Comments on: What do celebrity chefs feed their kids? http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:16:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Moms & Babies - People.comhttp://img2.timeinc.net/people/static/i/v4home/peoplelogo.pnghttp://celebritybabies.people.com20485 By: sinclair http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri/#comment-151829 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:59:14 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri#comment-151829

**yep, sorry sarah. i meant angela.

Jen, points noted. :-)

]]> By: preesi http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri/#comment-151833 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:27:38 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri#comment-151833

Jean and Crystal?

All you need to make a proper Japanese Style Bento is a Bento Kit (the bento box with matching chopsticks, desk cloth and bag)
http://www.jbox.com/IMAGE/22v7d

Next in one half of one layer box unmold cooked short grain rice and decorate with nori or raw veggie cut outs! (Craft hole punches work perfectly for nori) Or stencils layed on the rice and dusted with spices make patterns…

NEXT, buy happy little candy “muffin papers” and put a few edamame, cooked veggies, simmered kabocha (japanese pumpkin) etc.

Buy mini hot dogs or sausages and cut them into octopus. Make boneless Kare age (Japanese fried chicken) or Japanese rolled omelet slices.

ALWAYS serve Japanese lunch with MILK (WHOLE milk) as thats what is served in all Japanese schools…

http://msittig.freeshell.org/imgs/bento//
Here are a few fab bentos

Leftovers work great in Bentos.

I got my Wegmans Sushi fix today! Im a Japanese food fanatic. I can go on and on for hours!

BTW Jean? grilled and fried tofu are best in Bentos as regular is too wet and makes the rice unsticky…

Oh and get to know the wonderful world of ONIGIRI (google it)

]]> By: Jean http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri/#comment-151835 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 08:51:55 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri#comment-151835

I base my home lunches (two kids of my own, three I watch, all under 4 years old) on the Japanese bento style with a http://www.veganlunchbox.com bent. They all love them and I’m always surprised at what they will eat.

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When I die, I want to come back as one of Emeril or Tyler’s kids. What a great life!

]]> By: Crystal http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri/#comment-151849 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 05:12:35 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri#comment-151849

Preesi,

Thanks so much for the info! I don’t have a child yet – I am still in college and am not quite ready yet ;) although I really want one! But I will definitely get the molds – I’ve already found them on eBay :) . Thanks again!

]]> By: Jen http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri/#comment-151851 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:57:39 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri#comment-151851

Sinclair, I think Angela mentioned that Rachel used to be a stay-at-home mom to drive the point that she made a business out of something she normally did for a hobby and out of love and she knew she was good at it.

At least that’s what I thought. I don’t take offence to either mom title…lol. :)

]]> By: preesi http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri/#comment-151852 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:43:02 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri#comment-151852

Crystal?
Some Japanese Moms “cheat” and use the new premade frozen Bento fillers and precut Nori shapes.
But most make them themselves.
If you wanna try making a Bento for your child, try eBay for hard boiled egg molds (send your kid to school with hard boiled eggs that look like cars or bunnies) and other fun Bento accessories like a hamburger shaped Bento box.
Somewhere online they sell Pokemon precut Nori shapes!

]]> By: Crystal http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri/#comment-151854 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:51:52 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri#comment-151854

Preesi,
My fiancé’s father just got back from Japan (he’s a high school teacher and he went to Japan to learn about their school systems and such – the Japanese gov’t paid for it – you may of heard of it) anyways… lol.. He told me about how the mothers send their kids to school w/ elaborate lunches and there is always a competition about which mom does the best. I had no idea they were that elaborate though!!!! I don’t think I am artistic or talented enough to do that!

]]> By: preesi http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri/#comment-151856 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:41:32 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri#comment-151856

In Japanese school districts that dont have school prepared lunches, Japanese moms are sent home a paper telling them that making elaborate Bentos each morning is required to ensure their children feel LOVED by them.
Imagine being a Mom of three and having to wake up each morning and make these:
http://www.kittyhell.com/2007/04/11/hello-kitty-bento/

BTW to continue my Japanese school lunch culture lesson for you, heres one Japanese Mothers essay (with pictures) on the Japanese School Lunch system:
http://forums.egullet.com/index.php?showtopic=45272

]]> By: brannon http://celebritybabies.people.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri/#comment-151858 Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:10:27 +0000 http://peoplecbb.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/what-do-celebri#comment-151858 My son is a baby “gourmet” too! He’s never had PB&J or hot dogs or any other “kid menu” things. We always order him 1/2 portions at restaurants of “adult” foods. Lunch today was a shrimp and lobster quesadilla (he’s 1 1/2!) On the other hand, I am picky – very – so he definitely gets his fine tastes from somewhere else. He’s not old enough for packed lunches yet, but I imagine I’m going to have a hard time when he is! Tip to one of these celebrity chef parents … write a book for those of us with kids who like finer foods! There are already books for kids who won’t eat vegetables, how about a book for parents of kids who eat everything but can’t cook :) I could use the help making mini-meals :)

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