Wednesday 4 July 2012

Ladybug Bento

Ladybugs for my boys' bentos today. :)

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The ladybugs are made out of rice, coloured with beet powder. The boys had onigiri, panko chicken, broccoli, golden kiwis and strawberries. :)

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Spot the tiny ladybug pick! :)

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And ladybugs sandwiches for them to bring to School.

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There's grapes and panko chicken hidden under the sandwich. :)

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Panko chicken salad for my lunch. :) The chicken was just seasoned with salt and pepper, then pressed onto panko and pan fried. I skipped the usual flour-egg-panko dipping step to save time.

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Tried colouring my bread with these butterfly pea flower yesterday. Not as blue as I would like it to be, but the colour is quite pretty. :)

10 comments:

  1. Oh, what a great Idea the ladybug sandwiches and rice ladybugs are! And I like the color of the bread. A little bit purple? Yeah, but I like it! :)I've never seen a butterfly pea before. I've searched for it in the internet. It's very beautiful! Mmmmh I have lunchtime now. I'm hungry. ;)

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    1. Tks a lot, Maya. The locals use this flower to dye their cakes. The colour is different now, more blue, I used it to make a smurf bento today, will share later.

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    2. oh yes I want to see your smurfs! :) Can't wait ;)

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  2. Cute ladybugs here! I shall try this after i restock my ham! As always, i love your colorful bentos!

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    1. Tks a lot, Yenn, look forward to seeing urs. :)

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  3. Hi, May I know where you get the beet powder?

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  4. Jasmine, fr www.barryfarm.com. Someone fr ezbentos shared abt it. :)

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  5. Hi dear, how you dye the bread? I plant a small tree of butterfly pea.. Know to use for colouring the jelly only... Thank you for sharing... Like your smurf too... You are good in cutting the bread into characters! rgds, Celine

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    1. Hi Celine, I made the bread using a breadmaker. I just dyed the water needed in the recipe blue b4 pouring in. And u can try for rice, it works too. :)

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  6. Ic ic.. You made the bread yourself... At first I thought you bought the bread from bakery then dye it.. That make me curious! Now I understand ! Hahaha thanks

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