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#May06~Rilakkuma/Olaf/Kodomonohi

03.05.16 (Tuesday)

Rilakkuma Spam

On Tuesday I cooked some soba noodles for her lunch and deco the spam meat into Rilakkuma character ^_^ I used cookie cutter to cut out the Rilakkuma shaped and the detailed were cheese for ears, nori and the white part made of rice. Broccoli, carrots and grapes as side dishes. 

04.05.16 (Wednesday)

Olaf Bento

On Wednesday bento, I just followed the Olaf lunchbox cover for my girl's lunch ^_^ I didn't shaped the Olaf rice balls into firm shaped but just arranged it neatly and add-on the nori detailed. Freehand scissor cut out the nori details except the snowflakes (puncher) Carrot for Olaf nose and side dishes have cauliflower, sesame chicken, tamagoyaki and orange slices.

05.05.16 (Thursday)

Kodomo no Hi

On 5th May 2016,  I made Japan Children's Day bento since it's the actual day of the festival. It is a day set aside to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness. This year I just made the carp streamer designed compared to my passed years bentos :p 

• Blue carp : Mashed potatoes and dap blue pea flower extract on top
• Yellow carp: Tamagoyaki and red part crabstick for fins
• Green carp: Broccoli

Underneath was rice and side dishes have pandan chicken wrap, quail eggs and grapes.
   

Bento2016#Feb05~Miffy, Girl, Baymax & Rilakkuma

Yay! Two more days is Lunar New Year and this week will be my final week to made bento for my kids. I hope you will like my bento creations ^_^

Day 1: 1/2/16 (Monday)

Miffy's Love Letter

 On Monday, I made Miffy using the cookie cutter as outline ^_^ It's simple and quick when you have cookie cutters at home. Simply filled up the rice and add the nori details. Crabstick for red dress, broccoli and meat floss at background. Underneath is rice as well and side dishes have broccoli, fish roll crabstick and the chicken herbs inside the foil (store bought)

Day 2: 2/2/16 (Tuesday)

Shopping Girl

 On Tuesday, I made shopping girl ^_^ I think majority ladies will love window shopping, perhaps including the man as well who knows :D Well, I have some cookie cutters for the handbag, shoe (dress & hat but I didn't use cut the eggsheet out) to matched the shopping girl theme bento. The dress is made out of milk cabbage奶白菜and perfectly pretty as a dress :) Eggsheet for hair details and I added nori for extra touched.

Day 3: 3/2/16 (Wednesday)

Since CNY is coming soon, I created my 3rd CNY Theme bento. I made Baymax wears samfu and wished "gong xi fa cai" for the upcoming CNY :D Looking smart and handsome right? Haha.... The "福" nori wording was punched out using puncher (I can't remembered bought from where) Side dishes have bean curd with minced meat, broccoli and button mushroom.

Day 4: 4/2/16 (Thursday)

 

Rilakkuma & Friends

On Thursday, my darling girl requested for noodles so I stir-fried some organic charcoal noodles for her lunch. To made Rilakkuma & Friends, I used rice to made since much easier :) As usual Rilakkuma in brown rice (dark sweet sauce + rice), Korilakkuma in white rice and Kiiroitori made of cheese (carrot as beak). Side dishes have spinach and spring rolls. 

Bento2015#Oct27~Sleepy Rilakkuma & Friends

Sleepy San-X Rilakkuma and friends for today's bento ^_^ How I wish that I'm one of them can continue my beauty sleep Zzz..... So tired and forever no ending tasks to do everyday =_=" But after done the bento for my girl, especially with cute characters will make me feel great and no longer tired :D Looks like by looking at cute stuffs will brighten up each day! No wonder every night my daughter will asked me: "Mummy, what's for tomorrow? Can you make this and so on.... etc" Aww.....melts my heart <3 
 

Here's the close up Rilakkuma and friends. 

Rilakkuma: To make brown rice, just mix the rice with dark sweet sauce.
Korilakkuma: Rice, nori details and crabstick (I don't have kamaboko for pink touch)
Kiiroitori: Egg sheet, nori details and crabstick.

For side dishes have pan-fried fish fillets, broccoli and baby corns. (*I pack the grapes separately for her desserts)

I hope you like today's sharing bento. Have a lovely day!

Rilakkuma Deco Mashed Potato Steamed Buns

It's baking time since I have some orange sweet potatoes to make deco steamed pao ^_^ This round I make Rilakkuma using the same recipe but just add some cocoa powder for brown colour. To view the recipe can visit HERE my previous Winnie The Pooh Deco Steamed Buns.
 

