Happy bento B147 16/12/13 chicken patties sammies and cheese sausage rolls

Mr man is having issues with lunch at work - staff lunch too unhealthy but it's too expensive to eat out in the long run. Hence I've made chicken patties sandwiches and cheese sausage rolls for him. I've put in mandarin orange and prune for him too. Hope he likes it.

Happy Bento B147 Peanut butter and four seasons jam dorayakis

Peanut butter and four berries jam dorayaki :) I adapted from Alan's blog (http://travelling-foodies.com/2013/10/02/dorayaki/ ) and make changes. It does taste yummy, but I'm bad at shaping lol :) I'll try again :)

Happy Bento B146 07/10/13 tierney's cheese sausage wraps :)

We got some tierney's cheese sausage recently and my hubbie was thrilled :) It's one of his favorite food but I seldom let him take it. As a treat today, I've decided to make him one for his breakfast :)

I've also thrown in multivitamins, black prune and cherry tomatoes ;)

Happy Bento B145 25/9/13 honey sammies

Mr man is having a gloomy mood as it is only mid week lol.. He is hoping for Friday to come quickly as there wouldn't be mobile CCTV around lol. Hence a little colorful bento to hopefully, make his day.

As weather is pretty crazy, either very hot or it's rainy, hence I used honey to spread the sammies. Serves as a good immunity booster :) Not forgetting vitamin C (cherry tomatoes) and antioxidants (Kyushu grapes)

Happy Bento B144 23/9/13 Yuzu sammies

Hubbie preferred Yuzu sammies over egg sammies as he says it's better for the throat lol. There you go and top with honeyed tomatoes, pear and multivitamins.

Happy Bento B143 10/9/13 mini hello kitty

One of my Tutee, kimberly, gave me a set of mini hello kitty cutters as teachers day gift :) I was so happy, haha. In appreciation and as an encouragement to her upcoming sa2, I used the cutters to make mini hk skewers and hk poker cards sammies for her using peanut butter :)

I'm glad she liked it! She was so happy with it and love that little skewer of hk lol.

To you gal, it's been a pleasure to teach you ;) all the best to your exams and future.

Happy Bento B142 8/9/13 happy hearts

This is a post dedication to thank all my students for their gifts and appreciation for me during teacher's day 2013. Also a dedication to my hubbie to keep on fighting! Lol

I was looking around for ideas when i chanced upon my heart shaped sandwich mould (a new toy). Hence, I decided to do a heart shaped peanut butter sammies.

I've also thrown in goodies like sour cream chips, pistachio nuts, honeyed cornflakes with cranberries and multivitamins.

Happy Bento B141 3/9/13 black n white buns from Taiwan :)

We went for an F&E trip to Taiwan recently and had so much fun :) On the first day of the trip, we encountered typhoon rain and was stuck at Danshui for a while. We went into a Mac restaurant over there and my hubbie saw the new promotion on black n white buns for a meal set. We tried that (these buns comes in a pair per set, black buns with beef patties and white buns with chicken patties) and my hubbie loves it!
Thus when we went to the local Carrefour over there near out hotel, he head over to the bread section like an excited boy! Thus we got the black and white buns with some Beehoon and noodles as well as some jellies!

For today, I've placed some butter and marinated salmon into the buns and give them a little toast :) ooo can't wait to try mine later lol

Happy Bento B140 14/8/13 snoopy n wood stock

I woke up late and didn't really have much time to free hand mould my snoopy n Woodstock. Thus I cheated by using moulds for my bread slices filled with tuna but I do freehand cutting of nori :)

As hubbie intend to jog tonight after work, I'll slotted in his energy bar from his reservist, some natural gummies and an apple.

