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 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 170 – hello kitty and more

i have not made any hello kitty lately. this will be my first for year 2011. a simple bento for me! =) update: added this to shannon’s what’s for lunch post. these were the bento gadgets i used to make HK. my kids’s sammies with condensed milk, steamed chicken nuggets and mini taiwan sausages. note:  both kids complaint [...]

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 168 – love is everywhere

more love theme bentos prepared and eaten last week. my gal wanted sammies and hers are in pink lunch boxes. can you spot the owl? hoot hoot!! it’s cut from a rectangle cube of fish tofu.

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 159 – korilakkuma

my apologies for the lack of post and visit, my bento friends.  i have been busy trawling the internet for vintage stuff. i am still having ‘high fever’ caused by the ‘vintage virus’! anyone out there has the prescription/cure? let’s talk bento. singapore school holiday begins today! hence i would not be making snack bento for the kids till [...]

bento 154 – chicky bread onigiri

it’s back to the usual morning snack bento post until … Christmas! yeah, i am eagerly waiting to make Christmas bentos.  i think i made only one Christmas bento last year,  hope i can do more this time. hehe… =) k’s bento, chicky bread onigiri with nutella. i cut the bread crust and shaped the bread into a ball with a piece of [...]

steam banana muffin/cake

i just cannot resist this steam banana cake recipe.   overall, the cake has a fluffy light texture. used 2 and a half very ripe bananas (depending on the size of bananas). total medium size muffins – 9     recipe 2 eggs 100g sugar 2 ripe bananas, mashed (200g) 150g self raising flour 1/8 tsp baking [...]