bento 187 – just use cute picks!

finally, a rice bento for my firstborn who are not thrill with cute charaben anymore. in the box – egg fried rice, seaweed chicken and tomato popcorn chicken.  i can’t resist not poking a few cute picks on it. lol !  

bento 179 – croak croak…

i made another simple sandwich-  a keroppi inspired theme. it would be nicer with a pandan flavoured ‘green’ bread. in the lunch box – cheese sandwich, seaweed chicken and some marshmallows. thank you all who came back to visit after such a long time! cheers!

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 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 [...]

bento 134 – hello kitty and twin sister, mimi bento

m (my colleague), asked me to prepare a hello kitty bento for her niece who is celebrating her birthday today.  i am always in ‘ready mode’ to spread some, and more bento love!  like me, her niece is also a big hello kitty fan, i hope she will be pleasantly surprised and all smiles after receiving/eating [...]

bento 116 – panda and bunny noodle

hi there, i have been mia (missing in action) for a while.  did not make any bento in the last 4-5 days!  we had takeaways yesterday as my mil didnt cook dinner.  i had planned to buy roast chicken and char siew rice, and ’charaben’ it before eating.  hehe… bento is a good way to practice portion control !  [...]

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 107 – boy onigiri and snow princess

i made a boy onigiri for the first time! i steamed left over rice and made it into a rice ball with a round mold. am quite happy with the result. =) in this bento - steamed seaweed chicken , a slice of apple (made into a bunny, which s grumbled yet again!) and boy onigiri topped with pork [...]

bento 103 – ham and cheese no more…

i think we had had ham and cheese sandwich overdose! today’s bento was rice and seaweed chicken for s and just seaweed chicken and apple for k. in this bento – star cut chicken ham, seaweed chicken and ‘rabbit’ apple.  the mini pig container had sweet soya sauce.  i love this stainless steel round container.  it’s size is [...]