Cooking Pinoy atbp.

This Thanksgiving, I decided to study how to make the edible fruit into flower arrangements as a healthier alternative to the sugar laden dessert. Some books I recommend about the subject of sugar and it's impact on your health and weight is: Sugar Blues by William Dufty' This is Why you are Fat by Jackie Warner. So, if you are interested in making your own healthy fruit boquet..it's cheaper than buying a $40 arrangement from Edible Fruit Arrangement. All you need is the following fruits (buy 2 days prior) pineapple cantaloupe or honeydew green or dark purple grapes strawberries Materials: 10 inch bamboo skewers styrofoam ball (from a craft store) but I like to use playdough, or lettuce head or florist foam as alternative flower shaped cookie cutter melon baller potato crisp cutter (optional) a decorative mug for small arrangement or a bigger pot for more fruits white cellophane and ribbon Directions: 1 day before: With skin intact---Cut pineapple into 1/2 inch thick circle

Yesterday, I was able to buy a piggy shaped frying pan mold from Marshalls (yay)..Today's bento box is Japanese fried chicken fried rice pig shaped omelet cucumber and cherry tomatoes grapes Recipes: Japanese fried chicken 1 chicken thigh, cut and deboned to bite size pcs marinate for 15 min 1T soy sauce 1T rice wine 1 tsp honey 1 tsp ginger juice salt and pepper Coat in flour and deep fry over medium heat until brown. Fried rice: Cut turkey ham (natural by Hormel) into small squares and fry in a little olive oil when caramelized or ligght brown, add 1 C of white rice (cooked). Season with salt and pepper. Add 1 stem of green onions chopped. Make a well in the middle, add a pat of butter. Add 1 egg beaten, and cook in the middle and scramble with a spatula. Mix with the rest of the rice.

i used the egg molder to make these cute rice shapes of a bear and rabbit. I baked my son's favorite Mrs. Paul's fishsticks and then made a fruit kebab of raspberries, strawberry, grapes, kiwi and cantaloupe. Side dish was spinach dressed with soy sauce and black sesame seeds. :)

tyson's dino chicken nuggets brown rice dog onigiri mandarin oranges steamed asparagus bunny shaped boiled egg

My son's bento box today is scrambled eggs with natural turkey ham, a happy face onigiri with pieces of nori and ham, then raspberries with parsley (for color).

Today, my son's lunch was his favorite chicken katsu. I got my new rice molds from Amazon.com and so I shaped the rice into star and flower patterns and put some rice sprinkles (furikake) on top. I also made a ladybug out of cherry tomatoes with egg noodles as his legs & round nori circles. I put shredded cucumber as the grass.

Today, I received my new egg molds and steel cutters from Amazon.com! So today's bento box I decided to use it for boiled egg (upper left photo) in the shape of a rabbit and bear. Cute... The lunch today features Ground turkey, sauteed bok-choy, rice onigiri face, flower shaped apples and lychee jelo (from an Asian store). To make, here are the recipes... Vegetables: Put 1 cup baby bok-choy in a bowl of water and heat in microwave 30 seconds. Remove hot water, and pour ice water to blanch. Drain water and cut up leaves in small sizes. In a small pot, heat 1 tsp sesame oil, add shredded imitation crab meat and bok-choy. Season with salt to taste. Sautee until vegetable is done about 3-5 minute. Ground meat: in a Frying pan, add 1/2 cup chopped onions & 1 Tbsp minced garlic. Brown 1lb ground turkey until meat is done. Season with 1 Tbsp soy sauce and 1 tsp ground pepper. Optional: add 1/4 cup frozen green peas, raisins and chopped red pepper for extra flavor. Onigiri: FA

Another bento idea from the book I got. Teddy bear pancakes chicken nuggets (home made) apple rabbits glazed baby carrots with parsley leaves

this was what was on my husband and son's lunch today. Chicken Katsu Panda rice onigiri strawberries and kiwi rolled spinach omelet and boiled brocolli.. Yummy goodness.