Bento for Hubby

 

The boys are still in their school holiday, and I can't wait to start bentoing again. To get my mojo back, I prepared this lunch for my hubby at work today.

His lunch consists of :
1. White steamed rice with fried onion on top
2. Pork and tofu cooked in sweet soy sauce (kecap manis)
3. Halves hard boiled egg
4. Chicken and vegetable curry with chili oil on top
5. Kiwi fruit 

This lunch was packed in Easy Lunchbox, you may find it here :

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

Once again, together with my fellows Bento Bloggers and Friends, we organized a blog hop to celebrate the Roald Dahl day. 
Recently, my sons watched Charlie and the Chocolate Factory movie on the television, and they loved it!
So I tried to create Mr. Willy Wonka from Roald Dahl's famous book Charlie and The Chocolate Factory for them. 

To make Mr. Willy Wonka, I used hard boiled egg, olive, crab sticks, nori, noodle, and earwood fungi. For the hat, I molded white steamed rice and covered it with nori and red crab stick.
For the base, I put white steamed rice, with stir-fried bamboo shoots, pickled cucumber, and red chilli.

For the side dish, there are pork wontons, ham "flower", pickled cucumber, strawberries with white crab sticks, and homemade fruit jelly (inspired by Nami from Just One Cookbook).

I hope you enjoy this post! Please continue the blog hop to the wonderful work of art from Bento Monster by clicking the button below :

Cucumber Wrapped Sushi Bento

Inspired by Nami from Just Once Cookbook, I made these pretty cucumber wrapped sushi for the boys.  I really love Nami's blog. She is really passionate about Japanese foods and very inspiring. You may find Datemaki recipe and how to make it here. 

Details for the boys' lunches as below:

For my eldest son :
1. Cucumber wrapped sushi (white steamed rice, cucumber, carrot and cheese)
2. Corn on the cob
3. Broccoli with cheese & carrot flowers
4. Homemade chicken nuggets
5. Datemaki (sweet rolled omelette)
6. "Tulip" sausages
7. Carrot sticks
8. Watermelon cuts for recess

For my youngest son :
1. Cucumber wrapped sushi (white steamed rice, cucumber, carrot and cheese)
2. Corn on the cob with carrot & cheese flower on top
3. Broccoli
4. Homemade chicken nuggets
5. Datemaki (sweet rolled omelette)
6. "Octopus" sausage
7. Carrot sticks
8. Banana flavoured yogurt for recess

You may find the Daisy cutters by clicking here :

Rice Balls Bento

The kids are still in the holiday, so I arranged a school holiday activity which is bento making. I really wanted to use my new lunch box, so we only made one set of bento for sharing. After brainstorming with the kids and checking what was left in the fridge, we came up with this idea. The kids were enjoying all the process, and gobbled up all the foods in no time :)

Details as below :

Inside this box :
1. A boy hard boiled egg (with spinach for the hair, nori for the eyes, the nose & the mouth, and red crab stick for the rosy cheeks)
2. A girl hard boiled egg (with carrot for the hair, spinach for the hair clips, nori for the eyes & nose, and red crabstick for the mouth)
3. Rose carved carrot and cucumber slices
4. Cheese Kransky sausages
5. Carved apple

And for the three types of rice balls/onigiri, there are :

1. Onigiri with salmon furikake on top

2. Onigiri wrapped with spinach leaf

3. Onigiri decorated with nori and carrot

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Bento for Friends

My friend asked me to make vegetarian bento for her doctor. She told me that her doctor often forgets having lunch due to busy schedules. I really admire my friend because she is always so thoughtful to others. And since she is my biggest bento fan, I made one for her as well (the one with sausage on top).

The vegetarian bento box consists of :
1. White steamed rice with nori and carrot flower.
2. Tamagoyaki
3. Corn on the cob
4. Stir fried baby corn and mushroom
5. Stir fried tofu with garlic and chives
6. Broccoli
7. Strawberry punnets

International Dot Day

To celebrate International Dot Day this Monday, I made dot- themed bento for my kids. For the polkadot fish body and the fins, I shaped the rice using Glad wrap. I used soy sauce to color the fins. And for the dot, I used the red part of the crab fish. For the details, I used crab fish and nori.

For the bacon and ham mini quiche, here is the recipe. I put crab stick and nori for the dot.

