Happy 50th Birthday Singapore

Long weekend is over....

One of my kids was asking me why I didnt make them a National Day sandwich this year. The small one didn't want the usual Singapore flag sandwich(that I have been making them every Auguest for the last couple of years) so I have to come up with something else this year, besides it is the Golden Jubilee we are talking about.

Initially I really didn't know what to do for their sandwich but I came across their school folder while nagging them to lee their homework. The folder was full of iconic landscapes for Singapore and the idea was born. 

I spent almost an hour last night trying to cut the dried seaweed and I only managed to squeeze in the Merlion, Singapore Flyer and Marina Baysand. I wanted to add Changi airport too(because it is easy to cut) but was limited by the size of the cheese. Oh...the two flower thingy on top are suppose to be fireworks. Not sure if my kids got it.

I cut SG50 on the seaweed and pasted it on the egg and top off with Singapore flag. Hey, I DO really really love my tiny country de loh and very proud to be her citizen leh.

The final product for the kids.  I used two different color of cheese just to see which one will turn out better. I think the lighter shade is more outstanding.

Happy 50th Birthday Singapore and many many more to come!!!

Garfield Sandwich Tutorial (Level:Difficult)

My kids were whining that I make them a Garfield sandwich for school. They have been reading a lot of Garfield comic books and watching Garfield on TV.

I have been using the delay tactics and finally no running away. I have to do it!

I made the Garfield face on cheese the night before and it took me almost an hour to make 2 Garfield faces on cheese. Gosh! A lot of patience required.

This is not an easy tutorial and takes some time(and alot of patience too!).

Ingredients -
2 slices of cheddar cheese
1 slice of mozzarella cheese
2 slices of bread
Bread filling of choice
Dried seaweed

Tools -
A sheet of clean white paper
Mental ring bread cutter
A pair of sharp scissors
A pair of tweezer
A toothpick
A butter knife

Steps -

1. Draw a Garfield picture (size must be the same as the metal ring bread cutter) and cut out the eyes and ears from the drawing.

2. Placed the cut out ears on the cheese and draw on the Mozzarella cheese using a toothpick. Do the same for the eyes and nose.  

3. Using the metal ring, cut the cheddar cheese. Assemble the nose and eyes on the cheddar cheese.

4. Cut 6 small triangles(like Christmas tree) from the dried seaweed and form the strips of Garfield around the face.

5. You need a thin long strips of seaweed for the center and 2 small oval for the eyes. 

6. Cut another 2 long strips of seaweed to form the mouth(this is the difficult part). As you stick the seaweed onto the cheese, the seaweed will soften due to the moisture form the cheese and you will be able to bend the seaweed to a curved line.

Step 1 to 6 should be done the night before unless you are keen to wake up an hour earlier to make this sandwich.

7. Fill bread with desired fillings.

8. Cutting the mental ring bread cutter, cut the bread like the picture show below but do not cut all the way. You need to leave the top part for the ears of Garfield.

9. Put the ears made of cheese on the bread and cut out the shape on the bread using a butter knife.

10. Place the Garfield cheese on top of the bread and you should get the image below.

The sandwich box is completed with an egg, a jelly, a small packet of nuts and a small chocolate treat. Of course I gave them a packet of milk to go along as they were having lunch in school

I hate Mondays!!! But it is not Monday…

The completed work.

Easy Rabbit Sandwich Tutorial

I have prepared buns from bakery for my kids to bring to school today but they wanted me to make them a sandwich. I have been buying buns quite often this month because of a flu bug(a lazy bug is more likely...hehehe...). So I decided to make a easy sandwich for them today.

Stuff required to make the bunny sandwich:

1.Bread

2.Bread filling of your choice

3.Colored paper

4.Toothpicks

5.Cheese

6.Dried seaweed

7.Strawberry jam

Can your spot the differences?

Steps: 

1. To make the rabbit ears, cut colored paper and stick it to toothpicks using double sided tape.

2. Using a bubble tea straw, make a small circle for the rabbit nose.

3. Cut seaweed to form the eyes and nose of the rabbit. 

4. Apply blusher to the sandwich using a dab of strawberry jam.

And that's all your need to do.

I bought a cute egg case and put the egg inside. Complete with sauce, packet nuts, a candy and also a packet of milk for recess.

It's Friday! And it's the last day of the month!!! Hurray!!!

