Shepherd Pie Bento

Special request from my sons, their favourite food ever..Shepherd Pie. Beside making in one big tray, I also made few in ramekin for their lunches.

This bento for my kindy son. It consists of :
1. "Cat" shepherd pie (eggsheet, nori, and black sesame seed)
2. "Crocodile" sausage (cucumber, angel hair pasta and black sesame seed)
3. Tamagoyaki
4. Baby carrot and cucumber
5. Jelly

And for my Year 2 son, I prepared :
1. "Fishes" shepherd pie ( baby carrots, nori, and black sesame seed)
2. "Fish" sausage
3. Tamagoyaki
4. Broccoli
5. Jelly


These bento tools can make your work faster and easier :

 

Mr. Koala

This bento consists of :
1. Ham & cheese croissant
2. "Mr. Koala" hard boiled egg
3. "Octopus" sausages
4. Broccoli and baby carrot
5. Banana for fruit time

To shape the sausages, you can use this tool :

Rabbit and Monkey Bento

For this bento, I prepared :
1. Homemade salmon quichette with "rabbit" on top (cheese, nori, and eggsheet)
2. "Monkey" hard boiled egg (cheese, black sesame seed, nori, and eggsheet)
3. Sausage and banana yoghurt
4. Grapes and baby carrots

I used similar cutters as below :

Pink Ladybug

This bento consists of :
1. Homemade salmon quichette
2. "Pink ladybug" hard boiled egg (nori, and eggsheet)
3. Sesame seed crackers and cheese
4. Sausages
5. Broccoli, baby carrots, and grapes

Boiled Egg Puppy

This bento consists of :
1. Homemade salmon quichettes (recipe as below)
2. Puppy boiled egg (Milo choco flakes, nori, and ham)
3. Strawberry yoghurt
4. Broccoli, "mushroom" red radish, and baby carrots


SALMON QUICHETTES RECIPE 
Ingredients :
2 sheets of puff pastry
1/2 cup grated cheese.
1/2 cup milk.
1 egg lightly beaten
105g drained tin red salmon

Method :
1. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees and grease a 12 hole muffin tin.
2. Cut pastry with round cutter and place in muffin holes.
3. Mix cheese and salmon in a bowl and spoon equal amounts into pastry rounds.
4. Whisk egg and milk together until combined and pour equal amounts over salmon mixture.
5. Bake in oven for 30 min.
6. Enjoy!

Sporty Bear

The red lunch box consists of :
1. "Sporty Bear" sandwich (eggsheet, nori, and black sesame seed)
2. Bitterballen and tomato sauce
3. Halve hard boiled egg
4. Grapes and baby carrots

For the fruit time : mandarin, grapes and dried cranberries.

Where to buy similar food picks I used for today post :

Hatched Chick and Bitterballen

For my kindy son, I made :
1. "Hatched chick" hard boiled egg (special request from him)
2. Bitterballen with tomato sauce
3. Corn on the cob
4. Sausages and baby carrots
5. Grapes and kiwi fruit

Where to buy similar food picks I used today :

Babushka

This bento consists of :
1. "Babushka" hard boiled egg (eggsheet and nori)
2. Bitterballen with tomato sauce
3. Corn on the cob
4. Sausage
5. Jelly
6. Grapes and baby carrots

You may get similar food picks like in this post :

Little Bears Onigiri

This bento consists of :
1. Little bears Onigiri (steamed rice, eggsheet, nori)
2. Stir fried baby corn with mushroom
3. Hard boiled egg
4. Carrot "flower" and zucchini ribbon
5. Ham "flower"
6. Grapes

For bears rice mold and flower cutter, I used :

Pokabu

Pokabu/Tepig is the fire pig Pokemon.But I used different colours in this bento..

In this bento, I prepared :
1. Steamed rice with Pokabu on top (eggsheet, white egg, and nori)
2. Hard boiled egg
3. Chicken karaage
4. Stir fried baby corn and mushroom
5. Leaf carving zucchini and baby carrot.

To carve the egg and baby carrots, you may use :

Stella - Mr. Moon

For my kindy son, I prepared :
1. Cheese and ham sandwich with "Stella" character on top (Stella from Mr. Moon ABC2 TV Series).
2. Corn on the cob
3. Sausage and Kraft cheese in strips
4. Jelly
5. Baby carrots and grapes

For the star shape, I used :

Mr. Moo

In the bigger box I prepared :
1. "Mr. Moo" sandwich (sandwich, cheese, bread crust, black sesame seed, and nori)
2. "Tulip" sausage
3. Hard boiled egg
4. Corn on the cob
5.Kraft cheese in strips
6. Broccoli
7. Jelly

And for the fruit time, I prepared rockmelon cuts and dried cranberries.

