May 2013 - Little Bento World

Peanut Butter and Nutella Scrolls

May 272013

I sent followers of Little Bento Blog on and into a crazy guessing game this week – all thanks to me showing a picture of what I was making. Guessing what the other ingredient I was using in my Peanut Butter and Nutella Scrolls.. That of course was Nutella!!

I have been trying out my baking skills this week and thought the combination of Peanut Butter and Nutella scrolls would really go well together (I was right btw..)

Ingredients:
255 mls Water
3 tablespoons Peanut Butter
500g Sweet Bread Flour
1 sachet Dry Yeast
½ Nutella

Place Water, Peanut Butter, Flour, Yeast into bread machine.
Set machine onto Dough setting.
When cycle is finished – remove dough from pan and expel air.
Cover with cloth and allow to rest for 10 minutes.
Roll into a rectangle (approximately 30x20cm by 5mm thick).
Spread Nutella to the edge.
Roll up like a swiss roll, making sure the seam is underneath.
Cut into 12 equal pieces – use a bread knife as easier to cut.
Allow to double in size (approximately 30-45 minutes)
Bake for 10-15 minutes in oven – pre-heated at 180 (fan forced)

Delicious!

You can use many different variations for scrolls:
Peanut Butter & Choc Chip with Jam (Jelly in America)
Honey and Raisins
Fruit Mix with Custard
Banana Slice with Nuts
Cream Cheese and Nectarine slices

What flavour scroll is your favourite?

Fruit Salad – yummy yummy!

Bento Lunches 4 Responses »

May 252013

Encouraging my daughter to eat fruit, is always a challenge. That is why when I do make a fruit salad for her, I make it at least part of the main meal.

On the menu:
Apple slices
Watermelon (cut with a mini apple shaped cutter)
Banana slices
Peanut Butter sandwich (using the Panda shape from the CuteZCute cutter)

*Note: use freshly squeezed orange juice or a Orange Juice to stop Apples slices from browning.

What’s goes into your Fruit Salad?

Simple Sandwich still brings a smile!

Bento Lunches 7 Responses »

May 202013

Just a quick and easy bento style lunch that you can whip up in less than a minute! A simple sandwich will always bring a smile to your little one’s face.

On the menu:
Peanut Butter Sandwich – using a train/boat sandwich cutter
Yoghurt face – with apple, raisin and m&m’s as eyes.
Apple and Carrots sliced.

Served in the EZ Bento Lunchbox.

*note* Squeeze a little orange juice (either fresh or from a bottle) onto the apple to stop it going brown.

Egg Mold: How to mold an egg

Bento Lunches 14 Responses »

May 162013

Busy week planned and wanting to get ahead of school lunches (maybe even your husband’s lunch aswell!) Try boiling a few eggs on Sunday night and popping them into the fridge (in the shell or in an egg mold). In the morning just pop it into the lunchbox and they have that little extra protein to get them through the day!

This is one thing I like to do when boiling an egg. One goes in the egg mold for 5 minutes to be eaten straight away – the others (depending on how many I boil) goes in the fridge for the next few days lunches. Eggs in shells and eggs in the egg mold (sealed and not opened again until ready to eat) will last up to 5 days in the fridge.

To make the perfect molded egg, you must use an ‘old’ egg as ‘fresh’ eggs stick to the side. The older the egg, the easier and cleaner it will peel away from the shell.

How to use an egg mold:

Use Large size eggs.
Hard boil the egg.
Peel away the shells of the egg while still hot (under water is easiest)
Put the hard boiled egg into the mold while an egg is still hot
Cover the mold and lock to create the shape
Wait until the egg becomes cold
Take the egg out of the mold and eat – or pop it (egg in mold) into the lunchbox for a surprise!

On the menu:
Cold Pasta salad with Sausage, Ham, Cheese and Sweetcorn (Hearts cut out with the Mini Food Cutter Set)
Hard Boiled Egg (using a Bunny Egg Mold)
Crackers
Watermelon (using the chicken out of the Animal Rice Mold – which doubles as a food cutter!)
Raisins

Have you molded an egg before?

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