I prepared the dough at late evening while cooking dinner for my family. Well, I'm happy that the dough rise up well and time to shape into Rilakkuma. On the other hand, my girl already helped me rolled the red beans into 12 balls each ball is 10g for the pao fillings. Each dough I use 40g for each ball and I make sure have balance dough to the ears ^_^  
To make brown dough, I mix some cocoa powder to the natural dough. This took me quite some time to knead it until smooth. (*Sorry that I didn't use any measurement for the cocoa powder, all base on the brown colour that I prefer)
To make black detail simply add the natural dough with some charcoal powder and knead until smooth. 
 

The balance black dough just nice to create Jiji Cat ^_^ While steaming, the pao skin not as smooth as the Rilakkuma =_="
 

I hope you will like this Rilakkuma Deco Steamed Buns. Happy Thursday! 

Bento2015#Sep02~Rilakkuma Inarizushi

Oh no..... I make my Rilakkuma too chubby until look so cramped :D I know my girl likes to eat inari so to make this Rilakkuma, I use three pieces of inari pouches to create it ^_^ It will look nicer if I control on the amount of rice.
 

Here's the closer look of my Rilakkuma Inarizushi ^_^ The details make of nori. Oh gosh.... really look cramped inside =_=" Poor thing.....
 

As for side dishes have pan-fried fish fillets, broccolim carrots and checker apple.

I hope you like this chubby Rilakkuma Inarizushi Bento. 

My first Rilakkuma Pull-apart Breads

Today's Rilakkuma pull-apart bread inspired by +Jean Yap recipes. Is like a challenging task for me due to I hardly baked breads! Thankfully the breads turn out well and soft. 

For decoration: I don't have dark chocolate for the eyes so I just used normal chocolate. 

To view the recipe please visit HERE. Do check or follow her at Facebook/Instagram for latest updates. She made awesome bentos as well and I wish I could baked like hers ^_^ By the way, the recipe needs milk and I don't have milk at home so I substitute with soymilk.  

Here comes a snapshot of my daughter holding the bread  ^_^ Love the soft texture! My kitchen smelled great!

I hope you like my Rilakkuma pull-apart bread ^_^ Have a blessed weekend!

Bento2015#Jun11~Rillakkuma & Korilakkuma

Simple Rilakkuma & Korilakkuma Bento for her lunch break ^_^ This round I steam sweet potatoes to make Korilakkuma. Mashed it before cover up the rice. As for Rilakkuma, I use minced meat.
 

Here is the close up photo. You can create other characters as well ^_^ I put the rice first then only cover up the minced meat as brown and mashed sweet potatoes as yellow. 

For side dishes: broccoli, grapes and some oranges. I add some ketchup at the little chick sauce container.

Hope you like it! 

Bento2015#Apr23~Rilakkuma & Friends

Bought some eggplants so today's bento I add some eggplants for kids lunch ^_^ They love it! I spend quite some time on cooking so to make a theme bento, I just use mashed potatoes to decorate as Rilakkuma & Korilakkuma. It was pretty rush but luckily still manage to get it done before send them to school. Phew!
 

Here is the close up Rilakkuma & Korilakkuma make from mashed potatoes/nori/ketchup. As for Kiiroitori make of quail egg soak with turmeric water to get the yellow touch :)

For side dishes have pan-fried salmon, eggplants, broccoli, cauliflower and grapes ^_^ 

Gosh....makes me hungry too! Lol! Bon-appetit!

Bento2015#Mar25~Rilakkuma & Kiiroitori Bento

Simple lunch bento for today that I just decorate my meat patties into Rilakkuma ^_^ I skip Korilakkuma due to the light colour because my patties are too dark for it. At least I have time to make Kiiroitori make from tamagoyaki :p And can you spot the missing part?
 

Here is the close up photo. I'm sure you can notice my mistake =_=" Is my Kiiroitori!!! I miss out two small dots at the carrot nose! Argh.... Well, by looking at the photo now, it seem that my Rilakkuma don't look like. Am I asking too much on perfection? Lol!

I don't follow any recipe for my meat patties. Just marinate minced meat with cornflour, soy sauce, fine garlic/onion, spring onion and dash of pepper. Before I pan-fried it (I prefer pan-fried instead of deep fried), roll the meat patties into the shape that you prefer then dip with egg and bread crumbs. Cook until golden brown.

To decorate into Rilakkuma, I cut out cheese for the nose, nori for details and button mushroom for ears.

For side dishes just pea sprouts, carrots, grapes and mandarin oranges. I hope you like this simple bento. Happy Wednesday!

