Dusty from Disney's Planes

Based of Disney's new movie : Planes. This bento consists of :
1. Dusty Plane (white steamed rice, carrot, angel hair pasta, nori, and white crab stick)
2. Corn on the cob
3. Milk jelly with coconut jelly and basil seed
4. Ham rolls
5. Broccoli

Turbo

Inspired by Turbo from DreamWorks animation movie, an ordinary snail who dares to dream big - and fast! Details as below :

For my little one, I prepared :
1. Turbo snail (carrot, spinach & feta scroll, white crab stick and black sesame seed)
2. "Car" shaped milk jelly with coconut jelly
3. Corn on the cob & "flower" carrot
4. Ham rolls
5. Kiwi fruit

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Spinach and feta scroll
2. "Heart" shaped milk jelly with coconut jelly and basil seed
3. Corn kernel
4. A box of sultanas
5. Broccoli

Dino Club

My little one asked me to make dinosauor for his bento. So I thought, why not make one for his brother as well ? I just did free cut using my carving knife, and here is the detail :

For my little one, I prepared :
1. Dino sandwich (strawberry sandwich with dinosaur made of cheese, nori, and bread crust)
2. "Fish" shaped milk jelly
3. Carrot stick
4. sausage
5. Kiwi fruit

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Dino sandwich (strawberry sandwich with dinosaur made of cheese, nori, white crab stick and carrot)
2. Dino hard boiled egg
3. "Shell" shaped milk jelly
4. Sausages
5. Broccoli

Mermaid

This bento consists of :
1. Mermaid onigiri (white steamed rice, hard boiled egg, nori, and salmon furikake)
2. Shell shaped milk jelly
3. Sausages
4. Broccoli

Giraffe & Cow Bento

I used tulip cookie cutter for giraffe and cow heads. It works perfectly :)
Details as below :

For my little one, I prepared :
1. "Giraffe sandwich" (strawberry jam sandwich, with giraffe on top. It made of cheese, bread crust, black sesame seed and nori)
2. Jelly
3. Sultanas on sticks
4. Carrot sticks and spring onion
5. Kiwi fruits

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Turkish gozleme (recipe as below)
2. "Cow" hard boiled egg (cheese, bread crust, nori, and black sesame seed)
3. Mandarin
4. Broccoli and carrot sticks

Here is the Turkish Gozleme recipe by Jennifer Cheung (http://www.kidspot.com.au/best-recipes)

Ingredients:

* Dough
400g Greek style plain yoghurt
500g self-raising flour
4 tbsp olive oil

* Spinach filling
100g baby spinach
200g feta cheese

* Mince filling
2 tbsp olive oil
500g lamb mince
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tin tomato puree
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp chilli flakes

Method:

* Mince filling
In a frying pan, fry the lamb mince and make sure you break it into small lumps with a wooden spoon.

Add the garlic as it is browning and stir well.

Add the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute, then add the cumin, tomato puree and chilliflakes and stir. Cook for a further 2 mins and set aside.

* Feta and spinach filling.
Pour boiling water over the spinach and then drain. Crumble feta up and stir through spinach.

* Dough
Combine the yoghurt with the self-raising flour and knead on a floured board for 2-3 mins.

Cut into 8 portions. Cover with a damp tea towel until ready to use.

* Cooking
Roll each dough ball into a 25cm round and place 4 tablespoons of filling on one half. Fold dough round in half and press together the edges.

Heat a skillet, frying pan or barbeque hotplate to medium heat and brush each Gozleme with olive oil. Cook on each side until golden "eyes" appear.

Serve with lemon wedges.

Notes
This recipe makes 8 Gozleme which is enough to hold 4 of each filling.
The lemon wedges are essential for this recipe.

Cat Puppet Sock

This bento consists of :
1. "Cat puppet sock" sandwich (ham & cheese sandwich, nori, and crab stick)
2. "Mouse" hard boiled egg (cheese, crab stick, black sesame seed and nori)
3. Broccoli
4. Jelly
5. Sausage

Piggy in the Car

I always want to create 3D car for bento. This is the first time I made it. It's not perfect yet, but it's kinda cute, I suppose :)

I used mini croissant for the car's body. Filled it with ham & cheese, and decorated it with nori, cheese, and white crab stick. I used sausage and peas for wheels and stick them with angel hair pasta.

For the driver, I used sausage and decorated it as piggy using white crab stick, black sesame seed, and sultana. There is hard boiled egg for piggy's back seat. I sprinkled sultanas and corn kernel to fill the gap.

There are "rose" carved carrots, sultanas on sticks, and silver beet leaf for the filler.

Snake Heads

This time I used mini croissants. Perfect for little fingers to grab. Here are the details :

For my eldest son, I prepared :
1. Ham & cheese croissant (cheese, nori, and black sesame seed)
2. sausage
3. Corn kernel
4. Carrot "flower" with black sesame seed
5. Silver beet for baran

For my little one, I prepared :
1. Ham & cheese croissant (cheese, nori, and black sesame seed)
2. sausage
3. Corn on the cob
4. Carrot "flower" with black sesame seed
5. Peas, carrot, and carrot on a stick
6. Kiwi fruit

Triplets Sausage and Sandwich Rolls

Sausages and sandwich rolls are my son's favorites, and it's pretty easy to make.
Here is how to make it :
1. Flatten white sandwich (remove the crusts), spread tomato ketchup, and cheese.
2. Then roll in with sausage inside.
3. Fry at medium heat until golden brown.
4. Cut into 3 slices.

I decorated it with nori and black sesame seed to make it look cute. To fill in the gap, I put spring onion that I cut and soaked in water to create "flower".

In the other side of lunch box, there are :
* Two halves of hard boiled egg decorated with nori
* Cup of sultanas
* apples
* "flower" carrot and coriander leaf

Lasagna Bento

We had lasagna leftover from the dinner, so today's bento is just a quick one!. It consists of :
1. Lasagna
2. "penguin & crab" sausages (cheese, corn, black sesame seed)
3. sultanas in sticks
4. Cucumber

In the round box, I prepared pear cuts for recess.

Sports Day 2013

Today my eldest son has sports carnival at school. I made the same theme for his bento. I prepared ham & cheese sandwich written with "sports day" from eggsheet, and I put whistle (eggsheet, nori, white crab stick, and black sesame seed) and running shoes (eggsheet, red crab stick, and nori) and decorated with spring onions.
For the side, I prepared sausage, broccoli, and corn kernel.

Here is similar tool I used for this post :

Marine-themed Bento

Details as below,

In the blue box, I prepared :
1. Pirate Onigiri (white steamed rice, snow peas, and nori)
2. "Whale" sausage with corn on the cob underneath
3. Broccoli and prawn stir fried

In the white box, I prepared :
1. Ham & cheese sandwich decorated with crab & whale nori shaped.
2. Corn on the cob
3. Sausages
4. Carrot sticks
5. Kiwi fruits

Miffy and Hot Air Balloon

This is based on ABC2 for Kids' TV series, little bunny Miffy. And the hot air balloon is in the other box.
Details as below,

For my little one, I prepared :

1. Miffy sandwich (ham & cheese sandwich, white crab stick, blue eggsheet, black sesame seed and nori)

2. Corn on the cob

3. Sausage

4. Heart shaped jellies

5. Kiwi fruit

6. Lettuce

For my eldest one, I prepared :
1. Hot air balloon sandwich ( ham & cheese sandwich, eggsheet, bread crust, and nori)
2. Coconut & milk jelly with coriander leaf on top to make it more attractive
3. Carrot
4. "Octopus" sausages