PopRica Highlights: Bento Baon Styling for Beginners

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00:00 To our SP moms and dads out there, who among you has a picky eater?

00:04 Because I think all of us have gone through that.

00:07 So we really need creative ways to give food to our children.

00:10 And you know one of the most creative ways that have been in, well discovered, not invented

00:15 in the past few years is to "bento baon".

00:20 So we have a couple of parents who shared with us in our Smart Parenting Village about

00:27 the bento baon ideas and one of them is actually a Smart Parenting mom, Ms. Giselle Ona, who's

00:33 going to teach us today, if you want to learn that, "bento baon" styling.

00:39 How is that, Mommy Giselle?

00:40 Let's go!

00:41 Hello Mommy Rica and hello Georgia!

00:43 I'm Mommy Giselle and for today, I'm going to share with you some bento styling tips

00:47 for beginners.

00:48 Generally, there are three tips that I will share with you with regard to bento styling.

00:53 And these are the tips.

00:54 For tip number one, basically you need the tools for bento styling.

00:59 We really have basic tools.

01:01 I have here some cutters.

01:03 And if for example, you only have limited cutters at home, make use of what you have

01:08 at home.

01:09 For instance, the circle.

01:10 If you don't have a circle cutter, use a glass.

01:12 So be resourceful, be creative.

01:14 If you can't find a tip, whatever works for you, do it.

01:18 Aside from the cutters, we also have cups to separate the food items from each other.

01:24 And the colors and shapes you will use are also different.

01:27 Aside from that, we have food picks.

01:30 For others, if you won't use vegetables for adding color to your food, they use these

01:38 barans or dividers.

01:40 Rainbow, and this is what you usually see in sushi.

01:43 And of course, you need your chopping board for cutting the shape.

01:47 If you don't have molders, cling wrap.

01:49 That also works for molding.

01:51 Just mold it by hand so you can work with it.

01:54 So those are the tools that you need for bento style.

01:57 Alright, and most important of all, you need the baonan itself, the lunchbox.

02:02 This has different sizes.

02:04 If your child is a big eater, you stick with something as big as this.

02:09 If for example, he's a small eater or he'll only bring snacks to school, this will do.

02:14 For tip number two, it's very important that you know how to plan the bento lunchbox.

02:21 How are you going to style it?

02:22 But most importantly, it's the one who's going to eat the food that you will prepare, the child.

02:28 And what are his food preferences?

02:29 Is he fond of fruits, vegetables, what in particular?

02:33 He wants you to have a stock of those.

02:35 Aside from the food that you will prepare, what do you need to prepare ahead of time?

02:40 Or for example, the tools.

02:43 Of course, it's important, especially if you have a lot of tools.

02:46 In the morning, you'll put it in your lunchbox. "Oh, I'll make rice meal for my child."

02:51 So, I'll clean this first.

02:53 And then, if he has sauce, I'll put it in his lunchbox.

02:57 Then, you'll put the food in front of you.

03:01 So that when you wake up the next day, when you prepare your food for your child, you can assemble it.

03:05 Okay, last tip, tip number three.

03:07 The keyword here is balance.

03:09 When I speak of balance, we should consider the balance of color, texture of the food,

03:14 also the taste, and the shapes.

03:17 Because that's what makes your bento box interesting and visually appealing.

03:22 This is the food that we'll use for our bento box.

03:25 The Filipino-style barbecue meatballs, we need rice for this.

03:30 And then, when we choose rice for bento making or bento building,

03:34 as much as possible, we should use sticky rice because it forms easily.

03:38 But if you don't have sticky rice, you just make use of your rice molds.

03:43 If you have a rice mold like this, it forms easily.

03:47 So, using the spoon, just fill it up with rice.

03:51 Make sure that there's no empty space so that the cut is well-formed.

03:55 We're actually making a cut right now.

03:57 The ears, the corners.

03:59 If it's already overflowing, I think that's enough.

04:01 Once it's filled up like this, just put it in the slot.

04:04 Using the cover, press it down hard as you can.

04:08 When you lift it, the rice is formed.

04:11 So, this is our cut.

04:13 We'll be using this bento box.

04:16 The good thing about this is that it has a partition.

04:19 There's less space that needs to be filled up.

04:22 Because when you're making bento, as much as possible, don't leave an empty space.

04:27 Otherwise, the food items inside will just keep tumbling.

04:30 Since our rice is color white, we want to make it pop by using something healthy like this lettuce.

04:37 Next would be the typical details that we use using nori.

04:42 So, using the cutter, you'll see that it's serrated.

04:46 So, it's easier to cut the details.

04:48 For the eyes, just press down using your finger.

04:52 This is the nose.

04:55 You just follow the pattern of the details you punched.

05:00 Try to be gentle when you form the shapes.

05:03 Aside from nori, some people use ham or cheese so that the color will be different.

05:09 So, we're done with the rice.

05:12 You have carbs now.

05:13 For the protein, we'll be using our meatballs.

05:19 You can put dividers if you want to have pop of color.

05:22 But if you have a lot of vegetables on hand and you don't really need that, just put it.

05:30 With bento, you have to build it up.

05:32 It can't be flat.

05:34 So, when you put the elements in your lunchbox, it has to be high.

05:40 As I've said, there should be a balance of colors, textures, and shapes.

05:43 I'll be using rectangles.

05:45 And then, that's where you can put the vegetables.

05:48 Tomatoes are also fine.

05:49 Then, you can just put it there later because we have sauce also for our barbecue meatballs.

05:54 We'll just put it here on the side.

05:58 Now, to make it more exciting and appealing, that's when you put small details using the bento picks.

06:06 I already pre-cut this earlier.

06:09 Fish for the cat using carrots.

06:11 I used the slices of carrots from the tool that we used earlier.

06:19 Like what I've said a while ago, it's better if it's full.

06:23 So, for this, I think I'd like to put another color.

06:28 Let's go with a shade of red.

06:30 For the grapes, you can put it just as it is.

06:32 It's also fine if it has shapes, but I'd like to put it just as it is for now.

06:38 Lastly, the bento picks.

06:41 For the meatballs, I'd like to put some ice to it.

06:43 So, there you have it.

06:45 You just put all the elements in and you already have your Filipino-style barbecue meatball demo.

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