Bento2015#Mar04~Rilakkuma & Kiiroitori Bento

Simple lunch for today :) I make Rilakkuma & Kiiroitori to match my lunch box :D I didn't use any rice mould to shape Rilakkuma. All you have to do is shape the bear using cling wraps. Honestly I prefer cling wrap compare to rice mould when you're not rushing time. But using rice mould will help you save up time. Well, just do whichever you like ^_^

Here the closer look of Rilakkuma. To make brown rice, I add little bit of dark sweet sauce to the rice and shape the head, ears and hands. For the white part, I cut out hard boiled egg (white) and add in the nori details. I take some of the egg yolk to add on top of the ears then press together using cling wrap.
 

For side dishes have stir-fried fresh button mushroom with chicken. I also pack some grapes and another small container (not shown). Kiiroitori make from hard boiled egg and add nori details. Cut out some cucumber leaf and apple leaf as well to brighten up the lunch box! 

I hope you like today's simple lunch post. Have a nice day!

Bento2014#Nov26~Rilakkuma Bento

Making this simple Rilakkuma bento for today's lunch ^_^ Due to my bad cough so I want to made as simple as possible and get done! No mould needed for this Rilakkuma all you need is cling wrap to shape the mouth and ears :D Easy right? Haha....

Here's the close up look of my Rilakkuma ^_^ To made brown rice just add sweet dark sauce together with rice. Pour half of the brown rice into the bento box and press firmly using cling wrap (avoid rice stick to hand). Add shape ears and mouth. Freehand scissor cut out nori for the details. Stick the nori eyes onto the cheese then trim out using toothpick.

For side dishes have pea sprout, meat patties, tamagoyaki and orange. I also punch of nori paw and stick onto the orange ^_^

I hope you like this simple Rilakkuma Bento ^_^

Bento2014#Nov06~Korilakkuma in Rilakkuma Sack

Making simple and quick bento for today's lunch ^_^ Rilakkuma and Korilakkuma theme bento except Kiiroitori :p Now looking at the photos, I can actually add the nori details at the quail eggs for Kiiroitori!  Oh well, didn't think of it =_="
 

Korilakkuma wear Rilakkuma sack made of inari. Miss out adding the hands to hold the sack (that was an idea in my mind) At least I didn't miss out the face feactures :D
 

Side dishes have chicken seaweed wrap, quail eggs, sweet corn and pea sprouts.

Bon-appetit! Hope you like today's bento and wish all have a great mid-week ^_^

Rilakkuma Foodart

Woohoo....tomorrow is happy weekend and I just want to "RELAX" and enjoy it ^_^ No plans to go beach as tonight dinner foodart just simple theme that I always want to make long long ago....haha... I didn't do sketches before making dinner foodart, just feel like doing something after cooking :p

Rilakkuma made from mashed potato with some dark sweet sauce, nori & cheese for details. After shape Rilakkuma, I put on beach wears for them ^_^ Cucumber & tomato for the outfits! Freehand scissor cut out the sunglasses for them and put some decorations next to them. 

Bon-appetit!! Prawns, potato leaves and miso beancurd soup for side dishes ^_^ 

Have a blessed weekend! Cheers!

Rilakkuma Fried Rice

Simple home cooked fried rice and decorate as Rilakkuma Bear ^_^ Tonight going to celebrate Mother's Day with my parents and was busy doing house chores from morning till late noon. So I cooked simple dish for my family. 

Today's weather was super HOT HOT HOT!!!!

Since super HOT weather =_=" I made a cup of ice peach tea to go along with my Rilakkuma fried rice ^_^ Nom nom nom....

Hope you have a great weekend & wish all mummies "Blessed Mother's Day" Hugs & Kisses! 

Bento2014#May05~Children's Dayこどもの日Kodomo no Hi

Today in Japan country celebrate Children's Day こどもの日, Kodomo no Hi festival although I'm not in Japan but still like to create one bento each year ^_^ Click HERE & HERE to view my last year creation. 

Today, I chose Rilakkuma & Friends to join in this joyous festival! I did a sketched last night so that I won't waste time :) To matched this theme, I used Oyako Kingyo Bento box since is about fish and I liked this two different sizes goldfish bento boxes ^_^ Is like big bento box MAMA & the small bento box BABY.

For small Oyako Kingyo bento box, I made from Rilakkuma inarizushi, just add nori & cheese and of course must add Kabuto (Japanese Military Helmet) I folded last night :) Lastly, add some rock melons!

As for big Oyako Kingyo bento box, I filled some rice at half portion and decorate the Koinobori (carp streamer) on top. 

• Korilakkuma : imitation squid roll (surimi chikuwa)
• Rilakkuma : sausage, nori
• Kiiroitori : tamagoyaki, carrot, nori

I hope you like today's Japan Children's Day post ^_^ Happy Monday!

I can't helped it to took one more picture of the Oyako Kingyo Bento box before let my daughter bring to school ^_^