Often my best themed lunches are ones I make for other people. I wanted some inspiration so I arranged to make lunch for a co-worker. She wanted the theme and food to be a surprise. I picked elephants since it is the theme of her daughter’s nursery and salad because she often buys salads for lunch. She loved it!

Container: Cloud box from Japan (set of 3)

Large Box: Elephants – dill Havarti cheese cut with a cookie cutter, romaine, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, bell pepper

Medium Box: Elephants – cut flour tortillas with cookie cutter, brush the cut tortilla chips with olive oil and then sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Put shapes on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 for about 8 minutes (bake until lightly browned and crisp), red box – shelled pistachio nuts, blue box – oil and vinegar (for the salad)

Small Box: Elephants – apple (cut with cookie cutter), plain Greek yogurt with honey drizzled on the bottom