Animals Themed Breakfast Set

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and in today's post, I will be collaborating with Magnolia, to share with you a kawaii animals themed breakfast set.


This the breakfast set I came up with, the Panda and Piggy are bread balls which I filled with kaya and red bean. The chicken is made from a hard boiled egg, the bear is made from sausage and the frog is made from kiwi.


I've paired this breakfast set with Magnolia's fresh milk in a 200ml pack. I love this size, I always buy this for my boys, as it's conveniently packed and just nice for one serving.


I'm going to share the step-by-step photos, so you can create your own animals themed breakfast set too. Let's begin!


Slice off bread crust.


Flatten bread with a rolling pin.


Cut a slit on four sides of bread.


Add in fillings in the middle. (I'm using red bean and kaya.)


Bring four corners together and wrap up in cling wrap.


Tighten cling wrap and mould the bread ball into a round shape.


To make Panda, cut out Panda's nose from nori using a hole punch; followed by cutting Panda's eyes and ears from nori using a pair of scissors.


Stick nori onto bread balls with a little mayonnaise.


To make Piggy, cut out ears and snout from ham with a pair of scissors.

For snout, make holes from nori using a paw craft punch. Then, cut out Piggy's eyes from nori using a pair of scissors.


Stick ham and nor pieces onto bread ball with a little mayonnaise.


To make chicken, firstly use pasta sticks to attach corn (as chicken's beak) onto the hard boiled egg.

For chicken's eyes, cut out nori using a hole punch. For chicken's comb, use a heart shaped food pick. (Alternatively, you can also cut from red bell peppers and attach them on using pasta sticks. )


To make bear, firstly slice a little off the sausage's bottom, and use a round cutter or straw to cut out as bear's ears. Attach the ears using pasta sticks. Using nori, cut out a round shape for the muzzle, and create eyes using a paw craft punch.


Place chicken and bear into a container, arrange accordingly with some lettuce as backdrop.


To make frog, use a round cutter to cut out two circles from guava, place it onto a slice of kiwi. Cut out eyes and mouth from nori, using a pair of scissors.


Place frog into a container, arrange accordingly with fruits like strawberries and blueberries.


Assemble and serve.

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Teddy Bear Ice-Cream & Affogato

I've been hoping to get some one more Chinese New Year bento done and start on Valentine's Day creations soon, but I've not had time to do so. Crossing my fingers I'll get some done before I take a break for Chinese New Year. Meanwhile, you might want to check out my previous years' Valentine's Day bentos over here. I've also have a tutorial on how to make piggy, panda and rabbit pineapple tarts here.
 
Just updating a fast post for today. Teddy bear matcha affogato I made last week. Affogato is vanilla ice-cream topped with a shot of hot espresso. I don't drink coffee, so I substitute the espresso with hot matcha instead.


I'm out of matcha powder though, so this was matcha latte instead, using instant pre-mix packets in my pantry. I have to make this again using matcha powder, I've another character idea for ice-cream I want to try.


The teddy bear was made using vanilla ice-cream, white and dark chocolate. I felt like I was racing against time when I made this, because the ice-cream melts very fast and I had to work at super speed, lol. I should turn on the air-con the next time I attempt anything with ice-cream.


I also found this old creation in my archive, I think I shared it on Instagram before, but not on my blog.


This ice-cream bear is quite easy to assemble, you just need cookies and chocolate chips.

Rilakkuma Bread Roll & Puff Pastry Soup

IT has recovered and he went to school yesterday. He still needs more rest though, he was so tired, he went straight for a nap once he was home yesterday. He still does not have much of an appetite as well. Thank goodness we will have the rest of the week off after today, it's a short school week. :)


An easy Rilakkuma sandwich roll bento box. This is the second time I'm making Rilakkuma sandwich roll, I made a slightly different version way back in 2011. You can click HERE if you would like to take a look.


The sandwich rolls were filled with tuna mayo, also packed some fruits in the box.


The way to make the sandwich rolls is similar to the Hello Kitty sandwich rolls tutorial HERE, which I shared previously. This time, I flattened the bread before rolling.


This puff pastry Rilakkuma idea was from a bento book.


Made this for my lunch, there's seafood soup underneath the puff pastry. I love having puff pastry with my soup, quite the perfect match. :)

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Cuddle Palz Bento

Thought I better do up a post today, as I'll be busy watching Korean dramas the next few days, most the shows I'm catching currently happens to be airing on wednesday and thursday, lol.  More Cuddle Palz creations to share, not exactly bento, as none of them were packed in a box.

 
Instant cuteness to tortilla chips, with the help of Cuddle Palz. I got this awesome idea from Kathy of Eclectic Lamb and I used the recipe Rebecca from Bentos on the Bayou shared on her blog. A shout-out to Kendra from Biting The Hand That Feeds You as well, as she was the first blogger who used CuteZCute to cut out tortilla chips. :) Do check out their blog for lots more lunch packing ideas. :)


I made some salsa for my boys to dip their tortilla chips in, but I think most of the salsa went into my tummy, they were happy to just munch on the chips.


Instead of using the usual burger bun for burger, I decided to use bread instead. I cut out the bread using Cuddle Palz and placed it on top of a beef patty, lettuce and cheese.


Sandwich burger was served with fries and asparagus soup.


Not sure if you noticed, I placed the beef patty directly underneath the bread, the dark brown patty brought out the Koala's features perfectly.


The last food art I'm sharing today is this bear sandwich. :)


Made this for IT's snack, he eats a lot these days and is almost as tall as me, just a few centimetres short. In case you are wondering, I'm not that tall, but not exactly short either. I'm 5 feet 3, he's almost 5 feet 2 and only 10 years old.


Bear was a nutella sandwich, which he ate with carrot soup. I still have more CuteZCute creations, will update them next time. :)

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World Cup Soccer Rice Burger

Have you been following the World Cup? The semi-finals will be starting at 4am soon. I've not been following the World Cup at all, I've nil interest in it, I did not even keep track of the results. My hubby loves watching the telecasts though, I guess almost all guys do. He's been catching the previous matches ( those that he considers more exciting) with his friends at the nearby MacDonalds and Community Centres. He's off to bed early tonight so that he can wake up early to catch the semi-finals.


I made this World Cup theme dinner around two weeks ago. I thought I better not procrastinate any longer and post it today before the World Cup is over.


The soccer ball was actually a rice burger. There's a chicken patty and lettuce between the rice buns.


I also made a mashed potato bear holding a Brazil flag. I'm not supporting any countries, chose the Brazil flag, simply because the World Cup is held there this year. :)

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