Guilty Thursday - Instant Ramen

I ran out of carbs to cook d:( Well, Roast Meat's happy. I did add some leftover shredded chicken from last night's dinner and lots of veggies and fruits.

Monday Already??

I just realised that my last post was exactly one week ago. The rest of the week was bento-free, other than a very simple breadroll-and-chicken set for Takoyaki, as last Friday was Roast Meat's birthday. Hence, from Wednesday on, I was running around procuring ingredients to bake cupcakes for his celebration in school. Phew... Glad it is all over. It was a rather trying week for me as I was having some gastroenteritis on top of running around for some Parent Volunteer projects. Two more weeks and I'll be able to watch all my burdens roll down the hill!

Today's lunch menu:

Onigiris with mixed furikake

Tamagoyaki

Cucumber ribbons and cherry toms salad

Grapes

I have found two more bento recruits! Will be meeting with them soon to talk bento. Yay!

Maniac Monday - Sausages and Tom Yum Soup

I ran out of ideas for decor so decided to just mix all the ingredients - sausage, edamame, furikake - together with the rice. Can say it's something like Bibimbap d:P Although everything's more Japanese than Korean.

Last week, I used the Nami box for Roast Meat because it was the best size in this One Piece set to hold some fruits and veg, but he came back whining that "all my friends laughed at me" and insisted that I never give him that box again. Good grief.

I bento-ed for RM but forgot that Takoyaki also needed a bento today. Thankfully, all the staples were sitting ready in the fridge so I just heated up the soup and packed everything into the different compartments. She only gave me 5 minutes before she was out the door!

Takoyaki loves her Tom Yum Soup (my daughter, hee).

Planned Over Thursday - Kimchi Soup

With Sweet Potato Vermicelli and Five-Spice Grilled Chicken. I got the recipe for the chicken from a Jamie Oliver cookbook and I must say, we really liked it. This will enter our regular rotation of chicken chop flavours, as we have been relying on Cajun seasoning for wayyyyy too long.

Thankful Tuesday - Chimera Sausage and Ghost Onigiri

Did you have a good rest over the long National Day weekend? I ate something that caused a violent allergic reaction in my body and was in horrible pain for 24 hours, but thankfully it cleared up on its own so I did not go to the doctor. 

And hence I felt rather in the mood to beautify things a little.

The little ghost there has NOTHING whatsoever to do with the current Lunar Month. I'd wanted to do a Totoro like I did once but lacked the motivation to do all the details beyond cutting the nori so I changed it to a Pacman type ghost.

The onigiri contains some pork floss and the rest of the food are some chimera sausages made up of cherry tomatoes, cucumber and bratwurst.

Bon appetit!

Wainy Wednesday

What a great day to sleep in. It's usually hot and hazy this time of the year in Singapore but these past couple of months have been mostly rainy and breezy. I'm thankful.

Planned over from last night's dinner - Panfried Cajun Chicken Chop over rice, with spinach salad and grapes. There's some homemade vinaigrette dressing in a separate sauce cup. Roast Meat's favourite dressing.

Maniac Monday is Bread and Bun Day

Bread onigiris for Takoyaki with chicken wings from Ah Ma.

RM wanted this teriyaki chicken bun from Mugiho bakery. Less work for me, yay!

Beef Soboro Bento

A simple, planned-over bento for Takoyaki.