tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41937898982396483022024-03-16T03:09:04.176-04:00Creative Food<center>Presenting food in a fun and creative way! :)</center>Michelle | Creative Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08360140610137135794noreply@blogger.comBlogger205125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193789898239648302.post-54632036641495590232017-12-24T15:57:00.001-05:002018-05-01T10:40:56.336-04:00Cucumber Christmas Tree<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Somehow another year has come and GONE! Christmas is TOMORROW!!?! :) To get into the spirit I'm sharing this healthy snack platter I made for the girls. This is a VERY simple and EASY Christmas Snack Idea. Just cutting up and putting out vegetables means they will get eaten... or at least nibbled on ;) With all the holiday sweets around I've been trying to remind my kids (and myself ha!) that we can't just eat sweets and a dose of veggies is good for the body! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To make this Cucumber Christmas Tree all you will need is cucumbers and bell peppers! You can be creative and use more vegetables, but I prefer to use what my kids will actually eat vs what might look prettier ;) Adding some gorgeous purple cauliflower and red radishes would look gorgeous! ....But they won't get eaten here -- and I hate to waste food. But if your family will eat it -- make your tree with different veggies!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All you need to do is slice up some cucumbers, arrange like a tree then decorate with slices of bell pepper! I hand cut that yellow bell pepper star, but if you have a mini star cookie cutter that will work perfect! The best part is that your kids can make it and decorate their own trees!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And if you are traveling, or like to celebrate Christmas all week long, you could also make a fun Rudolph lunch! </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; text-align: center;">I've been meaning to share this cute lunch I made Eliana a few years ago (I have recreated this lunch a few times, but took a MUCH better picture the first time haha)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In her Planetbox lunchbox she had another kind of Cucumber Christmas Tree! This time I used cucumber slices, and carved them with a knife to resemble a tree. I added a carrot star and stuck them all together with a toothpick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She also had a Rudolph Sandwich (bread crusts for the antlers, mini chocolate chips for the eyes and a nut free Hershey-et for his nose. You can use honey to "glue" the pieces together), vanilla yogurt with festive Christmas Sprinkles and two peppermint chocolate pretzels (made with pretzels dipped in melted chocolate topped with crushed candy canes). I added a few more red Hershey-ets in the treat section :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">While the lunch looks detailed, it really didn't take that long -- and the Rudolph sandwich was SO simple to make! I've remade it many times and she loves it every time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fun AND Simple St. Patrick's Day School Lunch Ideas!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">St. Patrick's day is TOMORROW! March is flying by! I say it every year, but the month of March is one of our favorite months in our family. It is Eliana's birthday month (She just turned EIGHT on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BC8zYB3tPma/" target="_blank">Monday</a>!!! I seriously cannot believe I have an eight year old!) and since she was due on St. Patrick's Day we tend to go all out for the holiday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">These lunches were simple to make and Eliana LOVED them all! I love making fun lunches especially around holidays. I know she enjoys opening up her lunchbox and seeing her fun lunch. All of these lunches are simple to make with little to no cookie cutters or special lunch tools. I really only used one shamrock cookie cutter and some heart cutters, but even then you could use what you have in your house and either cut out the shapes with a knife or scissors. All of these lunches were also packed in our <a href="https://amzn.to/2Kswqjd" target="_blank">Planetbox Rover Lunchbox</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You can see our fun St. Patrick's Day School lunches from previous years <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2013/03/simple-st-patricks-day-bentos.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> and <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2014/03/simple-st-patricks-day-school-lunches.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This lunch was so simple to make! Eliana had popcorn (We love <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0094FMHWQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0094FMHWQ&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=3MTHY3KVVZES424X">Skinny Pop Popcorn</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B0094FMHWQ" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />), the Ireland Flag made out of fruit (kiwi slices, apple decorated with cucumber details, and clementine slices), a shamrock sandwich, mini cucumber slices, and Enjoy Life Foods mini chocolate chips. To make her shamrock sandwich I used a heart cutter and made three mini heart sandwiches and used a piece of bread crust for the stem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We always enjoying making at least one <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2013/02/lucky-leprechaun-lunch.html" target="_blank">Leprechaun lunch</a> every year! Eliana had mini cucumber slices, a fruity rainbow (strawberries, clementines, pineapple, green grapes, blueberries), a Leprechaun sandwich, goldfish crackers, and Enjoy Life Foods mini chocolate chips. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To make the Leprechaun sandwich I made her sandwich with a circle cutter (you could easily use a rim of a glass). I used a pair of scissors and knife to make his hat out of spinach tortilla, provolone and cheddar cheese. His face is cheddar cheese with mini chocolate chips. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To make everything stay in place you can use edible "glue": a dab of honey, wowbutter or sunbutter (or any nut butter if no allergies), or cream cheese. You can also place a folded cloth napkin over the face and close it shut. For the most part the napkin will hold most of the face together, while the "glue" will hold the rest!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This was one of Eliana's favorite lunches! She had rainbow bell pepper slices, cucumber and carrot rounds, a Leprechaun hat quesadilla, popcorn and a <i>wee</i> bit of Lucky Charms cereal. To make the Leprechaun hat I used scissors and cut the spinach tortilla. You can use a dab of honey or cream cheese to "glue" the hat details (provolone and cheddar cheese).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In this lunch Eliana had green in every compartment! I literally threw this lunch together in minutes right before rushing to the bus stop. She had sliced Granny Smith Apple (sprinkled with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B002YI7J6E/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002YI7J6E&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=OXUSAN3B4SQGSITO">Fruit-Fresh</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B002YI7J6E" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
so they wouldn't brown), Green Grapes, Shamrock quesadillas made with spinach tortillas, sliced mini cucumbers and a <i>wee</i> bit of Lucky Charms cereal packed in her <a href="https://amzn.to/2rcWCXb" target="_blank">Planetbox</a>. This lunch would be a perfect lunch for a green day lunch too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In this lunch I packed Eliana a <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2013/03/leprechaun-hats.html" target="_blank">Leprechaun Hat</a>, rainbow fruit (strawberry, clementine, pineapple, kiwi and blueberries), a shamrock sandwich (made with bread and topped with a spinach tortilla), and popcorn. Inside the little green container I put some Lucky Charms cereal for extra luck :) This lunch I gave to her ON St. Patrick's Day. It was so simple and quick to make and she ate it all up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I also sent these fun and simple <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2015/03/simple-st-patricks-day-fruit-snacks.html" target="_blank">Green Fruit Kebobs</a> into Eliana's classroom for their "Green Day" snack! They absolutely loved them!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I cut kiwi and Granny Smith Apples and put them on these cute little picks that I let the kids keep. Last year I made the kebobs with green grapes too (See more detail on the kebobs <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2015/03/simple-st-patricks-day-fruit-snacks.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.) </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Samantha was very determined on being able to help out... and by help I mean eat and "accidentally" drop pieces to our dog ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy 2016! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I had meant to share this cute snack before the break, but I got sick - so I'm sharing it now. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Considering We JUST took down our Christmas decorations it still works! I was sick all winter break, so I have no problem extending the holiday cheer well into January! (Yes, I'm <i>that </i>person that would keep up the Christmas lights until February..)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I'm happy to start off the year with this fun snack and review of the latest bento book: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1634504240/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1634504240&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=G4RGTMEVJEQQ6M3E" rel="nofollow">Yummy Kawaii Bento: Preparing Adorable Meals for Adorable Kids</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1634504240" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I first need to congratulate my friend Ming from <a href="http://bentomonsters.com/">bentomonsters.com</a>. She makes the most incredibly detailed bento and fun food creations and I am always in constant awe of <i>everything </i>she makes! She is such a talented food artist; every plate is such a work of art!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Her book is absolutely AMAZING and also where I got the inspiration for the penguin snack!</span></div>
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has SO many fun bento ideas. There are over 70 bento and food art recipes, and then (to my surprise) there were over 60 FOOD recipes (I can't wait to try the chicken Teriyaki, the Veggie Pork/Beef rolls, and the lemon chicken!) There are step by step instructions AND picture tutorials for everything. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you love cute food, and are interested in trying out bentos this is a <u>must have</u> book. Literally a bento "bible". Everything you need to know to on how to begin, where to start, how to naturally color rice (I NEEDED this!), how to make egg sheets, how to make steamed cakes, what bento tools to get, and even explanations and descriptions of all the bento boxes and tools you could get. Along with the step by step instructions and picture tutorials you will be able to recreate these bentos easily!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I loved all the chapters, but I did love the bread-based bentos chapter best. I typically make my lunches with bread, so I'm glad there was a whole chapter of fun ideas we can get inspiration from!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I made our cute penguin snack, inspired by one of the Penguin Sandwich in the book. I decided to make it into a snack and the girls enjoyed it after school! Here is a sneak peek of the pages, so you can see how detailed the instructions are, and how great the picture tutorials are (for <i>every </i>bento/fun food plate!