Share the Love

Happy Valentine's Day to you all...
This bento I made for my year 2 son.  It consists of :
1. "Boy & Girl" onigiri (steamed rice, nori, carrot, crab stick)
2. Sausage
3. Prawn tempura
4. Broccoli and carrot

Loved Bear

This one I made for my kindy son. It consists of :
1. Stuffed bear (sandwich, nutela, Milo Duo - vanila, nori, carrot, cheese)
2. "Mouse" hard boiled egg (nori, carrot)
3. Sausages
4. cheese sticks
5. "Leaf" zucchini

To carve the zucchini and cut the heart shape, I used similar tools like these :

Love Letter

Special love letter on this valentine's day. This bento I made for my hubby, it consists of :
1. Steamed rice with "special delivery frogman" on top (zucchini, cheese, nori, carrot).
2. Prawn and pork bean curd rolls with oyster sauce
3. "Mushroom" cherry tomato
4. Apple "checker"
5. Leek leaf as divider

I used bear-shaped cutter to cut the frog's head. And you may find the carving knives here :

Lion Sandwich Bento

In the white lunch box there are :
1. Lion sandwich (strawberry sandwich, cheese, nori, apple skin, hard boiled egg)
2. Golden brunch puff (recipe as below*)
3. Ham flower
4. Jelly
5. Broccoli, cherry tomato, and baby carrot

In the red lunch box I put "checker" and "rabbits" apple.



*Recipe for the Golden brunch puff :

Ingredients:
6 eggs, separated
6 slices ham, diced finely
1/2 red onion, finely diced
1/2 cup mozarella cheese, grated

Method:
Preheat oven to 180°C. Spray a 12 cup muffin tray with canola spray and set aside.In a bowl, beat the egg whites until soft peaks form.
In a separate bowl, combine egg yolks, ham, onion and cheese.
Fold egg yolk mixture gently through the egg whites using a metal spoon.
Spoon the mixture evenly into the muffin tray and bake for 12-14 minutes.

Piggie Bento

This bento consists of :
1. Fried rice with red radish slices on top
2. Prawn tempura
3. "Piggie" hard boiled egg (red radish and nori)
4. Broccoli and baby carrots

Year of the Snake

Welcoming the Year of the Snake in 2013, Gong Xi Fa Cai! Wishing you good health, lots of happiness and prosperity.
This bento consists of :
1. Snake sushi roll sandwich (white bread, ham, cheese, egg, carrot, eggsheet, nori, and black sesame seed)
2. Octopus sausage
3. Broccoli and red radish

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Australian Flag

My son told me that his class made Australian flag and it gave me an idea for his bento. It consists of :
1. Australian flag risoles (home made cream cheese risoles, eggsheet, and crab stick)
2. Prawn and tofu nugget
3. "Crocodile" sausages (sausage, crab stick, corn, and nori)
4.  Corn on the cob
5. Broccoli and carrot

Little Duck and a Bee

This bento consists of :
1. Bee onigiri (steamed rice, nori, eggsheet, black sesame seed, Angel hair pasta, and radish)
2. Duck onigiri (steamed rice, nori, eggsheet, black sesame seed, and sausage)
3. Sausage, cheese, and ham sushi roll sandwich
4. Ham flower, carved carrot flower, and red radish
5. Broccoli and mint leaves

For carving, you may use this :

Ponyo

Inspired by my son's favourite Japanese cartoon, "Ponyo". He watched it over and over again. He's so excited to see Ponyo in his bento. It consists of :
1. Steamed rice with Ponyo on top (ham, carrot, eggsheet, black sesame seed, nori, and pancake)
2. Leek leaf as divider.
3. Prawn and tofu nuggets
4. Half boiled egg
5. Broccoli and cherry tomato

First Day of School

First day of school! How exciting....:) My eldest son said that he misses his bento lunch box. He really is my biggest bento fan. So I prepared this bento for him. It consists :
1. Boy onigiri (steamed rice, nori, ketchup, and white eggsheet). This boy is holding a message (I'm in year 2 now. Yay!!)
2. Corn on the cob
3. Prawn & tofu nuggets
4. Sausages
5. Half boiled egg
6. Broccoli, carrot, and cherry tomato