Under the Sea

A good friend of mine (Thanks Rosemary!) recently let me know about this cute little goldfish shaped sandwich bread.  I found them in white and whole wheat varieties in the bread aisle of my grocery store (they are Pepperidge Farm brand).  They are super cute and an easy way to dress up a meal.  We used them today for lunch and E went crazy over them.  I decided to go with a whole "under the sea" theme...I didn't have much in terms of ingredients, considering I desperately need to make a trip to the grocery store, but we did what we could. 

Under the Sea Bento - goldfish shaped turkey and cheese (grilled on our ever popular panini maker), string cheese "octopus", apple "starfish", and broccoli "coral"

Kids Cook - Eve's Sweet and Sour Chicken!

My daughters cook and bake with me all the time, but I've never given them very much responsibility other than dumping, stirring, etc.  So when we fount a kids cookbook at the library (called Mom and Me Cookbook by Annabel Karmel), Eve was pretty excited to become the "chef."  I basically only cut up the chicken, did the reading (and handing her the right measuring spoons), and the actual cooking on the stove.  Other than that, she did everything by herself...from making the batter for the chicken, the sauce, breaking up the veggies into smaller bite sized pieces, and dipping the raw chicken into the batter before cooking.  Here's a picture of the girls snapping the baby corn and green beans in half.

They loved doing the work and Eve was so proud of what she had accomplished!  I was skeptical of the recipe only because it was so simple, but it actually tasted really good!  We will definitely be making this again!

Eve's Sweet and Sour Chicken Bento - sweet and sour chicken, baby carrots, baby corn, green beans, white rice, and apple stars on the side