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I didn't have blueberries, so I used mini chocolate chips as the eyes. But that is just another way to show how you can easily substitute other ingredients if need be!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Both of the girls have LOVED going through the pages and picking what we will make next. Eliana, who has never really cared for rice bentos, has now showed a sudden interest in making them after she looked through everything - So I guess we will be trying some new ideas this year!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Again, I highly recommend this book -- You will have ALL the information you ever need to start and make bentos! I am so happy for you Ming! Congratulations on your book!! We loved the book and look forward to making your recipes!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For today I made this cozy pretzel log cabin! For me, one of the best part of the holidays is staying nice and warm inside while watching the snow fall outside. I am not a fan of cold. Or snow. But I do find it beautiful to look at! My pretzel log cabin is paired with the <a href="http://www.bgca.org/Pages/index.aspx" target="_blank">Boys & Girls Clubs of America</a>. Boys and Girls Clubs annually serve nearly 4 <i>million</i> young people, through membership and community outreach and different programs world wide. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To make this log cabin I used FreshKids Pretzel Stix and placed them on top of wowbutter so they wouldn't stick to the plate. The decorations on the house are made of cucumber, cheese and bell better Christmas lights. To top it off we have popcorn snow! This was fun to make, and both my kids were amazed! -- but be sure to use wowbutter, or any "nut" butter to hold down the pretzels. Otherwise they will all roll off the plate! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I cannot believe we are only TWO WEEKS away from <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/search/label/Christmas" target="_blank">Christmas</a>! December has flown by! I made these simple Rudolph Apple Snacks as an after school snack for Eliana and Samantha. They both <i>LOVED </i>them! They are kid and toddler friendly! Samantha ate everything except for the apple slice. Licked all the wowbutter off and decided she no longer wanted the apple. But then later asked for plain apple slices! Toddlers! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This particular week has been a crazy week for us. For some reason we are all waking up late, running after the bus after it passes our house, I've been throwing lunches together right before rushing to the bus stop. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Every Day. It has been a <a href="http://websta.me/p/1136948368454777741_193218389" target="_blank">long week</a>. Long weeks usually mean we are all more busy, stressed, and tired. So I made these Rudolph Apple Snacks to lighten the mood. They</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> are really so simple to make, and the best part is there are no special tools required!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1. Cut your apple into slices. Do not core apple. Use the slices towards the top and bottom of your apple (with less core) for these snacks* </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And we sure did enjoy! We've made them already twice and Samantha asked for them again :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For more FUN Christmas Food Ideas Click <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/search/label/Christmas" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A Snowman Lunch for #GivingTuesday!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Happy December 1st! Today is Giving Tuesday, a global day of giving back. This year I am honored to be a part of the <a href="http://freshkids.adventcalendaronline.com/" target="_blank">Fresh Kids Advent Calendar</a> Campaign. Each day of the advent calendar they will be sharing a fun food plate and also highlighting different charities to encourage connecting and giving back to your community!</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Today my fun snowman is starting off the advent calendar! My fun food plate is paired with <a href="https://www.nokidhungry.org/" target="_blank">No Kid Hungry</a>. No Kid Hungry is the campaign of Share Our Strength's to end child hunger in America by ensuring all children get the healthy food they need, every day.</span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This fun snowman is an open faced sandwich, with cheese on top. His hat and scarf are bell peppers, his nose is carrot. His eyes, mouth, and buttons are made from plum. I used <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017JJEWN0/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B017JJEWN0&linkCode=as2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=XHJZKRIKZ62SQECI" rel="nofollow">FreshKids Pretzel Stix</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B017JJEWN0" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
to make his hands, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017JJFOD2/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B017JJFOD2&linkCode=as2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=D2C4WGF2WEUSF7ER" rel="nofollow">FreshKids Clean & Simple Popcorn</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B017JJFOD2" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
