Christmas again ...

Hi..

How are you?

Haha..sudah menghilang lebih dari 3 tahun ya..

sampai ragu, blog aku masih ada apa engga nih.... atau udah berubah bentuk, karena uda kelamaan kaga update.

Suddenly...

It's Christmas again ...

Terkadang heran waktu cepat banget larinya.. Sempat baca-baca post lama trus cekikikan sendiri wkwkwk..

Anyway, sekarang sudah December 2018, tinggal menghitung hari aja masuk ke tahun 2019.

L and J sudah kelas 8. Kalau aku bilang sih kelas 2 SMP :) sama aja ya.. B sudah kelas 5. Aku sendiri udah jarang banget bikin bento, sesekali aja. Karena sekarang Christmas, tiba-tiba tergoda bikin bento Christmas.

Idea nya sih untuk Christmas breakfast. So here it is.

our breakfast

Yang paling diniatin, sebenernya bikin Santa sushi yang disusun seperti pohon natal. Simpel koq, itu onigiri aja dibungkus kani (sebagai topi) dan ditaruh cheddar (sebagai muka) dan ditambah wijen hitam (mata) dan wortel (hidung). Sempat diprotes sama hubby "koq ga ada isinya?" haha karena biasanya aku isi onigiri dengan abon. Well, tetap aja habis ludes tepok jidat

Lainnya, bikin egg burger dibantu oleh little B. Dia yang isi scramble egg di burger - setelah dibelah dua - tambah mayo, saus tomat. Dia juga yang cetak bintang dengan cookie cutter. Hmmm..senangnya anak-anak uda bisa diperbantukan di dapur. L dan J juga sudah demen masak.

Di piring burger, ditambahkan salad, sosis rebus, cherry tomato. Dimakan dengan dressing botolan (rasa wijen). Selain itu ada muesli. Sengaja di mangkuk dikasi dikit doang. Ini sebenarnya menu cadangan :D maksudnya cadangan kalau mereka masih lapar setelah makan burger dan salad LoLs..

Di Mickey's Jar, ada ice lemon tea. Aku suka bikin sendiri lemon tea dengan bahan teh, madu, perasan lemon dan sereh. Direbus deh itu semua (kecuali teh) bisa ditambahin gula batu kalo belom cukup manis ...Ehm...

Santa Sushi

Then, akhirnya ada mixed fruit bar Chateraise Enaaaakkk.. 

Dinner, kita ke Lamian Palace Neo Soho. Hubby yang lagi pengen makan itu, jadilah kita rame-rame dengan keluarga papa dan mami mertua makan di sana. Sebelum berangkat, bikin bento ini buat mama

Tema nya masih Santa sushi dengan snowman onigiri, ditambah tamagoyaki, sosis (Santa hat), fresh salad, edamame, grapes dan cherry tomato. Yum!

Out of topic ...

Sebelum Christmas day, berlima pergi nonton Aquaman

Yang selalu senang nonton adalah hubby dan anak2. Jadi biasanya aku jadi team pelengkap penggembira aja :)

Kelihatan deh kalau sudah ABG , agak susah untuk difoto, padahal mami nya narsis {*,-} 

Melihat pose mereka itu, jadi inget ada pose persis waktu mereka kecil dulu. Thanks to Facebook, ubek-ubek langsung ketemu

Bener gak posenya mirip?
Hanya saja mereka sudah meninggi, gak lagi chubby...

Year 2011 vs 2018

Haisss..jangan cepet-cepet gede ya kids.. :D

See ya later.

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So Very Late...

Hi everyone

It is such a very latepost from Easter bento and my dad’s birthday’s bento.

The Easter bento consists of all simple things. Even the idea came up at the very last minute.

What’s inside

·        Steamed white rice

·        Fried chicken with Indonesian yellow spices

·        Potato salad

·        Green beans

·        Quail eggs

·        Edamame

·        Fish nuggets in shape of yellow and red Angry Birds

·        Papaya

·        Watermelon

Such a yummy lunch and the kids finished it without hesitate :-D

Now lets move on to my dad’s birthday bento.

Frankly speaking, making an adult bento is more challenging –for me- than a kids or charaben bento. Perhaps this is due to the fact that I am not so often in making it. Perhaps also my genuine purpose in bento-making is to provide healthy and nice-looking lunches for my kids. However, I do believe that slowly I shall make more of non-charaben than charaben bento. When the kids are growing up, I’d love to still offer them healthy although not-so-adorably-looking lunches {^,^}

Inside the box

·        White steamed rice

·        Nori and kani on top of rice

·        Mini burgers

·        Tamagoyaki

·        Blanched broccoli

·        Carrots

·        Grapes in cup

As for mini burgers, I refer to this recipe with Japanese sauce. I made a second box (unphotographed) for my kids too. They all love it!

By the way, can you see the theme of this bento? I give you a hint, it is a man’s apparel :b

Until next time.

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Bento again

Hi all,

How are you?

We are back to office and school after long holiday due to Moslem New Year 28 July until 1 August.

It was a major holiday in Indonesia and it was a good chance for families to travel out of town. At the same time, most of people were also using this opportunity to go back to their hometown in celebrating new year. Thus the roads were all packed. We have managed to escape for three days only to Lembang, Bandung. We visited some farms and outdoors playing fields. Kids just loved it!

Here are some bento that I have made

Inside the box:

* Furikake sprinkled white rice

* Blanched broccoli

* Ham, to form piggie, hen and bunny

* BBQ chicken wings

* Sauteed green squash with sausage

* Carrots

* Green grapes

* Tamagoyaki

The ham represents the Chinese astrology of our family.

Both of us have Rabbit sign, the twins have Rooster sign and the little boy has Pig sign :)

Last week, we had a playdate with some of the kids' friends.
Again, we visited another farm, Kuntum Nursery. 
Here are the bento that I made for kids and their friends

for mister Nathan

for miss Hilary and Kimmy

for my kiddos

All the bento have the same menu. I just made an adjustment in onigiri. The brown bear was for the boy while the hello kitty was for the girls.

Inside the boxes:

* onigiri brown bear or hello kitty, decorated with chicken floss (bear), nori, cheddar cheese and kani (ribbon)

* blanched broccoli

* chikuwa (under the broccoli)

* tamagoyaki

* fried nuggets (store-bought)

* apple pieces and green grapes

* flower-y carrots

* quail eggs

* edamame

* yellow and white duckies also white sleepy rabbit food picks to add cheerfulness for kids.

I had a hard time in carving the star and love onto the quail eggs ^_^ will try to better do it Haha! Oh yes, I filled chicken floss for the kitty.

Most importantly, they enjoyed togetherness and had a great time ! yaaayyy... {^,^}

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Slim lunch box

Hi..

Aren't you excited for something new?

Yes, me included

I have the new slim lunch box from Lock and Lock.

It has two tiers of box, completed with collapsible chopstick and an insulated bag.

The volume is about 240ml and 350 ml for each tier.

Here is the lunch that I have with it

In the bottom tier

* Inarizushi, topped with gari

* Tamagoyaki

* Cherry tomatoes

* Edamame

In the top tier

* Pan fried Tempeh

* Blanched broccoli

* Frozen mixed berries

The portion is enough for me :)

The good thing about this box, that they are stack-able during unused.
They will nicely fit together as one tier to save space while storing.

I still having some consideration in lending it for kids to use.

The side locks need to be in precise position to secure the box and the chopstick is quite hard for kids to detached.

Well, they can just 'throw' it into the bag, of course :D

Looking forward to have other menu within this new box *wide grin*

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