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    Home » Bento Lunches » Lunches

    Roald Dahl Day Lunches 2014

    Sep 12, 2014 · 20 Comments

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    Good afternoon, today I have two blog posts for you! Fun Food Friday, which I posted earlier today, and now an extra special post for Roald Dahl Day, which is tomorrow, the 13th September.  In celebration of this fantastic author, some of the Bento Bloggers and Friends and I have come together to bring you a blog hop!  Be sure to read right to the end of this post where you'll find a button to take you through to the next blog in the hop.

    I made two Roald Dahl themed lunches this week.  The first was based on The Twits, and was a huge hit with Small Child and his friends too, who told me all about it when they came out of school! I decided to make a second for him, which was based on The Magic Finger.  When each lunch was finished I asked him to guess the book, and he got it straight away both times so I'll call that a success!

           

    In his first lunch, Small Child had a quesadilla, filled with grated cheddar cheese, ham and chopped yellow pepper.  I drew a tree onto the quesadilla with edible marker pen (copied from the book) and topped it with monkey picks (from this set and this set).  Small Child told me that I'd got the story slightly wrong, and that the monkeys should have been in a cage (I haven't read the book for years!) so I drew the monkey cage on the other half of the quesadilla (you can't see it as it's underneath).  On the side he had carrot disks and sugar snap peas, which I topped with bird flags and bird picks.  I turned a clementine into Mr Twit with the aid of a Sharpie (the skin gets discarded, not eaten, I hasten to add!) and filled the little section with raisins, which I decorated with tiny bird footprints cut from carrot.

    Eats Amazing UK - The Twits Book Themed Bento Lunch for Roald Dahl Day 2014

    The second lunch was the one based on The Magic Finger.  To make this I cut a tortilla wrap into hand shapes using a cutter, then baked them to make tortilla crisps.  I coloured the tip of one finger with a red edible marker pen, and added a mini Babybel cheese with a 'flash of light' cut from the wax using a mini bento cutter.  I rolled roast chicken slices and skewered them on duck picks to represent the duck family.  On the side he had carrot sticks and cucumber sticks, topped with a rough gun I carved from carrot.  I also included a small container of houmous to dip the veggies in.  I finished the lunch off with another clementine which I again decorated with an image from the book - the girl's teacher who gets turned into a cat.

    Eats Amazing UK - The Magic Finger Book Themed Bento Lunch for Roald Dahl Day 2014

    I hope Small Child enjoyed this lunch as much as yesterday's The Twits Lunch!  Now, as I mentioned above, this post is part of a blog hop! If you click on the button below, you'll be taken to the next blog in the hop where you can see what Roald Dahl inspired food Jean from Bento Days has made!

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    Disclaimer: This post contains some Amazon affiliate links; I may receive commission on items purchased through the links.
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    1. Shirley Wong says

      September 12, 2014 at 3:07 pm

      The magic finger bento is so cute, made me smile!

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      • Grace says

        September 14, 2014 at 12:01 am

        Thank you! It was simple, but fun I think!

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    2. Kristi Cushman says

      September 12, 2014 at 3:12 pm

      Totally cute, I love the decorated clementines, how clever!

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      • Grace says

        September 14, 2014 at 12:02 am

        Thank you! They were quite rough and ready but luckily Small Child recognised what they were supposed to be!

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    3. Jean (Bentodays) says

      September 12, 2014 at 3:13 pm

      Great lunches! Love your drawings!

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      • Grace says

        September 14, 2014 at 12:02 am

        Thanks Jean! 🙂

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    4. Kathy says

      September 12, 2014 at 3:14 pm

      Love both lunches and so much fun that your son was able to guess the books.

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      • Grace says

        September 14, 2014 at 12:03 am

        Thank you Kathy, I'm very glad he did!

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    5. Sarah Denton says

      September 12, 2014 at 4:59 pm

      Love the little monkeys

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      • Grace says

        September 14, 2014 at 12:03 am

        They were ideal for that book! 🙂

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    6. Cristi says

      September 12, 2014 at 6:53 pm

      Brilliant use of those naughty little monkeys! Love your fun lunches!

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      • Grace says

        September 14, 2014 at 12:04 am

        He he, any excuse! Thank you!

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    7. Keitha says

      September 12, 2014 at 9:43 pm

      Both lunches look fantastic and match the books so well.

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      • Grace says

        September 14, 2014 at 12:04 am

        Thanks so much Keitha, that's a particularly great compliment coming from you!

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    8. Eileen says

      September 13, 2014 at 3:04 am

      Both look great!

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      • Grace says

        September 14, 2014 at 12:04 am

        Thank you!

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    9. Bentomonsters says

      September 13, 2014 at 2:22 pm

      Awesome, I love them both!

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      • Grace says

        September 14, 2014 at 12:05 am

        Thanks so much!

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    10. thebeesleybuzz says

      September 13, 2014 at 11:02 pm

      brilliant! Love your book inspired books! I am still in awe of the oliver jeffers one you did before. x

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      • Grace says

        September 14, 2014 at 12:05 am

        Thank you! I loved that Oliver Jeffers one too, it was definitely one of my favourites!

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