Bunnies Bunnies Bunnies

Shops are selling Easter chocolate eggs and bunnies already! Easter is coming! 

The kids wanted an animal sandwich today. I decided to load the sandwich box with bunnies. Peanut butter grape jam bunny sandwich with a smiley face. Initially, my sandwich design only had eyes and a nose but one of my kids asked why the rabbit had no mouth. Customers are always right! I added a smile for the rabbit. 

I made 2 small rabbits using quail eggs and spent a lot of time doing it. Gosh! I really do not like to make small small things. The small eyes were difficult to cut or maybe I was just clumsy. Since I have plenty of mandarin oranges at home, I added few slices of oranges and a small grape. I have used a rabbit sticker on their favorite chocolate biscuit (biscuit with lots of love all the way from Japan)! 

Chinese New Year is not over yet and I said I will make Meh Meh sandwich soon. Tomorrow it shall be!

Sandwiches for February 2015

Sandwiches for Feb 2015. Which one is your fav?

I have consolidated the sandwich creations for February 2015. It's a short month with lots of extra activities for Chinese New Year so there are only 8 sandwiches for February.

My favorite is the sheep sandwich while the kids voted for the heart-shaped Valentines sandwich because there were lots of candies on it. Which one is your favorite this month?

Chinese New Year is not over so I guess I will try to come up with more CNY related designs. 

Stay tuned. :)

Mother Hen and BB Chick

I made a Mother Hen and BB Chick sandwich today. The kids are having lunch in school today so I made more bread for them to bring along. I have instructed them to buy fruits in school as I didn't want to make their bags any heavier. 

Red VS Pink

How to make the sandwich : 

The sandwich is super easy to make. I filled it with peanut butter grape jam. I kept some corn niblets from last night dinner to make the beak. You can cut a triangle piece of cheese as the 'beak' if you do not have corn niblets. As usual, using my reliable mental ring to cut the bread, cut two small round bits of dried seaweed using scissors as the 'eyes', added abit of strawberry jam as blusher and it's done! 

I used some colored food picks I bought from Daiso Singapore to brighten up the sandwich. Food picks such as ribbons, bows or even a crown can be used to glam up your sandwich. 

Simple! Isn't it? :)

I also have eggs in a nest as a snack today. The nest is made up of some crispy noodle snacks. There are 3 quail eggs that I soaked slightly in dark soy sauce. The sauce colored the eggs and give taste to the eggs. I don't have to put a sauce container into the box (one less thing to wash! Yes!!!).

Happy Thursday!!!

Monster Buns

Thanks to the kids I have a sumptuous breakfast today. Butter bun with cheese, shaved ham, egg mayo and lettuce. Yes! I added lettuce today for their sandwich. Long long long long time ago, I tried adding cucumber and it was a failure. The cucumber turned soft by recess time and the kids were not too happy about it. I hope they like the lettuce today. *fingers crossed*

There were 4 buns in a pack so just perfect for my family of four. The kids' daddy gets to bring one to work too!

This is the first time I am using a butter roll to make sandwich for the kids. I used burger buns before but never butter rolls so it's all new to me. I was not sure how it will turn out and frankly really didn't know what to do with it after I assembled all the ingredients. In the end, I decided to make use of some stickers and toothpicks to make it into 'eyes'. It was to keep the egg mayo from falling out of the sandwich.

It's a crab! No…It's a clam! No…It's a monster bun. That was what I have decided to call it since it didn't really resemble anything. Haha…

Most importantly, the verdict when they came back from school? The kids loved the buns and they wanted to bring it to school again. At least they are now willing to accept lettuce into the sandwich. *applause*

Flowers of Spring

Flowers of Spring

Finally got my act together and made a sandwich today. Was feeling lazy after the long holidays. Since it is still Chinese New Year, I used my cutters to make flower sandwiches with butterflies for the kids using ham, cheese and strawberry jam. 

The brown wholemeal bread is more suitable for a teddy sandwich or animal character sandwich and white bread would make prettier flowers. But I saw the wholemeal bread with the healthy red triangle logo on the packing and bought the wholemeal bread instead. Healthier option after all the festive goodies I stuff myself over the holidays. Hee… *feeling guilty*

I did all the shape cutting the night before so that I can sleep for extra few precious minutes in the morning. I just spread the jam and place all the pieces together in the morning. The seaweed cutting of the word 'Spring' on the egg looks slightly distorted because of the curved egg surface. 

Well, still recognizable I think. I added cheese butterflies to brighten up the sandwiches box too!

Child Labour

It is a super busy week for me and I am making the last batch of pineapple tarts for family and friends. My kids were disappointed that I didn't prepare any sandwich for them today because I was really too shagged. However, I let them bake their favorite cookie (we called it the 'Crumbly Butter Cookies') for their friend and teacher last night. It is a simple recipe, so simple the my kids can make it on their own. It is the first time they are using glazed cherries for the cookies. I thought some colors would be a nice touch. 

These cookies need to be kept in an air-tight container to maintain the freshness. After clearing up their mess and tucking them to bed, I packed the cookies into air-tight containers. Packing and decorating the box is my favorite activity. Call me superficial but I love pretty stuff. I LOVE adding plastic flowers to complement the box. Just makes it so pretty. Call me superficial but I love pretty stuff, hee….

Happy Chinese New Year!

Step-By-Step Tutorial - How to make a Cinnamon Sandwich

Cinnamon the Dog

Today I shall share a tutorial on how to make a Sanrio Cinnamon sandwich -

Tools Required : 
1. Mental egg shaper ring
2. A pair of sharp scissors
3. A tweezer to pick up pieces of small seaweed
4. A round medicine bottle cover or any small circular shaped object

Ingredients :
1. 2 to 3 slices of white bread
2. Jam or any kind of fillings
3. Dried seaweed

STEPS :

Cut the bread with a mental ring

Step 1 : Put filling between 2 slices of bread. Bend the mental egg shaper into desired shape and cut the bread as shown in picture below.

Step 2: Use a circular object and cut out a semi-circle on the remaining bread. You can use a medicine bottle cap as well.

Step 3: Use a butter knife or scissor the cut out the shape of the ears. You can also use a pair of scissor to cut. You need to make 2 ears so it is up to you if you want to use a 3rd piece of bread to make another ear or you may just separate the 2 layers into 2 ears(in the picture below). If you are using single layer, it could be left plain or you may wish to apply some jam under it. 

Step 4: Slot the ears between the 2 slices of bread to make sure the size is correct (as shown in picture below). 

Step 5 : Use the scissors to cut out the shape of the mouth and the eyes. I used a seaweed puncher for the eyes since the size is right. If you do not have a seaweed puncher, just fold the seaweed into half and cut out the shape of the eyes. By folding the seaweed into 2, you will get a pair of symmetrical eyes. 

Step 6 : You can prepare Step 1 to 5 in advance. Normally, I will do the preparation work at night after tucking my kids to bed. Below is a picture of the 'mouths' and 'eyes'. I will usually make extra pieces(just in case I drop or accidentally destroy it) and store it in their sandwich box for use the following morning. You can skip this step if you are making it straight away.

Step 7 : Pick up the 'eyes' and 'mouth' using the tweezers. Dap some of jam or mayonnaise behind the seaweed and 'paste' it on the bread. 

Step 8 : Put the ears together and placed it in your sandwich box. It's done! Lastly, you may want to dap some strawberry jam on the cheeks as blusher. 

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial!