Food Friday Marie Sandwiches

My daughter loved yesterdays lunch and request more of the same today. Rather than do a plan old PB&J I decided to step it up a notch plus I wanted to use my fun new finds from my recent bento shopping trip. I was thrilled to use my Marie (from Disney's Aristocats) sandwich molds
Not only do they cut the bread in a kitty shape they also leave an adorable impression for the face. I am sorry I didn't get a better picture of it. I added star fruit and a banana as requested. Again I just have to say I LOVE the tiny bananas here they are perfect for lunches! I also got to make her some cute flower carrots with my new veggie cutter.

The cutter was really fun to use and worked really well on the carrots. I got several different shape cutters and I am excited to try them on different fruits and veggies to see how they work. This lunch was easy but so much fun to make and I think it turned out pretty cute.

Food Friday Fishy Sandwich

This lunch was a lot of fun to make. Being Friday I ran out of cute things to put in her lunch so I thought I would get creative with her ham sandwich. It was very easy and fun to make.It has an olive eye, carrot mouth and celery tail. I put a half and orange, cheez-its (her request and I can not wait till they are all used up!) and strawberry filled koala cookies to top it all off.

Food Friday on Wednesday Pilgrim Hats

Normally I post about food on Friday but these treats couldn't wait! I had to share them today in case you wanted to whip some up for your Thanksgiving feast. They were super easier and turned out oh so cute.

Pilgram Hat Cookies

All you need is some fudge striped cookies (flipped upside down), some Reese's peanut butter cups, some yellow Reese's pieces and a bit of frosting to stick them all together. They are no bake and very simple to make. They would make a fun activity for the kids on Thanksgiving.

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Food Friday Jack-o-lantern Sandwich

This lunch was easy and super fun. I was able to find a great pack of Fall cookie cutters at the store for $2. I used the pumpkin one to make her this Jack-o-lantern sandwich. I used some of my other small shapes to makes the face. I love how it looks with the cheese right underneath! Then I added some eyeball carrots. I got the recipe from Family Fun. It consists of carrots, olives and cream cheese. I added some baked lays and topped it off with some chocolate pudding with a ghost marshmallow. I found a small pack of food coloring markers at the store. I wish I had black but the ghost still turned out cute.

Food Friday Pizza Wraps

Today I got a little creative and decided to make my daughter some pizza wraps. They are flour tortilla's with pizza sauce, pepperoni, and olives inside. I rolled them up and secured them with a toothpick. If your child isn't allergic to cheese you can also add some mozzarella cheese to them. I put some pretzels and star fruit in as well. To top everything off I add some chocolate chip cookie flowers. We made chocolate chip cookies on Saturday but the cookies were too large to fit in the laptop containers. So I used my handy little veggie cutter to make smaller cookie flowers. They fit great and are supper cute!

Food Friday Lego Lunch

This was a fun lunch to make and I thought of my adorable nephews while I was making it! It was super simple and the most time consuming part was punching out the dots. I actually have a decorative food cutter that is that small but you cold use an icing tip.

Ok the sandwich is tuna fish by request of my daughter. The bread dots are attached with extra miracle whip. The blue container has apple legos in it - the dots are attached with peanut butter. The red container has cheese legos and the orange container has a fruit roll-up lego in it. the lunch turned out great and my daughter said it extra yummy!

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Food Friday Caterpillar Sandwich

For lunch today I made my daughter a Caterpillar tuna sandwich. For the body I used a round cookie cutter to make 4 tiny circle sandwiches. Then I took a wooden skewer (that I had cut in half) and ran it through the middle to hold them together. I used a small cherry tomato for the head and a couple of tooth picks for antenna. I made some flower carrots and cucumbers and put ranch in side the kitty container. I added some pretzels and topped it all off with some yummy flower apples.

Food Friday Popcorn Cupcakes

For my daughters birthday we decided to bring Popcorn cupcakes to her class. They were so simple and fun to make. We made cupcakes and frosted them. Then we added mini marshmallows to the top. We made a cut down the middle of the marshmallows and then squished them back together to make them look more like popcorn. Then we used some yellow Wilton Color Mist to add some "butter" to the top. I made the cupcake wrappers on my computer and printed them out.
My daughter helped me make them and loved how they turned out - so did the kids in her class!

Food Friday Tiny Sandwiches

Today I decided to make my daughter several tiny sandwiches rather than on big one. I have lots of small cookie cutters so I made her a few different shapes - stars, a flower and a heart. The tiny one on the right hand side is a heart, it is so small you can't really tell! Then I added some broccoli and celery with ranch. I also added some strawberries and cheese on a stick - because everything tastes better on a stick!

Food Friday Octopus Hotdogs and Broccoli Trees

Today's lunch was a lot of fun. I made my daughter octopus hotdogs which turned out super cute. I took an uncooked all beef hotdog and sliced it in half. Then I cut the end to make 4 "legs". I boiled the hotdogs for a few until the legs curled out on their own. I added some ketchup in a small container for dipping. I also made her some broccoli trees (raw broccoli with pretzel trunks) and pineapple skewers. Then I added some of her favorite apple cinnamon rice cakes for dessert.

Food Friday Sea Dragon Sandwich

I use to have another blog - Thinking Outside The Bag. I used the blog to post about the lunches I made for my daughter. When we first arrived on the island she has severe milk allergies and I had to make her lunch for her everyday. Since we are in Japan I use the opportunity to learn more about bento lunches and took advantage of all the cute lunch accessories they have here.

She has since outgrown her allergy (thank goodness) and has decided that school lunches are much cooler than my homemade ones. This means that lunches I make her are fewer and farther between. I have also realized that having 3 blogs is a little crazy and I can't keep up with them all. So I have decided to use Fridays on this blog to post about Food. I will post some of my past lunches, new lunches or just fun food ideas I have come across recently. I am going to start with one of all time favorite lunches -

The Sea Dragon Sandwich

The sea dragon is a tuna, cheese and lettuce sandwich on a mini bagel. I cut the bagel in half. I used the first half for the middle bump adding cheese and lettuce for embellishment. I then cut the second piece of bagel in half again to make the head and the tail. I drew the face on with food coloring markers. The sea dragon is swimming a a sea of Wheat Thin. I added some grape kabobs, celery and carrot stares as well.

This is one of favorite lunches I have ever made. It was so much fun and it turned out so cute! My daughter was thrilled when she caught a glimpse of it before school.