Last one for this term, yay!

I apologise for the lousy quality of the pic - it was taken using my phone cam which sucks since the lens is scratched. No choice - no access to hubby's phone while he's at work d:)

Fly Lice with egg strips. We are hoping to move during these June hols so the next bento will be prepared from our new home. Woohoo!

Viva La June Holidays!

Battery down to One Bar

So again it's just once this week, but two different bentos. With extra love put in while preparing, to make up for the reduction.

Only ONE this week...

But a nice one, at least. Some lovely Japanese preserved veg much like the Chinese 梅菜 (mei2 cai4) that I found at the Kyushuu Fair under the Chinmi section. I didn't expect Takoyaki to like it but she does.

I'm taking the rest of the week off.

Bento Mojo draining away...

This week was rather low for me. I'm feeling very limited and restrained in cooking, much less bento, but this is pretty much my own psychological problem. I feel as though I'm wandering around in the wilderness and will never be able to cross the Jordan river and into the promised land (my new home).

What a good thing we had the Labour Day PH!

The following bentos get more sorrier-looking towards the end...

Monday's bentos

Tuesday Takoyaki's

Tuesday RM's

Friday RM's very sorry looking 

Onigiris

For when I don't want to do anything fancy and there's lots of plan-over rice.

Clam Chowder Bento

Plan-over. Simple.

For Takoyaki

Happy Good Friday Weekend

It's the last school day of this week and I'm probably not the most thankful person but certainly one of the most thankful ones!  

Takoyaki was happy to have me reserve some of the fried winged beans we had for dinner for her bento today, as well as leftover tom yum soup.

Takoyaki's - fried winged beans with tom yum soup and rice

Roast Meat eat doesn't any of the above so I cooked some angel hair spaghetti for him (very fast to cook), topped it with tomato sardines and threw in some blanched green beans (blanched before the spaghetti).

RM's - angel hair spaghetti with tomato sardines

Monday rolls around and I'm a Brand New Person!

With my bento mojo recharged, I am pleased to present a new furikake from the Kyushu Fair - Ume-Hijiki Furikake, which RM really likes (but not as much as I do, ha!) and Takoyaki really dislikes (as usual, these two are stark opposites).

On the side are some leftover steamed chicken from last night's dinner, blanched french beans, strawberry tomatoes and grapes. Viva la Bento!

We have reached Friday... Finally

Low on energy and mojo. Barely managed to complete the tamagoyai. 

Same for both kids.

Repetition is... ok, you get the idea

I almost felt like taking a few days off but figured I'd rather lose some energy than have Roast Meat eat an unbalanced meal in school.

Wed's bento

Mini Nutella bear buns with cocktail sausages, capsicum, "salad" and oooh! M&Ms!

Thu's bento

For a change of pace, we bought his fav mini chicken pies to go with more or less the same sides as yesterday.

Thankful Tuesday - Meat Sauce

In another plan-over staple is my life-saver today. We all love meat sauce (what constitutes the "bolognaise" in spaghetti bolognaise) except the hubby so cooking this in large batches is always worth it. Takoyaki asked for "only bread to dip into it" with.

Repetition is better than no Bento

Especially since I'm working with limited ingredients and tools, in a limited environment. Fly Lice for everybody once again! This time with luncheon meat, oh yum! There's some salad consisting of cucumber ribbons and halved cherry tomatoes - so simple yet so tasty and pretty too.

Fussy Friday - Different Bentos for Different Kids Again

Takoyaki was happy to bring leftover Radish Soup with rice.

Fussy RM had kaya sandwiches with a spring onion omelette, which I fried in my tamagoyaki pan. Was a very conveniently-shaped omelette.

Sandwiches Are So Easy

Ham and cheese sandwiches with fruits and apple wedges.

2014 Term 2 Week Two - Releasing the bonds

I agree that it takes some time to get the momentum going again after the holidays. Usually I'm ridden with a sense of guilt if I have been sloppy in bentoing, and flagellate myself into putting in more effort for the next week.

Hence, it is with some pride that I present, for the first bentos of this week, Fly Lice. Did more grocery shopping over the weekend so I'm a little more prepared for this week. Don't expect any fancy stuff though - that's only going to be possible after we haved settled into our new home (expected end Jun).

Ham for Takoyaki and Prawns for RM

Why make two bentos when you can make three? This will be lunch for Mouse and me today.

Ham AND prawns for me and Mouse muahahaha!