Santa's Sleigh

In this bento, I prepared a Santa's sleigh packed with presents. It consists of :
1. Santa Sleigh sandwich (sandwich, cheese, bread crust, "reindeers" nori, baby carrot, fish tofu, eggsheet, and a special treat for last day of school : candy cane)
2. Corn on the cob
3. Sausages and ham rolled
4. Hard boiled egg
5. Kale leaf and carved baby carrot

Since today is the last day of this school term, I like to wish you "Merry Christmas 2012 & Happy New Year 2013". Have a blessed and safe holiday for all of you.....

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The Angel

This bento consists of :
1. Angel Sandwich (cheese, eggsheet, black sesame seed, and nori)
2. Corn on the cob
3. Lady bug hard boiled egg
4. Ham rolled
5. Kale leaf and baby carrot

Christmas Bells

This bento consists of :
1. Christmas bells (steamed rice, eggsheet, and zucchini ribbon)
2. Corn on the cob
3. Hard boiled egg
4. Chicken roast
5. Kale leaf, baby carrot, and "snowflake" white radish

Christmas Wreath

This bento consists of :
1. Christmas Wreath (steamed rice, eggsheet, and zucchini ribbon).
2. Martabak (spring roll pastry, chicken mince, onion, spring onion, egg)
3. Hard boiled egg
4. Corn on the cob
5. Kale leaf, baby carrot, and "snowflake" white radish

Santa Got Stuck Up in the Chimney

My little one had a christmas concert at the end of his school term. One of the song was When Santa Got Stuck up in the Chimney. It goes like this :

                       When Santa got stuck up in the chimney, he began to shout

                       You girls and boys won't get any toys, if you don't pull me out

                        My beard is black, I had soot in my sack, my nose is tickling too

                       When Santa got stuck up in the chimney, achoo..achoo..achoo...

We really love that song, and it inspires my bento today :)
It consists of :
1. "Chimney" Sandwich (white bread sandwich, bread crust, eggsheet, and nori)
2. Kale leaf and baby carrot
3. Corn on the cob
4. Ham flower
5. Half hard boiled egg.

Penguin Santa

This bento consists of :
1. Penguin santa Onigiri (steamed rice, nori, black sesame seed, eggsheet, and carrot)
2. Snowman boiled egg (carrot, hard boiled egg, black sesame seed and nori)
3. Ham roll
4. "Xmas Gift" Fish tofu
5. Chicken Roast
6. Baby Carrot, zucchini ribbon, leaf carved zucchini, and kale leaf

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Gingerbread Man

This bento consists of :
1. Gingerbread Man ( steamed rice coloured with soy sauce, baby carrot, black sesame seed, eggsheet and nori).
2. Tamagoyaki with "Angel" nori on top
3. Sausage
4. Kale leaf and baby carrot

The Elf

This bento consists of :
1. The Elf (steamed rice, snowpeas, eggsheet, cherry tomato and nori)
2. Fish tofu and ham roll
3. Kale leaf, zucchini and baby carrot

Snowman

This bento consists of :
1. Snowman (steam rice, hard boiled egg, baby carrot, black sesame seed, eggsheet and nori)
2. Sausage
3. Snowpeas, kale leaf, baby carrot and zucchini)

Father Christmas

You better watch out...Santa Claus is coming to town....:)

This bento consists of :
1. Santa Claus Onigiri (steamed rice, turmeric, red capsicum, grape, nori, and eggsheet)
2. Half boiled egg
3. Sausage
4. Mushroom pizza
5. Kale leaf and snow peas

Stuff I used for today's post :

Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer

This bento consists of :
1. Reindeer Sandwich (decorated with pretzel, cheese, nori, and red eggsheet)
2. Reindeer boiled egg (decorated with pretzel, cherry tomato, and nori)
3. Ham rolled with zucchini ribbon
4. Grapes and carrot "flower"
5. Rockmelon

Christmas Tree

Yippy! Christmas is coming....Love the spirit of Christmas...:)

In this bento I made a christmas tree (steamed rice, nori, snowpeas, eggsheet, peas, carrot, cheese, and red capsicum). For the side, I put christmas presents (fish tofu decorated with red eggsheet), hard boiled egg sprinkled with black sesame seed, sausage wrapped in zucchini ribbon, kale leaf and grapes.

