(#221) Roosters bento and birthday's treats

What a super busy weekend I had!!
Last Saturday we had a little birthday party for B, started with some yummy lunch at LaFiamma Pizza downtown Bellingham, then the boys had a great time bowling, then headin home for cake and ice cream. And umm I made his birthday cake Friday night!

Mocha cake with butter cream frosting

Sunday morning we had some fun hiding some presents for him, it was so great to see him so happy whenever he found something, even though it was just a small present.
Later in the afternoon we had another birthday lunch at red robins, then ice cream time at mallards ... and the fun wasn't ended there, we tricked him with all the presents right before his bed time :)
OMG looking at his innocence face that almost crying because he was so happy, he did not think he'd get another presents (and he's totally cool with it). But I swear if I could turned back time I'd love to pause that very moment and enjoy seeing him so happy ... priceless!!!

And Monday morning I made lots of treats for his classmate ^__^
This time I made some LEMPER AYAM, LUMPIA (SPRING ROLLS), and some CENTIK MANIS. It was a hit!! all the kids were so happy and enjoying the treats so much!!

Some GF treats for GF kids

Now back to the bento business.
For tomorrow's I prepared 2 identical bento, contains some stir fried rice noodle with veggies topped with 2 roosters made out of takuan and carrot. Next to it are some roti paratha stuffed with ground beef and spinach, mini bell peppers, cucumber and flowered takuan.

Fruits and snack are packed separately (not pictured).

(#220) Beef Bulgogi Kimbap

I made some beef bulgogi kimbap for tomorrow's lunch, but my family requested to have some for dinner too, so I made a lot more. They love it so much they don't seems to mind having it for dinner :P
Hey there's nothing wrong having kimbap for dinner right?! but my mind always think otherwise, it's like having sandwich for dinner you know ....but anyway as long as they are happy ^__^

So I did not packed too much food since there will be a soupy Friday tomorrow, and I am making some Indonesian chicken soup, so I know my boys must have some.
Along with the beef bulgogi there are also some carrot, takuan, and cucumber in the kimbap. This is actually my very first attempt making kimbap, not bad huh? no more buying kimbap from the store, it's surprisingly easy to make ....where have I been all this time??
Along with the kimbap are some cara-cara orange, cucumber, mini sweet pepper and flowered takuan.

Have a blessing Friday y'all and I hope you will enjoy your weekend ^__^

(#219) Rice and meatballs sheep bento

Yesterday after school both Dylan and Braden were so excited and told me about their exciting experience they had at school. There's shearing sheep show in front of lower and upper elementary students, as you can see in the picture below (I borrowed this pic from PMMS's FB :P) :

With that, I came up with this idea for tomorrow's bento, with the help from yum-yum bento book :

Inside the box are actually some leftovers from yesterday's dinner. I made a lot of chicken and tofu meatballs in purpose, (I am planning make some nasi goreng in the next couple of days).
Anyway, I use little silicone cup to help hold the rice, I put the meatball in the center and use nori, carrot and cheese for facial details and etc.
Next to the sheep are some cauliflowers, carrots, more meatballs and cucumbers. Fruit is packed separately in another box, there are cara-cara orange and kiwi.

Here's the close up :

Here are another pictures :

(#218) Chicken & Tofu Meatballs soup

Today at dinner table I did not say anything to hubby about what's on the menu. I only said to the boys that we're having chicken meatballs soup.
Hubby ate the soup and he said it's so yummy, he loves it!!
And then I asked him "do you know what the meatballs are made of?", then he looked at me and say "you better tell me!"
I was giggling and couldn't help to laugh, and I told him that it's made of TOFU and chicken!!! he rolled his eyes and laughing!! GOTCHA!!

I tricked him!! he does not like tofu AT ALL!!! did I said it out loud??
Had I told him before he ate his dinner about the tofu I swear he wouldn't eat it. Now I know the trick, just let him taste and eat it, he would not have any idea ..LOL
I hope he changes his mind and learned a lessons that tofu can be so delicious, it's all depend on who prepare it!

Anyway, tomorrow's bento contains some leftovers from dinner, it's so effortless and probably the easiest and quickest bento I've prepared.

I put the soup inside a thermal box, the size is pretty big and hold a lot of soup. The soup contains some chicken and tofu meatballs, cauliflower and carrots.
I also packed some veggie fritters (sweet corn, carrots and celery).

 Fruits are packed separately, not pictured

(#217) Chicken Bulgogi Chinese Dragon Bento

I finally got my own Chinese Dragon cutter I always wanted, ever since Sheri posted her Chinese Dragon's bento on CNY a while ago :):)
I don't remember if I ever celebrate CNY, but back home we always got some special treats from our Chinese friends and relatives. So I feel like I've been exposed to the celebration since I was little. Last CNY I didn't got a chance to have those special cake made from glutinous rice flour and brown sugar, we call it kue keranjang.

Today however I, prepared this Chinese Dragon bento because my son Dylan is so fascinated about it, it's so funny while I am fascinated about dragon veggie cutter, my son at school doing all kind of research and projects on Chinese Dragon, Great Horned Serpent, and such.
One day after school he told me "Mommy, do you know that Chinese Dragon has the head of a camel, the neck of a snake, the ears of a cow, the paws of a tiger, the claws of an eagle, horns of a stag, and belly of a clam" And I am like WOW!! what a descriptions! Love it when they are so excited and the first sentence coming from their mouth is "Mommy, do you know that ..... " Always made my day!!!

Here's the picture of Dylan's project :

Okay, now back to bento :

There's a thin layer of ground chicken bulgogi underneath the rice, I topped the rice with Chinese Dragon shape of takuan.
There are also some stir fry tofu and sweet bell pepper with soy sauce, and inside another compartment are some cucumber and mandarin orange.
I also put some flowered carrot sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds just to add some colors.

Here's another picture :

I hope the boys will love it ^__^

(#216) Sliders Pita Pocket

According to the email I got from the school, Tomorrow the elementary students are going to Mt. Baker Theater to see another show, and they advised parents to pack an easy lunch.
I came up with some beef sliders pita pocket, I hope this will be easy enough for my boys. And I also hope the colors are springy enough :P I got these new containers and pics from Korean mall last week and I haven't got a chance to use it.

There also some cucumbers and mini sweet peppers that seems to never go away, I honesty getting so tired of it, and I still have plenty of em :P but as tired as I am stuffing em into their lunches the boys seems to enjoy it so much and I never heard any complains so far (I am crossing my fingers)