Bento # 50 & # 51

For bento # 50, tried to create a flower basket. The ham and chicken slice were too think and the resulting flower couldn't fit into the bread basket. Note to self, get the deli to slice the ham thinner next time. The bread was Farmer's Rolls from Delifrance. Boylet loves it heated up with just butter slathered on. The fillings here were egg mayo, ham cut with flower cutter and baby corn. Tried to make a flower with the sausage, but another failure as the sausage broke when folded. Aiyah! I want delicate and dextrous fingers like LZmommy's. And the fruits were the last of the strawberries and blueberries from Oz.The flower basket from another angle. Can make it out or not?
The second week of school (last week), and I finally got my act together. Bought groceries and spent an afternoon cooking dinner and making extra to stash in freezer. Basically just took a variety of minced meat & fishpaste and shaped, stuffed and covered in various ways.

The easiest was minced beef mixed with finely chopped onion & parsley flakes and turned into mini burgers. Mashed potato was turned into potato croquet, some stuffed with sweetmeat/bakwa. Fishpaste were either rolled with crabstick for steaming, or wrapped with seaweed, or covered with bread squares for deep frying. Also deep fried some chicken nuggets from Ayamas. The maid did all the deep frying. Was supposed to make wonton, but became too lazy in the end.

Bento # 51 contained the fruits of the labour : Nuggets, fish with seaweed, mini hamburger and round potato croquet. Tomato ketchup was in the pig container. Wanted to make onigiri for girlet, but she requested for mini croissant instead. Fruits were watermelon and papaya. Had to cut heart shape again because the heart shape silicon cups are the only small yet tall ones I have. The other small silicon cups are too shallow, resulting in the fruits falling all over the box during transportation. Whereas the other taller silicon cups are too big for this bento box.