bento 176 – puppy and a tan ladybug

today’s express charaben snacks is condensed milk wholemeal sammies and fried chicken nuggets. lady bug sammie on a cheese flower. another simple puppy sammie. bought these lovely food picks at daiso imm recently. hurry, if you are in singapore ! ;) if you like vintage stuff, please register for a vintage giveaway here.  happy midweek!

bento 175 and more

this post is about two weeks overdue, sorry about that!  my poor blog has been a bit neglected lately.  i am still making bentos for the kids though not as many as before. i am not stressing myself to daily bento but as and when time permits, or when i have some inspirations to make one.  here [...]

bento 158 – moo or baa…

this bento was prepared for a dear friend over the weekend. a cow charaben for J as i know she likes (or used to like) moo moo stuff, but she saw a lamb here. what did you see? in any case, this shall be a lamb that moos… =P in the main bento box, japanese rice onigiri (not exactly a rice ball, [...]

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 [...]

Bento 145 – pikachu and busy bee

yesterday’s bento – steamed chicken nuggets, cheese fish cake, mini cheese nutella sandwich and grapes. s’s pikachu was cut with an oval cutter. k’s busy bee, also cut with an oval cutter.  another super fast and simple snacks. ever heard of the chinese phrase, kill 2 birds with one stone? in this case, i ”kill” two [...]

bento 89 – happy and healthy

my sis and i made six impromptu lunch bentos yesterday. here are some photos of them. i didnt have my bento gadgets with me so we made do with a hole puncher. that is why many of  the bears and bunnies eyes are closed. haha.. after this, i think the smiley and eye punchers are great inventions for bentoist! even though they are [...]

bento 87 – missy bear pandan mantou

i bought some mantous (steamed bun/bread) over the weekend. saw someone (i cant recall who) turning them into cute snails and i wanted to try making one too. there are 3 types of mantous, chocolate, pandan and plain. k wanted the pandan flavored ones, i.e. with green ‘swirls’ to cut the story short, snail is not to be. s didnt want no mantou! so [...]

bento 85 – hippo meets double ‘k’

i prepared white plain rice bento for s for the first time. steamed left over rice and frozen chicken nuggets together for approximately 15 minutes. while waiting, i cut this little hippopotamus. s said this looks like a cow, because of the ’ears/horns’, (O-o)! will keep this idea in mind – i.e., cut on fish cake and add [...]

bento 77 – monkey loves sweetie pie

hmm.. i had a hard time choosing the title ,  monkey and little girl, monkey chases sweetie, monkey etc etc..well, monkey loves sweetie pie is also not a very creative one.. i am thinking along the line that brother loves sister … =) two simple snacks today. both sandwiches took me less than 15 mins to put together, excluding time taken [...]

bento 76 – koala and little lamb or dog?!

i packed fruits and veg in the kids bentos even if they don’t like it. no, they have not become omnivorous. (i wish!) it’s just that the bento photos looked bare and not balanced without some fruits and veg. for now, the fruits and veg are just props! my kids insisted that these be taken [...]