Bento2016#Jun10~WinnieThePooh/MyMelody/Totoro

07.06.16 (Tuesday)

• Winnie The Pooh: Yellow rice made out from hard boiled egg yolk mixed with rice. Freehand scissor cut out nori for Pooh detailed.
• Side dishes: Pea sprouts, shiitake mushroom, seaweed chicken wrap and apple.

08.06.16 (Wednesday)

• My Melody: Pink rice made out from Biogreen Pink Lady Oatmilk powder mixed with rice since I don't have sakura denbu at home ^_^ The pink colour turned out pretty well and I don't have to worried anymore whenever running out of ingredients. 
• Blue ribbon: Hard boiled egg soaked with blue pea flower extract (no time to soaked it longer so the blue turned out lighter) 
• Side dishes: Brocooli, chicken katsu, carrots cut into star shaped and some grapes.

09.06.16 (Thursday)

•  Chu Totoro: Pastel blue hard boiled egg soaked overnight with blue pea flower water
• Eyes: Cheese and nori
• Dishes: Organic noodles, carrots, prawn gyoza, milk cabbage and oranges (not shown) 

Bento2016#May27~Gudetama/HelloKitty/Totoro/Mickey/Minnie

23.05.16 (Monday)

Gudetama

On Monday, I made Gudetama still sleeping Zzz.... because I'm on the sleepy mode too :D Gudetama made of hard boiled eggs and nori detailed. Side dishes have bacon, broccoli, carrots and plum. Simple and easy designed ^_^

24.05.16 (Tuesday)

Mickey & Minnie

On Tuesday, I made Disney Mickey & Minnie Mouse Tsum Tsum. Freehand scissor cut out both disney character nori detailed then shaped two big onigiri for heads and four smaller onigiri for ears. Inside onigiri with chicken floss fillings and side dishes have prawn gyoza, cheese tofu and spinach.

25.05.16 (Wednesday)

My Neighbor Totoro

On Wednesday, I made Totoro theme bento. First, I filled up the rice then add the cut out Totoro tofu skin (freehand scissor cut out Totoro). Next cover up the broccoli on top of the rice and lastly add on Totoro detailed. Side dishes have pan-fried fish fillet, potatoes wedges and fruits (apple/oranges/sour plum)

26.05.16 (Thursday)

Gudetama Hello Kitty

On Thursday, I combined Gudetama and Hello Kitty into one ^_^ Gudetama yellow rice made of hard boiled egg yolk mixed with rice. Kitty-chan just plain rice and nori detailed. As for side dishes have pea, carrots, hard boiled egg (1 slice), taiwanese sausage and plum.

Bento2016#May20~Miffy/Sanrio/SanX

16.05.16 (Monday)

Sleepy Miffy

When comes to Monday, I felt like sleepy mode each time :D Perhaps due to  the weekend no alarm buzz so I can sleep longer! So Monday bento, I made sleepy Miffy Zzz.... Miffy made out of rice. Just shaped them into three parts (face & ears) Arranged them into the lunch box and filled up the holes by adding okra and prawns. At another two small containers, I added tamagoyaki, fish rolls and oranges sprinkle sour plum on top.

17.05.16 (Tuesday)

Rilakkuma Hello Kitty

On Tuesday, I prepared Rilakkuma & Hello Kitty for my theme bento. I spend some time on cooking the aubergine and pan-fried the pork slices as well some rolled together with okra. Since after done cooking all the dishes, I left less time on shaping my theme so I just filled up the brown rice (dark sweet sauce mixed rice) and left some part of white rice for Hello Kitty. Freehand scissor cut out the nori detailed and cheese for nose. Easy right? Hope you like it!

18.05.16 (Wednesday)

San-x Meat Patties

 On Wednesday, I stir-fried bee hoon for my kids's lunch box. Every day rice will made them bored so I need do some changes :D Honestly, I'm not really good on cooking but I felt lucky that my kids will eat whatever I cooked for them. Stir-fried bee hoon was my first attempt and it turned out "thumbs up" after I got feedback from them when I picked them up after school. To made cute theme, I cooked meat patties and one patty melted cheese on top for my Kiiroitori and the patty just leave if as Rilakkuma. Punched out nori by using puncher and arranged the detailed. 

