Bento # 25 : Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars

Cinderella loves the song very much. And I run out of ideas to create quick snack box in the morning. So I just cut two little stars with faces on it. And made one star shaped fritata.

Bento # 21 : Flower in the garden (spoiled Cinderella)

I guess these several weeks with her Mom making her cute bentos, has made Cinderella rather spoilt. She knew exactly, which one is done with considerable effort and which one is not. Well, i guess it shows on the result, doesn't it? Cinderella ate this bento half heartedly. >_<
I didn't put too much effort for this bento. I just used the flower onigiri shaper and put flowery carrot on top of it and arrange it in lots and lots of veggie, just like in the garden...
Ah well, live and learn....

Bento # 20 : Froggie Bento

Ah well.. I guess almost everybody has made this froggie bento. I would just have to add more veggies to Cinderella's diet since she refuses to eat fruit nowadays. So, I guess froggie bento would be just right to make her eat spinach without knowing it.
She loved it. Took a peek, and said, "Mommy.. froggie froggie... " She ate most of her lunch. I wonder with that many things in her tummy, where does it go? She is so skinny for her age, although her height is average =(
In this bento : grilled beef teriyaki, fried tempeh, asparagus, carrot and green beans wrapped with zucchini, broccoli

Bento # 18 : Grown up bento

Well, I run out of idea for Cinderella bento this time so I decided to make it simple and clean. It turned up to be a grown up bento to me. Cinderella didn't like it too much. She likes to see the character she knows of, at the least, animals that she can name....
In this bento : mini burgers, carrot and green beans wrapped in zucchini, broccoli.

Bento # 06 : Panda Bento

I saw this Panda Bento in my bento book. Thought it was so cute and it looked like quite easy to follow. But it turned out that shaping rice is harder than I think (maybe because Japanese rice is more sticky). The rice keeps falls off and they refuse to stick to each other. I found out later that using hot rice is better than cold rice since it still has the moisture to make it glued.
The rest of panda rice is actually very easy. Cut nori to shape like panda ear and for the rest I used nori puncher. This bento capacity is very small. The rice in the bento is only half from what Cinderella was actually eating.
By the way, I still hasn't found the reason of why Cinderella seemed like to choose bento in plate rather than box? Hmmm.... strange....

In this picture : beef croquette, diced carrot and green beans.

Bento # 05 : Bento Bunny - super lazy bento

I still feel extremely lazy after going from Bandung trip. I want to fix a bento for Cinderella without too much effort. In my fridge lied several store-bought meatballs that I could use. So I just throw the meatballs into frozen beef stock plus the veggie (cauliflower, mushroom,green beans, and carrot).
It really took me minimum effort to do this bento. I just had to cut ham into circle and ready shaped bunny ears. I also use the flower cutter for the carrot and mushroom. If you notice, the flowers on the left and right side of the bunny, you can see that the white one is actually the remaining mushroom that was cut in the middle. I slip the flower carrot in the middle of the mushroom. And viola, there you go... quite pretty compared to the usual bare flower carrot.
I also put fruity picks on top of the meatball and the flowers. This whole bento thing only took me 30 minutes from food preparation until done.
Oh yes, the bunny has no facial expression since I ran out of nori.


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