Bento # 16 : Bee bento

Cinderella was enjoying her school more and more, which made me feel relieved. I used to have 2 hours of me time before picking her up at school. Usually I used it for watching cable and just sit on my couch. Ohhh..... the joy of having the TV for myself. Since Cinderella started to like watching TV, the channel is rotated between Playhouse, Nickelodeon, and Baby TV. I rarely watch TV because of fear that the content will not be suitable for her. Or.... when Daddy comes home from work, it's his turn to watch ESPN sport. I was so happy to be able to watch my favorite serials again, Desperate Housewife (well, I AM quite desperate to watch TV), Now, the two hours free time is missing, because I will be busy making her bento for lunch. But hey, I am enjoying this new hobby that I forget about TV... Hee hee... OK, I admit, I still watch the TV while making the bento. But bento things take over my mind more than TV

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In this bento : beef stew, carrot, green beans, and cauliflower

Bento #03 : Bee bento

I made this as a lunch box for our trip to Bandung. My hubby's cousin was having a wedding party in Bandung. Of course we would have to attend the wedding. The journey was actually only 2 hours by car. But I guess I need to bring her lunch box. Just in case, there was traffic.
This was by far the most complicated bento I made.
When I saw the bee bento picture in the bento book, I thought it would be quite simple to create. But boy I was wrong. The egg sheet was too thick and made it hard to roll the rice in it. The experience of stuffing a lunch box until packed was also quite difficult. Luckily I had some broccoli to fill the gap. I used monster meatball, smoked ham, rolled omelette and steamed veggies as the filler.
Cinderella's cousins were also coming with us in this trip. And they were so amazed to see the bento. There was "Oohhh" and "Ahhhh.. cute!" Cinderella was very proud. She ate everything.
The only thing that was a disappointment was the melting cheese. Anyone knew how to prevent the cheese from melting?