Happy Bento B139 12/9/13 simple peanut butter Sammies

After a long break, Im back! The Big Boy wants simple peanut butter Sammies with no fanciful designs so there you are! together with a small bottle of goat's milk that we purchased yesterday during our farm visits :) (not in pic)

Happy Bento B138 15/7/13 my minion

wahaha it's the minion craze and I'm a little slow to produce my minion bentos .. Oops keke. Finally managed to do one and I do freehand cutting for the seaweed :)

Happy Bento B137 2/7/13 simple bentos

Today's bento comprises of honeyed char Siew baos, corn, tomato stick, apple and a biscuit (from Taiwan)

I'm too sleepy to decorate so keeping things simple

Happy Bento B136 24/6/13 salmon roses bun

I came across fresh whole meal buns and bought them. I wanted to make chicken burgers with them but hubbie prefers something light, hence smoked salmon roses bun :) It seems to be an owl too! What's your take? Roses or owl?

Happy Bento B135 17/6/13 salmon pita triangles

today's bento is made up of pita triangles filled with salmon. This idea came from the ice cream cone that I saw sometime back. somehow the idea floated into the head and tada.. salmon pita triangles :)

Happy Bento B134 13/6/13 fish wraps

It's wraps! Yes I haven't done this for sometime and I'm making do with what I can find in my fridge. Turn out doesn't seem too bad lol

Happy Bento B133 6/6/13 animals

today's bento is animals in a garden :) Too tired to do designs or sculpting thus use my trusty picks only.

Happy Bento B132 5/6/13 blue blue day

Wahaha I think today's theme really fits me. I actually put in B131 instead of B132 for my bento label-.-" wahaha. Anyway, today's bento is fairly simple for me as I only have 15 mins to get everything done.

Happy Bento B131 30/5/13

Today Mr man is feeling slightly better. To help him with his recovery, there's Tingkat lunch for him! He was delighted!

In order to keep food warm for a longer period of time, I poured boiling water into the washed vacuum flask and let it stay overnight.

I prepared mixed brown rice minced meat with silver fish porridge, steamed shredded cabbage and onions with teriyaki sauce and lastly, grilled sotong balls ( which I make them looked like flowers).

In the morning, i opened the vacuum flask and throw away the hot water. yes, the water is still hot! After I scooped the hot porridge into the vacuum flask and placed the steamed vegetable on it. I cling wrapped with both binder together and poked some holes on top of the cling film. After I placed the grilled sotong ball on top of the vegetables, I cling wrapped again with poked holes on the top of the cling wrap. Finally, I covered the container and ensure that I close it tightly and properly.

Happy Bento B130 30/3/13 old McDonald had a farm!

Today I'm putting the moo moo cheese cake (cheese cake with a cow imprinted on the surface) into the bento box. Theres a pig filled with multivitamins, a real pear and a box of tiny fruit shaped candies ;) Doesn't this sound like a farm? Lol

Happy Bento B129 29/5/13 lunch bento

The Big Kid (aka my hubbie) is not really well yet but he had to return to work. As he didnt want staff lunch today as the meal can be oily and unhealthy, I decided to prep a lunch box for him. Using indomie mee soto (courtesy of my friend), some baby corn, shredded cabbage and carrots, as well as fish roe balls and meat balls :)

It's all boiled and not fried!

Happy Bento B128 29/5/13

Today, I decided to cut my Swiss roll into quarters and put into his box. No time for cute deco as I'm also doing his lunch box today lol

Happy Bento B127 Swiss roll bear

We found chocolate rice Swiss roll during our evening stroll tonight :) Since he is preparing so hard for his last paper, I thought I'll do a cute little bento for him using the choco Swiss roll :)) Hence the little bear bento. I'll need to brush up on my skills further :)

Happy Bento B126 20/5/13 fresh walnut bread

We went to get fresh bakes from that bakery that I love :) This time round, I got fresh walnut bread! The aroma is ooommmppphhhh! interestingly they made it yellow n white in colour. I've added in the usual fruits and multivitamins for the big kid (aka my hubbie) :))

Happy Bento B125 15/3/13 fish n seaweed roll

this is a roll roll roll week hee hee. today is fish and seaweed. I got this inspiration from the seaweed tamago that I saw somewhere :)

Happy Bento B124 13/5/13

Hubbie said he wants bento after close to a month's break:)) he was so delighted to find these in his box though :)

Happy Bento B123 7/3/13 cheese and sugar braids

Remember in the previous post that I mention about buying 2 different loaves of bread? well, this is for today n tomorrow :)

I find it pretty to look at and yummy so I got this.

