Yummy Finger Foods

Finger foods are great filler for lunch box. Usually I make them in bulk on the weekend, then freeze them. It really saves my time for morning preparation.  And by making it your own, you can control the ingredients and also you can put variety of vegetables like grated carrot, grated zucchini, etc.

Here is the Homemade Beef Sausage Rolls recipe :

Ingredients :
500 grams sausage mince
half an onion – diced thinly
1 egg
mixed herbs (thyme, oregano, parsley or else)
1 medium carrot and/or zucchini - grated
1 cup breadcrumbs
2 sheets puff pastry
sesame seed

Method :
In a bowl, mix the sausage mince, diced onion, egg, mixed herbs and grated veggies together.  Season well with salt and pepper. Add the breadcrumbs and again mix well.

Wrap up the mince in the puff pastry, brush with milk, sprinkle with sesame seed and bake for approximately 25 minutes or until golden brown.

Enjoy!

For my little one, I prepared :
1. Beef sausage rolls
2. Ham, corn and vegetables muffin (recipe is in here)
3. Beef and prawn dumpling with tomato sauce
4. Milk jelly with nata de coco
5. Carrot sticks
6. Watermelon cuts for recess

For my eldest one, I prepared :
1. Homemade beef sausage rolls with BBQ sauce
2. Beef and prawn dumpling
3. Sushi
4. "Monster" hard boiled egg (cheese, black sesame seed, and carrot)
5. Milk jelly with nata de coco
6. Broccoli
7. Watermelon for recess

Ham, Corn and Vegetables Muffins

This Ham, Corn and Vegetables Muffins are so perfect for lunch boxes. I used to make them in a batch, and then put it in the ziplock bag and freeze it. The previous night, I take the bag out and put in the fridge to thaw. And in the next morning I reheat it in the microwave for a minutes and it's ready to pack in the lunch box. Just make sure that all foods are cool enough before putting the lid on to avoid food poisoning. And be sure to pack a frozen ice block into the lunch box.

Ham, corn and vegetables Muffins

Ingredients
2½ cups Self Raising Flour
150g shaved leg ham, finely chopped
¾ cups milk
1 egg, lightly beaten
½ cup vegetable oil
⅔ cup grated tasty cheese
125g corn kernel
1 pcs leek - chopped
1 pcs medium carrot - grated
Salt and pepper, to season

Instructions
Preheat oven to 180C
Grease a 12 hole muffin tin
Place flour, corn, leek, carrot and ham into a bowl, stir to combine
Add the remaining ingredients, stir mixture until just combined.
Divide the mixture evenly between muffin holes.
Bake it in the oven for 20 minutes or until golden.
Allow it to cool for 5 minutes then remove it from muffin tin and cool it again on wire rack.

For my little one, I prepared :
1. Ham, corn, and vegetables Muffins with cheese and carrot on top
2. Sushi
3. Milk jelly with nata de coco
4. sausages
5. Carrot sticks
6. Grapes and kiwi fruit

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Ham, corn and vegetables Muffin with cheese and carrot on top
2. Sushi
3. Milk jelly with nata de coco
4. sausages
5. Carrot sticks and broccoli
6. Grapes and banana

Cute bento tools I used for this post :

Sushi Variety

We went to a sushi train restaurant last week, and it was really fun! My kids loved to watch all the foods going round and round like on the train track. I really love to see so many varieties of sushi, especially the inside out sushi roll, which is also known as California Uramaki.  This sushi is unique as the rice that wraps the nori.. Here is the link on how to make it.

Now, for my eldest son, I prepared :

1. Three types of sushi with baby corn, asparagus, crab sticks, and carrot filling. 

2. Ham "flower"

3. Broccoli and asparagus

4. Milk jelly with nata de coco

5. "Checker" apple

And for my little one, I prepared :
1. Uramaki sushi rolls
2. Sausages
3. Broccoli and carrot sticks
4. Milk jelly with nata de coco
5. "Rabbit" apples