Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Cold Asian Noodle Salad Bento


Made with:
Boiled fresh udon noodles (rinsed under tap water till cool)
Mesclun salad
Boiled crabsticks and prawns
Dressing - soy sauce, sesame oil, freshly ground black pepper, pinch of stevia (you can use fine white sugar)

All mixed up and topped with roasted sesame seeds.


Monday, September 29, 2014

Made Myself Wake Up To Bento This Morning


Menu:
Pizza (dunno what flavour)
Fried chicken drumlet (wrapped with piece of foil)
Salad

Zombified...

Friday, September 26, 2014

Finally Friday - (Just a simple) Bento

It's the end of the week and I'm just looking to use up some of my stash. Like the Viennese sandwiches from M&S (RM's favourite and I won't deny I'm rather partial towards them), the cucumber rounds and the apple. Added a ham flower (last seen maybe two years ago?), a wedge of cheese and some pistachios in the green foil.

Let's call it an individual-picnic bento.


Thursday, September 25, 2014

Honey Master Chicken over Pasta

I can't believe it's been two years since I last gave my kids a Honey Mustard Chicken bento. Made up a batch last night (leftover from a big pack of boneless chicken legs, half of which I used for steaming with Chinese preserved mustard veg 梅菜) especially for today's bento.


I know everything looks rather yellow and brown but as long as it's tasty and nutritious right....?

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Cold Matcha Udon Bento

On this hot, hot summer day (yah right, it's summer all year round in Singapore!), the kids brought some cold udon for their school meals. Topped with shredded cucumber and sausage hearts, this meal was sure to cool them down. Unfortunately, Roast Meat had a bout of coughing and wheezing, so bad that I had to go bring him home from school. Note to self - no more cold food till he recovers.


The dipping sauce was frozen in separate boxes.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Bacon & Egg Cups Recipe

In the wonderful world of Pinterest, I found a recipe for Bacon & egg cups as well as a mini frittatas baked in a muffin pan. Wanting the best of both worlds, I combined both recipes into one and here is the result.


They were a hit with Roast Meat and me, but not Takoyaki or her dad. Here they are in bentos.

RM's Monday Bento

Takoyaki's Tuesday Bento

Recipe for Bacon&Egg Cups
~Makes 12 cups~

Ingredients:
12 rashers bacon
6 large eggs, lightly beaten
pepper to taste
one medium onion, chopped
1 medium tomato, chopped
1 tsp dried parsley
1/2 cup grated cheese (I used up some mozzarella, but any cheese would be good)

Method:
Preheat oven to 180C.
Line a 12-cup muffin pan with muffin cases and lay one rasher of bacon around the inside of each case.
Combine all the other ingredients in a medium bowl and stir well.
Divide equally among all the bacon "cups", taking care to prop the bacon up with your fingers as you are pouring the batter in.
Bake about 15-20 mins or till tops are golden brown.

Next time I will add some sliced olives, and perhaps some milk. No salt because the bacon is mighty salty.

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Teriyaki Meatballs Don Bento

Last night, I tried out a new recipe that I'd found on Pinterest some time back. Teriyaki meatballs!


Planned overs (which almost didn't make it into the bento because there were some hungry wolves around) for today's bento don't look so pretty but still taste pretty great!

Teriyaki Meatballs Bento
I was glad to be able to give RM a yummy last bento for this term, because I am certainly looking forward to not bentoing these Sep hols!

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Hotdogs! Ugly stuff

I've always felt that hotdogs are one of the most obscene-looking foods, but dang! They do taste good d:)


They look really obscene, don't they? Try as I might I simply couldn't find a better way to arrange them. Also, I was in a pickle about the sauces, because I ran out of packet ketchup, so my husband suggested using plastic wrap. Great idea! I also put some mustard in another twist so the kids can have their mustard kick.

These are the last bentos for this term. I'll only be back after the September one week hols! Have a great hols, y'all!

Monday, September 1, 2014

Merciful Monday - Shrimp Paste Rice with Chawanmushi

Many thanks to Delci, the founder of Facebook bento group EZBentos, for sharing how to make these bento-sized steamed egg portions some time back. I found these cute silicone steamer cases from Daiso that are specially designed for this. These are thicker and sturdier than my silicone cupcake cases. Just put the lid (comes with the cases) on and steam for about 10-15 mins on low heat and it's done! If you don't have these, just use thicker silicone muffin/cupcake cases that fit into your bento boxes and cover with small pieces of Al foil.


Today's Menu:
Shrimp paste fried rice (this is becoming a staple in our house)
Chawanmushi
Cherry tomatoes
Apple wedges
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