Bento 185 – bear choco banana bread

I love choco banana cake so thought choco banana bread should be nice too. Made this simple bear for k’s breakfast this morning. ; Sunshine choco bread, banana slices and grapes for eyes and nose. Move the grapes around to get the different expressions and faces. Happy bento-ing!!

bento 183 – more cute sammies

after a long hiatus, i am back with 3 types of cut-out sammies. one set for my daughter, one for J’s daughter and one for M’s son. a quick cut-out of bread and kaya spread.  till the next post, have a happy mid-week! next post -  look out for my first ever version of angry birds sammies.

bento – hello! i am back to bentoing. ;)

after  a super long break, i am back to packing ‘cute’  food for my daughter. i have been experimenting new food to replace nori facial details. i find nori punching to picking and placing tiny ‘eyes’ and ‘mouth’ on food  a little stressful especially in a mad morning rush. it is more so when the tiny [...]

bento 177 – BEARY happy mommy and daughter

my not so little eight-year old girl gave me this on mother’s day. i am pleasantly surprised and  touched because she used almost all her weekly school allowance to buy this little frame that says …life is beautiful, when you are in my arms! … she also made two cards and crowns,  one for mommy and another [...]

bento 173 – forever friends bear

i love this bear when i was in my late teens… yes, it’s that old! dont we all want to be forever friends with our best buddies, bff?  =) i added some sweet sauce to rice and shaped it into an oval ball using cling wrap. made two smaller balls for its ears. i tried rolling a small white ball for [...]

bento 169 – no fuss bento

i didnt make cute bentos last week. apart from lack of inspiration, i also had to rush most of the mornings. below are simple snacks for the kids. i made a simple piggy out of  cheese tofu and mini sausage, copying  the piggy food pick. yet another simple sammie for k.  cheese tofu and sausages tucked below the fish [...]

bento 167 – <3 love is in the air

Happy Valentine’s day! I’ve started making valentine’s bentos last week. here are some photos of the ‘nicer’ ones. =) this was s’s . fried rice with fish tofu and mini tomagoyaki. he insisted that i removed the red ‘love’ sprinkles .  i guessed boys at his age dont like lovey dovey stuff and girls!  haha..  k’s, butter sammie with fish [...]

bento 164 – bunny and hello kitty

an express snack bento – butter and meat floss sammies with boiled cocktail sausages and quail eggs.  kiwi slices as fruit of the day! s’s bunny sandwich  and bear clown quail eggs. k’s hello kitty angel and flower sandwich. (k saw a sun here!) i pinned the sausages with ramen stick. i will be posting [...]

bento 162 – fishball & sausage teddy

this was last friday’s bento. a fishball and sausage combo, made into a simple teddy. s requested for his usual fried rice, with egg. as usual i flavoured it with ‘abc indonesian’ /soya sweet sauce and sesame oil. no bento for k as she skipped school for her routine eye check-up. to make teddy, i slit the fishball and inserted [...]

bento 155 – snoopy onigiri … and more

hello! i am back…. and i have so much to write! =) first thing first, thank you all for the sweet comments you left in the previous post. my apologies for the late reply. we went back to kl during the long weekend holiday. in a blink of an eye, we are back to the normal [...]