Rilakkuma is Here...

 

This bento was inspired by a Rilakkuma stuffed toy that I saw in one of the online shop here. First time I saw it, I fell in love with the cuteness of it, so I told myself to make the Rilakkuma as a bento. 

Here is my other Rilakkuma bento, this time I used rice molder which is goes with the cutter and puncher. It's so handy!

Here is the molder set that I used for the picture above.  You can find the details and buy it in Bento USA .

Have a nice weekend, everyone! See you on the next posts..

Rilakkuma and Kiiritoiri Bento

Today's Bento is my Come Back Bento in 2014. Hopefully the spirit of Bento-ing will always stay with me. ^.^

Rilakkuma and Kiiritoiri Bento is my daughter's request, so thanks for the idea. The Rilakkuma made from plain rice mixed with sweet soy sauce and I hand mould it. The details for the face is seaweed and cheese. The cute little bird, Kiiritoiri made from Tamagoyaki and the details for the face is seaweed and carrot for the beak. Inside the box are chicken teriyaki, kani salad, blanch broccoli, zucchini, and pink fish sausage as a flowers.

I seldom to make bento nowadays, so it took longer time for me to make it. I forgot which cutter and puncher I should use. But the result is Ok for me and my daughter loves it when she found out. I'm a happy mom!

Birthday and Baptismal Cupcakes

Cupcakes.. I don’t know why, I really love to bake them. Sometimes I make them for my friend’s birthday or any other special occasion. 

Like today’s post, I made 2 kinds of cupcakes for my 2 special friends, which one of them is for the birthday and the other is for Baptismal.  

The Birthday Girl  really loves Minnie Mouse, so I made Mickey and Minnie Mouse cupcakes. The Mickey and Minnie figurine are rubber toys, but the other toppers are made from gum paste.

Mickey and Minnie Mouse Birthday Cupcakes

  Mickey and Minnie Mouse?

Rainbow cakes?

For the flower shape ‘rainbow cake’ base, I used decorative bento cutter and you can find it in the Bento USA 

There are other 12 other shapes you can make, by mix and match the cutter.

For the baptismal, I made baby theme. I used gumpaste to make all of the toppers.

I really enjoy doing this kind of things… It’s one of my stress reliever. 

Btw, I really miss doing my bento for Elaine and I hope I have the chance to make some within these 2 weeks. ;)

Little Brown Bears

Continuing  Elaine’s new friends, this time I made bears that she called Caston and Dasya. For the bears, I used panda rice mold which I bought on line. I really want to use the mold, but I already make panda twice this month. Last night I’m thinking why I don’t use it to make bears, just a little twist and there it goes… Little Brown Bears.

This is the panda rice mold that I mentioned above:

Photo courtesy of BentoUsa

You can buy it online in BentoUsa or if you’re in Indonesia, you can buy via Facebook account Bento E-Shop

Bearish Panda

This bento is inspired from Shopping mum's website. She made sandwich at that time and put cheese panda as the topper, they looked very cute. When my bento was done, it turns out my pandas looks like bears, maybe i use american cheese to make them. I asked Elaine what they are and fiuhh..she could tell that they were panda. :D

Be My Valentine

 

Traditionally, people will express their love on Valentine's day by giving chocolate, roses or teddy bear  to their loved one. Actually, i want to make a happy bear couple but it turned out their face seems a little bit upset. Let's hope that Mr. Bear can overcome the problem with Miss Bear, so they can celebrate Valentine's day that just around the corner. ;)

I'm so excited to receive the news that this bento received most vote in Bento Blog Network host by Diana Hansen, there are so many interesting bento there. You can go there to get some inspiration. ^^

My Teddy Bear

Few days ago when Elaine and me were playing in the living room, suddenly she remembered her Teddy Bears. She asked me to get them, one is big and the other is small and then she named it Mama Bear and Baby Bear. She said that the bears were hungry, so she asked me to hold them while she pretended to cook meals for them. After finished cooking, she feed her one by one and really taking care of them. Inside the box: Bear Rice which is made from jasmine rice mixed with sweet soy sauce, beef mechado, blanched broccoli, and flower fish cake. The face's detail was made from nori and cheddar cheese.

Cheer Bear

Is it looks like Cheer Bear in Care Bears? Thankfully Elaine can describe it as Care Bear. It's already rainy season here in Philippines, how about at your place? 

Inside the box: Rice colored with Red yeast rice, Steamed tofu and fish, stir fry vegetables, and fried enoki mushroom.

Happy World's Teacher Day

Happy World's Teacher Day for all the teachers in the world. Thank you so much for your dedication in order to make a person to become a real person. I still remember that i'm one of the 'active' kids in class, and many times i skipped some classes in high school and went to gym instead of studying. :D

Well, yesterday i made some 'gift' for Elaine's teachers at school as sign of my appreciation for them. Not a big thing, but it is made from the heart with lots of love.

