Nöm #107- Batboy & Batgirl (12Apr-12)

Specially for the boy. Wanted to do just the batman logo, but the sister didn't wanted batman :P
Therefore, I make another batboy/ batgirl at the side for some cuteness ^^

Nöm #106- Caterpillars(11Apr-12)

Japanese Curry with homemade cheesey meatballs (in thermal) for kids today. Rice was cooked with purple carrot thrown in.

Nöm #105- Whack-A-Mole (10Apr-12)

PBJ sandwich ^^

Haha, i thought my bento is really funny looking today. I had the urge to "pinch" out the moles after I am done :P

I thought my moles look like seal, but I dont wanna call this whack-a-seal.
So, Whack-A-Mole it shall be :P

Bought these mini marshmallows from Cold Storage.

Use a round cutter to stamp out a few holes. Spread PBJ on another slice of bread & top it with this "holey" bread.

Pre punched nori.

Stick on the facial details, stuffed the marshmallows into yr sandwich and there you go ^^

My kids are excited about this bento today :P

Nöm #104- Nested Nestlings (09Apr-12)

Hee.. Monday again. Woke up late again ^^
Idea copied from web.
Wanted to make the beaks with carrots, but ran out of time, thus replaced them with picks :P

Nöm #103- Angry Pigs, Happy Easter (05Apr-12)

In a week, there will be at least 1 day when I will either:
(1) woke up late
(2) feeling lazy
(3) mind void of ideas/creativity

Today, I am all 3 :P

Made something which I have done before (but I didn't blog the 1st Angry Pig bento).
I have done bread balls before, so today's lunchbox was really something simple and easy. I manage to make another angry pig for tutorial pictures =)

It's Easter ^^ Pigs are having a blast coz they can have all the eggs they want! Have an EGG-cellent weekend ahead, everyone =)

Flatten a slice of pandan bread with a roller. (This will allow the bread to be moulded easily without tearing).

Slice the crusts off, then make slits in the 4 corners.

(U can choose to keep the crusts, I sliced it off as I had initially wanted to use it as the "defence" walls for the eggs).

Place the filling of your choice in the middle.

Place the bread on a cling wrap.

Twist the cling wrap and tightly bundle the bread into a ball.

Stamp out 2 small circles (eyes) + 1 bigger (nose) out of cheese.

Stick on the eyes & "nostrils" (my nori are punched using punchers)

Add on the "brows" & a mouth.

Take a 1/4 of a slice of bread, then half it. These are for the ears.

Flatten the bread, mould/roll it into a small ball.

Stick the ears in using uncooked pasta (much safer then using toothpicks lest kids accidentally swallow it).

Tadah.. the angry pig ^^

Nöm #102- Easter Bunny Chicks (04Apr-12)

An Easter themed bento =^^=Bought ume soumen for the first time. I kinda of like the taste, not sure about the kids though. I packed frozen soba dip for them to bring along.

Nöm #101- Moo Moo moooo (03Apr-12)

It's Ben & Jerry's Free Cone day today =)I have never queued for 1, the line is way too long for me to make that wait :P
So here's a little moo moo cow bento with ice cream for the kiddos today ^^

Nöm #100- Angry Bird babybel cheese (02Apr-12)

Mondays are my lazy days. After a weekend of activities, I am not recharged yet to prepare a full meal bento for the kids, and will usually make bread with jam/nutella. I bought some babybel cheese last week, it's my first time trying these. I have seen mommies from the bento group using these and thought they look really interesting.

The idea is not mine, copied this Angry Bird idea from one of the mommies. I have made Angry Bird out of sushi rice before, but using babybel cheese is much less challenging and I really like how it turned out ^^

Angry Bird Babybel cheese.

I packed wholemeal bread with nutella/kaya today.

Please pardon the pictures, blur me didnt realise camera was on wrong setting till I have uploaded them :S

This is how the Babybel cheese look like. Comes in pack of 5.

Use a round cutter to cut off the bottom part of the wax seal.

Using the opening of a piping, stamp a circle out of carrot.

Use a knife to slowly carve out the beak from the carrot.

Stamp out 4 small circles for the eyes. (I bought this tool from Daiso, really handy)

Slice of a little of the top part of the eye, this will create the angry look.

Cut 2 small strips of nori for the brows.

I used a nori puncher to punch out the black eyes. Stick them all together with mayo.

Finishing touch, I use 2 red heart picks for the top feather on their heads.

Here u go ^^

Petit Fleur lunchboxes

Went in this shop many times, and many times I resisted getting these boxes (I really don't need MORE boxes.)
Finally, I succumb today, oops =)

ps: I have the tissue holder under this series..they have ooh-so-pretty stuff ^^

Nöm #99- Owls sandwich crackers (31Mar-12)

I did this with Ashley today, and I thought it would be nice to blog the step by step process as its fairly easy to do. Please pardon me if my pictures do not seem to be in sequence (or lack of information) as there are many occassions that I realise I should have taken a pic of that step only after I have done it :(
Hopefully I will improve as I blog more often ^^

Owl Meiji crackers with Kaya & Cheese

Meiji crackers.

I used smoke cheese for the wings (which is a deeper yellow). Use a round cookie cutter to stamp out a circle.

Cut the circle into half.

Using a small heart shape cutter, stamp out 2 hearts. Note: I used "normal" cheese for these.

Using mayo, stick the wings to a piece of meiji biscuit.

Then the eyes.

Use 1 corner of a triangle cutter to stamp out the beak out of smoked cheese.

Punch out nori (seaweed) using these punchers.

Stick the nori (with mayo), spread kaya on another piece of meiji cracker and sandwiched both..tadah ^^

I added some cupcake sprinkles onto the wings, u may add any decorations u like.

ps: i really love kaya with cheese.. its such a yummy combi :D