02.15.2011

Chicken Nuggets
Veggie egg rolls
Mini veggie musubi
Kamaboko with minced veggies
Waffle fries with minced veggies and cheese
Hello Kitty Nectarines

Today's lunch is pretty much self explained.
For the musubi, I added lots of minced veggies
and I had some veggies left after adding it to the musubi so I added to the fries and the kamaboko. To my surprise, she ate all the kamaboko along with the veggies!

02.14.2011 Happy Valentine's Day~

Heart Musubi
Kamaboko
Apples
Cherry Tomatoes
Organic Cereal


Made the musubi using bamboo rice. I added some marinara sauce to the rice for a bit of sweetness to neutralize the grassy taste of the bamboo rice.(and also to make the rice pink... well in this case, it turned out orange)
Molded the rice into a heart shape.
I also added some cheese so I can put a Valentine's day message to Chloe.
I used organic ketchup for the wording.

I also cut the Kamaboko and apple into hearts.

For the cherry tomatoes, i added some xylitol and brown sugar to give it a bit of sweetness.

Chloe's new favorite snack is the happy face cereal I got from Whole Foods. It actually comes in a box with Elmo's face. Not too sweet so I don't mind giving it to Chloe often!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day goody bags and gifts for Chloe's friends, teachers, and staff at her preschool. Chloe did the stuffing of the bags and the taping, while I did the finer details. I had to finish them while Chloe was sleeping. If she was up, there was no chance for me to finish it. I did not include any candies in the goody bags or the gifts. I put small packs of rice crackers for Chloe's friends, rice crackers and hand sanitizers in a blinking red cup for her teachers, and rice crackers, nuts and seeds for her school office staff in a recycled mayonnaise jar.

Valentine's Date



Makitti & Chloe

My Hubby decided to treat us girls to a Valentine's day lunch.
He'll be busy working tomorrow so we decided to celebrate a day early.
Since Chloe and I are big fans of Hello Kitty, Tommie made reservations to Makitti.
Makitti is where Smorgy's buffet used to be.
It's a Hello Kitty themed buffet restaurant.
They don't call the cat Hello Kitty, They call it Makitti.
The staff gave us a brief info about the character.
The restaurant is Makino Chaya family, and they bought the Makitti Character for $80,000.00 from Sanrio.
So they call it Makitti (Makino Kitty? lol)
Everywhere in the restaurant had something Hello Kitty.
I was hoping to see some Hello kitty or Makitti molded sandwiches or something.
They did have a kitty cake but it was for display only :(
All the staff in the restaurant was friendly except for this one woman who was working in the dessert section.
I dunno if she was having a bad day or if she just didn't like us... but she ignored us three times!!!
(at Makitti, you are only allowed to take 2 desserts at a time, and you have to let the staff know what you want, and they'll give them to you. )
I hope the next time we go and see her, hopefully she'll smile a bit more!
Chloe wanted to take a picture with Makitti character, and to take a picture with Makitti is $10
I personally think is overpriced, but Chloe really enjoyed taking the picture so... I guess it evens out.
(Our daughter's happiness is more important than an overpriced picture! haha!)
I'm hoping we can try the dinner next time.... Looking forward to try the all you can eat abalone.. ;)
Overall, the food was okay.
The table setting and the interior is kinda on the cheaper side.
Try not to go on rainy or windy days since it's not 100% indoors...
It's covered seating but it's in an open area like Willows and outside seating like Pagoda buffet.
P.S. Parking available at Miramar Hotel. $2 gets you 2 hours of parking.
I think it's like $3 for 30 mins for parking in Waikiki unless you are able to find street parking.
(street parking is $3 per hour)



02.11.2011 Bear sandwich

Bear Sandwich
Corns
Orange wedges
Fish crackers


Since it's Friday, I made PB & J sandwich.
Used Bear mold to cut off the crust and used deco pens to color in the ears, eyes, nose and mouth.
The mouth came out too funky... almost clown like!
I was rushing and rushing is never good!

Tea Time

Our First Tea Party!
I got a Tea Set for Chloe and decided we should start a tea party. I thought it was a good way to teach Chloe good manners and also a way for us to sit down and have a chat. Instead of actual tea, We drank juice and instead of macaroons (which i prefer, but too worried about the mess after) we settled for organic cookies. The cookies are from Whole foods and they are in happy face shapes!
Chloe learn how to pour slowly and little bit at a time, and to sip little bit at a time. The manners only lasted like 3 mins., we spent rest of the time talking and pouring the juice all over the tray!
We did have fun, and I'm trying to include in our daily activities until... forever!
I'm already looking forward to tomorrow's tea party!

02.10.2011 Yakisoba

Yakisoba
Asparagus
Fried Beef Steaks
Orange Wedges

I wanted to make musubi today but the rice came out too dry... ( I got a new rice cooker and I'm still experimenting with it) So I decided on Yakisoba, aka fried noodles.
For the veggies, I added chop suey mix which you can easily find in any grocery market. I also added 2 celery stalks (thinly sliced). I cooked the veggies in a bit of grape oil in my wok. when they are tender I added some spam and kamaboko, and cook thoroughly. Next I added the Yakisoba noodle and cook until the noodle is tender. Last step is to add sauce. Today I added soba sauce - about 3 tablespoons due to the fact that I added more veggies than the noodles. The picture you see is not what I packed for Chloe but what is left over after packing into the vacuum container.
The fried beef steaks are from Sam's club. I didn't fry them but I baked them in the oven. It tastes like Tonkatsu... I added some tonkatsu sauce for Chloe.  I also added some pieces of asparagus for Chloe to try. ( She's not really into asparagus) I'm thinking maybe I should add some cinnamon powder to the oranges next time. They didn't have any flavor at all.

