Bento#Nov11~Meow....Anicoco Cat

Anybody using KakaoTalk apps? Is a free mobile messenger apps for smartphones with free text and free call features! I liked Kakao Talk emoticon features and there's a lot of kawaii stuffs makes the messengers fun ^_^ So today's post I liked to introduce this Anicoco cat emoticon :) Don't you like to cuddle it?? Haha...

In this bento box contain:

• Anicoco cat made from rice and nori for details (toasted spaghetti for whiskers)
• Sweet corn
• Broccoli, sweet peas, carrots,
• Sweet chicken wings
• Checker apple

Pretty simple designed for today's bento and you don't need a rice mould to made this cute cat! All you need is cling wrapper to shape the cat! The only tricky part was the nori details for the outlines :p I liked to freehand scissor cut so I'm sure most of you can do it!

Here is my son's bento lunch :) All the dishes were the same but simple design whenever I've the extra time. For his lunch box, I used Thermos bento box that he liked it so much! It comes with a Thermos warmer bag and a pair of chopstick. All I did was arranged neatly and the rice part, I add furikake for the corner and beautify with broccoli as flower and few carrots using small leaf cutter to cut.
Well, I hope you will like my today's post and wish all of you have a nice day! Cheers!

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Bento#Sept23~Honey Bee with Happy Flower Bento

~Honey Bees Bento~

Today's lunch bento theme will be Honey Bee with Happy Flower Bento ^_^ I cooked egg fried rice from leftover rice. And boiled the quail eggs for decoration as flower! This is quite a simple bento lunch, just need to arrange the food for this theme.

Honey bee head cut out from cheese using circle cutter and body freely cut out using toothpick. Punch out nori for the face and scissor cut out the strips for bee body. Cucumber as leaves. Sausages for flower petals and quail egg as flower. Below picture will be the closer look of the Happy Flower!

Happy Flower Bento for my son ^_^ Both bento have the same flowers but my girl gets huge Honey Bees! I'm glad that my 12th years old son allowed me to add the flower face features ^_^ But the bee picks & flower picks after photo takings he removed it  =_=" Oh well....as long he brings homecooked bento to school I'm happy with it!

I hope you will like both of my bentos ^_^ Happy Monday!! Cheers!

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Bento#Sept06~Happy Garden Lunch Bento

It's Friday!!! Can't wait for the weekend ^_^ Today I'm going to post my kids Wednesday school lunch bento. I made simple lunch and just add food picks to designed as "Happy Garden" theme. I cooked stir-fried cheese angel hair pasta for lunch and cut pork chop as the fence. My sister bought some flower fish cakes for my kids bento so just nice for me to add in this garden theme.

Inside the small yellow Monbento sauce container was tomato ketchup and some grapes as well as checker apple.

I hope you will like today's simple "Happy Garden" lunch bento! Cheers!

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Bento#June11~Mushroom Onigiri

Today's lunch bento "Mushroom Onigiri" ^_^ Most of my bento Hello Kitty as I know my girl won't get bored! Haha....so this mushroom onigiri was actually in my "To Do-lists" and finally here I attempt to made :D

To made mushroom onigiri, I mixed the rice with some furikake for top part and shape them with cling wrap. Made two small onigiri and combine with the top part together using cling wrap (avoid sticky) Next, I used face cutter to cut out kombu/boiled seaweed for the smiley face mushroom ^_^ Decorate some crabstcik on top using small circle cutter or you can used straw :) 

I cooked some meat with dark sweet sauce and filled inside the bento box then slowly decorate the rest as a garden theme to match "Mushroom Onigiri" :) The yellow sun made from quail egg yolk and I add sweet corn around it. Some oranges and sweet corn at the side compartment. I hope you will like this bento lunch ^_^ Cheers!

Bento#April25~Spring Flower Theme Bento

Today's lunch I made Spring Flower theme bento as I wanted to try out making rose flower from cherry tomato so I thought it will be great to have lots of FLOWER in today's lunch ^_^ When I do my decoration....seem that I add too much!! Hope you won't find it too complicated! Hehe....

