Cute Stuff Lunch
January 13, 2012
Today’s lunch is dominated by the yogurt, so not much room for a creative sammy. Instead, I brought out my cute little cutters to make cute critter sandwiches and melon pieces
Strawberry flavored coconut milk yogurt with blueberries, granola ‘crunchies’ to add to yogurt, yogurt covered pretzels, egg sheet and cheese cutie sandwiches, melon cutie cut outs
I can’t remember where I got these cutters. When I find the link I will update the post with it
On another note, if anyone knows how to make these cutters turn out well, I’d love some pointers. My bread just gets gummed up inside the top, or gets sliced instead of marked, or both
Another great site for how-tos
December 23, 2011
There are some great tutorials on this site, including shaping eggs without molds:
Also, be sure to check out how to dye boiled eggs without food colors. One of these days I’m going to do pink. I even have the red cabbage slowly going soft in the refrigerator. Hmmm, maybe a good holiday weekend project!
If this seems like a crazy amount of work but you get a kick out of cute eggs, check out the egg molds section of my affiliate store (link is up there ^^). Cora is a little sick of them now, but they are adorable.
All methods of shaping eggs require warm eggs that are freshly boiled and go straight from peeling into the mold. To keep the yolks centered, you need to stir the eggs frequently while they boil. This is maybe the most time consuming thing I make in Cora’s lunches (and she rarely eats them), so I’m experimenting with making eggs with just whites and a mold like those Seen on TV thingies. The results have been mixed so far, but once I have it down, I will make a tutorial of my own 🙂
My Bento Tool Box
November 27, 2011
My tools – cutters, picks, tweezers, sandwich presses, nori punches, dressing squeezies, utensils. I also have scads of cookie cutters and a good sized collection of bento, coloring and how-to draw (cartoons and manga chibi) books. Tracing paper, colored soy paper (Cora doesn’t like nori) and paper punches
Where I get Ideas
November 7, 2011
I get most of my ideas from all the great bento web sites that are out there, including:
- http://www.mybentolicious.com/
- http://justbento.com
- http://www.cuteobento.com
- Adventures in Bento Making 2010 Compilation of Cuteness
- http://www.e-obento.com/
I also spend a lot of time looking through Flick’r and Pinterest with keywords ‘cute food’, bento or whatever kind of animal I am looking for (i.e. ‘lion bento’)
My non-bento inspiration lately is from simple coloring books and how-to’s on cartooning and drawing chibis.
My Pinterest boards, including Cute Food and Lunch Inspirations are at www.pinterest.com/llatorre/