19.06.16 (Thursday)

Sanrio & San-x

On Thursday, I combined the Sanrio characters & San-x character into one bento box. This bento box can be found at Daiso store and just nice for me to create into different characters. As you can see from the above photo, I created each square box into Hellot Kitty, My Melody, Kerropi and lastly Rilakkuma as I can't think of which Sanrio character brown in color so ended I made Rilakkuma instead :D 

• Hello Kitty : Rice/Nori/Apple
• My Melody: Noodles/Carrot/Cheese/Nori/Tofu skin
• Kerropi: Broccoli/Cheese/Carrot/Nori/Apple
• Rillakuma: Rice at bottom then covered up with minced meat on top. Cheese and nori

 

 

Bento2016#Apr29~Panda/Birthday/Tuxedosam/Marie

25.04.16 (Monday)

Panda Sushi

Ooh....little disappointed on my panda sushi while arranged and rolled :( Sadly that panda mouth didn't turned out well in placed so I cheated by added nori as well the panda eyes :D I tried out using panda sushi mould to shaped the sushi and looks like I failed.....oh well, no time to redo so just did a quick snapped of photos.

Pan-fried slamon and spinach for side dishes.

26.04.16 (Tuesday)

12th Birthday Girl Bento

 Yeay! It's my darling daughter 12th years old birthday on 26th April 2016 ^_^ I made a birthday girl blows the birthday cake candles! I shaped the girl face and hands by mixing the rice with some ketchup for orange touched. Add on the nori for the detailed. Placed the head onto the lunch box and filled up broccoli for dress. Covered up the rest with rice and I  continued arranged the fish tofu as birthday cake. The candles made of toasted spaghetti and the yellow part of the fish tofu as lights. 

Prawn gyoza and quail eggs at another small container.

27.04.16 (Wednesday)

Sanrio Tuxedo Sam

 Simple designed for this Sanrio character ~ Tuxedo Sam ~ This round I didn't mixed the rice with blue pea flower extract first but just add on the juice using the flowers to dap on top of the rice for the blue touched. Leave the white part for Tuxedosam. Cheese for mouth and nori for eyes. The sailor hat made of fishball and nori. 

Stir-fried okra, pan-fried chicken nuggets, samosa yams and some grapes.

28.04.16 (Thursday)

Disney Marie

 While looking at my cutters and spotted this Disney Marie cat that I don't think I've created before so here it was my first attempt of Marie Bento ^_^ It was pretty easy by using the cookie cutter as outline and I just filled up the rice and add-on the nori detailed. Freehand scissor cut out the nori detailed as I'm lazy to penknive traced out by drawing on the baking paper :p 

Stir-fried potatoes, carrots and meat, spinach, red cabbage and sweet pea for side dishes.

 

Bento2016#Apr22~Sanrio Character Bentos

18.04.16 (Monday)

Simple Gudetama designed made out of boiled quail eggs ^_^ I just trimmed out the opened quail eggs and lay on top of the rice. Freehand scissor out the nori detailed. For side dishes have stir-fried okra, pandan chicken wrap and some seedless grapes.

19.04.16 (Tuesday)

My girl requested for noodles. Luckily I bought some during the weekend :) To made My Melody, I used beetroot noodles for the pink touched and pumpkin noodles for the face.  It's pretty easy create if you have the My Melody lunchbox. Looks kawaii right? Freehand scissor cut out the nori detailed and nose made of sweet corn. Flowers crabstick on top of My Melody was cut out by using cookie cutter. As for side dishes have spinach, miso soup, chicken drummets and some oranges.

20.04.16 (Wednesday)

 Conitnued my noodles theme ^_^ This round I made Hello Kitty and as usual using the lunchbox by filled up the pumpkin noodles and nori detailed. Cut out the crabstick for the red bow and sweet corn for nose. As for side dishes have stir-fried veggies with shimeji mushroom, miso soup and chicken katsu.

