MeiJo's 10 Top Rated Bento : Feb ~ April 2013

Our 'judges' have listed their favorite bentos for Feb~April.

Here they are in random order!

(p/s : Mom need to take note that these bento sets

should be prepared at least 2 times within a month!)

#1

Layered mini pancakes with chocolate and peanuts butter.

Stir fried nuggets in sweet n sour sauce served with nori and rice.

#2

Sushi rice balls in animal shapes.

(Mom take note : try to make smiling faces if possible!)

#3

Have you tried fried cauliflower with cheese powder?

I know this is not the first time I share about fried cauliflower...

but have you tried adding some cheese powder into the flour mixture?

It's super duper delicious good

(This is Mei Mei and Jojo comments)

They already have cauliflower with crab filament fried 

on Monday, Wednesday and Friday's bento...

but still want me to repeat.

This is one of their favoritesbento  set for school.

School's bento updates

Hi!  It have been almost 2 months since

the girls went back to school.

And about my 'school's bento' project?

Yup!  It's still going strong!

Never miss a day yet!  Yeah!

Mei Mei and Jojo got themselves a new bento box.

I know...I promise myself not to buy them any new lunch box since I already

have dozens in my shelves...but these two are too cute to miss.

I got these two for about RM5 (USD1.60)

both is double layers.

The first day back to school after Chinese New Year break.

Well, I'm too busy to cook up the bento,

so, I headed to the local wet market early in the morning

to grab some local Malay's morning snack for today bento.

And here is want I got...

Bread wrapped sausage and cheese

Roti Jala wrapped curry potato

Steam chocolate cake

Custard puff

Each for RM0.30 (USD 0.10)

Jojo always have bigger appetite than Mei Mei...

So, I make some sushi rice balls with some crab filaments and omelette.

There are 'bears' in my bento!!! Easy Bear Bento...

Jojo is always fond of teddy bears...

and recently she really in love with a "rilakkuma"

source

Bento challenge week 2 Thursday & Friday

Hi!  It's easy to start on something...but it could be hard to 'continue'...

Making bento every school days...is not easy...

To all the moms who prepared lunch for your kids to school everyday...

I give you all....all the stars I see from the sky!!!

You all are THE GREATES!!!!

So here comes what I did for the last two days of last week...

For Thursday

Tuna in mayos on potato chips!

Yes, I actual 'pack' chips for the kids!!!

with some rice balls and panda biscuits.

Cheap and useful bento's tools to make your lunch box "WOW"

Thanks for coming by again...

After a week of 'struggling' with my kids' school bento (packed lunch)...

with no so 'consistent' performance...

This week, I started to get 'more prepared'.

I buy some 'tools' to make the bento look more fun and joyful to eat.

Bento 's tools #1

Bento challenge week #2 : Wednesday

Now, I think I'm getting mad about bento preparation...

Every night before sleep...I'll check the fridge to see

what I can prepare for bento the next day.

So, today ... I'm cooking some cauliflower with sausages!

boil some cauliflower for a minute

Bento challenge...week #2- Monday

This bento's thing is really add some pressure into my daily routines.

I never know preparing bento will occupied so much time and most of all ... the 'brain work'.

I don't mean the preparing time (cooking time)...

What I mean is the time it take to figure out what to prepare for the next day!!!

Oh my!... This is hard.

I did try to look through the bento ideas from Google image bank...

but...they all... all...are so cute...especially those in bear shapes...

but NOT REALISTIC for me!

You must be kidding me...There are REAL moms that 

REALLY prepare these type of bento for their kids!!!!!!

I think I need to attend a SPECIAL CLASS even about

making the bear 'EYES' 'EARS'......

Ok...let's come back to the REAL world.

Evey morning, I prepare breakfast for the kids...

and after breakfast I started to prepare lunch...

and now after prepare lunch...I need to prepare 'bento' for them to bring to school...

which is after lunch...

I don't want to spend my whole morning in the kitchen!!!

I need a fast and easy..yet healthy and 'acceptable' 'proper' bento!!!

So... this is what I did for today.

It's a simple and light one because today the school ends earlier

they will just a short tea break

content :  A cup of yogurt, a pack of tomato stick and a peanut butter sandwich with 'surprise'!

So, what's the suprise?