the energy last night to prep anything for our bento lunches today, so I knew it would be a fun challenge this morning to pull something together! This is where all that prepping on Monday and Tuesday came in handy. I still had a smidgen of leftover tuna salad, peeled quail eggs, and a few pieces of fruit. All I did this morning was punch out some faces from soy paper with my handy new face punches, cut up a fruit snack (for the flowers), and cut up a kiwi and a banana (I rub whatever citrus-y fruit I have all over bananas, apples and pears to keep them from turning brown/oxidizing). It took me about 10 minutes to cut and assemble everything. You could also easily make this carb-less or gluten free by substituting vegetables for the crackers:

Plenty of protein and fruit, and a nice variety of snack-y things. I hope he likes it! 

p.s. our kiwis look a little different because they are "old vine" kiwis. They grow sort of in a fan shape and they are enormous - the size of 2-3 regular sized kiwis! Grocery stores won't sell them because they aren't "normal." So we get organic, giant sized, local grown kiwis at our farmer's market for 3/$1.00! 

REVIEW: Mike loved this bento and ate everything except one cracker and the blood oranges. They were admittedly a little tart. If you want to sweeten up tart fruit, you can use caster sugar, which can be found in most specialty baking stores or restaurant/catering supply stores. It is a super fine sugar that dissolves in seconds, even on cold things. Just a tiny pinch can give a boost to a fruit salad.