21.04.16 (Thursday)

 Opps..... noodles theme again :D Do you like Cinnamoroll? Since I have the lunchbox and why not continued my Sanrio Noodle Themes bento ^_^ Frankly speaking I'm not happy with the blue touched and my girl why don't I put nori detailed? Oh well, perhaps next time! To made the blue touched, I mixed the rice with bluepea flower extract. Carrot for cheeks. As for side dishes have cauliflower and carrots flowers, shrimp gyoza and miso again (my girl loves miso soup for her noodles)

 

Bento2016#Feb26~Hinamatsuri/Baymax/LineFriends/Hello Kitty

Update my weekly bento ^_^ Hope you all have a good week ahead.

Day 1: 22/02/2016 (Monday)

Hinamatsuri HK

Making my first Hinamatsuri bento for the upcoming "Doll Festival: on 3 March 2016 ^_^ As usual Hello Kitty will be on my list-to-do ^_^ Shaped the rice ball using cling wrap. Dear Daniel as Emperor and Helo Kitty as Empress, I wrapped up with cabbage Leaf/Choy Sum小白菜 for Dear Daniel and carrot as ritual baton whereas Hello Kitty holding a fan made of nori with eggsheet.

Side dishes have pandan chicken wrap, carrots, broccoli and yam samosa.

Day 2: 23/02/2016 (Tuesday)

Baymax

On Tuesday will be less food so I cooked simple fried rice and added Baymax made of mashed potatoes. Since I have extra time so I cut out alphabet cheese using cutter.

Day 3: 24/02/2016 (Wednesdy)

Line Brown & Line Cony

Do you hug your loved ones often or everyday? Please do it and cherish one another everyday ^_^ I made these couple set Line Brown & Line Cony for Wednesday bento. To made Line Brown simply mix some dark sweet sauce to the rice get brown colour rice. Cling wrap will be good choice to shape up the character. Freehand scissor cut out the nori detailed and ketchup for the final touched up on the cheeks and Cony ears.

As for side dishes have pan-fried chicken nuggets, pan-fried potato spun prawn, shimeji mushroom and some pea sprouts.

Day 4: 25/02/2016 (Thursday)

Hello Kitty X Line Brown

Argh.....how I wished that I lived in Taiwan so that I can collect the 7-11 Hello Kitty X Line Friends Sets =_=" Click HERE to view the event but sadly has over..... After I posted my Line Brown & Cony at my IG account and sweet friend of mine Alfani @fan1388 mentioned about the 7-11 Taiwan HK x Line Friends Collabration Sets! Thanks to her that I know what to make for my next day bento :D

Well I made HK x Brown first since I can't squeeze two onigiri into the bento box ^_^ As usual brown rice (dark sweet sauce + rice) onigiri then Kitty-chan (white rice) combined together using cling wrap. Side dishes have sesame chicken, broccoli, crabsick, eggsheet and oborotsuki

       

Bento2016#Feb19~Back to school bento

GongXiFaCai! Still in CNY moods and kids back to school this week ^_^ I'm back to my bento routine....yawn* Hopefully I can continue maintain my blog and one day when my kids grown up will bring back the sweet memories <3

Day 1: 15/2/16 (Monday)

Lots of PANDAS

After one week of bento break, I always will think of panda due to sleepy and dark circle :D So here I shaped the panda with cling wrap instead of using panda rice mould. Freehand scissor cut out the panda nori details and quite easy even though not using the panda rice mould set. Give it a try if you don't have any panda rice mould set. 

For side dishes have broccoli, half of the hard boiled egg (another half for my son's bento), panda chicken wrapped and some carrots. 

Day 2: 16/02/2016 (Tuesday)

Bear Mashed Potatoes

 I cooked some soba noodles (bought at organic store) that my girl requested. To make my bento cute, I added the mashed potatoes shaped as bear. Freehand scissor cut out the nori eyes and punched out the mouth detailed. Lastly, I added some cute food picks to let it stands out.

