Keeping it handy

My girlfriend wanted to meet up at the coffee shop today. I hadn't planned anything for the girls to eat and I knew they would eat something at the coffee shop....Just in case, I packed some strawberries and cheese for them.

My delious scone and coffee with the girls snacks while at the coffee shop. I get so many complements with I go out with my stainless steel OM-goods!

Perfect breakfast for work

My husband had to go to LA for work and didn't have time to eat at home. I quickly packed him a breakfast with the 2-tier tiffin. One tier has yogurt, granola drissled with some grade B maple syrup and the other tier is bananas, strawberries and grapes. I love the handy bamboo spork, it's so small it fits in the tiffin and you don't need to pack any other utensils!


This is my 3 year old's hand, trying to sneak a bite!


Furoshiki of course! Here my 3 year old is holding his breakfast.

Play tea set with Furoshiki gift wrap

I really enjoy gift giving. I went to an antique boutique today looking for a birthday present for a 5 year old girl. I found this darling tea set.


The owner of the boutique gave me this box and I had the tissue paper.


I wanted to make her a pretty table cloth to go with her play tea set. I took half a yard of fabric and finished all the raw edges with 1/4 inch seams.


I thought this fabric complemented the gifts so well.
Used the fabric to tie furoshiki instead of using wrapping paper. Voila! Any eco-friendly gift!!

Packing leftover dinner with steel dabbas

sMy girls love lentils and rice as I mentioned before. Here I used the nested containers to store leftover dinner. Basmati rice, yellow split daal (lentils), boondi raita (yogurt).

Fruit snacks on the go!

We went to the park after breakfast. Here is the 3-tier tiffin. I packed: raw cheese cubes, dried cranberries, cucumber with lime, orange slices, chopped apple and prunes. My girls do best when they can graze all day.