(#171) Chicken risolles

I finally managed to make the last bento of the year for tomorrow. And this is it!! there wont be any bentos until school start again on September. But as I mentioned yesterday that we'll do some picnics here and there during summer vacation, so will see what I'll come up with to keep this blog updated :D
Inside the box are some chicken risolles (Indonesian spring rolls), I made the fillings and the wrappers from scratch... took me all day to make it :D but it was all worthed. You can check out the recipe HERE.
The rest are fresh kiwi, cucumbers, tomatoes and dried apricots and raisins.
I also packed some plain yoghurt mixed with some honey in a cute little pudding glass that I just got the other day ^_^  love it!!

Have a great summer vacation everyone!!!!

(#170) Mixed rice rolls

I did not make any bento at all last week :( and this wednesday will be the last day of school, and there will be ice cream party at the park. So if I do not make any bento for Tuesday, then these bentos will be the last bento of the year.
But I am sure we'll do some picnics here and there during summer vacation, so I'd definitely have something to post :P

Last weekend as I mentioned on my previous post that we went to Port Angeles for hubby's first half marathon, he's doing awesome!!! and D is also participated on kids marathon. I am so proud of them. Here's the picture of D finishing the race ^__^

Port Angeles is a great town, we must come back there again for a camping trip or just a visit.

Okay now to the bento business. When I am placing some mixed rice rolls inside the boy's bento boxes,  hubby came to me and said he wants me to pack him a bento too. Well I pack him lunch (not bento) once in a while but this time I am packing sushi and I am like ....really?? ... seriously??? ....
When it comes to food he's the most pickiest person ever, and sushi just isn't his thing! so for him to ask for a sushi bento is really shocking. And by the way, I do not make the sushi, I bought it from Korean store down town Lynnwood :D
So anyway, here are the bento I pack for hubby :

I am using this lunchbots duo box for him, and as you can see in one side I put some rolls and in the next side are some regular simple salad (lettuce, cucumbers, mixed baby tomatoes and hard boiled egg). Salad dressing is packed separately, not pictured.
And for the boys, other than mixed rice rolls I packed some hardboiled egg (halved), cucumber, tomato, strawberry and kiwi. Belows are the pictures :

(#169) Yellow rice and egg

Tomorrow's bento will be the last bento of the week, we'll be heading to Port Angeles on Friday morning for hubby's first half marathon on Sunday. According to the forecast weather should be really nice! hoping I can make some good pictures there.

Anyway, I made some yellow rice again upon the boy's request. And I had so much FUN making these chicken family, Mama chicken with her 3 little chicks, just like me a mother of three :D
The chicken family are resting in their omelet noodle's nest. I am out of leaf lettuce so I use the artificial grass. The rest are same veggies and fruits as yesterday, cucumbers, carrots, Mandarin orange, strawberry and dried apricot.

Have a great weekend and see you next week!

(#168) Fried rice with quail eggs

We had dinner out tonight and I was thinking maybe I can skip tomorrow's bento and make something simple instead. It was a little too late, and too lazy to do anything in the kitchen when your tummy is full. But thanks to hubby who always help the kids before they went to bed.
So I decided to made some simple, quick and easy fried rice with some vegetables. I love fried rice, it's not only that easy to fix but the boys love it too.
I had some quail eggs already dyed with turmeric powder diluted in some warm water. I actually was gonna make bee bento yesterday. But the eggs weren't yellow enough, so I just stored it in the fridge.
Other than that I put some carrot sticks, kiwis and strawberry. Speaking of which I was surprised to see such size of strawberry, I keep looking at the box again and again, trying to make sure if it is really organic, and it is!! never seen big sizes of organic strawberries before until now :P

I always take many pictures to be posted here, because I made two bentos everyday, even though most of the time are identical bento (only different color) but it's always nice to keep them for an archive :P

(#167) Brown rice with meatballs

Tomorrow's bento features meatballs again :D I know ... but I still have some un-cook leftovers meatballs that sitting in the fridge. This time I paired it with brown rice medley from Trader Joe's. A delicious blend of long grain brown rice, black barley and daikon radish seeds. I hope the boys would eat it! :P

On top of the rice bed I put a cheese bunny and tulip just to add some cuteness ^__^

The rest is half of sweet peppers stuffed with sour cream. Slice of lime just for baran/garnish.

Inside the next tier are some fresh and dried fruit for snack, strawberry, Mandarin orange, kiwis and dried apricot.

Here are another pictures :

I hope you are all enjoying your memorial day weekend ^__^

(#166) Meatballs

These are the last bento of the week. I made some meatballs topped with flowered cheese and green pea. On the first box the meatballs are still a little too hot, so the cheese got melted messily, I hope the flower shape still visible. But I am sure B will like it. I stole the idea from Gamene.
The rests are steamed broccoli, boiled lotus roots and fried potato.
On the next box are some plums, Mandarin orange and strawberries.

D is left his lunch box at school today, so he'll have to bring the tiffin lunch box. And I am not so good arranging food inside the tiffin, even though it is not that BIG but it still very challenging.

For a snack I packed them some dried Turkish figs, dried mangoes, dried apricots and some raisins. It may sounds so much but I really pack a little bit of everything.

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!!!