June 2009

Bento #76 – Panini Craze

June 29, 2009

Before summer began, I thought that this summer would be a summer of lounging around and doing nothing. Boy, was I wrong!! This is turning out to be the busiest summer that we’ve ever had so far. We’ve been camping almost every weekend since Memorial day. Every week, before I can even finish unpacking from [...]

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Bento #75 – Sandwich day

June 21, 2009

Today’s bento contains heart-shaped peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. I use a smaller heart cookie cutter to cut out a little heart just for fun. It makes it prettier, doesn’t it? Other food includes cheese sticks, honey cornflakes cup and checkered apple.

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Ice-Kacang

June 19, 2009

During our last trip back to Malaysia, Lil’ C discovered ice-kacang (shaved ice). She calls it colorful ice because the first one she ate was really colorful with at least 5 different colors of syrup. Since then, she has been asking for her colorful ice. They do serve this at the local Malaysian restaurant but [...]

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Wishing for a new kitchen sink

June 18, 2009

I love my kitchen but if I have an opportunity, I would love to change my kitchen sink. Since I use the wok a lot, it is always a hassle during dishwashing because my sink is too small for my wok. I have been checking out those huge single bowl stainless steel kitchen sinks and [...]

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Seremban Siew Pau

June 17, 2009

I remember when I lived in Kuala Lumpur and probably once a month, we would make a trip to my in-laws. Every trip we would always make a slight detour into Seremban town to pick up a box of Seremban Siew Pau. They were so good!! Well, that was many years ago and I haven’t [...]

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Win a weekend getaway with Chef Bonnie!

June 17, 2009

If I have to pick out two of my favorite activities, they would be travelling and eating. It will be even better if I combine them together. Exploring new food and enjoying local food during vacation makes me very happy. That is why I was very excited when I heard that VacationRentals.com is giving away [...]

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Bento #74 – Movie Star Mice!

June 13, 2009

These mice have stars in their eyes. Maybe they just met Mickey Mouse and were starstruck?? Anyway, these are the whole wheat chicken nuggets from Costco. Just a couple of seaweed cutouts does make it different, doesn’t it? Other food in the bento consists of orange, cheese sticks and Princess cookies.

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Win a scholarship for your child!

June 13, 2009

When I first became a mom, I had thought that I would exclusively breastfeed her. Unfortunately it did not go my way as circumstances came up and I had to give up my breastfeeding plan. So it was very important for me to choose the best formula for my baby. I remember reading all the [...]

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Bento #73 – Ole’ Faithful Nutella!

June 9, 2009

When all else fails, Nutella always comes to the rescue. Lil’ C will eat anything with Nutella and frankly, so will I!! ,This bento contains Nutella sandwich roll, strawberries, mini marshmallow and scrambled eggs.

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Bento #72 – Mac n Raspberries

June 3, 2009

You know it’s summer when all sorts of berries start popping out everywhere. I just saw the first batch of Rainier cherries at the grocery store yesterday but they are still very expensive right now. Will wait till the price drop later this month. However raspberries are pretty cheap nowadays and Lil’ C just love [...]