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A Partridge in a Pear Tree Bento

December 13, 2012 by beneficialbento

Today marks 12 days before Christmas ( can you believe it?)   I actually found a little 12 Days of Christmas cookie cutter set in a thrift store a few months ago, so I've been making some bentos with them this week, and I'll be posting them on my blog for the next 12 days, right up until Christmas Eve.
Partridge in a Pear Tree Bento
 So as the song goes - On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me
                                   a partridge in a pear tree
  I made this for my true love's lunch 🙂  It has a base of extra lean ground beef, covered with brown and wild rice. The pear tree is made of steamed broccoli, and the pears are made from yellow bell pepper. The partridge is made from monterey jack cheese with nori and yellow soy wrapper details. I used a cookie cutter from my set to make it. On the side are some grapes and blackberries with a red apple "number 1" and some mixed nuts. Oh, and if you haven't seen that pick that I used to make the tree trunk before, I'll put a link to it at the end of my post.
  Today is also another blog hop! It's the Holiday Ho-Ho Hop, so today's a great time to go check out my friends' blogs to see what cute Christmas ideas they've come up with!  ( The Hop will go live at 9 a.m. our time, 11 a.m. ET ) Next on the hop will be Licious Lunches, so you can click on the blog hop button below, or this link right here to go to the next blog!
some things I used to make this lunch, and where you can buy them:

Comments

  1. JDaniel4's Mom says

    December 13, 2012 at 3:35 pm

    What a cute partridge! I love your pear tree too.

  2. Rebecca says

    December 13, 2012 at 4:10 pm

    Lovely!

  3. berrygirl@mommy kiki can! says

    December 13, 2012 at 4:23 pm

    Super cute Kristie! I've got a 12 days of christmas cookie cutter around somewhere....inspired to pull them out! Lovely.

  4. happyvballgirl says

    December 13, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    That is just a beautiful Partridge in a Pear tree. Love this lunch. 🙂

  5. Kandice Poirier says

    December 13, 2012 at 4:40 pm

    i love this! your pear tree is GORGEOUS! 🙂 and healthy. kudos!

  6. Karen Quick says

    December 13, 2012 at 6:25 pm

    So sweet! I love it!

  7. Mamabelly says

    December 13, 2012 at 6:28 pm

    Love your lunch! So healthy and the Partridge is amazing!

  8. Jenn @ BentoForKidlet says

    December 13, 2012 at 6:44 pm

    Beautiful! What a wonderful lunch!

  9. Myra of Mommy+Me Lunchbox says

    December 13, 2012 at 7:10 pm

    love the partridge!

  10. Crystal Shook says

    December 13, 2012 at 7:46 pm

    What a great idea to use the song to inspire lunches

  11. Kathy says

    December 13, 2012 at 7:59 pm

    This looks great! I am also planning on doing the 12 days this year but I decided to start tomorrow and end on Christmas day.

  12. Amanda says

    December 13, 2012 at 8:38 pm

    love it! what a great find for those cutters!

  13. Eileen Shows says

    December 13, 2012 at 10:29 pm

    Wow that it amazing! Did you do all 12 days?

    • Kristie says

      December 14, 2012 at 4:17 am

      I will be doing all 12 days ( hopefully) This was the first day!

  14. Jessie McCusker says

    December 13, 2012 at 10:32 pm

    I love it! That tree is perfect.

  15. Keitha says

    December 14, 2012 at 12:48 am

    Beautiful lunch!

  16. bentodays says

    December 14, 2012 at 2:59 am

    Lovely! Great idea of doing the 12 days.. I've been toying with the idea but dont have the cutters, guess I might need to do more freehand cutting. Good job!

  17. Sarah says

    December 14, 2012 at 3:39 am

    Ooh.. the partridge is beautiful! Love it!

  18. Deb says

    December 14, 2012 at 2:07 pm

    So clever! I love it. You can make my lunch anytime!!

  19. daisyselalu says

    December 14, 2012 at 3:16 pm

    What a great find! Lunch looks pretty, and yummy!!

  20. Kendra Peterson says

    December 14, 2012 at 6:30 pm

    Fantastic details and presentation! I hadn't even noticed (or thought about) the pears until you said so! Amazing!

  21. Jeana-mom to royalty says

    December 14, 2012 at 7:49 pm

    OMGoodness! Your pear tree is sooo clever and The partridge sooo cute!!

  22. Marie H says

    December 15, 2012 at 3:23 pm

    Kristie, I was thinking of doing 12 days of Christmas lunches too but I haven't started any of them yet. I love this idea. I might just post them late as I catch up on days. Great job on your partridge on a pear tree. Love the use of picks.

    • Kristie says

      December 15, 2012 at 7:07 pm

      do it! I'll link to yours if you'd like, so let me know when you get started 😀

  23. Diana - FreeStyleMama says

    December 20, 2012 at 6:41 pm

    Love it. Great partridge!

  24. Erin Walker says

    December 21, 2012 at 12:01 pm

    Awesome! I love the 12 days of Christmas idea!

  25. Loving Lunches says

    January 05, 2013 at 11:49 am

    Love it - was tempted to do a 12 days of Christmas but nothing I had in mind was as good as your lunches!

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