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Yes, it’s another bento post. Sorry to those who are visiting for non-bento entries. 2 weeks ago, I started working part-time. So between my new job and chauffering my little girl to all her activities, I have not been baking/cooking much. Bento seems to be the only thing that I have been consistently making!! Hopefully when I get used to my new routine, I’ll be back in the kitchen more.

Meanwhile here’s another bento for my preschooler

Croissant with raspberry jelly, turkey and cheese on a stick, bunny apples, black grapes and cheese flowers 

Today’s preschooler bento consists of Spam (luncheon meat) Maki, “Blueberries Sunflower” and cheesestick.

I was very happy with the bento today because Lil’ C finally decided that she likes sushi including seaweed!! Yay!!! I have been trying to get her to eat nori for a long time but so far, she has never taken a liking for it till now. Anyway, according to a research study that I read long ago, sometimes you have to introduce a food up to 10 times before your child will eat them. So I kept trying & trying and now finally she’s eating it. One down, many more to go…. Next, hard-boiled eggs!! So that I can use my egg molds!! Hehe….

What do you think of my new flower silicone baking cups? I just love them. Got them at the local baking art & craft shop. I added some blueberries into the cup to make it look like sunflower. Isn’t it cute?

Lunch for my preschooler today includes little bunny macaroni & cheese, Applesauce, Whole wheat chicken nuggets & Nutella frosted cupcake

I have a lot of kitchen gadgets that I don’t use. Mostly it’s those gadgets that I discover accidentally and thought that they are cute and might just come in handy someday, hopefully! : ) Well, this morning I found one gadget that I bought a long time ago but have never used it. It’s my crinkle-cut knife!!  I have no idea when & where I bought it. But it came in handy this morning. I used it to cut my carrot sticks to look like those crinkle-cut french fries. I think I should start going through my kitchen drawers. I might find something else useful!! hehe….

Anyway, today’s bento consists of Ham & Cheese Roll-up Sandwich, ”Carrot French-Fries”, Blueberries & Chocolate Chip Cookie. 

Since it’s Lil’ C’s first day of preschool and she loves animals, I decided to make an animal bento filled with all her favorite food. Today’s bento consists of Chicken & Mozarella Ravioli in marinara sauce, broccoli, mandarin orange, colored gold fish and cheese animals.

Today’s bento consists of whole-grain Dino chicken nuggets (from Costco) with ketchup, fresh grilled corn, carrot sticks and nutella roti canai (asian crispy pancake)

I love fried rice and it always comes in handy when I run out of ideas. It’s also a good way to hide vegetables. Just cut them into really small pieces and add it to the fried rice. My little one loves broccoli and carrots so I didn’t have to hide them. Please excuse the ketchup mess! : ) My attempt at decorating with ketchup didn’t quite turn out the way I expected. hehe….. Other stuff in the bento are apple sauce topped with granola bits and cheese sticks

I realized that I do a lot of animal themes in my bentos!! Lil’ C just loves animals. So whatever makes her happy works for me. Here’s another one.

Bento consists of Turkey Sandwich, Cheese, Grapes, Potato Chips & Strawberry Smoothie

My girl likes pasta. So I try to mix and match the different pasta and sauces whenever I can. In this bento, I added sausage to penne pasta and marinara sauce. Other than pasta, there’s celery sticks in peanut butter “mud”, corn & black grapes

Bento content: Bear-shaped fried rice, rooster-shaped hardboil egg, edaname and my favorite cherries-Rainier cherries.

The only egg that Lil’ C likes is scrambled eggs. She does not like hardboiled egg. I wish she would ‘cos I would love to use my egg molds!! I decided to try one more time to see if she likes it. I used my rooster shaped mold and added a sprinkle for the eye. Looks cute to me but Lil’ C took a sniff of the egg and ran away!! Grrr….. I guess I better find other usage for my egg molds!!!