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Mermaid Salad Rolls Bento

Make your next bento a deep-sea adventure by adding these mesmerizing mermaid salad rolls.

 

Mermaid Salad Rolls - Learn how to transform regular salad rolls into mermaid salad rolls, by filling them with mermaid noodles! 100% natural dye technique that is shockingly simple! Recipe at loveatfirstbento.com | bento box, bento, lunch box

Mermaid Salad Rolls - Learn how to transform regular salad rolls into mermaid salad rolls, by filling them with mermaid noodles! 100% natural dye technique that is shockingly simple! Recipe at loveatfirstbento.com | bento box, bento, lunch box

Warning: Eating these mermaid salad rolls might just turn you into a mermaid.

Okay, that may be stretching the truth just a teensy bit; but, I can at least guarantee that you’ll feel like a mermaid after eating them. Who doesn’t want to feel like a beautiful mythical creature come lunchtime?

Watermelon Onigiri

It’s time for Monthly Onigiri! For August, we’re making Watermelon Onigiri!

 

Watermelon Onigiri - Fun to make & delicious to eat, watermelon onigiri are the perfect summer bento box or picnic lunch item! Learn how to make these adorable summer rice balls by visiting www.loveatfirstbento.com (includes video tutorial!)

Watermelon Onigiri - Fun to make & delicious to eat, watermelon onigiri are the perfect summer bento box or picnic lunch item! Learn how to make these adorable summer rice balls by visiting www.loveatfirstbento.com (includes video tutorial!)

You guys, it’s already happening. People are talking about autumn. Exclaiming how it’s less than 1 month away. Counting down the days until Starbucks brings out the you know what. Yes, the pumpkin spice bomb has officially dropped. But hold up: Can we just consider for one quick second here how we still have 26 days of perfectly good summer left?

That’s why this month’s onigiri is cranking up the summertime feels to maximum output: I’m talking watermelon onigiri, here to show summer that we haven’t forgot about it just yet.

4 Easy Ways to Decorate Eggs

Up your hard-boiled egg game with these 4 easy & adorable ways to decorate eggs.

 

4 Ways to Decorate Eggs - Step-by-step tutorial (+ video!) for making colored eggs, dinosaur eggs, flower eggs, & chicken eggs. Makes the perfect addition to any bento box! Works on hard-boiled quail or chicken eggs. | www.loveatfirstbento.com

4 Ways to Decorate Eggs - Step-by-step tutorial (+ video!) for making colored eggs, dinosaur eggs, flower eggs, & chicken eggs. Makes the perfect addition to any bento box! Works on hard-boiled quail or chicken eggs. | www.loveatfirstbento.com/4-easy-ways-to-decorate-eggs/

An excellent addition to any bento box, eggs are a great way to add some extra protein to your lunch and fill up empty stomachs. But, let’s be real here: plain, hard-boiled eggs aren’t all that exciting. I’m talking about whole hard-boiled eggs, which just look like awkward white masses when placed inside a bento box. One way to overcome this is by cutting the egg in halves, slices, or wedges – all perfectly feasible choices, and great for adding to more traditional bento boxes. But what if you want something a little bit cuter, a little bit fancier, for that adorable bento box you just prepared?

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