From the monthly archives:

October 2009

Apple Crisp

October 29, 2009

It’s apple season now. So, two weeks ago, we went to pick apples from the a local apple orchard (Jones Creek Farms). It was so much fun because we got to eat as much apples as we wanted off the apple trees and we really ate A LOT of apples!!! I actually felt a little [...]

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A healthy alternative for Halloween

October 29, 2009

It will be Halloween in 2 days. Will your kids be going trick-or-treating? What do you do with the bags of chocolate and candies that your kids will be receiving? I admit that I am one of those moms that confiscate the candies that my daughter gets. Seriously, I don’t think I need to feed [...]

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Kids Bento #89 – Croissant & Rolls

October 26, 2009

When packing a bento for the younger kids, I find that it is very important to pack food in a way that is easy for them to pick up and eat. Somehow it encourages them to eat more. I remember when I used to pack chicken salad croissant for Lil’ C. She loved them at home [...]

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Munching our way through Pike Place Market

October 22, 2009

Probably once every 2 months, we will make our way to Pike Place Market in downtown Seattle. It’s a really happening place with lots of tourists. There are lots to see but there are also lots to eat and we were there for the food. A great place to start out at Pike Place will [...]

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Apple Smile

October 19, 2009

A conversation that lead to today’s post:
Lil’ C: Mommy, can I have an apple smile?
Mommy: huh?? * blank look*
Lil’ C: First slice an apple into wedges. Take 2 wedges, spread some peanut butter on them, add a few marshmallows and smoosh them together.
Mommy: Oh……….
And voila, some apple smiles from an almost 5-year old!

Apparently [...]

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Kids Bento #88 – Bunnies in a garden

October 13, 2009

The left tier contains celery sticks with peanut butter for dipping in the yellow container and apple bunnies. The right tier contains chicken sundried tomato pasta topped with nori flowers and broccoli.

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Nature’s Pride

October 9, 2009

Last week, just when I ran out of bread, the doorbell rang and these 2 loaves of bread were waiting outside the door for me, courtesy of Nature’s Pride and Foodbuzz.

That’s the 12-grain on the left and the whole wheat bread on the right. As much as I want to eat healthy bread, I have [...]

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Bento #87 – Dim Sum Galore

October 7, 2009

Whenever we go out for dim sum, we always tend to over-order. Initially we tried to order less so that we won’t have any leftover but after a couple of futile attempts at ordering less, I came to the realization that the it was just way too hard to order less dim sum since the [...]

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Just for laugh!!

October 6, 2009

A friend posted this link from Just Bento and it is just too funny!! It’s about a mom who makes a bento and have her son all ready for school in just 4 1/2 minutes!! Maybe I need to get a takoyaki pan too! It normally takes me about 30 mins. to get ready my bentos [...]

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How to make an octodog

October 5, 2009

As promised, here’s another tutorial. This time, it’s the simple yet well-loved octodog!!
First, cut the hot dog into half. You can actually use the entire hot dog if you want really long tentacles. I’ve even done a 3/4 and 1/4 size for a mommy and baby octodog. But I find that this particular size fits [...]