Walrus

Bento No. 132

Recently, we borrowed a book titled "Super Swimmers" from the National Library.  One of the animals that he also learned in school is'Walrus'.  We are familiar with sea lion and seal but little is known about Walrus. They are recognised by its prominent long tusks and are often found in the Arctic Circle. Their favourite meal is shellfish.   I used two type of cheese to make its muzzle and tusk and the facial with seaweed.  I actually made a 3D version of it using brown rice initially but abandoned the idea because I have difficulty fitting it into the lunchbox.  The sides, he has meatballs, blanched carrot, broccolli, apple and nectarine.

Pokemon



Bento No. 131

 Does it look like Pokemon?  I guess not so.  It looks like pokemon junior..haha..  I told my boy it is a robot rabbit but he told me that is a pokemon ;)  It is made of fishball and crabstick. Since he requested for brown noodles, I stir-fried some beanstick noodles and added black soya sauce to create the colour.  I also included some blanched broccolli, carrots and tofu.  His fruits consist of orange and white nectarine.

Butterfly and sushi

Bento No. 130

I need some beauty sleep!  Wake up in the morning, feeling lethargic.  Shortly after, I heard a loud thunder and it started to rain heavily.  My pet dog, Nitro, a shih tzu breed, was petrified.  He was trying to escape through the baby barrier gate we installed between the living and dining room, squeezing his little head between the poles.  He was stucked and literally tangling mid-way through the barrier. Knowing he cannot move, he began to weep.  Nitro will outsmart all kinds of barrier we put up during the rainy season. To the extent, I fear that he might get hurt by his dangerous actions. On the other hand, Nitro is my weatherman.  He shows sign by sniffing the air, tail down, and shivers.

Back to bento, my son has his usual sushi lunch.  I made a butterfly using two pieces tamagoyaki and strip of cucumber.  He got oranges and white nectarine for his fruits.

Whale and mantou 馒头

Bento No. 129

I am kind of running out of idea what to prepare for his lunchbox.  Whilst I was shopping at the NTUC fairprice supermarket yesterday, I saw an Auntie reached out for a packet of frozen mantou.  Curiously, I stood beside her pretending to buy it.  Then, we striked a conversation and learnt that her three kids love mantou and favour a particular brand i.e. 'Chinatown'. Later, I bought it.  This would be my boy's first taste of mantou.

Sandwiched in the mantou are breaded chicken spread with tomato sauce and mayo plus slices of tomato and cucumber.  I placed a whale shape cheese and wrapped it together with cling wrap.  I baked some fries sprinkled with paparika and salt to be added in his lunch too.  He has papaya for his fruits.  On top of it, he gets his mango yogurt.   It is a East meet West combination!

Ambulance

Bento No. 128

I remembered my boy's request for an ambulance bento. I granted his wish today.  It is made of white rice onigiri stuffed with baked salmon.  The siren is made of carrot, nori for the facial, cucumber for its wheels and cheese for its windscreens.  When I looked at my finished product, I felt that there is something amiss.  I could not tell what it is.  My son has fried long bean with egg, baked salmon, blanced carrot and green kiwi.

There are times I will allow my son to help me in the kitchen to do simple chores.  And we did yesterday!  Because he did not like the idea of leaving him alone to play by himself whenever I said "Mommy has to cook dinner.  You need to play on your own now."  He will refused to let me go and cried.  So, to pacify him, I asked him to help in the kitchen.  His task was to separate the leaf and stem from the caixin.  Happily, he put on his doremon apron, pulled a round stool to stand and started working on the kitchen top.  I must say that he did it quite well, no mess up at all.  Good job!  And, of course, he grinned with satisfaction and played on his own afterwards.

Piggy

Bento No. 127

I had a terrible headache today and really could not think creativity to make his bento.  Probably due to hot weather yesterday.  Hence, I made a little piggy out of orange cheddar cheese for its face and yellow cheese for its snort.  My boy has sphagetti with tomato sauce for his lunch today.   Plus green kiwi and oranges.

In front of my house, there is a gigantic construction site paving way for three housing estates!  There goes my view of sunrise and sunset :(  I will definitely miss it.  Other residents will miss the opportunity to fly kites and aeroplanes which they have been doing so in this empty plot of land.

Tamago sushi

Bento No. 126

I swap the ingredients for making sushi.  Instead of having baked salmon sushi, I put tamago instead.  Well, my boy still has his baked salmon but as a side dish.  For the rest of tamagoyaki, I cut into half and put two pieces together to make it a heart shape.  In the end, I abandoned the idea because it does look like hearts at all.  I used a green stalk foodpick and skewed it together to form a flower.  Then I added the edamame, grapes and kiwi to complete his lunchbox.  In th midst of doing so, my son suddently approached me and said that he wanted a ambulance bento.  That will be the theme for his bento tomorrow perhaps.

1st October was children day but somehow, this year, it has shifted to the first Friday of October that falls on 7th.  We did not really celebrate the occasion but I bought him a gift i.e. 50 pieces of animal puzzle.  And he completed the puzzle all on his own without help!