02.08.2011 Musubi & Fish Sticks

Ebi flavored musubi
Fish sticks
Nectarines
Finger biscuit
Veggies

I added some cheese cutouts to the musubi.
I added a plastic divider so that the fish sticks don't stick to the musubi.

02.08.2011 Second Part

Forgot to add the second part of Chloe's Lunch.
I like to buy fresh blueberries and keep them in the fridge. They last like forever, and when I pack them for lunch it keeps other fruits cold.
I think by lunch time, the blueberries get soft but still cool.

Chloe is not really a meat eater, but she'll sometimes eat it... it's really a hit or miss. I tried giving her spam in flower shapes. To my surprise, she ate most of it!

Finger biscuit is her all time favorite, we always keep them in stock and she never gets sick of them. (Funny tho, it hardly has any flavor- my hubby says it tastes like cardboard, but Chloe loves em!

02.08.2011 Diamond Inari

Inari
Veggies
Spam Flower
Tangerines with
Blueberries
Finger Biscuit


I like to make Chloe's Inari into a Diamond shape due to the fact that it's smaller, and less mess when she's eating on her own.
I used sushi rice and added some wild rice and flax seed when cooking the rice. (always soak the flax seed and wild rice hrs before)
I also added my usual minced veggies to the rice.
The Inari mix I buy has everything including the rice seasoning. But I like to use my own seasoning (little bit of apple vinegar and mirin)

I added veggies as decoration and to my surprise, Chloe ate it all!

02.07.2011 Chloe's Lunch

Mini Sushi
Fish Sausage
Tangerines
Takuan
Fish Crackers


This was my first attempt making mini sushi. This is actually beyond mini.... more like the circumference of of my thumb. (and I have really small fingers)
I added some flax seed when making the rice for added nutrition. (the flax seed must be soaked in water at least 3 hours ahead of time, and it does get slippery when it's soaked)
For the inside, I added fish sausage, takuan, and cheese. The cheese will melt and give the sushi a nice creamy taste to the rice.  The hard part about making this is since everything was sliced thinly, and in miniature size, rolling it into a nice circular shape.  One thing I'm worried about is that the nori I used today seemed thicker than regular sushi nori, and I hope Chloe can chew it well.

02.03.2011 Chloe's Lunch

Chicken Nuggets
Veggie Egg rolls
Waffle fries
Nectarines
Broccoli
Organic ketchup



Easy Lunch Today. Feeling super lazy... Mickey Mouse Shaped chicken nuggets (Costco), Waffle Fries and Veggie Egg rolls are from Sam's Club. They were all baked in my toaster oven.
I cut out some cheese in flower shapes for nicer presentation but the cheese as you can see is melted and by the time Chloe eats lunch she won't know if it was a cheese flower or cheese blob...
I also used the flower cutter to cut the nectarines.
Added some broccoli and ketchup for the dip.

02.02.2011 Chloe's Lunch

Rotini with tomato sauce
Flower apples
Veggie burger patty
Finger biscuit

Sauce for Rotini: I used tomato sauce with minced broccoli. I steamed the broccoli and used my Ninja Blender to mince it. I also added some shredded chicken breast to add some protein.
I topped it off with some shreadded cheese for added flavor.

I used about half of a veggie burger patty (aka Boca burger) I cooked it well and brushed some BBQ sauce for flavor and cut into small pieces.

Swagbucks

I found a website that gives you points every time you use their search engine.
It's called Swag Bucks . You can use their points to redeem prizes or gift cards. I recently used mine for amazon gift cards. or you can get cash sent in to your pay pal account. It's free to join and you get points everyday! Try it!

02.01.2011 Chloe's Lunch

Musubi
Takuan
Sausage with cheese
broccoli
pineapple
finger biscuit








I made today's musubi by combining crushed baby anchovies, ebi (shrimp) powder and a bit of sesame oil.
I needed to use sesame oil today due to the fact that my rice was too dry... I think I put too little water when I was cooking it. I don't know if Chloe likes the rice pink, or if she likes the ebi flavored musubi... So I went ahead and used my last packet of ebi powder and made the musubi. The musubi looked kinda empty, so I added some facial expressions out of cheese. (the cutter was bought from Marukai) 

I used fish sausage added slits and cooked them, brushed with organic ketchup and used the left over cheese as a topping. (hate when food goes to waste!) Since the sausage was hot, the cheese kinda melted a bit on top. ( Chloe east anything with ketchup or cheese!)

I added some takuan slices on the side along with the rice so the food won't move around as much.

01.31.2011 Chloe's lunch

Mini Musubi
Sliced Sausages
Pineapple
Takuan
Carrots & Celery


I made the musubi by combining shredded nori, sesame seed, and crushed baby anchovies. I like to add anchovies because it's packed with calcium and has a salty & sweet flavor with a bit of crunchiness to it.

I used regular sausage, thinly sliced it and pan fried it with a bit of grape oil.
When it's all cooked, I brushed organic ketchup on the sausage.

I put the musubi and the sausage slices on a bed of cabbage. ( Chloe also eats the cabbage)

The carrots and celery were steamed and I used the veggie cutter to cut the carrots and I cut the celery into small pieces. I used ranch sauce and mixed the veggies.