Bento #24 : It's Bear Again

Cinderella has been sick since last week. It really breaks my heart to see her coughing, sneezing, and having diarrhea. I thought it was a regular flu. Instead, it is actually an allergic reaction to milk.
She has developed skin rashes since she was a baby. And by almost 2 years, the allergy has changed into rhinitis, and just recently, diarrhea. She lose 400 grams during this diarrhea, which makes her fall from 15 percentile to 5 percentile in just a week. She looks sooo skinny that it breaks my heart *sob sob*
I brought her two weeks ago to a nutritionist and she recommended this special formula milk which is high in calorie but low in casein. Cinderella actually loved it. So she drank quite a lot of it. After 4 days, she developed all those allergy symptoms.
Any ways, she lost her appetite because of the bloating. And I have to try my head to toe to get her to eat. I cooked her porridge, oatmeal, soup, fritters, and the list go on and on and on... She kept refusing to eat. Well, she actually ate, but it is only half or a third from what she usually has. So I made her this bento, to cheer her up...

In this bento : beef roulade and veggies

Bento #23 : Kitty kitty Miaow

I remembered that "cat" is the first animal word that Cinderella spoke. I often take her out for a walk around our housing complex, and she sees so many cats along the way everyday. I think that's why she likes cat so much.
I think I've been making this kitty theme for 3 times during these two weeks. It's so easy, I only need scissors to cut the nori (Cinderella loves to eat the nori scrap, as a plus), and I don't have to shape the rice (just use a round lunch box is enough). And moreover, she always thrilled to see kitten face in her bento.

In this picture : salmon teriyaki, diced tofu, carrot and green beans wrapped in zuchini, broccoli

Oh yes, I submit this bento to join What's For Lunch Wednesday. Anyone who also wants to submit her bento can submit it to this link :http://bentolunch.blogspot.com/search/label/what%27s%20for%20lunch%20wednesday

Bento #22 : Grumpy Bear

I am a bit bored with the cheery, smiley bento faces that I made before. So, just for fun, I made this grumpy bear. I have so much fun making it. I also made the usual "shocked" face for Cinderella since she loves this kind of faces before.
By the end of the day, when I pick her up at school and look at the snack box, Cinderella left the grumpy bear. And she said to me that she didn't like the bear. Hee hee.. I guess because it looked so grumpy.... The bear reminds me of Badz Badz Maru.. He is so cute (and also so grumpy). I think I would want him in my bento someday.
Inside the bento is two mini buns which was sliced in the middle and stuffed with shredded cheese, butter and sugar.

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 # 19 : Mission to get Cinderella eat Strawberry

Cinderella hates fruits for these two months, I don't know why. She would rather let herself starving and refuse the fruit as snack and wait for her big meal to come. She used to love drinking her fruit smoothie but now she will shout," No Mammaaaa.... Nooo" everytime she sees me approaching her with the juice glass. I tried several method, changing the glass, bribing her with TV (which used to work wonders for months before), pretending to enjoy the drink soooo much to make her want it ("Mmm... juiceee.. yum yum.. This is Mommy's not yours....) None of them will work.
Today I tried to put the strawberries into bento, for hope that she will happily eat it. Notice the colourful toothpicks that I put on the strawberries on purpose. She looked interested at the first time. I felt the tense as she was putting it into her mouth.Would she love it? Would she eat the whole strawberries? She took a bite and then split it out. Then she pointed the rabbit ears and said ,"I want cheeeeseeeeee..." Arrrggghhh............. Mission failed.
In the bento : minced pork katsu, green beans, strawberries, broccoli, asparagus wrapped with ham
I include this bento for joining What's For Lunch Wednesday. This is my first time to join fellow bento makers. I am so excited. Check out her cool web http://bentolunch.blogspot.com

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.