Cute Croissants Bento

Simple but cute. These Cute Croissants are pretty easy to make. Just halve the ham and cheese croissants, then plug in the fun-eyed food pick on each of them. 

The fun-eyed food picks are my favourite bento tools as it gives extra cuteness to my bento. 
You may find the same food picks here :

For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Ham and cheese croissant
2. Chicken ragout rissoles
3. Ham and cheese scroll
4. Kiwi fruit for recess

My eldest son had the same menu as his little brother, but he had cut apples for recess instead.

Sweet and Savoury Bento

For today's lunches, I prepared ham and cheese scrolls for the savoury version and cinnamon apple rose scrolls for the sweet version. 

For the bananas, I carved using sharp knife and when it dried out, it will go brownish and you'll be able to read the messages. 
I found this method works really well with my year 1 son who is still learning to read. Learning should be fun, shouldn't it ? :)

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Sweet and savoury scrolls
2. Corn on the cob
3. Milk jelly and nata de coco
4. "Enjoy your day" banana for recess

For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Sweet and savoury scrolls
2. Corn on the cob
3. Milk jelly and nata de coco
4. "Have fun" banana for recess

Colorful Bento

This type of bento does not take long time to prepare. Bento does not have to be too complicated. I've done most of the works on the weekend (like baking the scrolls, making the fish balls & datemaki, and also boiling the broccoli), then kept them in the freezer until needed. For extra cuteness, foodpicks will come very handy.

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Bacon and cheese scroll (recipe here)
2. Corn on the cob
3. Fried fish ball
4. Datemaki (sweet rolled omelette)
5. "Penguin" sausages (cheese, black sesame seed, carrot, and sausage)
6. Broccoli and carrot sticks
7. Green seedless grapes for recess

And for my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Bacon and cheese scroll 
2. Corn on the cob
3. Fried fish balls
4."Penguin" sausages (cheese, black sesame seed, carrot, and sausage)
5. Carrot sticks
6. Green seedless grapes for recess


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My Singing Monsters

There is one Android game called "My Singing Monsters" that my kids love so much. It has super cute monsters that really can sing in harmony. In spite of more than 30 cute monsters in that game, I only featured two of them, called Furcorn and Toe Jammer.

I also made Zucchini and Parmesan Balls that taste fantastic!. Here is the recipe :

Zucchini and Parmesan Balls
source Stay at Home Mum

Ingredients:

2 zucchinis, grated
125 grams pickled onion cheese or any strong crumbly cheese
1/2 cup flour
2 pcs rashes bacon
1 egg
20 grams parmesan cheese, finely grated
50 grams parmesan cheese, for coating
3/4 cup breadcrumbs
1 cup oil, for frying

Method :
* Mix grated zucchinis, pickled onion cheese, flour, egg and parmesan cheese together until just combined. They will be quiet moist this is ok, it’s perfect for the crumbs and keeps them nice and moist while cooking.

* Place breadcrumbs and extra parmesan cheese in a bowl. Spoon a small tablespoon of mix and drop into crumb mix, toss and coat well. Set aside on baking paper.

* Heat oil in small wok and cook in batches over a high heat. They will only take about a minute each side to cook and be golden brown. Drain on paper towel. If you have a deep fryer you can always use this on 190 oC.

Recipe Hints and Tips:
Zucchini and Parmesan Balls are suitable for freezing for up to 6 months. Keep refrigerated for up to 3 days in an airtight container.

Details as below :

For my Year 3 son, I prepared :
1. Ham and cheese scroll with Furcorn on top (eggsheet, nori, crabstick, breadcrust)
2. Zucchini and Parmesan Balls
3. Broccoli
4. Halves hard boiled egg with salt and pepper
5. Milk jelly with nata de coco
6. Rockmelon cuts for recess

For my Pre-primary son, I prepared :
1. Ham and cheese scroll with Toe Jammer on top (eggsheet, crabstick, nori)
2. Zucchini and Parmesan Balls
3. Carrot sticks
4. Hard boiled egg with nori
5. Milk jelly with nata de coco
6. Banana for recess

Bento tools I used for this post :

Pizza and Scrolls Bento

I used this simple dough from Gozleme recipe that is very easy and versatile. It can also be used as pizza, scrolls or garlic bread dough. Here is the recipe :

Simple and Easy Dough recipe

Ingredients
400g Greek style plain yoghurt
500g self-raising flour
4 tbsp olive oil

Extra flour for dusting the board

Method
In a bowl, combine the flour and yoghurt and bring together to form a ball
Turn out onto a floured board to knead and roll.
Knead for 2-3 minutes. Cut into 8 portions

Cover with a damp tea towel until ready to use.

Roll a dough into a pizza shape and add toppings. For the topping I put pineapple, ham, pepperoni, olive, mushroom, and Mozzarella cheese. Baked in 180°C oven for 15-20 minutes or until base is golden and crisp.

For the scrolls recipe, you may find it here. I just replace the puff pastry with this dough.

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Pizza and scroll
2. "Flower" carrot and a sultana
3. Corn on the cob
4. Hard boiled egg with salt & pepper
5. Rice cracker
6. Banana for recess

For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Pizza and scroll
2. "Flower" carrot and a sultana
3. Corn on the cob
4. Hard boiled egg with salt & pepper
5. Rice cracker
6. Kiwi for recess

Pretty Gardens

Simple, easy to make and fast bento for the boys. I prepared the bacon & cheese scrolls the day before for snacks and kept the leftover for their school lunches. Just spread tomato ketchup, sliced bacon, and cheese over puff pastry. Roll and cut it to around 2.5 cm thick, and put it in the oven at 180 C until golden brown.

Details of the lunches, as below :

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Bacon & cheese scroll, decorated with bow tie pasta
2. Corn on the cob
3. Tamagoyaki
4. Mini carrot cake with bow tie pasta on top
5. Sausage and cheese
6. Broccoli and carrot sticks
7. "Rabbit" apple for recess

And for my little boy, I prepared :
1. Bacon & cheese scroll, decorated with bow tie pasta
2. Corn on the cob
3. Tamagoyaki
4. Mini carrot cake with bow tie pasta on top
5. Sausages and cheese
6. Carrot sticks
7. Kiwi fruit for recess