Cabbage, Prawns & Spaghetti Pancake Bento (393)

Ingredients
3 leafs cabbage, shredded
5 prawns, halved
some spaghetti, cooked
2 eggs, beaten
1 tbsp all purpose flour
salt & pepper to taste

1. Except prawns, mix all ingredients in a bowl
2. Heat pan with a tbsp of corn oil, saute prawn til just cook, pour in cabbage mixture, cover lid, cook at medium heat til both side turn golden brown

Cabbage, prawns & spaghetti pancake

Heart grapes & tomatoes

Container of yellow mustard, ketchup and mayo

Eye balls chocolate I bought from Spore

Halloween Bento (392)

1st Halloween bento for this year

Eye balls

(Rice onigiri stuffed with squid)

Top left and right: turtle eggs (fish balls)

Center: poison flowers (squid tentacles or arms)

Bottom: fingers (cheese frankfurter & cucumber)

Assorted lizard eggs (cherry tomatoes and hami melon balls)

Ham Rosti Bento (391)

Ingredients
2 potatoes, grated
1 ham, shredded
1 tbsp parmesan cheese
Pinch of pepper to taste

1. Mix all ingredients together
2. Shallow fry with oil til both side turn golden brown

Ham rosti and ketchup

Hami melon cubes and candies

Ham & Cheese French Toast (390)

 

Used the very last 2 pieces of bread for this bento.

Ingredients
2 breads
1 egg
2 tbsp milk
2 pieces ham
1 slice cheese
1 tbsp butter

1. Fill ham and cheese in between 2 breads, seal all the edges
2. In a bowl, beat egg and milk
3. Soak filled bread into egg mixture for about 2 minutes each side
4. Meantime, heat butter in non-stick pan, shallow fry bread til both side turn golden brown

Ham and cheese french toast

Hami melon, ham and cherry tomato kebabs

After school,

Me:  Did u finish your bento today?

LG:  Yes

Me:  Did u share the bread with your friends?

LG:  I shared with ... (some friends name that I no able to recall)

Me:  What about the ham?

LG:  No, I had it all by myself!

Me:  How come your friends didn't ask for it?

LG:  They didn't know!

Me:  Huh, why?

LG:  Bcos I am on duty today, I was allowed to go out earlier, I quickly finished all the melon & ham before they came to me

Me:  Hahaha...

Fruit Tea Punch

Little girl is busy with her revision again, for the final exam of the year.  I made this as a refreshment for her break time.

Ingredients
A handful of pearl sago, cooked and marinated with some sugar
1 tea bag
1 tbsp sugar
Half glass of hot water
Half glass of ice cubes
Some Hami melon, chopped

1. Soak tea bag into hot water for a few minutes
2. Remove tea bag, stir in sugar
3. Mix in pearl sago, ice cubes and hami melon

I would believe it would taste better with some lemon or lime but little girl refused to add in.

Let's take a break with Rilakkuma

Roti Canai Pizza Bento (389)

Ingredients
1 frozen roti canai
1 chicken frankfurter, sliced
5 cherry tomatoes, sliced
bit of baby peas
handful of mozzarella cheese
Some ketchup

1. Pan fried 1 side of roti canai til golden brown
2. Turn it down side up, off heat
3. Spread some ketchup on to roti canai
4. Layer with chicken frankfurter, cherry tomatoes, baby peas and top with mozzarella cheese
5. Turn on fire, with low heat, cook til mozzarella cheese melt

Simple roti canai pizza

Cucumber slices and candies

Stir-fried Udon Bento (388)

Stir-fried udon with squids and prawns

Cherry tomatoes, cucumber slices and 2 packets of ketchup

Seafood Pie Bento (387)

Me:  What do you wanna have for bento 2mr, darling?
LG:  Potato

Now, what can I do with potatoes?  Watched an interviewed on TV, they were talking about some pies in Ireland, this gave me a clue to make a seafood pie :)

I blanched some squids, prawns and baby peas, then mixed in some mushroom soup (from Campbell), poured into a baking tin, top with some mashed potatoes and parmesan cheese, baked in toaster oven until top turned golden brown.

Seafood pie and some seaweeds

Cucumber slices and nectarine wedges

Potstickers or Gyoza Bento 锅贴 (386)

Made some potstickers / gyoza with some store bought dumpling skins.  Those store bought skins didn't disappoint me, tasted good :)

4 gyozas

Cucumber slices and a panda bottle of soy sauce

Sliced guava marinated with diced sour plum

(Prepared by hubby)

2 mini custard puffs (brought from Centre Point) and 2 gummies

Ingredients
10 dumpling skins
200g minced pork
1 clove garlic, diced
2 leafs cabbage, chopped finely
1 tsp oyster sauce
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tbsp water
pinch of pepper
More water for boiling

1. Bring a pot of water to boil, blanch chopped cabbage for 10 seconds, drained and squeezed out excess water, cool
2. Mix blanched cabbage into minced pork, diced garlic and water, seasoned with oyster sauce, soy sauce and pepper
3. Wrapped pork mixture into dumpling skin
4. Heat oil in a non-stick pan, shallow fry gyoza til bottom turned light golden brown
5. Pour in water til covering 1/3 of gyoza, cover with lid, boil til water fully vapor
6. Serve while hot

Wantan Noodle and Dumplings Bento (385)

Wantan noodle and dumplings bento

Thick wantan noodle with prawn roe powder and garnished with cut romano bean

(given by cousin, brought all the way from HK)

2 blanched dumplings and a lion bottle of soy sauce

Nectarine wedges