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    Home » Bento Lunches » Lunches

    Robot Sandwich Packed Lunch Idea

    Jun 6, 2016 · 1 Comment

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    Today I have a very quick and simple robot themed lunch to share with you. I used a really easy technique for making a fun sandwich without any wastage for this lunch. Whilst I never throw away crusts (feeding them to a passing child, adding them to my breakfast or throwing them into the freezer for whizzing up into breadcrumbs later instead), it's good to be able to pack a whole sandwich for my hungry growing boy, whilst also making it fun to eat!

    To make this lunch, I used a robot plunger cookie cutter to cut the shape from a piece of bread. As I was cutting it out, I carefully saved the leftover crusts, setting them aside for assembling into sandwiches afterwards. Leaving the bread in the robot cutter, I then cut a robot shape from a piece of ham, saving the scraps, then repeated with another slice of bread, again, saving the crusts. I pressed the plunger down hard on my robot sandwich to imprint the design, then popped it out ready to be packed. I then assembled the leftover ham scraps and bread crusts to make the rest of the sandwich, popped them into the lunch box (the bread size was quite large so I did need to trim them down a little to make them fit in the box) then popped the robot sandwich on top.

    As well as the sandwich, I also packed cucumber slices, a yellow mini pepper, green grapes and blueberries, which I decorated with a couple of robot cupcake rings.  This lunch was packed in our fantastic leakproof Yumbox Panino bento box.

    Fun robot lunch for kids idea from Eats Amazing UK - packed in the Yumbox panino bento box

    Small Child loved his robot lunch and ate it all!

    I bought this robot cutter I used for this lunch years ago and unfortunately I haven't been able to find it online to share with you, but this technique for making fun sandwiches will work with any cookie cutter shape you have. Happy lunch packing!

    Grace

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    1. Helen says

      June 06, 2016 at 3:40 pm

      They have these on Amazon:
      https://www.amazon.co.uk/Robot-Cookie-Cutters-Set-3/dp/B00ZG7FSBS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465223932&sr=8-1&keywords=robot+cutter

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