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Bento #24: Chicken Pasta Bento (Clarise's request)
What's in it: Chicken Pasta With Sun-dried Tomatoes, flower shaped American cheese with nori eyes & lips, and grapes / cantaloupe
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This is again my Pasta with Chicken and Sun-dried Tomatoes in Alfredo Sauce (minus the sun-dried tomatoes). This is Clarise and Cherlin's favorite so don't be surprised if you will see this in their bentos often. To give it a cute effect, I topped it with flower shaped American cheese with nori eyes & lips. Simple but truly delightful!
Bento #25: Burger Bear Bento (Cherlin's request)
What's in it: Quarter Pounder Cheeseburger, American cheese, carrots, celery, and mini donuts / grapes and cantaloupes
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Cherlin requested for a bear sandwich bento again. Instead of ham sandwich, I thought of making quarter pounder cheeseburger. The night before, I made quarter pounder burger patties. I just added a tsp of salt and herbes de provence and quarter tsp of freshly ground black pepper to a pound of 80/20 ground beef, divided it into four, flattened each into ½ " thick and then grilled for 14 minutes (7 minutes on each side).
The next day, I just heat them up in the microwave for about a minute before putting them in burger buns.
The next day, I just heat them up in the microwave for about a minute before putting them in burger buns.
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Bento #26: Curly Girl Pancit Canton Bento
What's in it: Pancit Canton with carrot bits, fried Chinese chorizo, hard boiled egg with grapes and cantaloupe
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I woke up 20 minutes later than usual, and I didn't have enough time to make Cherlin's pussy cat bento request. This is the simplest replacement I could think of: pancit canton with hard-boiled egg and chinese chorizo. This is actually Lucky Me Instant Pancit Canton. I just added some carrot bits into it. It took me only 15 minutes to prepare this. The girls love hard-boiled eggs & chorizo so they gave me 2 thumbs up for this!
Bento #27: Starlight, Star Bright Bento
What's in it: Sweet ham & cheese sandwich, American cheese, flower turkey ham and carrots, celery, and grapes / cantaloupe
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Cherlin wanted a smiling flower Bento. I thought of using pot sticker mold instead of the flower cutter I frequently use. It didn't look much like a flower though. I added eyes, lips and star hair clips using American cheese. After I finished it, it didn't look like a flower. It looks more like a sun...but it has star hair clips, so I really didn't know what to call it. One of my facebook readers, Monina Clingaman, suggested that I call it starlight, star bright because it looks so cheery. I find the name cute so I agree with her...hence the name Starlight, Star Bright Bento. :)
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As Always AMAZING..with all capital letters!:))) Very cool and cute ideas, Tina! Great job..and I am giving you two thumps up!:)))
ReplyDeleteI wish they had bentos when I was a kid, I'm sure I'd be a lot chubbier though if they did. Heheh.
ReplyDeleteLove love love your Quarter Pounder Cheeseburger Bear Bento!!! <3 Not only do they look so cute, they look so yumilicious too! ;D
ReplyDeleteI like the name Starlight, Star Bright Bento too! So cheery! ;)
Have a great weekend! :)
Your kids must look forward to their surprise lunches everyday, along with all of their classmates:)
ReplyDeleteYou know Tina, I have always admired the outcome of all the bento sets you have been making for your kids and its simply amazing, admire your creative and being such a fantastic mum.
ReplyDeleteAt the same time, am looking forward to all the lovely food you will prepare for the birthday next week.
Take care Tina.