Easy Animal Sandwich

It has been more than 2 weeks since I last posted. I was feeling abit under the weather and subsequently my small one fell sick. They have to stay back in school today so I made the effort to make them a sandwich to bring along.

Last week, I visited a new shop that was similar to my favorite $2 shop and bought some cookie cutters. The cutters are so cute that I just want to use them on my kids' sandwiches. There is an elephant, a rabbit and a bear in the set. I made used of all three simply by cutting on cheese. 

The sandwich was quite bare so I decided to add a rainbow candy on top.  I used a toothpick to cut the clouds in the cheese. I was too lazy to cut any seaweed since the cutters are cute enough.

Peanut butter filling with the cute animal friends with a colorful rainbow candy. I did not have any suitable fruits for their sandwich box so I replaced with a packet of nuts.

Happy Tuesday! 

Monkey Sandwiches for my Little Monkeys

My kids are staying back in school today so I needed to make sandwiches to fill their tummies. I saw a cute monkey from my sketch book and drew the picture on a piece of white paper. After that, I cut out the face as measurement for the sandwiches. 

I bend my round mental ring into an oval shape and used it to cut the cheese and bread. I also used a round cutter to cut another slice of cheese and the ears of the monkeys. Dried seaweed is used for the facial expression. 

I ran out of bread so I decided to use the crust to make one of the sandwiches. The darker tone is more outstanding but I think they are equally cute. Can you see the difference in color?

As it is going to be a long day, I added a jelly, a small pack of mixed nuts, an egg and a candy for them to last the day.

Can you guess where I got the picture of the monkey? Hint: It is a picture from a branded baby toy retailer. :)

Happy Thursday! Happy MONKEYING around! 

Winnie the Pooh Sandwich

My kids said they really really really wanted a Pooh Bear sandwich for school. They kept insisting that I made Pooh Bear sandwiches many times before and it should be chicken feet to me.*sweat* I think they got mixed up with Rilakkuma bear. This is my first time making Pooh Bear character sandwich. Anyway, I do have a small bear shaped cutter and so I made a Pooh bear on the cheese as requested. 

It was very time consuming to cut out the seaweed to form the facial expression. It took me about 30 minutes to make the 2 bear heads.  By the time I completed the head, I have no wish to continue making the body. Hee…so I left it as it was. 

I only need to slap on peanut butter for the bread this morning and since I had time to spare, I decided to add something. Last minute inspiration to add the name 'POOH' to the sandwich. I used some shape cutters to form the alphabets but using a butter knife or a toothpick to cut the alphabets on the cheese does the trick too! I added quail eggs, cherries and a candy to go along with the sandwich. 

I hope my little customers are satisfied with their request today.

Shopkins - Cupcake Queen & Pretzel Sandwich

The kids were eagerly waiting for the launch of the new season of Shopkins toy. They already bought some but they kept hoping that they could get the Cupcake Queen in the mystery pack. Unfortunately, no such luck yet. They would tell me their friend, so and so, has the Cupcake Queen(a rare collectable), or so and so has the whole collection of the Shopkins etc. Well, I am certainly not into the endless madness of buying all the Shopkins and they have to learn to save up on their own for more. 

Cupcake Queen

I thought the best I can do is to make them a Shopkins sandwich instead of buying more and more toys. Of course they favorite, Cupcake Queen.  I used yellow butter bread and filled the bread with ham. Cheese for the frosting and cheddar cheese for the triangle crown. I didn't have any colorful sprinkles at home so I cut the colorful strips of candy to bits. The color differed from the original character and but the kids recognized the character instantly and that is good enough for me.

My small one was the first to see the sandwich this morning. She let out squeals of delight and hurriedly drag her sister to check out the sandwich.

Shopkins - Pretzel

Her exact words, "Omg, it's Cupcake Queen!"

The 'cupcake' is not early big and they are staying late in school today so I made another Shopkins character, Pretzel to go along. I used a cookie cutter to cut the yellow cheddar cheese to make Pretzel.

It is really time consuming to make 2 characters sandwich during the morning rush. Even though I prep all the stuff the night before, I was still doing a rush job this morning.

Oops! The box was full just with the two sandwiches so I had to separate the quail eggs and cherries into another box.

Ta-da! Their sandwiches today! I really hope they don't drop the box so that the sandwich can remain intact for them to show their friends during recess. 

They wanted the Cupcake Queen so badly, and now they have it! In their tummies! Hahaha….

Lotsa love from Mummy!