Fish Croissants and Dates Balls

 I found a recipe in Mouth of Moms website. It is a healthy sweet lunchbox treat because the sweetness comes from the fruit itself. For the dried fruit, I used dates instead apricot. Here is the recipe :

Coconut and Fruit Balls

Ingredients (makes 10 -15 balls)
3 Weet-Bix, crushed (I substituted it with half cup of oatmeal)
1/4 cup sultanas
1/4 cup apricots, finely chopped (I substituted it with dates)
1 tbsp cocoa
1/2 cup condensed milk ( I substituted it with a drizzle of honey)
1/2 cup shredded coconut

Method
In a bowl, combine the oatmeal, sultanas, dates and cocoa. Add honey, mix well.
Roll tablespoons of mixture into balls. Toss in coconut.
Store chilled in an airtight container.

notes : you can use food processor for better result.

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Fish croissant (ham and cheese, croissant, nori)
2. Dates balls
3. Hatched chick (hard boiled egg, black sesame seed, and carrot)
4. Broccoli and cheese
5. Carrot sticks
6. Sausage
7. Apple for recess

For my youngest son, I prepared :
1. Fish croissant (ham and cheese, croissant, nori)
2. Dates balls
3. Hatched chick (hard boiled egg, black sesame seed, and carrot)
4. Carrot sticks
6. Sausage
7. Kiwi fruit for recess

Bento tools for today's post :

Arghh...Me Hearty

For an international talk like a pirate day, today I  made this "Arghh...Me Hearty" bento.  It's like greetings to a friend, in pirate's language :)

The pirate is made of bacon and  mushroom mini quiche (recipe here), with nori and crab stick for the details.
The letters and the cheese are cut out using these tools :

For me, these tools create letters for lunchbox at perfect size.

I also put corn on the cob, carrot sticks, fruit salad yogurt, and kiwi for recess.

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 :