A heart shaped rice ball with wakame mix, a corn and potato croquette, a bacon and potato coquette, and tonkatsu sauce in a small container on the side. Fresh italian parsley, boiled sugar peas, fresh mini bell peppers with creamy swiss inside on sticks.  Seedless grapes and cherries for dessert.

Rice with seaweed, homemade croquettes, cherry tomatoes, egg & cheese rolls, boiled broccoli and boiled carrot cut out using cookie cutter (butterfly). Apple cutout into a heart.  

Japanese curry mixed with rice. Boiled sugar peas, raisin, abnd cheese on top. Strawberries and watermelon for dessert.

Chicken curry and a tulip shaped white rice, salami, flower shaped cheddar cheese and italian parsley on the side.Kiwifruits, strawberries, and apple sauce for dessert.

Tonkatsu Sauce over Curry Croquettes, tamagoyaki, rice balls, edamame and boiled carrot. Bunny shaped apples and blueberries.

A rice ball with wakame mix shaped as a heart, boiled broccoli, cheese filled boiled carrots, tamagoyaki,  and daigaku imo (caramelized Japanese sweet potato). Japanese mayo in a small container. Raspberries and peaches for dessert.

A heart shaped white rice ball with wakame mix with mashed umeboshi on top. boiled broccoli, boiled carrot, Dashimaki, ham and creamy swiss roll. Sesame dressing in a small container on the side. Seedless grapes for dessert.  Apple sauce and cheese crackers for snack.

Two doria in red bell peppers. Fresh small bell peppers on the side. Seedless grapes for dessert.

It was a big day for my daughter. She had a play at school to defeat a dragon! Fake crab meat on top of salted white rice, seaweed and cheese for details of face. I shaped bacon into horns and hands. Boiled broccoli, boiled sugar peas and a cherry tomato with sesame dressing in a small container on the side. The sword is cheddar cheese. I made two small pumpkins out of mashed sweet potatoes, more bacon and italian parsley on the side. Strawberries, raspberries and kiwifruits for dessert.

White rice with Aona and Katsuo furikake, edamame on sticks, flower shaped boiled carrots, boiled broccoli and sesame dressing in a small container on the side. Cheddar cheese wrapped with salami, chicken gyoza.  Strawberries for dessert.

I tried something new, Takikomi Gohan - (Edamame, Abura age, Mirin, soy sauce, dashi, & sugar cooked in rice cooker.) String cheese and boiled carrots on sticks. Strawberries and blueberries for dessert.

It was an outdoor event. We shared her lunchbox! Rice balls with seaweed, Shumai, star shaped cheese on food picks, bear shaped thick ham, Anpanman potatoes, dashimaki tamogo, boiled broccoli, boiled carrots, and ketchup and sesame dressing in small containers. Strawberries for dessert. 

White and yellow cheddar flowers using cookie cutters over salted white rice and chicken apple sausages, boiled broccoli and boiled carrots. Grapes and strawberries for dessert.

Two salted rice balls with shaped seaweeds. Honeyed bacon, boiled broccoli with Japanese mayo in a small container on the side, leaf shaped fresh bell peppers, flower shaped boiled carrots and cheddar cheese slices, strig cheese and chicken apple sausages on sticks. Seedless grapes and mandarin oranges for dessert. One salted rice ball with seaweed for her friend at school. :)

Fried rice, small sausages, boiled broccoli, fresh tomatoes, butterfly shaped cheddar slices, ground pork and veggies. Strawberries and mandarin otanges for dessert.

Garlic bread. Creamy swiss and ham rolls, salami, mashed potatoes with corn, fresh bell peppers and italian parsley on the side. Kiwifruit and seedless fruit for dessert.

Two small rice balls mixed with Ochazuke no mono wrapped with seaweed. Two small sausages, grilled cheese naan and Boiled green peas. Mandarin Oranges and pears for dessert.

Multi grain grilled cheese sandwiches, fresh cucumbers, cherry tomatos and string cheese on sticks, ham and creamy swiss rolls, and edamame.  Seedless grapes and mandarin oranges for dessert.

Grilled Cheese Sandwich slices, ham, edamame on sticks, and small bell peppers. Grapes, oranges, and dried prunes for dessert.

White rice with katsuo furikake, grilled chicken with mushroom, asparagus, bell peppers, corn and italian parsley on the side. Seedless grapes, mandarin oranges and aged cheddar blocks for dessert. For snack, three slices of baguette, butter, and home made jam.