 

All is edible, except the box of course. hihihi.. The cake is chocolate chip cupcakes, the figurine is made from gum paste and i hand mold them all.  It is really fun to do this, and the one who is excited about the cake is Elaine..she couldn't stop looking at them. :)

Hubby's Birthday Pancakes

Today is my hubby's birthday, but right now he is in Indonesia for business trip. So i just make pancakes for him and sent him the picture. :)

Happy Birthday, Papa El.. We miss you.

 

Hello Kitty and Bear

 

Another episode of Hello Kitty and Bear. Today i tried my new rice mould that arrived last Monday, first it was difficult to use the mould because the rice kept on sticking to it, so i had to soak it to water before put the rice inside it. :)

Inside the box: rice, chicken and shrimp balls, sausages, stir fry vermicelli, corn, stir fry bok coy, carrot.

I made one more lunch box for Elaine's classmate and his sister with same onigiri shape as hers. I hope they enjoyed their lunch.

I was excited last monday, because my new bento tools had arrived. :)

 

My puncher collection, the newbie are carla craft mini puncher face expression. :)

Polar Bear

Hello.. It's been a while since my last post, i had flu and cough again and this time is the worst. *sigh*. I hope all of my bento friends are doing fine. :)

Tomorrow is the beginning of the Holy Week's holiday and we still don't have any plan to go somewhere, hopefully the holiday's idea will pop up soon or...maybe just take some rest at home. :)

Today i made bear bento for Elaine and she said it was a polar bear. :)

Inside the box: rice, sweet and sour fish, sausages, kabocha, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot.

I tried to learn how to make snoopy from quail eggs yesterday, it was adapted from shopppingmum's website It was easy to made, because there is a step by step tutorial there. Thanks for sharing the tutorial, shoppingmum's. :)

In A Rush Bear Bento

Today i didn't have plan to make bento, because i thought Elaine had field trip today. In the morning, i went to her school brought my backpack filled with Elaine's stuff but the field trip was canceled and i had to wait at school until the teacher came. I went home and prepared El's lunch, so i just prepared her simple bento. In the box : Fried rice, sausage, boiled egg, broccoli, stir fry kabocha, crab claw.

The air is very hot here, how is the weather at your place?

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Xin Nian Kuai Le 

Shen Ti Jian Kang

Wan Shi Ru Yi

Today i made smiley face bento theme for my husband's breakfast and Elaine's lunch. Why smiley face? Because tomorrow is Chinese New Year, so everybody should be happy. Hopefully the following year will be more togetherness, happiness, blessings, and of course.... creativeness in bento making.

This was my husband's breakfast, he told me that he doesn't like to eat fruit in the morning, so i did not include fruit in his breakfast today. Maybe someday i will try to put some again. :)

Inside the box: smiley turkey sandwich and homemade neopolitan pudding. There is Vla inside Stitch container.

For Elaine, i made chinese girl bento which was inspired from Susan Yuen's book.

Inside the box: Onigiri Rice, Spanish Mackerel Siomay, broccoli. carrot, young corn, cherry tomato.

Tonight, we went to my friend's house to celebrate Chinese New Year by having dinner together. There were three families and each family brought some food for our dinner. I brought Mie Goreng (Fried Nooddles), Spanish Mackerel Siomay, and Neopolitan Pudding.

 Mie Goreng

Siomay

Our menu for Chinese New Year dinner

 (Asparagus soup, siomay with peanut sauce, mie goreng, pork barbeque, egg with balinese spice, fish crackers )

Actually this was yesterday's bento, i made bear and his friend bento theme for Elaine. At first, i would like to put some pork floss on top of the rice, but it became scattered so i cover it with bear cheese. :)

Inside the box: rice, cheese, cucumber, scrambled egg with sweet soy sauce, carrot, asparagus, broccoli, cherry tomato.

Chicky Chick

I made tuna mayo mini sandwich for my husband's bento today because there was leftover tuna from yesterday. Just cut the bread with small circle cutter and put cheese on top of it.

And for Elaine, i made her chick rice...

Inside the box: rice, carrot, nori, pork floss, crispy sole fillet, curry tofu, sausages and green bean ( underneath sausages)

My First Post

Today, i decided to join a blog, so i can have more relationship with other mom in the world who has the same interest as i do. Now, I really..really love to make bento for my husband and 2.5 yo daughter, i'm still a beginner because i'm starting to make them since January, 2011.. :)  So, please..please teach me how to make a better bento..

Today i make breakfast bento for my husband..it was inspired from Susan Yuen's book.I really love her book. Too bad, i could not find her 1st edition here..but i have her 2nd edition.. yeahhhh...I try to make a bear shape from raisin bread, but as you can see, the shape is not good enough..

My daughter is still in toddler class and the class is only 2 hours per day, so i don't pack her lunch box. I arrange her lunch in a plate as usual. In her plate, i put rice covered with egg sheet, rabbit shape fish cake, pan seared yellow squash ( is yellow squash same with kabocha? ), spinach and corn, and bakmoi ( the soup is separated in a bowl ).. tadaaaa...