Smiling Frogs Bento

This Smiling Frogs Bento was my lunch :). Making the frogs is very easy as long as you have a teddy bear cutter for the face. I used my decorating tips to make various circles from cheese and ham for the facial features and a nori punch for the eyes.

This bento is pretty healthy as you can see. Lots of greens and protein ;). Yesterday my husband and I went to Okinii, a new Japanese restaurant which specialises on sushi and teppanyaki. We have been there three times and so far we've been very happy with the foods and service. My husband and I tried their grilled beef with teriyaki sauce last night and we're impressed by how tender and moist the meat was.

This morning I noticed that we had some fresh beefsteak in the fridge at the right moment when I was busy thinking of what to make for lunch. Then I remembered the grilled beef from Okinii, so I tried to recreate this dish again, my way.

Beefsteak with White Wine Teriyaki Sauce

• 2 beefsteak filet, cut into bite-size pieces
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 50 ml white wine
• 3 tablespoons soy sauce
• Sugar and pepper to taste
• Chopped green onions

Instructions

• Heat oil in skillet.
• Toss in beef cubes and stir-fry until the beef is slightly brown.
• Add white wine and mix well.
• Add soy sauce, sugar and pepper and cook the beef until the sauce thickens.
• Garnish with chopped green onions.
  

I also had bell-pepper/tomato/egg salad, Tomato & corn-salad tamagoyaki, pan-fried gyoza and cucumber & red-onion salad.

By the way, don't forget the bento contest :D)! So far I have received two very cute entries. You can see the bento pictures in my Flickr group over here :).