Category Archives: Food

I made these fun giraffes for myself. Tortilla Giraffes: Cheddar cheese broiled on a tortilla, after cooled cut with cookie cutter, Markings – Olive details, Eye – Cinnamon Apple Giraffes: Apple cut with a cookie cutter, Eye and Markings – … Continue reading →

Here is another peanut noodle meal I made for myself. Container: Prep Natural Glass Meal Containers Left Side: Turtles – Cucumber cut with a cookie cutter, peanut noodles Right Side: Dry roasted wasabi edamame

Continuing with my themed peanut noodles, today I have airplanes. Container: Cloud box from Japan (set of 3) Large Box: Airplanes – cucumber cut with a cookie cutter, peanut noodles Small Box: Plain Greek yogurt, blueberries

Keeping with tradition, my niece and my Mom made this breakfast when at the Lake House. Bees – Chocolate chip waffles cut with cookie cutter Bee Hive – Chocolate chip waffles cut with cookie cutter Others in this series: Bear, … Continue reading →

I made this beautiful butterfly meal for myself. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side:  Butterfly – Polenta cut with a cookie cutter, Details – Black bean sauce, pesto, Cheddar cheese, pesto Top Right: Butterflies – Kiwi cut with a cookie cutter, blueberries Bottom Right: Butterflies … Continue reading →

These are supposed to be fireworks rockets. I’m not quite sure what they look like. But as usual it was fun to make and eat. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Rockets – Pizza dough cut with a cookie cutter, spread tomato sauce on … Continue reading →

In my challenge to make an American flag from ingredients different than I made in the past, here is a blue mashed potato flag. Container: Prep Natural Glass Meal Containers Left Side: American Flag – Blue mashed potato, cheddar stars, cream cheese, … Continue reading →

Continuing in my tortellini series, today I have some simple cheese flowers. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Flowers – Cheddar cheese cut with a cookie cutter, blue food coloring and water painted on with a brush, tortellini with pesto Top Right: Almonds Bottom Right: … Continue reading →

Continuing in my quest to hasselback a lot of vegetables and fruit, here is eggplant. My parents and I enjoyed this meal at their lake house. Mediterranean Salad Kit – Trader Joes Hasselback Eggplant Parmesan

I made this fun but easy meal for myself. (I also ate the scraps). Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Hot Air Balloon – Cheese quesadilla cut with a cookie cutter, food coloring marker details, broccoli Top Right: Almonds Bottom Right: Fresh mozzarella … Continue reading →

My tortellini post inspired me to make more meals featuring tortellini. Thoughts of butterfly encouraged me to create the Karner Blue butterfly. I’m surprised that this is my first time to feature the blue butterfly. In the 8th grade I … Continue reading →

A long time ago, this roasted vegetables with goat cheese was part of my normal rotation. I found it recently when going through some paper recipes and decided to make it again. I still think it is “Great” but I … Continue reading →

I had some fun with frogs and made this meal for myself. Container: Prep Natural Glass Meal Containers Left Side: Frogs – Cucumber cut with a cookie cutter, peanut noodles Right Side: Frogs – Green apple cut with a cookie cutter, strawberries

I made this meal to use leftover blue potatoes and to celebrate flowers and warmer weather. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Watering Can – Blue mashed potatoes, Flowers – yellow bell pepper cut with cookie cutter, dried blueberry center attached with spaghetti, green … Continue reading →

I made this simple fun meal for myself. Container: Prep Natural Glass Meal Containers Left Side: Fish – Rainbow carrots cut with a cookie cutter, blue mashed potato Right Side: Mermaid – Apple cut with a cookie cutter with cinnamon tail, blueberries

Happy May! This year for May Day, I have a basket with handle and vegetable flowers. Basket: Flower tortilla, cheddar cheese, skillet cook until brown and melted, fold Handle: Flour tortilla Flowers: Bell pepper and radish cut with different sized … Continue reading →

I made this for Renae on a day in February when we went to the Dutch Connections flower show at the George Eastman museum. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Tulips – Carrot cut with a cookie cutter, snow peas, peanut noodles Top Right: … Continue reading →

I made this fun meal for myself. (I also ate the scraps). Go here to see more of my space collection. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: UFO – Cheese quesadilla cut with a cookie cutter (Renae printed it for me a few … Continue reading →

In honor of Earth Day, I made this meal. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Earth – Polenta cut with a cookie cutter, cream cheese with butterfly pea powder, pesto, black beans pureed with salsa and balsamic vinegar Top Right: Tree – Zucchini cut with … Continue reading →

I made this imprint Easter egg meal for myself. I was inspired by my Conversation Hearts lunch. Container: EasyLunchBoxes Left Side: Easter Eggs – Blue mashed potatoes with butterfly pea flower powder, Yellow mashed potatoes with turmeric, cut and imprint with Easter … Continue reading →