Teddy Bear Bento

I always make my granddaughter a special lunch. Every now a then her toddler brother gets to enjoy one too. Today I decided to make something he would ordinarily get for breakfast extraordinary. Needless to say, this breakfast was a lot easier than my lunches. My grandson is a sweet teddy bear, so today’s breakfast had to be themed after him. I used molds to shape cooked oatmeal into bear face. The body was formed using one slice of French toast stick. I made a one egg heart shaped cheese omelet.  I slice two sausages vertically and stuck them together to create a heart shape. Afterward I sliced a half banana into embellishments for the bear, a moon, circles, and flowers. Serve it warm.

Ingredients:

Instant oatmeal, beef sausages, one egg, slice of cheese, one banana, toothpicks eyes, and French toast sticks.

 Directions:

1. Cook oatmeal as directed. Use a bear shape mold or circle mold to create bear facial shape.

2. Warm on froze French toast stick and divide it in two.

3. cook sausage and  slice two sausages vertically. Use a toothpick to stick two halves together to create a heart shape. 

4. Use flower shape cookie cutter and cheese to create decorative flowers.

5. Cut banana in half and cut the half into slices. Place some banana slice on plate and use flower shape cookie cutter to make some banana shape flowers.  Also, cut three banana slice in half to create a moon, shoes for the bear, arms, mouth and ears.

6. Cook a cheese omelet by cracking one egg. Season with salt and pepper and stir. pour into a nonstick pan. Cook on medium heat. When egg appears almost done, place slice of cheese on top and fold one side of the egg over the cheese. Add to plate.