Lil' Bear Bento & Red Raspberry Jam Giveaway!

Finding myself bright eyed and bushy tailed last night due to my 4pm big gulp iced tea (lesson learned), I found the need to burn some midnight oil.  I had found some gorgeous organic red raspberries while at Costco earlier in the day and decided that I might as well make some jam!  My mind still couldn't stop after the jam, resulting in a bit of Bento craziness.  Here are the results. winks.

Lil' Bear Bento

• Pink bear is a hard boiled egg made with an egg mold.  I dipped the egg in  hot water colored with pink food coloring before putting it in the egg mold.  Her hair bow is cut from a red bell pepper.

• Provolone and Cheddar cheese hearts surround the bear made with a mini heart food cutter.

• The yellow bear sauce container holds ranch dressing for dipping the green beans, carrot and cucumber apple (cut with mini apple food cutter).  A bento food pick bear flag is sticking in a green bean.

• Purple bear is sushi rice pressed in a bear rice mold.  I'm working on perfecting a sweet rice (think rice pudding).  I'm getting close but it's not quite there yet, so I will wait to post that recipe.  I colored the rice with purple food coloring and her hair flower is cut from a slice of pineapple.  The bears face is made with a nori punch.
• Red raspberries surround purple bear with a pink Bento food fork bear.
• Finally, we have Teddy Graham crackers. 

Red Raspberry Jam

The organic berries were just the right sweet-tart for jam making! 






I haven't gotten around to labeling and decorating all the jars but the jar on top of my 1920's WayRite scale is looking for a happy home!  Followers of my blog can leave a comment on this post and I will do a drawing on Sunday 10/24/2010 and announce the lucky winner.

I am happy to answer any questions, so please leave them as a comment and I will repy.

Thanks so much and Happy Friday!!!!
Erin