Eclectic Lamb

I made this for my 19 year old niece when she stayed with me in June. It is a fun autumn themed meal that I gave her in the summer since I like to work ahead.

Container: EasyLunchBoxes

Left Side: Chocolate covered almonds, carrot leaves (cut with a cookie cutter), Trader Joe’s Seed & Bean Medley, leaf shaped tortilla chips – cut flour tortillas with a cookie cutter, place on cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray, spray shapes with cooking spray, bake in a 350 degree oven for about 8 minutes or until lightly browned and crisp

Top Right: Pineapple

Bottom Right: Celery with peanut butter and tiny carrot leaves (cut with mini cutter)

I made this for my friend Dennis as a packed meal to take to work. Same as the above lunch for my niece, it was made out of season. But I don’t think he minded.

Container: EasyLunchBoxes

Left Side: Leaves – cheddar cheese (cut with a cookie cutter), pasta with sauteed onion, spinach, and zucchini with a cheese sauce

Top Right: Cashews

Bottom Right: Leaves – pineapple and melon (cut with a cookie cutter)

I made this lunch for myself to eat at work. I struggled to make this little cheese dog but it was so fun to eat this cute lunch that I really need to make themed lunches for myself more often.

Container: EasyLunchBoxes

Left Side: Dog – cheddar cheese cut with a knife, food marker details, on top of Black Bean and Corn Quinoa (I did not use celery or cilantro), carrot leaves (cut with a mini cutter)

Top Right: Walnuts

Bottom Right: Leaves – watermelon (cut with a cookie cutter)

This lunch is in celebration of Giraffe’s returning to the Seneca Park Zoo. (I was told that they once had visiting giraffes but it was before my time in Rochester.) I made this snack lunch for myself on a day that Carol and I went on a Habitat garden tour. It was my first time adding details to only part of a homemade tortilla chip. (I did the same with Carol’s zebra tortilla chips that I published earlier this week.) This may not look like much but the hummus, tortilla chips, and nuts make this meal over 400 calories.

Containers: U Konserve

Square Container: Macadamia nuts, giraffe tortilla chips – cut flour tortillas with a cookie cutter, place on cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray, spray shapes with cooking spray, sprinkle with paprika in spots (I used the end of a straw) and bake in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes or until lightly browned and crisp, green grapes, sugar snap peas

Round Container: Giraffe – carrot (cut with a cookie cutter), hummus

Other Giraffe themed meals:

I made this Homemade Giraffe Bread for myself in 2013.

I made this Giraffe Quesadilla for a nephew in 2013.

I made this Mashed Potato Giraffe in 2018 for my friend Dennis.

I created this 3D Giraffe Quesadilla in 2015 for a nephew.

In 2015 I made 3D Giraffe Crackers to serve with soup.

Thanks for looking at my assortment of giraffe themed food. If you make food that looks like a giraffe or visit a giraffe, I would love to hear about it.

Today I am featuring zebra lunches in celebration of the new addition of zebras at the Seneca Park Zoo. The Animals of the Savana expansion is beautiful. I visited it on Saturday morning.

Container: EasyLunchBoxes

Top Left: Zebra – apple (cut with a cookie cutter), melted chocolate piped with a ziplock bag, blueberries

Bottom Left: Pistachios

Right Side: Zebra – hot cooked Nishiki rice pressed into a cookie cutter with plastic wrap, black beans (I used my food processor to puree black beans with some olive oil, onion powder and a splash of lemon juice), then I piped the black beans in stripes with a Ziploc bag with a small tip cut off, assorted lettuce

My friend Carol ate this lunch on a day that we went on a Habitat garden tour.

Container: LunchBots Trio

Top Left: Zebra tortilla chips – cut flour tortillas with a cookie cutter, place on cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray, spray shapes with cooking spray, sprinkle with paprika in stripes (I used the end of a straw) and bake in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes or until lightly browned and crisp.

Top Right: Raspberries, sugar snap peas

Bottom: Macadamia nuts

Container: U Konserve

Contents: Zebra – cucumber (cut with a cookie cutter), I tried to scrape some of the skin with a knife but it is subtle, hummus

I made this Zebra sandwich lunch for a nephew in 2012.

I made this lunch for my friend Dennis on a day that we met at the zoo. I happened to find gigantic blueberries at Wegmans. They were a fun addition to this meal.

Container: EasyLunchBoxes

Top Left: Pistachio nuts

Bottom Left: Penguins – carrot (cut with a cookie cutter), mixed greens

Right Side: Penguin – hot cooked Nishiki rice pressed into a cookie cutter with plastic wrap, black beans (I used my food processor to puree black beans with some olive oil, onion powder and a splash of lemon juice), blueberries

I made this Pelican themed lunch for my Mom. She was excited that I threaded the fishing line on the pole (I used a toothpick). Both of my parents remembered the family history surrounding my choice of theme. When I was 6, my parents, my sister, and I joined my Grandparents who had their motor home in the Florida Keys that winter. A few memorable things happened during that trip. My sister’s beloved boy doll, “Timothy Ketchup”, fell into the water. She screamed, my Grandma thought one of us fell in but it was Timothy. My Dad was able to save him. Timothy was memorable since he was anatomically correct and wet his diaper. The second memorable thing was a pelican somehow grabbed a fish that was still attached to our fishing pole. I remember it flying with the fishing pole dangling. It did not get far before it dropped it.

Container: U Konserve

Contents: Pelican – cheese mashed potatoes shaped by hand, Beak & Feet – marbled cheese, Eye – dried blueberry, Fish – cucumber (cut with cookie cutter), Fishing Pole – carrot, Fishing line – spaghetti, blueberries