hotdog bun

we had hotdog ‘doggy’ bun this morning. ) have a great weekend!

bento 186 – sweetie girl bun

Prepared this as an after school snack for my daughter. in the box – hot cross bun, mini sausages, and grapes. hope she will be pleasantly surprise to find this besides the usual prepackaged biscuits or cakes. to make girl’s face – i used a mini scissors to cut hair outline and peel away the [...]

bento 172 – doraemon and girl in bear suit

brown xiao ding dang (doraemon in chinese) came to mind while i was slicing a fish ball meant for the girl in bear suit. this is my second doraemon. i used a red ball food pick as its nose. see my first  doraemon here. i forgot about the nose then. cute girl in bear suit for my girl. tip: [...]

bento 170 – moo moo and ..black eyes

this week’s  speedy bentos were prepared with mini buns as main course. this was my main ‘ingredient’. mini bread/burger buns from gardenia. ta dah! it became a cow ( well, that’s what i had in mind while removing the crust).  some of you probably see an oink oink here. =) added nori and egg sheet for face details, [...]

bento 123 – ‘charaben’ buns and mooncakes

i still have mini buns so we had another round ham and cheese buns this morning. the lion shaped cheese was cut with a winnie the pooh cutter. i added some chicken sausages bought from ntuc. they are round and short, just what i needed to make cute 3d bear like alice’s, i thought with joy. but as [...]

bento 122 – mini ham and cheddar cheese girl and boy buns

made two simple ham and cheese buns today. we  are dog-sitting  for a friend for a month, and were kept awake last night due to the dog’s barking. i guessed that poor fella must be stressed and missing home, even though charlie, our cavelier king charles was friendly to his new ‘mate’ , gizmo, a silky terrier. [...]

bento 91 – charaben sausage buns

i missed bentoing and felt a bit ‘rusty’ already. well, kids started school this mon. i am back to bento making again! yeahhh..to that, nayyy.. to waking up early. here are the two simple charaben buns – a doggy sausage bun for my boy. face details are drawn with nutella, using a butter knife and [...]

bento 88- more animals buns and king teddy noodle

Here are Wednesday’s snack bentos.  My son’s bento was noodle with fish cakes and sausage. The teddy is fish cake, made from two bears using the same cutter. Made a small semi-circle cut on one and turn it around to join with the other. after looking in the photos, i think i should have added another semi-circle ham or cheese [...]

bento 29- tiger bun

Bought buns instead of the normal wholemeal bread type. Transformed them into tigers (ham burger) by using food markers. ( s guessed it was a cat!) I am bento-less again today ! Lazy lah.. Lg made chicken and ham for me in the office. took half for breakfast leaving anotlher half for lunch. Settled!!