Bento #270 - Clone Troopers

Ahhh...! Finally, it's the last day of school and we can have a break and some fun.  I've yet to think up the plan for next week.  Let's see what Kimi wants to do.  These days he has a mind of his own and will tell me his plan and what he wants to do or go. :)

A busy start today as Kimi was too tired after his field trip yesterday to bake cuppies for his teachers so we did it this morning.  This is a fuss-free and fast & easy recipe.  U only need a fork, a measuring cup and a bowl.  I will share recipe later.  I've shared this previously in my contributing corner at the Greast Eastern Live Great Blog.  Do check it out, it has many healthy recipes and health tips - very informative indeed!

Of course with these out of the oven, Kimi wanted them for his lunchbox too. We made 2 flavours - for his teachers, we made Lavender choc chip and cranberry and an alternative choice for Kimi is choc chip with fresh Blueberry. He had 1 each for school.  Added our usual stash of broccoli and corn, mini taiwan sausages that hb bought during his last trip and golden kiwi.

I took the easy way out and press on cupcake rings. Kimi was thrilled. I got to scream again - Yay!!last day of school today!

 

 

Easy 1 Bowl Muffins Recipe (makes 10 small muffins)

 

What do you need?

• 125g self raising flour
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 90g caster sugar
• 125ml milk
• 70g oil or melted butter
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• Toppings or fillings - Chocolate chips, fresh blueberries, dried cranberries, shredded carrot, cubed cheese and chocolate rice etc

How do you do it?

1. Pre-heat oven to 200 degree celsius
2. Sift flour and salt together and mix with sugar
3. Beat egg, milk, oil and vanilla essence till smooth well mixed
4. Pour into dry ingredients and mix till just combined
5. Spoon batter into muffin cup till about 1/3 full
6. Add in fillings of your choice
7. Top up batter till 3/4 full
8. If you wish, you may add sprinkles or leave top plain
9. Bake in oven for about 15mins, longer if larger cups or lesser if smaller cups

Tips

• I find adding choc chips to the flour to coat before adding the wet ingredients better as the chips will not sink to the bottom of the cups.  But if you want different flavours in 1 baking batch then you will have to use the 1/3 batter, filling and top up method.

Bento #269 - Ladybugs

It's ladybugs again! Our all time fave! When I looked at this pix after downloading them from my cam, a story came to my mind. It seemed like the smaller bug behind is laughing at the bigger bug for thinking that the leaves infront are real! Lol!

2 cute, silly bugs - we love ladybugs, do you?

Ok, just another slap-stick story I had conjured..Lunch today is bread onigiri filled with mayo salmon and corn, crispy meatballs, broccoli, corn, golden kiwi, grapes and marshmellow.

 

Ooh, almost half the week has gone by before the school hols beckon!  Kimi really enjoyed this crispy meatballs.  I've included the recipe below.

 

 

Crispy Meatballs

 

What do you need?

- 200g Minced meat (chix, pork or whatever you prefer)

- 2 tsp corn flour

- 1/2 tsp minced garlic

- Dash of sea salt & pepper

- 1/2 tsp fish sauce

- 1 tsp mirin

- Cheese (optional)

- 1 egg, beaten

- Some flour and bread or cracker crumbs

 

How to do it?

- Wash and rinse mince in sieve and squeeze out excess water.

- Marinate with corn flour, minced garlic, salt, pepper, fish sauce and mirin for at least 30mins.

- Wet hands, take about 2 tsp of meat, roll into balls.

- If you like cheese, flatten meat on palm, add some cheddar or mozarella in the centre and close up meat cavity and roll into a ball.

- Dust with flour, dredge in egg wash and roll on crumbs.

- Fry on medium low fire till golden brown.

- Serve with ketchup mixed with a little Lea & Perrins Sauce.  If your ketchup is too sour, you can add a little honey and mix well.  Or if you like more spice, you can sprinkle some grounded Paprika once it is out from the pan.