Bento No. 100 - Totoro

This is the 100th bento that I made for E since July last year.. Can't imagine I can continue this so far.. I once wonder whether this little interest of mine can last for a long time..
Now I am pretty assured that I really love bento making.. maybe its the motivation from my son, to see his happy face when he eats his bento. :)
I think my favourite bento so far is the Totoro bento that I made early this year. So I make my 2nd Totoro bento today with hard boiled eggs.
Inside the box are also sausage bunny, grapes, pineapple and longans.
Shared this at Shannon's WFLW week 70.

Orange Poppy seeds cupcake with fondant icing

I tried making some cupcakes during the weekend, and made some fondant icing too. Thanks to my parents for helping to babysit my 2 little tykes. I share some pictures on my first experiment on cupcakes below. ;)

I think they are a bit overbaked, there are cracks on the surface.

Icing sugar sieved to make the fondant

Mixture of dissolved Liquid Glucose, Gelatin and a drop of red colouring for making pink fondant

Pour the liquid into the icing sugar and mix well. Knead till it gets soft and sticky.

Roll a piece of fondant

Use any cup or round cutter on fondant for the base on the cupcake.

For making piggy, cut few small round shapes for the ears and nose

Here is my first fondant piggy

and some bunnies

Bento No. 70 - Did you find any Easter Eggs?

The Easter holiday mood is setting in, E joined an Happy Easter colouring contest organised by local Bank, it was submitted by the school last week.

Made a few Egg shaped sammies, nested them in the peapod silicon cup as Easter eggs hiding between the grass.

I decorate the Easter eggs with Cheese and the colour candy sheets. Drop in few grapes too.

Let's start the easter egg hunting fun! Maybe you wish to ask the Cheeky Bunny for some clues. :P

E was amused by my Easter Eggs sammies. He said its cute. :)

Just shared this Easter Bento at Shannon's WFLW, have you shared yours ?

Bento No. 67 - A fun day at the park

Today I use the mini cutters on cheese to make a little rabbit and bear. They are holding their balloons and running around the park happily.

My boy loves to go to the park to run around and feed the fishes in the pond with bread crumbs. It has been a while I didn't bring him to the park. Hope little Miss E will learn to run soon, so she can play hide and seek with his brother. :)

Cut two more grapes as Tulips in the garden.

Bento No. 52 & 53- Bentos on Lazy Days

A simple Tuna Sandwich using the pocket sammies cutter. Cut a bear and a rabbit Cheese face and stick it one.

Just use different shape cutters you got to cut mini sammies and use nori cutters to add some facial expression on it.

These are the few bentos that i made during those lazy days (usually Mondays), and i just don't have any bento ideas at that time. Thus i called them lazy bentos. :)

Bento No. 48 - Sandwich Puff Bunnies

The weather has gone kind of crazy recently, hot and humid during the day and showers in the evenings. Lots of us, especially kids caught the flu bugs.

And we see floods in many parts of the world, like Brisbane in Australia, Brazil, Philippines etc.. And worst cold in decades, sudden change in weathers, extremely cold winter in Taiwan, Korea, Mongolia etc..

Its kind of sad and worrying to see this happen to our earth. Lets Pray for those unfortunates and hope this will end soon.

Both my Es are down with flu and cough too. So I am kind of worn out for the past few days. Thats why I always wish for health for my kids. Its hard to see them suffer, coughing through the night without getting enough sleep. sigh..

Little Miss E has slowly recovered, and Brother E is in recovering stage.

I have taken a day off to be with my boy E, so no school for him yesterday.

Today, I made him a light sandwich bento as I know he won't have a good appetite. And thankfully his school menu of the day is porridge, which is just right for him.

I use the Curry Puff mould I bought sometime ago, try to make some pocket sammies.

There are different sizes of them, we just have to find a right size of round cutter to cut the bread for fitting in the mould.

In my case, i use a round shape plastic container to print the round shape on the bread and cut it out.

Made 2 sandwich puffs, add 2 red jewel picks as their nose, and heart shape cheese as love to my 2 Es who were not well.

I have post the step by step of making the Sandwich Puff Bunnies below :

This is the Curry Puff mould that can be found at most Supermarkets or Bakery shops.

Fold it into half to press on the dough or bread of

your choice.

Cut a round slice of bread with the prefered fillings and place it on the mould.

Fold it into half and press gently.

Open it , trim the unwanted bread or dough if needed.

Tata, my Sandwich puff.

cut 2 bunny ears from the bread crust, use spagetti to secured the bunny ears on the bread.

Bento No. 46 : The Happy Bunny Family

2011 is the Year of Rabbit/Hare in the Chinese Zodiac. And the Chinese New Year is just around the corner..Yipee! we love the New Year atmosphere where we got to eat all the good food, Lion Dance and Firecrackers/Fireworks.

To celebrate the year of rabbit, I will make my first bunny bento.

Use difference type of Rabbit cutter to cut some Chiffon Cake, Cheese and Nori for the eyes, nose and mouth.

I made a happy family with a papa, mama and baby bunny. Nothing is better than to have a healthy and happy family.

Add in some Starfruits, mini honey Mandarin orange (its very sweet and juicy, we got plenty of them during period of Chinese New Year) and grapes to fill up the box. Two orange gummies camouflage as Carrots as a treat for E.

Bento No. 29 - Litte bear prince and Miss rabbit

My sister help me to get some new gadgets when she transit in KL. I have got a set of sandwich cutters.

I use the bear and rabbit cutters for the Kaya sandwich. Dip some nutella spread on the cutter outline for the facial expresssion.

Some cheese for the bear's crown and rabbit's ribbon.

I made another 2 sets of strawberry jam sandwich, cut a star and rabbit shape on the top slice of the sandwich.

Like most of the mummy will do, worrying whether the bread will be enough for my boy, I cut few more Pandan Chiffon Cake stars and some fruits for E.

Bento No. 16 - Animals in a box

My E has been requesting bread for his breakfast for the past few days. He asked for Kaya ( paste made from coconut milk and Egg) to spread on the bread.

So I just make a quick and simple sandwiches using the cutters I have. We have rabbits, frog and bear in the box.