Mothering Corner

I caught my kids watching Shaun The Sheep some time ago, and I love it! It’s soooo cute, simple, and funny. It’s something relaxing to watch, besides Tom and Jerry and Mr. Bean. :p

So when my kids requested me to fix them Shaun The Sheep bentos, I could not find a reason to turn them down. My initial thought was to fix with cheese and nori, by tracing and cutting the details with exacto knife. But then, I changed my mind yesterday. I came out with this idea of fixing the characters:

I prepared some sandwich balls and quail eggs wrapped with nori.

Try to wrap the quail egg with nori and wrap it tight with food wrap for a few minutes to ensure the nori sticks well to the egg.

Join the nori-wrapped quail egg to the sandwich ball as the sheep.

I decorated a mini wiener, joined with ham ears, as Bitzer the sheep dog.

Then I added the eyes and a cap pick for Bitzer, and here are the bentos:

My gal’s Shaun the Sheep Bento.

That’s her Bitzer the sheep dog.

And this is for my boy.

Of course, I had to do some food arrangement before I closed the bentos so that I won’t squash the details. These Rilakkuma and Korillakkuma bentos are great, they are tall enough for 3D kyaraben.

Too bad my gal’s Shaun was totally blocked by Korillakkuma’s nose.

My boy has been asking me to fix his favorite rangers for some time, but so far, I’ve only done a simplified Power Ranger bento. I dread the idea of fixing a ranger bento as it’s very time consuming, and I don’t have much time to fix a detailed bento like this frequently.

However, my boy is having a field trip today, and he has always wanted to show off his bento. *roll eyes* He has 3 field trips in a school year, and most of the time, I would only fix him a simple bento as I know that his friends will bring some junks and share with him. Hubby will buy him a pack too, but this time, he didn’t want any snack but a Dekaranger bento.

The ranger was done a night earlier and here’s the end result:

My boy’s Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger Bento. I’m not sure what’s the name of the ranger, that you will have to ask my boy. LOL!

The ranger was cut from ham (as the base), artificial crab meat for red and white, and nori for black.

The happy boy, who’s eager to show off his bento and excited about his trip to the museum of agriculture department today.

As for today’s tea, I just packed them some fruits. Seriously, I can’t do this type of bento everyday. One hour of preparation is way too much for me.

I have to admit that I don’t know much about Power Rangers, and I thought they are the same as Magic Rangers. I took out my boy’s ranger CDs to get a good look of how his red ranger looked like. I did Red Ranger once for him, with origiri, but still I can’t remember his mask. LOL!

I drew half of the masks of Red Ranger and Yellow Ranger (who’s a girl) on a piece of tracing paper.

Place the tracing paper on a piece of folded nori. Try not to press on hard on the nori to avoid tearing it.

Once you open the nori, it should be the full masks of the rangers. Place them on a piece of cheese and carefully cut an outline with a knife or toothpick. I did the zig zag mask with the knife, and the other one with a toothpick.

I prepared a hard boiled egg and cut it into half.

I covered the first half of the egg with the red part of artificial crab meat.

And for the other half, I mixed the egg yolk to the rice and form a rice ball with food wrapper. If you are wondering about the egg white, I swallowed it. LOL!

Then, it’s all about packing their lunch into lunch boxes, and here they are:

My boy’s lunch with rice, half an egg (the Red Ranger), some stir fried mixed veggie and chicken stew with potatoes. I didn’t give him a lot as the egg could be quite stuffy.

My gal’s Yellow Ranger with the small meal, but in smaller portion. If you use more egg yolk, it should be more yellowish. BTW, the yellow rice will be great for Winnie the Pooh.

Both of them had lunch with a bowl of lotus and peanut soup, which was not shown. So, what did my kids think about their bentos? My boy said, “Mommy, next time, you fix the head, the body, the arms and the legs. Not just the head.” O.o Needless to say, it’s mission impossible and I didn’t promise him!!!

Both kids left the mushroom and my boy left some egg. He said that he’s too full. I had to feed the veggies to my gal who’s running away claiming that she’s done with her lunch just by finishing the chicken and most of the rice. Any tips on encouraging kids to eat veggies? Most parenting books are not working for me.