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 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 166 – crabby and mouse

gong xi fa cai to all who are celebrating the lunar chinese new year!  i am still in a chinese new year mood… and just remembered that valentine’s day is just around the corner. time to make those lovey dovey heart shaped bentos. i know my little gal will like this theme. my apologies for the lack of postings recently. i [...]

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 139 – pokemon eevee and hello kitty

s made a special charaben bento request. he wanted an aura pokemon called lucario! hmnn… this will probably need hours considering the colour and details involved! yes, if it is on a weekend, as a special project that we can do together. definitely not something i would want to attempt in the wee morning. =P he chose [...]

bento 135 – bear cutter series no 6 and charlie

i am almost half way through this bear cutter series.  here is animal nos 6 – panda. one of the easiest to make too. just add nori facial details and it is done. s asked for noodle this morning.  i added egg as a side dish. cooked the egg white and yolk separately so i can use [...]

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 114 – a windy day in the garden

bento snacks for today: boiled fish balls and noodles, and steamed fish nuggets. can’t decide if this is a bee or bug.  let’s just call it a ‘beezy’ bug. hehe.. i boiled 2 types of noodles to get different colours, ie, green (cold soba) and white. (i saw pink ones, but they are so expensive).  then realized it [...]

bento 112 – beef balls ‘caterpillar’ udon and cheesy ‘sheep’ sandwich

today’s snack bentos were beef balls udon for s and, cheese sandwich for k. the caterpillar were beef balls joined with a short trip of spaghetti noodle. those carrot flowers and cucumber were later ‘removed’, i.e. eaten by mom (me!), and there were only 2 beef balls left by the time we packed the lunch box [...]