Crab Onigiri

In this box, I prepared :
1. Onigiri rolled with nori (with crab character on it). I used crab nori punch which creates very cute crabs:)
2. "Crab" and "tulip" sausages
3. Stir fried pak choi with chicken mince and red capsicum
4. Kale leaf and carrot flower

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Ribbit Mr. Frog

The blue box consists of :
1. Frog onigiri (steamed rice, nori, eggsheet, black sesame seed and carrot)
2. "Fish" sausages
3. Peas and corn on Angel hair pasta sticks
4. Kale leaf and cherry tomato

The Frog lunch box is filled with apple "Rabbit" and apple "Checker"

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Flip Flop Ear Rabbit

This bento consists of :
1. Flip Flop Ear Rabbit (steamed rice, nori, eggsheet, and carrot)
2. Martabak
3. Stir fried pak choi with chicken mince and red capsicum
4. Broccoli and cherry tomato

Bebento A44

It's been a while since my last bento for my hubby. This time I made :
1. Steamed rice sprinkled with black sesame seed with carrot flower on top
2. Stir fried pak choi with chicken mince and red capsicum
3. Okra and prawn balado
4. Cucumber pickle, cherry tomato, and kale leaf
5. Grapes

Santa Christmas Stocking

Christmas is approaching. Because my little one only goes to school once a week, so I start to make Christmas bento by now...

This box consists of :
1. Santa Christmas Stocking (sandwich, boiled egg, cheese, eggsheet, and black sesame seed)
2. Ham flower
3. Checker apple
4. Grapes

Opa Gangnam Style

This bento consists of :
1. Gangnam Style Sandwich (eggsheet, nori, breadcrust, black sesame seed, and carrot)
2. Ham flower and cherry tomato
3. Tamagoyaki filled with furikake
4. Grapes
5. Kellogs Nutri Grain
6. Broccoli

Laughing Owl

This bento consists of :
1. Laughing Owl Sandwich (sandwich, eggsheet, cheese, and nori)
2. Ham flower
3. Hard boiled egg
4. Broccoli and cherry tomato
5. Grapes and tulip carrot in sticks

Giraffe Onigiri

This bento consists of :
1. Giraffe Onigiri (steamed rice coloured with turmeric, ham, eggsheet, and nori)
2. Tamagoyaki
3. Ham roll
4. Broccoli and carrot flowers

Owl Onigiri

This bento consists of :
1. Owl Onigiri (steamed rice coloured with soy sauce, nori, eggsheet, and carrot)
2. Steam boat fishball with daikon, carrot, and asparagus.
3. Lettuce
4. Grapes

Moshi Monster Onigiri

Another version of  Moshi Monster. This bento consists of :
1. Moshi monster onigiri (steamed rice coloured with turmeric, nori, and eggsheet)
2. Ham flower
3. Half boiled egg
4. Jelly
5. Broccoli & carrot flower

Whale Onigiri

This bento consists of :
1. Whale Onigiri (steamed rice, nori, black sesame seed, and eggsheet)
2. "Fish" sausage
3. Fishball
4. Lettuce, carrot, daikon, cherry tomato, and asparagus

Birthday Cake

My little one turns 4 years old, so for his school lunch I prepared a birthday cake bento with 4 candles on it. It consists of :
1. "Birthday cake" (sandwich, bread crust for the candle, "angel" nori, and egg sheets)
2. Cherry tomato
3. Grapes & watermelon
4. Sausages
5. Half boiled egg

And for the party, I prepared Superhero cupcakes. He's really into Superheroes lately...

I prepared cupcakes as well for all his classmates today :

It's great to see him so happy. Happy birthday my beloved son! We love u so much.....

Penguin Onigiri

This bento consists of :
1. Penguin Onigiri (steamed rice, nori, eggsheet, and carrot)
2. Sausage
3. Half boiled egg
4. Fried noodle
5. Cherry tomato
6. Lettuce and carrot flower
7. Grapes

Tweety

This bento consists of :

1. Tweety Onigiri (steamed rice coloured with turmeric, eggsheet, carrot, and nori)

2. Satay chicken

3. "Tulip" sausage

4. Lettuce, "tulip" carrot, broccoli, and asparagus

Moshi Monster - Panda

This bento consists of :
1. Panda Onigiri (steamed rice, nori, and eggsheet)
2. Tamagoyaki
3. Sausage
4. Sautee bean sprout with salty fish
5. Shredded chicken roast
6. Lettuce, broccoli, and carrot

Another panda ideas & sandwich stamps :

Angry Bird & the Pig

This bento consists of :
1. Angry Bird & the Pig Onigiri (Steamed rice, tomato sauce to colour the Angry bird, eggsheet, nori, and carrot. For the pig, I wrapped onigiri with green eggsheet, broccoli stem for the nose, white eggsheet & black sesame seed for the eyes, carrot slice for the mustache, and lemon rind for the crown).
2. "Fish" sausage
3. Wonton and shredded roast chicken
4. Broccoli, lettuce, and baby carrot

