May 2008

Bento #17 – Shapes & More

May 28, 2008

I have been using so much flower decor that this bento looks a little plain compared to the previous ones. This is a simple bento but it does contain Lil’ C’s favorite food. It consists of Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches, Roll-up Ham, Chips & Banana. I wish I have one of those cool banana [...]

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Popiah (Spring Roll)

May 23, 2008

I remember during my childhood days, whenever there were festivities, we would always go to a local shop and buy a pound of fresh popiah skin. I love watching the “popiah maker” make the fresh skin. He would hold a ball of dough in one hand, rub the dough on a hot flat plate to form the [...]

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Bento #16 – Oh So Sweet!

May 19, 2008

Today’s lunch: Fiori pasta with mini meatballs, peas and carrots, applesauce and cherries. Lately Lil’ C is crazy about this flower pasta. I tried using the shell-shaped or penne pasta and she was not too happy about it. She didn’t finish her lunch but when I use this flower shape, she always finishes it with [...]

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Fried Rice

May 19, 2008

The weather has been awesome this past week. So we have been trying to spend a lot of time outdoors, thus leaving me no time to cook. It’s been lots of one-pot meals or sandwiches lately. Here is one of our favorite one-dish meals – Fried Rice. Fried rice is so simple yet so versatile. [...]

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Bento #15 – Fly doves fly . . .

May 14, 2008

Today’s lunch: Penne in marinara sauce, steamed broccoli, cheese doves and rice krispies bar. You may notice that I use a lot of cheese, instead of nori for decoration. That’s because Lil’ C doesn’t like nori and also by using cheese, it just ensures that she gets her daily cheese intake.

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Summer plans

May 14, 2008

Summer is coming up soon and that means it is time to plan for road trips. This summer will be extra busy for us because my parent will be visiting us. The last time they were here, we traveled south to Oregon and California. This year I think we will go up north instead to [...]

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S’more

May 12, 2008

We just got back from a weekend of camping. It was 40 degrees, wet and freezing. I think we were a little out of our mind but we just got so tired of waiting for the warm weather to arrive. So we packed our car and took off to our favorite campsite, a nearby state park that overlooks [...]

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My bento equipments

May 9, 2008

Part 1 was all about kitchen gadgets for Malaysian delights. This is part 2 – bento equipments. Frankly even I didn’t realize that I had this many. It took me forever to take photos of them! Containers with lids Open containers. The ones one back row are solid plastic containers while the ones in front [...]

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Curry Puff

May 7, 2008

When I first share this with a South American friend, she thought that it was empanada. Even Lil’ C calls it empanada. She learned it from Dora! She refuses to call it curry puff! I guess they are pretty similar since both are stuffed pastry and they are wrapped the same way. Back to my [...]

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Protect yourself from identity theft

May 7, 2008

As seen on my blog, I cook and bake a lot. I also shop a lot, mostly for baking tools and kitchen gadgets. I used to love going to baking supply shops and browse around for new and interesting gadgets. However now that I have a preschooler, it is very hard to do that anymore. [...]