Heart Beet Salad for Valentine's Day

 

Here is a pretty bento I made - just for myself! It's healthy, diet-friendly, and delicious.

Traditionally, Valentine's Day = lots and lots of candy, just like so many other holidays now. One of the reasons making bento appeals to me is the opportunity to celebrate special events and holidays by making healthy food fun and memorable. You don't need sugar cookies or cake to send "I love you" messages to the people you care about. Take those same sugar cookie cutters and make heart-shaped beets instead!

This bento is very simple - it's the colorful veggies that are the stars of this eye-catching meal. The foundation is salad greens from my weekly Salad Bowl, topped with grilled sirloin steak strips, chunks of steamed purple potato, lite blue cheese, and beets. The beets are just canned sliced beets that I cut with a mini heart shaped cookie cutter.

 

The perfect salad dressing for this is my Italian Tomato Vinaigrette. On the side I had a few rice crackers and a heart shaped boiled egg. It was a perfectly pretty lunch! I think I'll make my hubby something similar ( but manly, of course) for Valentine's Day 🙂

The bento box I used  was my LunchBots Bento Uno. It's really roomy, and just perfect for a big lunch salad. You can find all the fantastic LunchBots products here:

Here are the things I used to make this lunch, and where you can find them:

        

I hope this can help inspire you to make a healthy bento for someone you love. If you're looking for more inspiration, come check out Winter Bento Ideas  and Bento Lunches - Valentine's Day boards on Pinterest!

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