From the monthly archives:

February 2009

Bento #59 – Potato & Chicken Day

February 27, 2009

Wow, I can’t believe it’s been 5 days since I last updated this blog. I have not been feeling well lately. There has been a nasty flu bug that has been going around the community and unfortunately the whole family caught it too. So it has been lots of sniffles and coughing around the house. [...]

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Bento for Kids#58 – Tic Tac Toe Day

February 22, 2009

Want to play a game of Tic Tac Toe? Lil’ C loves to play Tic Tac Toe although there’s always lots of pouting and even a little teardrop when she doesn’t win. : ) Anyway, she got her own Tic Tac Toe game for lunch last week. The circles are fishcake while the rest are carrots, all of [...]

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Bento #57 – Stars & Flowers

February 18, 2009

At the top tier, there’s the Nutella sandwiches dusted with colored sugar. The star shapes were created using stencils. Then there’s some cheese sticks flowers with cranberries center.
The bottom tier consists of hot dog flowers with a pea center sitting on a bed of peas & corn, and orange slices.

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Quaker True Delights

February 15, 2009

When you have a 4 year old that goes to school in the morning, most of the time it’s always a big rush. Usually I try to get her to eat a good breakfast but somedays it just seems impossible. Breakfast on those days are usually granola bars eaten in the car on the way [...]

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Bento For Kids#56 – Lotsa Hearts

February 11, 2009

It’s almost Valentine’s Day, so here’s a little bento filled with lots of hearts. Flower-shaped Nutella sandwiches topped with fruit leather hearts, heart-shaped ham, cheesesticks & grapes.

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Chinese Peanut Cookies II

February 7, 2009

It’s still Chinese New Year, so I am not too late, right? : ) Here’s the last of my CNY bake this year. The ever popular Chinese Peanut Cookie.

I had previously posted the recipe in my previous attempt but I modified a little this time. The great thing about this cookie is that the recipe [...]

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Mini Crispy Spring Roll

February 3, 2009

Another one of my Chinese New Year goodies. I am calling this Mini Crispy Spring Roll since I have no idea what it is called. I actually made these last year and everyone loved it. Once you pop one in the mouth, you can’t stop. It’s also very easy to make.
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Fruit Cocktail Konnyaku

February 2, 2009

On Chinese New Year Eve, we went to a friend’s place for a steamboat dinner. If you have never heard of steamboat, click here to see what it looks like. B & S prepared an generous spread of food for the steamboat. Unfortunately we were all so hungry that we gobbled up all the food [...]