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Snoopy

This bento consists of :
1. Snoopy Onigiri (steamed rice and nori)
2. Sausage
3. Roast chicken
4. Lettuce & baby carrot

Playful Puppy

This bento consists of :
1. Playful puppy Onigiri (steamed rice, nori, and sausage)
2. Sausage
3. Wonton
4. Cherry tomato
5. Lettuce, broccoli, and baby carrot

Pocoyo

Based on a TV show character : Pocoyo, this bento consists of :
1. Pocoyo Sandwich (eggsheet & nori)
2. "Crocodile" sausage
3. Corn on the cob
4.  Rockmelon
5. Lettuce, broccoli, and baby carrot

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Friendly Cow

This bento consists of :
1. Friendly cow onigiri (steamed rice, cheese, eggsheet, and nori)
2. Sausage
3. Chicken lap (Cambodian recipe)
4. Fish fillet crumbed
5. Stir fried baby corn and mushroom
6. Lettuce and baby carrot

Smiley Horse

The blue box consists of :
1. Smiley horse onigiri (steamed rice, nori, eggsheet, cheese, and sago)
2. Sausage
3. Shredded chicken roast
4. Stir fried baby corn and mushroom
5. lettuce and baby carrot

The white bowl consists of rabbit & checker apple

Rilakkuma

This bento consists of :
1. Rilakkuma Onigiri (steamed rice coloured with soy sauce, Singaporean tofu, eggsheet, and nori)
2. Fish fillet crumbed
3. Stir fried baby corn and mushroom
4. Lettuce and rose carved red radish

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Hungry Squirrel

This bento consists of :
1. Hungry Squirrel Sandwich (eggsheet, nori, and black sesame seed)
2. Tamagoyaki
3. Pitted prunes rolled with ham
4. Red radish "mushroom"
5. Lettuce and baby carrot

Cute Puppy

This bento is for my pre-schooler son. It consists of :
1. Cute puppy sandwich (carrot, bread crust for the ear, nutela). The idea is from Cute Food for Kids website.
2. Checker apple
3. Ham rolled with cheese
4. "Tulip" sausage
5. Lettuce and carrot.

Swimming Boy

This Monday is the beginning of swimming lesson, part of school program for my Year 1 son. He's so excited about it. So, this bento consists of :
1. Swimming boy sandwich (ham, eggsheet, nori, black sesame seed, and apple)
2. "Rabbit" apple
3. Hard boiled egg
4. "Tulip" sausage
5. Lettuce and baby carrot

Bebento A43

This Bento is consists of :
1. Steamed rice with carved rose red radish & corriander leaf on top.
2. Chargrilled pepper stuffed with pork (recipe as below *).
3. Eggplant cooked with mince pork
4. Baby carrot


I used carving knife for the "rose" red radish. You may find carving knives here :

* I got this recipe from SBS TV cooking series by Luke Nguyen, "Greater 2 Mekong". It's Laotian recipe but I put a little bit adjustment in it.

Char-grilled Pepper Stuffed with Pork 

Ingredients
3 lemongrass stems, white part only, chopped
4 red Asian shallots, sliced
2 red bird’s eye chillies, sliced
500g (1 lb 2 oz) minced (ground) pork
1 tbsp caster (superfine) sugar
3 spring onions (scallions), finely sliced
1 handful chopped dill
4 makrut (kaffir lime) leaves, thinly sliced
1 tbsp fish sauce
2 tbsp padek (Laotian fermented fish sauce) or mam nem (Vietnamese fermented anchovy sauce) --> I replaced it with Belacan
4 large or 8 small yellow banana capsicums (peppers)


Preparation

Using a large mortar and pestle, pound the lemongrass, shallot and chilli to a rough paste. Add the pork, sugar and a pinch of sea salt and pound again. Add the spring onion, dill and lime leaves and pound well. Add the fish sauce and a little piece of Belacan and pound again.

Working from the top of each capsicum, slice down one side down to the stem, using a sharp knife. Remove the seeds by scraping them out with a small spoon, then discard. Stuff the capsicums with the pork mixture and set aside.

Heat a barbecue chargrill or chargrill pan to medium-high. Place the banana leaves on top of the grill to stop the capsicums burning. Chargrill the capsicums on top of aluminium foil for 7-8 minutes each side.
Ready to serve...