For my eldest son, I prepared :

1. Polkadot fish

2. Broccoli with cheese on top

3. Corn on the cob

4. "Octopus" sausage (cheese, black sesame seed, nori)

5. "Rose" ham

6. Tamagoyaki

7. Gala apple

8. Rockmelon cuts for recess

For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Bacon and ham mini quiche
2. Corn on the cob
3. "Flower" sausage (with corn)
4. Tamagoyaki with salt and pepper
5. Kiwi fruit for recess

Bento tools I used for this post :

 

Japanese Girl and Garden Bento

I prepared leftover fried rice for my eldest son. Meanwhile my little one asked for finger foods that easy to hold, so I prepared puff pastry with smoked salmon, sour cream and dill.

Here the details for my youngest son lunches :
1. Puff pastry with smoked salmon, sour cream, and dill
2. Potato patties
3. Ham "flower"
4. "Rose" carved carrot
5. Kale leaf for baran
6. Kiwi fruit for recess

And for my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Fried rice
2. "Japanese girl" Fried egg (with nori and crab stick)
3. Potato patties
4. Ham "flower"
5. Broccoli
6. Rockmelon cuts for recess

Winter Boys Onigiri

For last day in term 2, I prepared winter boys onigiri for their lunches. Wish you all a safe and happy holiday, and see you soon...

The boys had similar bento. In each box, I prepared :
1. Winter boy onigiri (white steamed rice, nori, crab stick)
2. Broccoli and kale
3. "Flower" carrot
4. Roast chicken
5. Milk jelly with nata de coco
6. Banana and watermelon for recess

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Adventure Time

Special bento for my son who turns 8 years old today. It's Jake & Finn characters from the Adventure time. It consists of :
1. Jake onigiri (white steamed rice colored with turmeric, nori, egg-white, and black olive)
2. Finn hard boiled egg (with ham and nori)
3. Stir fried baby corn with mushroom
4. Ham "flower" with julienne carrot
5. "Flower" sausages
6. Kay choi for baran
7. Pear cuts for recess

And for the teachers and his classmates, I made 26 Adventure Time cupcakes. They're white vanilla cupcakes with marshmallow fondant icing.

Bento tools I used for this post :

 

Easter Rabbit and Eggs

Easter is fast approaching so to get the kids in the Easter spirit, I made Easter-themed bento for them.
Details as below :

For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Easter egg onigiri (white steamed rice, nori, asparagus, and carrot)
2. "Hatching" hard boiled egg with salt & pepper
3. Shredded grill chicken
4. Beetroot cubes
5. Milk jelly with nata de coco
6. Kiwi fruit for recess

And for my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Easter rabbit onigiri (white steamed rice, nori, fried Angel hair pasta and beetroot)
2. "Easter" hard boiled egg (with asparagus & carrot decoration)
3. Shredded grill chicken
4. Beetroot cubes
5. Asparagus and carrot
6. Rockmelon cuts for recess

Bento tools I used for this post :

    

Tweet..Tweet...

We had Indonesian turmeric rice leftover from last night meal. The yellow rice was exactly what I needed for this bento. These birdies look so cute in lovely yellow color :) To make this bird, I wrapped the yellow rice with cling wrap, and made a ball-shaped. Then put on the wings, beak, and crown that made of carrots. And for the eyes, I used soft tortilla and nori.

Details as below :

For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. A "yellow bird" onigiri
2. "Hatching egg" hard boiled egg (carrot and black sesame seed)
3. Ma ling luncheon meat
4. Carrot and asparagus sticks
5. Yakult fermented milk drink
6. Green grapes for recess

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. A "yellow bird" onigiri
2. "Hatching egg" hard boiled egg (carrot and black sesame seed)
3. Shredded fried chicken
4. Carrot and asparagus sticks
5. Melon cuts for recess

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Frog Sandwich and Onigiri

Details as below :

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Onigiri three ways (with Salmon furikake, carrot, and pea on top)
2. Pork popcorn with corriander leaves
3. Broccoli and pork stir fried
4. Milk jelly with nata de coco
5. Watermelon cuts for recess

For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. "Frog" sandwich (with cheese, nori, carrot, and black sesame seed)
2. "Hatching chick" hard boiled egg (black sesame seed and carrot) with salt and pepper
3. Milk jelly with nata de coco
4. Banana for recess

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Owl Sandwich and Mouse Onigiri

Details as below :

For my pre-primary son, I prepared :
1. Owl sandwich (white sandwich, cheese, carrot, nori, and black sesame seed)
2. Corn on the cob
3. Carrot sticks and green unseeded grapes
4. Banana for recess

For my Year 3 son, I prepared :
1. Mouse Onigiri (white steamed rice, hard boiled egg, nori, and carrot)
2. Pork and broccoli stir fried
3. Corn on the cob
4. Watermelon cuts for recess