Bunny Bento

I made baked pasta for the boys' bentos today, they had it cold. They are fine with it, but then, they are not fans of warm food. They will always wait for the food to cool down before they will eat.

I decorated the bento with this cute little bunny, the idea for the bunny was from Mothering Corner. She has a tutorial on how to make them on her blog. :)


Bento for LT, in the box are baked pasta, drumlet, grapes and strawberries. I overbaked the pasta a little, coz LT was fussing this morning and I forgot about my pasta in the oven. -_-


Bento for IT, same food as above.


Bento for IT's recess, in the box are baked pasta and gyoza.


I think the overbaked pasta looks a little 'muddy', I should have made a pig instead. lol, oh well, will leave that for the next time. :P


Gyozas, spinach and chicken with lup cheong (chinese sausage) for me. Gyoza recipe below, a highly simplified version from Harumi's book. :) Haha, buy or borrow ( It's available at the library if you are from Singapore) her book if you want the original recipe, it's a great cookbook on Japanese cooking. :)

GYOZA RECIPE

Ingredients:
1/2 cup finely chopped cabbage
1 cup minced pork
1 tbsp sesame oil
2 tbsp dry sherry
1 1/2 tbsp finely chopped garlic
1 tbsp minced ginger
1/2 cup spring onion
salt and pepper to taste
gyoza wrappers

Method:

1.  Combine all items except gyoza wrappers.
2. Wrap the filling into the gyoza wrappers, I used a gyoza mould for this step.
3. Dust each dumpling with a little cornstarch.
4. Heat a small quantity of oil, then arrange them in rows.
5. When the bottoms are nicely browned, add in enough water to cover a third of the dumplings, cover and cook under medium heat until water had evaporated.