Bento Honeydew Bunnies Tutorial

Here is how I make the Honeydew Bunnies. The method I used is almost the same as the apple bunnies I make every now and then. Read on!

Bento Honeydew Bunnies and Nectarine

Scary big picture of Honeydew Bunny

Bento Honeydew Bunny Tutorial

This is how I make the honeydew bunnies. Do be careful not too cut yourself. First, I slice 1 whole honeydew into 6 wedges. Next I used a sharp paring knife and made a skinny V shape on the skin (see pink part). Next slice it just under the skin, just along the purple dotted line and discard the blue shaded portion. Finally cut it to size so that it fits the bento box and insert a honeydew seed for the eye.

I also use this method to make apple bunnies in my older bentos like here. The only difference is in handling the fruit. Because the honeydew I used here was quite ripe and soft, I try my best to just use my hands only as support while cutting the V and slicing the skin off (and avoid squishing it midway like a toothpaste). I think that having an extremely sharp skinny knife helps as well.

This is my tutorial on how I make the Honeydew Bunnies! Hope you like it!

Bento Honeydew Bunnies Mapo Tofu

Over the next few days, I will be featuring some of the bento's I have made before but forgot to mention here in Adventures of Bento Cat. Today's Past Bento is Mapo Tofu with Honeydew Bunnies and slices of Nectarine. I had made this shortly after I came back from my summer vacation and accidental Bento equipment haul (^^,)

Bento Mapo Tofu with Omelette

This photo above shows the bottom layer of Bento Mapo Tofu. The egg omelette serves an aesthetic purpose and also acts as a edible seperator (baran). This prevents the rice from soaking up too much of the liquid from the spicy Tofu. Honeydew Bunnies and sliced nectarines are stored on the upper deck of the bento box.

Bento Honeydew Bunnies with sliced Nectarine

Tomorrow I'll write a post on a step by step tutorial on how I made Bento Honeydew Bunnies Mapo Tofu! So Stay Tuned!

Bento White Fish, potato, spinach and dessert

On the previous day Mr Bear and I had pan fried White Fish for dinner. There was potatoes and spinach as well. Haha, don't you think that the carrot stars and celery leaves look familiar? Well, they were from one of my posts yesterday as well. So far carrots and celeries have been some of my favourite bento garnishes because they are usually quite hardy and can last for a few days if drizzled with lemon juice and stored in an airtight container in the refridgerator. And the colours look so bright and cheerful!!

The dessert is stored in that yellow looking box. Well, actually its not exactly a real bento box. When I bought it in Xenos (dutch chain store that sells all sorts of cheap and strange stuffs) it said "Lemon Holder" on the tag. And its shaped like a real lemon!

Bento with white fish, potatoes, spinach

Here's the dessert: Honey Dew and Sago.

Here's how the "Lemon Holder" looks like

Bento box with White Fish, Potatoes, Spinach and honeydew sago dessert

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