Hello Kitty and Cathy Bento

31. May 2009, 11:46 UhrBento, Bento Preparation, Sanrio Charactersshoppingmum11 comments

I fixed 2 simple lunch bentos for my kids just now, and the rice balls were formed with the set of 45 deg rice molds as shown in previous post.


Here are the bentos before decoration. There are 2 rice balls, some steam egg with minced pork and stir-fried cabbage with carrot and glass noodles. I added some corns for them too.

 

Then, I decorated the rice balls as Hello Kitty and her friend Cathy, the bunny. My boy said he’s ok with having Hello Kitty for lunch, so I went ahead and fixed 2 bentos with the same decoration. It’s faster and easier for mommy! :)

I used the green shoe punchers for Hello Kitty facial details.

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Tools for today’s bento

 

As for Cathy, I used the smiley and paw punchers from Carl’s to fix her nose.

 

Or alternately, you can use this puncher, but I can’t seem to get a nice punch, so I “dumped” it aside since the first time I tried it. :P


This pink puncher comes with the set of Hello Kitty rice molds.

 

So, here are the bentos:


My kids’ lunch bentos with Hello Kitty and Cathy.

My kids love the bentos. Due to the degree of the rice balls, it did look like Hello Kitty and Cathy were smiling at my kids when they were having their meals. :)

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11 comments:

  1. WitchBaby, 31. May 2009, 16:45

    OMG – these are too adorable!

     
  2. Skinnymum, 1. June 2009, 0:07

    i wish i am as creative as you!

     
  3. Wena, 1. June 2009, 0:18

    Pretty!

    Wanted to ask, how do you like the Hello Kitty Set? Was thinking of getting a set when CP has more in stock. And making rice kitties out of wild rice just to see if they can stick and hold together.

    DId you make yours out of normal rice or japanese sushi rice?

     
  4. shoppingmum, 1. June 2009, 0:31

    Thanks WitchBaby and Skinnymum. :)

    Wena, I have that set, and my kids play with the rice molds some times, to fix their own dinner. But the 2 main differences will be, the rice molds I’m using now, have the same shapes but the onigiri is formed at 45 deg. The HK set comes with 2 punchers (which I don’t like), and a pink cutter, which is shown in this post too. So, it all depends on your choice. :)
    I just use normal white rice today, normally my rice is a mixed of white grains and red hom mali grains. But I guess it’s all the same.

     
  5. Ellena, 1. June 2009, 9:54

    Aiyo.. so cute leh.. even on weekends you also tempt me with your super cute bento… :) Your kids are realli so luckily to have a great and creative mummy like you. Cheers!!!

     
  6. arlene, 1. June 2009, 10:29

    Yup love the pink cutter but not the plastic punchers..sigh! Nice bento …*clap clap*

     
  7. tannie, 1. June 2009, 18:59

    what ingredient did u use for the flowers ?

     
  8. SIG, 1. June 2009, 19:29

    I love the two bentos. Even if you give me all the best accessories in the world, I wouldn’t be able to be creative like you. :)

     
  9. shoppingmum, 1. June 2009, 20:09

    Thanks everyone. :)

    Tannie, the pink flower is cut from the top layer of kamaboko. The darker pink was ham, and the yellow ones are fish tofu. The red flower was the top layer of artificial crab meat. All edible. LOL!

     
  10. Annie Q, 2. June 2009, 10:28

    another awesome bento!! love the HK and Cathy, so cute!

     
  11. SluRpee, 3. June 2009, 13:51

    Very creative and cute bentos. A good way to make kids eat their food.