November 2008

Bento #44 – Pancakes n More

November 27, 2008

I am off on a very short vacation tomorrow, so the birthday cake post will have to wait. Meanwhile I leave you with this bento that I made earlier Bento contains buttermilk pancakes, turkey & cheese flowers, cranberry rice crispies, strawberries and pancake syrup in the little container. For those in the US, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!! [...]

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Lil’ C’s birthday cake in review

November 25, 2008

Every year I only bake and decorate one big cake and that is Lil’ C’s birthday cake. Her first birthday cake was the first cake I had ever frosted. I think I have come a long way since then but I still have a lot to learn. Hopefully someday I will find the time to [...]

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Bento #43 – It’s raining bunnies!

November 21, 2008

A bento full of bunnies! There’s bunny macaroni & cheese, hot dog flowers, bunny apples, celery sticks with peanut butter dip in a bunny cup.

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Birthday cupcakes

November 19, 2008

Lil’ C turns 4 yesterday!!! Wow, I really can’t believe it! My little girl is growing up too fast although I must say that I really love this age the best. Sure we have our tantrum and fussy days but I really love the thoughts, imagination & words of a 3/4 year old. Growing up [...]

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Bento #42 – Linzer Bunnies

November 14, 2008

I love how cute the sandwiches turn out. I cut these sandwiches with my Linzer cookie cutters. It’s always great when a gadget is multi-functional. Besides the peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, I added some celery sticks with more peanut butter as a dip, blueberries and some cheese sticks.

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Confetti Butter Cupcake

November 12, 2008

Taking a break from bento and finally getting a little breathing room last weekend, I decided to bake some cupcakes for Lil’ C. I just used a basic butter cupcake recipe, added some colorful sprinkles into the batter before baking. They came out to look like confetti cupcake.

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Bento #41 – A Cheesy Day

November 7, 2008

Boohoo… my poor laptop has gone bonkers. Right now it’s being taken care of by the geek squad at Best Buy. Supposedly something is wrong with the video card! The laptop is not even 1 year old and yet it’s causing trouble. I guess that doesn’t say much for the quality of products nowadays, huh? [...]

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Bento #40 – Flower Garden

November 4, 2008

For this bento, I packed fried rice and topped it with some egg flower & carrot. Broccoli and asparagus make up the stems. The 2nd layer consists of mandarin orange and oreo cookies. Unfortunately this bento came back only half eaten. Lil’ C decided that she doesn’t like fried rice. She is definitely a pasta and [...]