bento 149 – mr bear inari sushi

i was on leave yesterday, home baby-sitting full-time as in-laws are away. kids and i had instant noodles for late breakfast and went to the mall in the afternoon. they wanted mcdonald’s for lunch. i am so glad that s loves reading rick riordan’s fiction story books. he’s completed the percy jackson series (5 thick books!) and we just bought a new one today – [...]

bento 111 – sushi bento

my kids love sushi, well not all types. their favourites are tomagoyaki , hot dog and inari sushi. i have wanted to make these sushi as bento for them for the longest time, but was afraid that i may take longer than the 30-40 minutes i have in the morning. alas, i did it ! [...]

bento 66 – sushi and bento friends

we had sushi for lunch on sunday. prepared a quick and easy meal which include kids’ all time  favourite tomagoyaki, sausage and japanese sweet beancurd (inari). prepared potato salad as the side dish. the above bento is prepared for hubby as he was away in the afternoon for office matters. see the difference before and after the bento [...]

bento 50- inari and tomagoyaki sushi

Today is s actual birthday! So I made him his favourite tomagoyaki sushi! I steamed 1/2 cup sushi rice and yielded just enough cooked rice for 4 sushi. The balance was used to make k’s bunny onigiri. piggy was made from egg sheet. there was more egg and fish cake below it.

Sushi Attempt no 2

Began preparing at 6 and started eating by 7pm. Not bad eh? It was a rushed jod as k wanted to go swimming. By the way, the kids and mil helped. Forgot abt the Japanese tofu, still in fridge!! Anyway, will try to make smaller rolls next time to get more sushiS. Rice tasted good [...]

Sushi

Visited daiso IOI and bought more nori punchers and sushi moulds!! Had a fun filled and tiring – shopping, and sushi making day with a c and m f. We cooked 6 cups of rice, that’s 12 cups of cooked sushi rice. Here are some of our ‘fruits of the day’.