Shes up at 4 a.m. to prepare creative, nutritious meals. Her reward? Daughter looks forward to eating her baon By Pam Pastor |Philippine Daily Inquirer

KAT and daughter Zen working on a bento

OWL bento SID MADERAZO

Katrina Delgado-Maderazo was concerned. Zen, her six-year-old daughter, wasnt finishing her school meals.

I thought of experimenting with clever and interesting ways to make her meal more enticing to eat, said Kat.

Her solution? Giving her kids baon a bento makeover, using the Japanese art of elaborately designed, home-packed meals: I thought maybe that will do the trick; maybe if I come up with a cute bento for my daughter, she will eat more in school.

Her first design was a caterpillar that she made using edamame and brown rice. It was an instant hit with Zen, who ate all of it. That was more than enough to encourage me to pursue this craft.

SIX-YEAR-OLD Zen sketches her own bento ideas for her mom to carry out.

Kat researched online, watched video tutorials, bought books, tools and accessories and kept making bento after bento to the delight of Zen and Sky, Kats four-year-old son.

SKY watches as his mom Kat makes an owl.

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