Day 3: 17/02/2016 (Wednesday)

Bonbonribbon Vs. My Melody

On this day I made Bonbon ribbon vs My Melody since my girl loves both of these Sanrio characters. Wonder which characters you like the most among these two? To made the rice pink, I added pink sakura denbu (bought local store that selling Japan goods). Immitation crabstick for the ribbon/flower. As for side dishes have drummets, pea sprouts and mashed potatoes (top coat with mayo and parsley flakes).

Day 4: 18/02/16 (Thursday)

Lots of HELLO KITTY

Bought another type of noodles from organic store. It's pumpkin noodles ^_^ This is simple designed and pretty easy to prepared. Hello Kitty face features made of kambu, carrots for flower and ribbon (I used hello kitty cutter). Some broccoli to made the divider, gyozas and tangerines with little touched up with nori :)

Bento2016#Jan15~Sanrio Theme Bento

Hello everyone! I'm back to blog about the 1st week of January 2016 bentos that I've shared at my Instagram and Facebook Page ^_^ Hope you will like it!

Day 1: 11.01.16 (Monday)

Hello Kitty Tamagoyaki

Day 2: 12.01.16 (Tuesday)

Pompompurin Mashed Potatoes

Day 3: 13.01.16 (Wednesday)

TuxedoSam Quail Eggs

Day 4: 14.01.16 (Thursday)

Hello Kitty Steamed Eggs

No bento on Friday unless my kids stayed back for extra class so basically they will go home early every Friday ^_^ 

As you can see that I'm making Sanrio Theme for the 1st week. Next week what theme bento should I make? Hmm..... stay tuned or follow me at my Instagram HERE or FB Page HERE. Thank you and have a lovely coming weekend!

Bento2015#Dec09~Gudetama X-mas

I'm totally have the same expression as Gudetama lazy to set up Christmas Tree =_=" It's fun for the kids to decorate and put the ornaments as well brighten up the house by countdown Christmas the day of Christ Jesus Born :) Looks like no excuse to set up the Christmas tree for this coming weekend ^_^ 

A closer look of my Gudetama Bento foodart. I trim out egg sheet for Gudetama shape using penknife. Freehand scissor cut out nori details too and simply put on top of the rice. Lastly, I add a Christmas tree pick and "Merry Christmas" pick ^_^

For side dishes have meat patties (mayonnaise on top), broccoli, snowflakes (white eggsheet) and some grapes.

Ta-da! My simple Gudetama X-mas bento for today sharing ^_^ Hope you will like it!

Bento2015#Dec08~Hello Kitty Egg Sheet

When was the last time I prepare egg sheet designed? Hmm..... quite long I think =_=" Looking at the Hello Kitty Thermos lunch box makes me think of easier way to decorate since is small space :) To learn making deco egg sheet simply visit +Shirley Wong "Little Miss Bento" tutorial HERE ^_^

A close up photo of my Hello Kitty egg sheet ^_^ I use two large eggs then separate the whites and yolks. Why I need two eggs? Because the balance egg sheets and add on to my son's lunch box compare to use 1 egg don't think will be enough :p

After separate the egg whites and yolks simply beat it using a fork and sieve to remove the bubbles. I pour the egg yolks to non stick pan then let it cook under low heat and off it when look dry. Remove from heat and I use Hello Kitty cookie cutter to cut the head and heart shape cutter for the love surrounding. Put back the cook yolk sheet and inject the egg white using injection syringe under low heat. When cook then remove and add on the nori details ^_^
  

For side dishes have pandan chicken wraps, broccoli, fish ball (oval shape) as Hello Kitty and egg sheet yolk after cut out.

I hope you like today's sharing "Hello Kitty Egg Sheet" bento ^_^ Have a lovely day!

