At the zoo

We spent the day at the zoo, unfortunately I did not snap a pic of the kids bento, I always forget until it is to late!

I did make tuna biscuits for the kids to eat for lunch at the zoo. Here's what I did.
I made the tuna with miracle whip, paprika and relish.



Stir well

take a whole wheat biscuit i used the ones from a can

Roll the dough out as much as possible.

Put about one Tbsp in the center.

Fold over and seal by pressing the points of a fork on the edges.

Today marks 6 yrs, that I took the plunge. =P

I received my favorite flowers-Peony's, although Ion is not here to celebrate it with me. =(



Happy Anniversary to US!
Who would have thought that all of this came from a "I like the yankees too." LOL

unusual find in the baby section at target.

Just a quick post, while running through the baby aisle at target I found some bento like containers. I picked up a pink and a blue one which I tested out for the kids snack in class. I used one inside container for a yogurt sunday, and it leaked the juice of the frozen berries, so this is definitely not a liquid bento. I like it for other stuff though.

Nachos-seafood style. and a fastfood bento!

I found a similar recipe on Noble Pig. I however made it more my own.
I sauteed 1 cup med. shrimp and 2 cans of real crab meat. Then mixed it in a bowl with dried dill, garlic, cream cheese, paremsan cheese, and greek yogurt. Put in a loaf pan topped with cheddar and provolone cheese and then baked at 400 for about 20 mins until its bubbly. It was ok, was to creamy something was off and I am not sure what, although shrimp n nachos tasted nice,I will have do that again in a different way not creamy.





When shopping at the Japanese market yesterday, I found this bento of fried goodies. Ok I know it is not good for my weight loss, it just brought back so many memories of early college years that I couldnt help myself. I enjoyed every morsel of this great bento, much tastier than any of mine. LOL

Trip to the japanese store...treasure find =)

I was planning on taking the twins to the Aquarium Pacific, and I knew there would be a giant Japanese supermarket in hopes I would find a bento or two and save on some shipping I didnt find any masculine boxes for Elijah.


Even though he is fine with the green clover box. I have decided to order a boy box on ebay, so he can have a nice box too. Wish me luck!

I knew that I would find some other goodies, like seaweed crackers and their version of carbonated water. I found some delicious little snacks for the kids as well, I will definitely miss having this stuff when we move to New Mexico.

I found some delicious little snacks for the kids as well. I will definitely miss having this stuff when we move to New Mexico.

My cookies.

Today I realized I had a can of toasted oats, that I never got around to using. So I decided to make a recipe for cookies. Came out pretty darn tasty. The problem was I don't think I used enough oats, it was as "oatty" as I wanted them to be. However, I will remake them later this week, to re-test my recipe. It was actually quiet simple.

My cranberry/raisin oatmeal cookies:



*Flour, white, 1 cup
*Brown Sugar, .25 cup, unpacked
*Granulated Sugar, .25 cup
*butter I cant believe its not butter original, 6 tsp
*Vanilla Extract, 1 tbsp
*Baking Powder, 1 tsp
*Raisins, .75 cup
*Cranberries, dried, sweetened (craisins), 0.25 cup
*Egg, fresh, 1 large
*Oats, 1.5 cup

Whisk the wet ingredients together, then add in the dry a little at a time.
Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes.

Nutritional Info
Servings Per Recipe: 20 (1 lg cookie, or 2 sm. cookies)
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 109.5
Total Fat: 3.1 g
Cholesterol: 10.6 mg
Sodium: 56.4 mg
Total Carbs: 23.2 g
Dietary Fiber: 1.7 g
Protein: 1.9 g

I finally found a good greek yogurt!

I was surfing the sparkpeople message boards and hunting for a way to enjoy the protein packed greek yogurt in a sweet form (other than using it as sour cream)I could never get use to the bitter taste, with honey in it. The flavors were nasty even the strawberry flavor..eep! So someone said that Chobani was the best one(in the U.S.). While in whole foods I found it!! So i picked up a pineapple flavor. THinking another yogurt the twins will get to eat, since they love it. I added 2 tsp of agave to sweeten it and I actually liked the whole thing!!! HOLY COW! Had little chunks of wonderful pineapples. I added some watermelon and it was yummy.