I cooked macaroni pasta with cheese then pour to the bento box. I made two onigiri and put on top of the macaroni. To made the onigiri blossom flower, I used cutter to cut crabstick then arranged it on top. Add lettuce around the onigiri and finished all the decoration. To made the rose flower, I cut out cherry tomato skin then followed the circular movement to made. 

As for another container, I put the sweet corn into food cup then decorate it with open sweet pea and another rose tomato. Cut out kamaboko and also made tamagoyaki. I also add sausages but already covered by the tamagoyaki and kiwi slices.

I hope you will this Spring Flower Theme bento ^_^ Have a great day and I will post my Pasta bento later.

Bento#April01~Bees love Sunflower

 This week will be my kids last week of school then they will have one week breaks so do I ^_^ Its Monday and still have no idea what to cooked for lunch so just check whatever ingredients I have in the fridge :) So here is it, I made Bees loves Sunflower theme bento.

I cooked Cha Soba Noodles and deocrate the bees using oval shape cutter to cut out the ham and add boiled seaweed for details. Arranged snflower on top and add ham for smiley face then decorate some roses using carrots. 

As for sides, I add broccoli, lotus roots, some strawberry and blueberries. 

 Hope you all will like today's lunch bento ^_^ Cheers!

Bento#March27~Easter Eggs

Easter theme bento for today's lunch ^_^ Instead of wearing bunny costume, I changed it wearing egg costume :D So everything about Easter Eggs!!! 

First, I made girl onigiri using cling wrap to shape then add in nori hair/eyes/nose/lips. To made egg costume, I add yellow coloured food sprinkle to mixed the rice then shape it with cling wrap. Add girl onigiri in the middle then use the cling wrap to shape them together. Arrange the girl egg costume into the bento box then filled in the rest of the ingredients. I used chicked floss as nest and add two quail eggs decorate with star fondant around it. As for basket, I put bunny container and filled tiny Tang Yuan inside as Easter Eggs.  Lastly, add few chick picks on top ^_^

For another container, I arranged sweet corn as sunflower, broccoli, sweet potato and crabstick as flowers and one boiled seaweed as flower too! Cut checker apple then done!

I hope you will like this Easter Egg theme bento ^_^ Have a nice day!

 

Bento#March25~Giant Carrots Family

I was very busy yesterday and have no time to post my girl's snack bento ^_^ I bought butter sugar bread for her and just decorate some carrots design on top.

I used cutters to cut out cheese for different sizes of carrots shape as one family :p Punch out nori using bunny puncher and add some lettuce on top of the cheese. For faces details mostly used puncher except the heart shape, can have a bigger eyes! 

Here were the cutters and bunny puncher I've used ^_^

I hope you will like this theme bento snack~Giant Carrots Family~ Cheers!

Bento#Jan23~Flowers Garden

Its Monday!!! Back to school and I prepare "Flowers Garden" bento for my girl lunch time. Something simple and less design for today :p

 Yesterday evening went to  my sister's younger son 1st birthday party so I packed some left over foods for today's bento. This morning I reheat the "Nasi Beriani" then wrapped with nori/seaweed. Due to the rice won't stick properly as ball shape so I need to wrap with nori. Next, I make egg sheet to make flower and wrap the black ball. Boiled some broccoli, crab stick, carrots and fishcake. For the black flower eyes, I used straw to cut the egg sheet and cutter for mouth. Filled in all the cooked vegies :) Add some cute insects picks! Carrot flowers, I used 3 different flower cutter to cut the cooked carrots then stick spaghetti strips.

Slice some apple and persimmon for her desserts ^_^

So here is my simple "Flowers Garden" bento for today. After took the pictures and noticed that I should add some nori for the hard boiled egg as flower face too! Oh well.....no time for it :( 

Bento#25~Giant Mushroom

Let's meet giant mushroom with smiley face ^_^ On top of the mushroom decorate with insects picks and some cheese with nori for the spots. I make tamagoyaki for mushroom face. It looks less for this bento but I don't think my girl can finish if I add more finger foods so just add flower marshmallows. Hope this simple bento can brighten up everyone :)