Happy Bento B122 6/5/13 bears paibao and chick

We came across a bakery selling freshly n beautifully baked breads and got excited :) I managed to get this freshly baked lemon cream paibaos and another type for this week's brekky :)

Since its been a while since I do bentos, I decided to turn my paibaos into bears ;) just a little fun to cheer a boring Monday;)

Happy Bento B121 16/3/14 from a windmill it became the garden

I wanted to do a windmill for my bento and have even cut and arranged everything! However, when it's time to put in the condiments, alas, my windmill became distorted! I've already used a much bigger lunchbox and still this! Oh well, I'll have to change my idea! As time is running out, I decided to just do a simple garden theme. Sad :( I'll attempt my windmill again

Happy Bento B120 11/3/14 hearty miffy

I made smoked salmon and lettuce sandwiches. But hubbie was telling me that his tummy isn't feeling well. I decided to add in more fruits to see if they help. :)

Happy Bento B119 2/4/13 sausage fun

I'm making hot dog buns today for breakfast :) But I'm presenting it in a different manner kekeke.

Happy Bento B118 26/3/13 A heartfelt congrats

A friend of mine is opening a baking and cooking school and we are being invited to her opening ceremony :) Being a nice friend of mine, I'm dedicating this bento to her and may her business prosper :)

Happy Bento B117 25/3/13 Strawberry munchkin with Easter bunnies

We had a birthday celebration at my parents' and my parents packed some Ang Ku kueh (red inverted come shaped kueh with chewy skin and mung bean paste) and red eggs. I decided to use this to make an Easter bento for the big boy aka my hubbie :)

For the strawberry munchkin, I used black sesame seeds for the head, nori for the eyes and mouth :) The Easter bunnies are punch out nori on the ang ku kuehs. The green barangs around the Ang Ku kueh serves as a decoration as well as make it easy to handle.

Happy Bento B116 20/3/13 lion waffle lollies

Im glad I've got waffles in the fridge :)

Happy Bento B115 15/3/13 waffles sandwiches

I suddenly had the idea of waffles sandwiches played in my mind last night, I quickly jotted it down for this morning's breakfast:)

Waffles sandwiches is filled with Romanian lettuces and marinated salmon

Happy Bento B114 14/3/13 waffles!

Haven't been doing bentos the past three days as was really tired and busy. Finally managed to pack waffles, one of my to-do items! But no time to deco!! Oh well..

I didn't make the pancakes myself this time. Instead I merely heat up ready made ones.

Happy Bento B113 happy box

I'm glad that my hubbie is recovering well :) To start him up, I'm going soft on his stomach, thus only have waffles sticks, fruits, multivitamins and some candies to keep his spirit up for the day :)

Happy Bento B112 6/3/13

I've finally made a bento snack box for myself. But due to time constraint, there's no decorations to it. My hubbie was worried that I'll not pack nutritious bento for myself and hence insist of checking it before I cover the lid keke :) Guess he's being protective and wants me to eat well :) very sweet of him.

Happy Bento B111 5/3/13 Cheery bento

The weather is changing badly and many people are sick. The big boy aka my hubbie, was having fever yesterday and felt unwell. Finally he is better today, thus doing a cheery bento to lighten the mood :)

Happy Bento B110 1/3/13 smoke salmon triple deck

It's Friday! After a gd sleep last night, I'm finally feeling better. The BiG Boy (aka my hubbie) was missing my bento for a bit as I didn't do much bento this week;) Rummage through my fridge and saw a pack of smoked salmon, thus smoke salmon triple deck :) It's a good source of Omega-3.

Have a good weekend :)

Happy Bento B109 27/2/13 Winnie and his pot of gold

I've been dying to use my Winnie the Pooh cutters but I've got no time to get decorative gel or make colored egg sheets. Haiz, rather than waiting, I've decided to go ahead and do it without those colours and egg sheets.
Though they look a bit plain, I can visualize them when there's colours.. nice!

