Saturday 31 October 2015

Flying Bats Bento


My last halloween-themed post,  "Flying Bats" bento. I cut the nori to create the bats and crescent moon then I arranged them on top of round shaped cheese. Underneath the cheese are chicken, bacon, and leek pies. You may find the recipe here.



For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Chicken, bacon, and leek pie with cheese and flying bats on top
2. "The eye ball " (crab ball with nori on top)
3. Corn on the cob
4. Broccoli and cheese
5. Carrot sticks
6. Milk jelly with nata de coco
7. Orange wedges for recess



For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Chicken, bacon, and leek pie with cheese and flying bats on top
2. "The eye ball " (crab ball with nori on top)
3. Corn on the cob
4. Carrot sticks
5. Milk jelly with nata de coco
6. Green seedless grapes for recess


"Happy Halloween to you all...May your halloween be fun with all your friends and family. Enjoy!"

Wednesday 28 October 2015

Cute Monster Bento


I baked my boys' favourite dish which is "pastel tutup" (Mini Stuffed Potato Casserole). For extra cuteness, I put the fun eyes picks with nori and cuts of crab sticks for the monster expression.

You may find the picks here :




The Easy Lunchbox consists of :
1. Cute monster mini casserole
2. Corn on the cob
3. Broccoli and cheese
4. Milk jelly with nata de coco 
5. Grapes on the stick
6. Apple checkered



Monday 26 October 2015

Spirited Away Wraps


Inspired by the Spirited Away movie, directed by the famous Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki. This movie is one of the kind that gives a deep impression and hard to forget. 

To make the spirited away ghost, I simply used cheese and nori. Then I glued it using cream cheese on top of the chicken wrap. Inside the wraps are shredded roast chicken, grated carrot, lettuce, BBQ sauce, cheese, and ham.


For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Spirited away chicken wraps
2. Mummy-dog (cheese kransky sausage wrapped in sliced puff pastry)
3. Corn on the cob
4. Milk jelly with nata de coco
5. Broccoli and carrot sticks
6. Grapes for recess




For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Spirited away chicken wraps
2. Mummy-dog (cheese kransky sausage wrapped in sliced puff pastry)
3. Corn on the cob
4. Milk jelly with nata de coco
5. Carrot sticks
6. Grapes for recess

Notes : Both lunches were packed in Easy Lunchbox :




Friday 23 October 2015

Mummy Sandwich


Mummy sandwich is very easy to prepare. I cut the sandwich and ham using the egg ring. Then assembled them together and put the ham in the middle. I also cut the cheese-sliced using egg ring, then sliced them criss cross and arranged them on top of the sandwich. I used cream cheese to glue them on. And last but not least, I glued 2 dried sultanas on top of the sandwich for the eyes using cream cheese as well.


For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Ham & cheese mummy sandwich
2. Corn on the cob
3. Milk jelly with nata de coco
4. Broccoli and cheese
5. Carrot sticks
6. Apple checkered for recess



And for my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Ham & cheese mummy sandwich
2. Corn on the cob
3. Milk jelly with nata de coco
4. Baked beetroot sticks
5. Carrot sticks
6. Orange cuts for recess

Thursday 22 October 2015

Halloween-themed Bento


Halloween is one of my favourite bento theme and also the boys'. This time, I prepared hard boiled egg skulls, decorated with nori. And for the mummy-dogs and creepy finger pastry, you may find how to make them here.



For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Hard boiled egg skull
2. Mummy-dog
3. Creepy finger pastry
4. Corn on the cob
5. Milk jelly with nata de coco
6. Broccoli and cheese
7. Segmented orange for recess



I prepared the same ingredients using different type lunch box for my eldest son, and it looks totally different :)

Friday 16 October 2015

Cute Spiders Bento


I had so much fun making these bento. The hardest part was to cut the spider's legs, but I was so pleased with the results. Those spiders look so adorable :)

To make the spider's body, legs and pupils, I used nori. And for the eyeballs, I cut the white crab stick with a wide straw.


For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Ham and cheese sandwich with "spider" on top
2. Corn on the cob
3. Milk jelly with nata de coco
4. Carrot sticks
5. Kiwi fruit for recess



My eldest son had the same lunch, but he had banana (I scored the banana skin with sharp knife to write Halloween) for recess instead.

Wednesday 14 October 2015

Egg Witches Bento


The holiday is over and the boys are ready to enter term 4.  We start the day with our first Halloween-themed bento, the Egg Witches bento. 
I've prepared the mummy-dogs and the creepy finger pastry the night before, so I don't need to rush in the morning.

To make the mummy-dogs, I wrapped sliced puff pastry around the Kransky cheese, and baked them until the pastry cooked and turned slightly brown. And for the creepy fingers, I cut the puff pastry in triangular shaped, then rolled it one by one until it formed like finger, and then baked them until it turned  slightly brown.  After it cooled down, I brushed a little red food colouring in the pointy bit of the pastry like fingernail.

Details as below :



For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Mummy-dog
2. Creepy finger
3. Corn on the cob
4. Ghost egg witch (hard boiled egg and nori)
5. Jack O'Lanterns (carrot with nori)
6. Apple cuts for recess



For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Mummy-dog
2. Creepy finger
3. Corn on the cob
4. Jack O'Lantern egg witch (hard boiled egg and nori)
5. Jack O'Lanterns (carrot with nori)
6. Kiwi fruit for recess

Similar bento tools for today post :