My 1st Bento of Shapes

The Bento for today dinner consists of 2 onigiri shaped in heart and flower with some seaweed on top. A pan-fried Salmon, hard boiled eggs, broccoli and apple.

It was a very simple bento which was just perfect for a beginner like me. But I am glad that it managed to make my boys more excited during the dinner time today. Yippee…. :P

Just some steps for my preparation of the Bento: 1) I used Japanese rice for the Onigiri and after the cooked rice became cool, I added some light soya sauce to give it some taste. I bought the shape mould from Daiso and it is really simple to use. I use craft puncher to cut out the flower shape seaweed. 2) For the apple: I cut the apple with a flower shaped cutter. 3) For the pan-fried Salmon: I fried some garlic until slight golden brown, then add in some onion and continue frying. Next I add in the marinated Salmon (I marinated with Teriyaki Sauce, sugar and soya sauce) follow by the marinate sauce and a small amount of water. Let it cooked till done …occasionally, I do flip the fish over and back (Got his recipe from my friend. ;) It taste yummy! 4) For the broccoli: I boiled some water with oil and salt added. Once the water boiled, I blanched the broccoli in it. (Just a while will do)

Javier was able to wiped out the dinner (except the broccoli) in 15mins. That was a huge difference from his daily meal time. I only encounter some setback initially when I wanted to feed him the 1st mouthful where he keep shaking his head and refused to open his mouth. But after that, it was a breeze… he automatically opened his mouth when I feed him .. hmmm without any forcing or coaxing!!!! Whereas for Jayden, as usual he likes to take his own sweet time.. but worth to compliment him that he finished eating his dinner (except the broccoli) in 45mins with minimal nagging at him, although little bit of nagging is still unavoidable. :)

I am so motivated by today results, I am so looking forward to do more for my boys.