Bento2015#Nov26~Cinnamoroll Bento

It's Cinnamoroll! Do you like this Sanrio character? So long I didn't make this cute character :D A little sugar (fondant) for her lunch since I didn't create "blue" egg sheet for Cinnamoroll eyes ^_^ 

First, I shape Cinnamoroll head and wrap up some chicken floss inside using cling wrap. Arrange the head into the lunch box and body then fill up with spinach plus goji berries. To make the "blue" eyes, I crush the blue alphabet fondants into powder using spoon then add onto the cheese. Pink fondant powder for the cheeks and mouth. Lastly, I add the ears :)
   

As for side dishes have gyoza, tofu fish cake cut into slices and some grapes.

I hope you like this Cinnamoroll Bento and you may skip the fondant powder by using nori instead ^_^

Bneto2015#Nov25~Hello Kitty Fish Balls

Opps..... I make Hello Kitty theme bento again ^_^ My daughter requests to bring this Hello Kitty Thermos lunch box so it's super easy for me since I don't have to create new idea :D Anyway, one thing about this thermos lunch box is very limited space to design and only can pack little foods =_="

Perhaps when she goes to Secondary might not want to use this HK Thermos. By then she will request for more foods and no longer wants cute bento just like her brother :D

A closer look of the Hello Kitty that I use fish oval shape balls (bought from market). If you have followed my bento, you might remembered I did before Hello Kitty made out of fish balls but many years ago :D This round I skip the yellow nose (you may use corn or cheese) instead of nori :D As usual adding eyelashes for Kitty-chan :) 

The rice is mix with Hello Kitty furikake (store bought) that comes with mini Hello Kitty flakes for decoration ^_^ Love it!

As for side dishes have stir-fried Siew Pak Choy小白菜 and pork cutlet. Finally my daughter can enjoys her grapes after recovered from her cough ^_^ 

I hope you like today's sharing and gambateh for her test paper! 2 more days to go! Fighting!

Bento2015#Nov24~Hello Kitty A+ Bento

Good Luck bento for my daughter's lunch box because last Thursday my kids having their 1st Term Exam and will end on this Friday. Just to make her happy and wish her all the best for her test paper. 

I make "Hello Kitty" since is her favourite and add on "A+ Work" pick ^_^ 

A closer look of the Hello Kitty. I shape the rice using cling wrap and add some chicken floss fillins inside. Freehand scissor cut out the nori face features and egg sheet for the nose. Arrange Hello Kitty first then fill up the rest with broccoli and carrots in star shapes. Crabstick for Kitty-chan red ribbon that I used oval shape cutters to cut it.

As for side dishes have tamagoyaki and pandan chicken wraps. 

I hope you like this simple Hello Kitty bento :) Have a lovely day ahead.

Bento2015#Nov12~Hello Kitty Omurice

Back to school after 3 days no school (Monday to Wednesday) due to Deepavali holidays ^_^ Cook this simple omurice for lunch but sadly my eggs not pretty :p I create the omurice into Hello Kitty shape simply using cling wrap to shape it. Next, I freehand scissor cut out nori for the face details. Spread some mayo to let it stick onto the egg. Honey cherry tomato for the red bow and secure it with spaghetti.
 

Arrange the Hello Kitty Omurice then follow by few slice of Japanese cucumbers and lettuce.

As for another small container contains with grapes and oranges.

Quick and easy Tomato fried rice cover with eggs ^_^ Hope you like it!

Bento2015#Nov03~Hello Kitty Lunch Box

Simple and quick lunch bento by just using the crabstick for Hello Kitty theme ^_^ I stir-fried noodles for my kids lunch and to make it cute, I cover up the noodles with spinach then put the Hello Kitty crabstick (white) on top.

A closer look of the Hello Kitty make of crabstick (white) that I use cookie cutter to cut. It's easy and save up time when have the Kitty-chan cookie cutter :D Red ribbon also make of crabstick (red) and I freely scissor cut out the nori details. Cheese for nose and I add some carrot flowers to look nicer.

No side dishes because I stir-fried the noodles with button mushroom, prawns and fish balls. I use Hello Kitty 2-tiers lunch box so the shorter container will contain oranges and grapes (I add some sour plum for extra flavours)

I hope you like this simple and quick Hello Kitty bento ^_^ Happy Tuesday!