Nöm #133- Pokeball & Pikachu (24May-12)

I realise my blog has very little write-up. More of a pictorial blog? I would love to write more, if I have the time, but juggling between kids, bento & work.. I am left with very little me-time :S

Girl has no school today, and meant to do just a bento for Cay, and since it's just for him, I decided to make him a Pokeball bento.

But, the poor thing was down with a slight fever last nite, and didnt have appetite. The girl ended up eating this instead =)



Wanted to use crabstick for the red part of the pokeball initially, but saw red pepper when i was over at the supermart and decided to use that instead, much much healthier choice.

I am thankful girl is a rabbit.. meaning she loves loves vege. It was quite a heap of diced capsicum there, no seasoning, simply diced and sauteed with a little olive oil.

Nöm #132- Snoopy & Woodstock (23May-12)

Hardboil-egg Snoopy.

*adopted from Kaerenmama's bento book.

Nöm #131- Koalas (22May-12)

My first trial adding sesame powder to rice for a tinge of greyish color. Kids and I love sesame, but not sure how will they take to this.
I tried the rice myself, and I must say I kinda of like it.. the sesame taste is really fragrant =)

Nonetheless, I packed in a packet of bonito flakes for them to sprinkle on lest the kids don't quite like the taste.

Nöm #130- Pinocchio (21May-12)

Not happy with today's bento. Not what I had in mind :(

Nöm #129- Hamburglar Hello Kitty Hamburger (18May-12)

The name is a tongue twister, eh? I checked with boy yesterday before deciding to make this. He is ok with a HK bento :P

Cheese burger with home-made beef patty today.

The McD Hello Kitty craze is here again :P

Nöm #128- Little Oink Oink (17May-12)

Multi-colored spaghetti cooked aglio e olio style today, with garlic, corn & prawns.

Clearing my fridge, not much fruits left (except a few tangerines), and didn't intend to decorate the lunchbox today.

After I arrange the prawns, thought it look like a flower and decided to add in a little pig in the middle to complete the flower ^^

Nöm #127- Owls..hoot..hoot (16May-12)

Cay is learning about Owls & Natural Habitats, and his school is bringing them for a learning journey today...Jurong Bird Park ^^
It's mini chicken pie today =)

I manage to take a few snap shots for tutorial as its a really simple bento today.

Round cutter to stamp out the eyes from cheese.

 

Stamp out an oval piece of bread, then flattened it with a roller.

 

This is the fine tip scissors I use for my bentos. I snip out the wings from the bread crust, flatten it with a rollerpin.

(ps: errm, its very rough cutting here :P Trim the edges for a neater look)

 

I used these little pink hearts for the beak. Quick and easy :P

 

Stick all the parts together.

 

Add on facial details.

Tadah.. not that difficult, eh? =D

Do give it a try ^^

Nöm #126- Panda, Panda (15May-12)

Hello! Panda ^^

Nöm #125- Friends for Life (14May-12)

Girl is going for SPCA school trip today. Made both a "Friends For Life" bento ^^

Mahjong 大三元 cupcakes (13May-12)

I have always wanted to do those fondant decorated cupcakes (since eons ago), but never never muster up enough courage. Looks just too daunting for me.
I "played" with fondant once, did a few really simple "faces" cupcakes but that was it. Never touch fondant since.

It's Mommy's Day today, and the village is having a celebration. My villagers are always so supportive, why not make them guinea pigs? :P

I made cake pops for Ashley's last birthday celebration, and I really love the moist texture of the cake. Decided to use back the same cakepop recipe but instead of making pops, I stuffed the cake into little muffin cups instead. Bought these cute little polka dot muffin cups from Phoon Huat, I added on yellow ribbons for the finishing touch ^^

My momma highness will be there.. so I decided to go with a Mahjong themed cupcake for today.

(errm, none of the rest of the villagers know how to play MJ)

Before decoration. The cake do look so moist & yummy, right? :P

I don't play mj.. I had to google for a set of winning tiles. I made a set of 3 Great Scholars (14 tiles), MJ players should know hor? There are chips + dices too ^^

My chinese writing is horrendous. Horribly horrendous.

I made the fondant decoration only last nite.. my chips are still a little droopy..

I made 18 cupcakes (14 tiles + 1 dice + 1 chips). Had 2 left, added hearts sprinkles ^^

All packed and ready to go =)

Have an awesome Mother's Day with your moms & children, everyone.

HUAT ah!!!!

Nöm #124- Little Hedgehogs (10May-12)

Little Hedgehogs baked cheese rice ^^

Nöm #123- PikachuS (06May-12)

For my little niece who is here for a sleepover...
These Pikachus are getting dipped in Soup Spoon's Clam Chowder & Mushroom Stroganoff ^^

Pikachus are hi cal cheese (lighter yellow) + smoked cheese (darker shade of yellow) on bread.

I do simple tutorials randomly or if time allows =)

A mommy asked for the tools used for these Pikachus and I did a really simple shot of the tools with simple instructions.

My apologies that I didn' manage to take shots while doing the Pikachus yesterday. Hope the below pictures are clear enough ^^

Except for the 2 shoe punchers, the pink bread cutter and the white round stamper are bought from Daiso.

This is the Doraemon shoe puncher.

Align the 3 pieces together, stick with mayo onto the cheese and u have the mouth =)

The tip of the ears & the nose are just triangles, which can be easily cut out free-hand =)

Nöm #122- Sail Sail away (04May-12)

The little bunnies & pandas are sailing away =)

Today we have honeybaked mid-wing joints (deboned) with broccoli, baby corn & grapes and I layered floss between the rice for the kids.
The little boats are made of mushrooms and the sails are "home-made" :P

Yippee.. we have come to friday ♥ ♥ ♥

Nöm #121- Beary Bread Rolls (03May-12)

Not much "inspiration" these couple of days.

Something really simple today.
I have another tray of fruits for the kids on the 2nd tier of lunchbox. Will pack in milo too.
(geesh, i sound so robotic)

Nöm #120- Bunny Wraps (02May-12)

My little bunnies had candies a wee bit too much.. they are totally bloated :P

Wholemeal wraps with ovenbaked chicken & lettuce. There is Nestle Crunch crisp wafers + milo today too.. oohh, kids will be delighted ^^