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 147 – d or p?

although s was still running a mild fever last friday, he obliged to take fever medicine and attended school . i hope he concentrated and completed his exam questions. this was his bento, noodle per his request. i wanted to do fish cake dog but it ended up looking like an oink oink! ears and face [...]

bento 140 – quail eggs

today’s express bentos were all in one “bamboo steamed” – rice, sausages, fish cakes, broccoli, carrots and overnight dinner dishes. also boiled some quail eggs and added fruits of the day , gigantic strawberries and starfuit. this was s’s. mr bunny and bear quail eggs bento. k’s sweetie pie quail eggs bento and mommy’s? … hello [...]

bento 138 – lion and animal shaped pasta

bear cutter series no 9 – lion. k requested for cheese sandwich the night before. she loves her cheese. i think she wouldnt mind cheese sammies five days in row! added cute fish cakes bought from nearby ‘wet’ market. another successful story,  i’ve managed to persuade s to take some pasta in tomato sauce!! i spotted this animals shaped pasta [...]

bento 129 – doggy and ‘alien’ crabby

here is bear cutter bento series no 2 which was prepared and eaten last week. animal no 2 – dog. this is k’s snack bento. the ‘dog’ was made from fish cake, with sausage ears and muzzle. facial details were cut nori. i used the remaining food to make a skewer of sausage and fish [...]

bento 125 – at last, 3 d teddies!

finally, i made it ! well, i think it looked like a  teddy. i asked the children what they thought the charaben was? k, my gal said – it’s a bunny! s – it’s a mousy! mommy – answered aloud, NOoooo… it’s a teddy !! we all had a good laugh! whatever it was, it doesnt matter. the [...]

bento 118 – angelic bear and more bears

today’s bento, no surprises here, the usual noodle for s and sandwich for k.  sigh.. we should really expand our bento menu. emm.. what else are there? that my kids will eat, think fast food type but healthy? pancakes? angel bear and stars are boiled fish cake. now looking at the photos, i should have cut some ‘clouds’ !  [...]

bento 110 – double B; boy and bear

a quick snack bento for s this morning. boiled some udon, fish cake and cheese tofu, all at once. =) i just pasted nori face details onto the cheese tofu. added fish cake hair, hearts and rabbit apple. dab some ketchup on the cheery boy’s cheeks. done. (update: i just found out s threw the apples away. why? he simply [...]

bento 108 – furry bear onigiri and miss bunny pork floss sandwich

i was undecided what to cook for s this morning. ended with another onigiri today, er 2 actually. made 2  furry bear onigiris : rice topped with pork floss.  i steamed food using a bamboo steamer that sit snugly on a wok filled with water.  this morning i cooked the hard boil egg  in the wok. aha! steamed and boiled [...]

bento 104 – snow man noodle for a hot day!

this was last friday’s bento, sweet sauce noodle with fish cake and fish balls. i attached 2 fish balls with a spaghetti strip and ‘ tie’ a plain noodle as scarf. i really should make an extra effort to make incorporate more  fruits and vegetable (?) into my kids’ bento, who are super picky about their food.  i will add more fruits [...]