Food for the kiddos

Food for the kiddos

Tuesday, 12 May 2015

Miffy the Rabbit

This week is exam week and frankly, I am in no mood to make any sandwiches. I feel more stressed than my kids when they are having exam and I try my best not to show it. The kids wanted a Miffy Rabbit sandwich with chocolate cereal crunch filling today and I am more than happy to oblige. Miffy is not difficult to make. With my rabbit mold, all I need is to cut out eyes and a 'X' on the dried seaweed. 

I made two different expression, not sure which one looks more authentic. Miffy the Rabbit signature 'X' mouth is distinct but the eyes…I am not so sure. I let the kids be the judge. Haha…
Miffy with Oval Shaped Eyes
Miffy with Round Eyes
Anyway, the small one said Miffy should have oval shaped eyes and told me Miffy needs a Tiara and so I added a food pick to it. Anything that pleases them. After all, they are my customers.

Fingers crossed. Two more papers to go after today.
*sweat*


Wednesday, 6 May 2015

Panda…Today is a Panda Sandwich

I made a Panda sandwich today. I didn't intend to make any sandwich for them today but they requested for it so the lazy me took out the cutter(as usual). No Kungfu Panda, but still a panda using a bread cutter. 

I used Nutella chocolate filling for the bread and the face for the panda. It looked quite plain without any chocolate on the face so I painstakingly used some toothpicks to apply the chocolate to the face. Looked much better and more like a panda with all the chocolate on the face.
I didn't add any fruits to the box this week as I didn't have any suitable fruits for them to bring. I must must must remember to buy fruits tomorrow!

Monday, 4 May 2015

Sandwiches for April 2015

Sandwiches for April 2015
April was a lazy month for me. I didn't come up with many creations and in fact repeated the buns and croissants sandwich because they were just too convenient, not to mention the use of sandwich cutters too!

I think my favorite is the Mamegoma seal but my big one preferred the Croissant Monster and the small one voted for the Decks of Cards, perhaps it was more colorful.

Anyway, I will try to make more cute sandwiches for my kids next month! 

Promise! Promise!

What Animal Is This?

Start of a new month and exam is here soon. Stress…Stress….Stress….


The kids wanted a bunny sandwich AGAIN but I thought otherwise. I saw a really cute picture of a raccoon on a baby toy and decided to make it into a sandwich. I drew the picture on a piece of paper and cut out the seaweed on the cheese. I gathered all my round and circular molds to create the raccoon eyes and nose on the cheese. Took me awhile to cut the seaweed and I was wondering if the final product would turn out cute.

As usual, I used my trusty round mental ring again cut the bread that was filled with peanut butter jam.

I personally find it very adorable. However, my kids didn't know what the animal was. One thought it was a panda and the other said it was a bear wearing eye mask. *sweat*

I told them it is supposed to be a raccoon!!!

This sandwich is definitely not Kung Fu Panda wannabe, ok! It is a RACCOON!
It gives me the inspiration to make a panda sandwich for the kids next time.
Raccoons or bears, they are just adorable!

Thursday, 30 April 2015

Butter Buns


Made these today for the kids. The butter buns had the same filing as the croissants few days ago.  The kids didn't seem to mind that Mummy is lacking creativity as all the buns were done up in the same manner. However, I did put in extra effort today to make some 'flowers' using butter slice cake and bits of candy.

With the constant reminder that I must put some sweets into their lunchbox, I finally remembered to put a small jelly into the box today. 

Public holiday tomorrow! Hurray!!! 

Tuesday, 28 April 2015

Monster Croissant

I didn't make any sandwiches since last Tuesday because my little one fell sick and skipped school. Finally made a monster sandwich croissant for the kids this morning and it was huge!!! It filled up the whole sandwich box and I couldn't even fit any fruits in. 

The croissants were on offer in the supermarket (that's why the auntie me bought them). Anyway, it was in a bundle of 3 so I only made 3 sandwiches, two for the kids and one for their Daddy. I added lots of lettuces, 2 slices of shaved ham and a slice of cheese.

Their daddy commented that there was too much vegetables in his sandwich so I was thinking the kids would be complaining about their greedy mummy trying to stash all the vegetables into their sandwiches. Surprisingly, they told me they ate the whole sandwich and it was yummy! *Phew!*

I used 4 round stickers and drew on the stickers to create the eyes and stick them to the toothpicks. The 'eyes' on the sandwiches helped to hold the ingredients in. You know how messy kids can be, right?

Simple solution! :) 

Tuesday, 21 April 2015

Elephant Sandwich Cutter

Yawn…didn't manage to update my blog today after sending the kids to school. I did not intend to make a sandwich this morning so I just took out an elephant sandwich cutter that has been collecting dust in the cupboard for the longest time. I could not even remember where I got this cutter from and I remembered using this when my kids were in preschool. 

It was a mummy elephant with a baby elephant. I used a chopstick to poke the eyes. I also colored the quail eggs with dark soy sauce so there was no need to pack the sauce separately. My kiddo wanted some candy in her box so I added a jelly for her. Unfortunately, the lychee jelly was white and didn't add any colors to the box. Anyway, they still love the jelly and the baby elephant. 
My customer saw a cute cute cartoon character on TV last night and I made a sketch of it. Hope I can make a sandwich out of it this week because I am getting lazy recently. Hahahaha….