Happy Bento B108 23/2/13 Chip n Dale

I have been missing my Chip n Dale for sometime and hence I decided to incorporate them into my fat bento today! Yes fats as there's bananas and mini spring rolls. Hehehehe.

Chip N Dale are butter sammies. I purposely placed two jelly hearts in there, together with mini spring rolls, a banana and multivitamins.

Happy Bento B107 20/2/13 toasted smoked salmon sammies

Today's bento consist of toasted smoked salmon sammies, cashew nuts and an orange. Interestingly, everything looks brown and orange in this box today lol

Happy Bento B106 19/2/13 flower sausage bento

Today, I created a new design of flower bento by chance! It turned out to be quite pretty. Do note that the sausages gotta be grilled/baked/fried first before you wrap them.

sausage flower (new design)

ingredients
2 long sausages (can be cocktail style, chicken or pork)
bread slices

Tools
cutting board
Sharp knife
sushi mat
cling wrap
Chopsticks
Cookie cutter (smallest size that can fit into a sausage)

Procedures
1. wash the sausages.
2. if you are using those long sausages, cut each sausage into three parts.
3. using a cookie cutter, press into each sausage thirds.
4. use a knife and make slits at the sides of sausage surrounding the cut out shaped.
5. cook the sausage and let it cool. sausage flower is ready! (For my case, I grilled them for abt 10 mins. )
6. for each slice of bread, cut into into 4 strips long. (Length as per the side of a square loaf)
7. wrap a sushi mat with cling wrap, Put a strip of bread onto it.
8. in the middle of the bread strip, put a sausage flower.
9. bring one side of the bread strip to wrap around the sausage flower. Use the mat to roll and press firm. Do the same for the other side of bread strip. (Refer to the attached pics).
10. finally the new design of bread flower is done.

Happy Bento B105 18/2/13 Bento full of cny goodies :)

Time flies! Last week was cny, this week it's over! As there's some leftover goodies from cny, I decided to put them together into a bento for hubbie.

In the box, there's cashew nuts (he specifically wants this in, keke), kueh bangkit, half a Fuji apple and a mandarin orange. Not forgetting the multivitamin box.

Happy Bento B104 6/2/13 Winnie, tigger and friends

I'm feeling much better after resting throughout the night :) As such, my mood is happier and thus, I decided to do a cheerful bento. Since I haven't had Disney characters in my bento for sometime, I decided to incoporate Winnie and tigger into my bento.

Happy Bento B103 4/2/13 reunion dinner

CNY is round the corner and I'm not exactly in the mood for it as yet. At the same time, I wasn't feeling too well either. Still, I decided to do a simple reunion dinner bento :)

The multivitamins pots serve as a hotpot for the reunion dinner. Family of four (ham and cheese sammies) is sitting around it for their reunion dinner.

Happy Bento B102 28/1/13 grilled marinated salmon bento

today's bento consist of grilled marinated salmon sammies, grapes and multivitamins. Something sweet and simple

Happy Bento B100! 22/1/13

I've finally reached bento 100 unknowingly! I started doing bento around May 2012 and loved it! Though my bentos aren't as beautiful and neat as those mummies out there, but I made it a point to try out at times- the different technics and little designs (less time consuming ones).

I actually planned for a very nice bento but due to space, I can't fit it in . Thus I've modified and make it into a very nutritious bento got my bento 100!

in this bento, there's grilled marinated salmon sammies on a bed of lettuces, 2 mini salmon rose, a sotong ball, banana quarters, honeyed apple, edamame beans and multivitamins. Bon Appetit!

Happy Bento B101 23/1/13 sweet n salty bento

Today's sweet and salty bento is an impromptu bento as the brain is still asleep!

Sweet part comprises of durian cake (bakers oven!), honey apple and choco ball.

Salty part comprises of butter sammies. I didn't have time to design anything on the sammies, thus it's pretty plain.