The boys had ham & cheese croissants and Chicken, bacon & leek pies for their lunch. You may find the pies recipe here.
For extra cuteness, I put my favourite fun eyes bento picks to the croissants. I also add black sesame seed for the noses and tiny pieces of red crab sticks for the mouths.
You may find similar eyes bento picks, here :
For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Ham and cheese croissant
2. Chicken, bacon & leek pie
3. Hard boiled egg
4. Asparagus wrapped with ham
5. Carrot stick
6. Mandarin for recess
For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Ham and cheese croissant
2. Chicken, bacon & leek pie
3. Milk jelly with nata de coco
4. Asparagus wrapped with ham
5. Carrot sticks
6. Green seedless grapes for recess
I tried the banana muffins recipe from Kidspot and I'm so pleased with the result. It was so moist and delicious, perfect for school lunch or snack after school. Here is the recipe :
Sour Cream Banana Muffins
Adapted from Kidspot
Ingredients:
2 cups flour, sifted
1 cup sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 egg
4 very ripe bananas, mashed
1/2 cup butter, melted
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tsp vanilla essence
12 pecans (I omit due to no nuts school policy)
Method:
Pre-heat oven to 180ºC. Place patty pans in a 12 cup muffin tray.
Mix flour sugar and baking soda together.
Beat egg and add bananas, sour cream, butter and vanilla. Mix with a wooden spoon.
Pour flour into wet ingredients and stir until just combined.
Pour 1/2 cup measures into each patty pan place a pecan on each cup.
Bake for 20-25 minutes.
For my youngest son, I prepared:
1. Sour cream banana muffin
2. Pork siomay
3. Homemade fruit jelly
4. Sausages
5. Apple cuts for recess
His elder brother had the same lunch, but he had watermelon cuts for recess instead.
This time I used recipes from my previous posts. I prepared mushroom, leek and bacon mini quiche, homemade fruit jelly (inspired by Nami - Just One Cookbook), and ham & cheese pinwheel sandwiches.
Details as below :
For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Mushroom, leek, and bacon mini quiche
2. Ham and cheese pinwheel sandwich
3. Corn on the cob
4. Homemade fruit jelly
5. Watermelon cuts for recess
For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Mushroom, leek, and bacon mini quiche
2. Ham and cheese pinwheel sandwich
3. Corn on the cob
4. Homemade fruit jelly
5. Roast diced beetroot
6. Kiwi fruit cuts for recess