for the snow. He was so simple and fun to make!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For me the month of November is taking time to think about what you are thankful for; grateful for, spending time with family, and good food.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This year as a family, instead of just talking about what we are thankful for, we wrote it down on paper leaves and made a Thankful Tree. I can say that I have truly enjoyed watching the tree grow throughout the month. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Even Samantha added to the tree -- she scribbled on a few leaves and put them up :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Among many things, I am thankful for my family; my husband, my girls, and our dog. I am blessed to have them all in my lives. Each one of them has added something special to my life. Just watching my children grow, watching their personalities develop is an amazing blessing I never want to take for granted. It is very easy to forget when we are exhausted, running on no sleep, cranky and stressed, but at the heart of it all, there is always love.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And one of the reasons I make fun lunches for Eliana is out of love. I certainly don't <i>have</i> to make fun lunches, and if I don't it doesn't mean I love her any less. But it is one of the ways we show love to each other. What can I say? We like good food ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So in the spirit of being thankful and Thanksgiving, I made Eliana this Fun and Simple Turkey Lunch:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In her <a href="http://planetbox.com/#oid=1059_1" target="_blank">PlanetBox</a> she has raspberries with mini chocolate chips, cucumber turkeys, bell pepper slices and a turkey sandwich.To make the turkey I used a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000HJBFMQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000HJBFMQ&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=UXWEX4CFBDHKNGC3" rel="nofollow">circle cutter</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B000HJBFMQ" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
and used wowbutter to "glue" the details down. I added some carrots for feet then used a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00CXAEURO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00CXAEURO&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=LZ3JCOSRB5NI3XXW" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">pastry leaf plunger</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B00CXAEURO" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
on whole wheat bread for the feathers. Super simple!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We are almost one week away from <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/search/label/Thanksgiving" target="_blank">Thanksgiving</a>! I keep saying it but wow. It feels like time is flying this year. Perhaps it is because I am always <a href="https://twitter.com/creativefunfood/status/667009135418830848" target="_blank">running after</a> my 23 month old these days ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I made these Granola Bar Turkeys as an after school <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/search/label/snack" target="_blank">snack</a> for Eliana. She <i>loved</i> them! Samantha wants anything Eliana has so she kept asking for a "gobble gobble", and of course I made her one too :) These snacks are completely kid <i>and </i>toddler friendly! Samantha wanted me to assemble it, but if your kids want to assemble these they will have so much fun doing it themselves! They are really so simple to make! Both Eliana and Samantha <i>gobbled</i> up their "gobble gobbles" and asked for more :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><u>To make these Turkey Granola Bars you will need:</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2 1/4 cups rice cereal*</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1/2 cup <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B006LCTP5W/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B006LCTP5W&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=LXBJ3KLTUO2YNUUK" rel="nofollow">wowbutter</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B006LCTP5W" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1/2 cup honey</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1. In a large microwave safe bowl measure out your wowbutter, honey and brown sugar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">4. Add (in this order) chia seeds, shredded coconut, old fashioned oats, and rice cereal to bowl with honey and wowbutter mixture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">5. Mix ingredients until well blended and all oats and cereal is fully covered in wowbutter mixture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">6. Fold in chocolate chips (reserve a few for the top).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">7. In a 8x8 baking pan, lined with foil and sprayed with non-stick spray, pour your granola mixture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">10. Let granola bars cool completely. (you can place in refrigerator to speed process)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">12. Keep in an air tight container for up to a week. I usually put a layer of parchment paper to help the bars not stick while stacked on top of each other.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">*Be sure to use certified gluten free cereal and oats if you need it to be gluten free.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">**If you do not have a peanut or tree nut allergy, you can always sub with any nut butter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">>You could make this over the stove top instead of the microwave. Just make sure to stir until well blended, and to watch it so it doesn't burn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">>I have found that some honeys do not stick as well -- so use your judgement and add more if needed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">>If you add the chocolate in too quickly it will all melt. (which isn't a problem, but just make note!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">>Make sure to press down hard, but not too hard that you crush all the rice cereal!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">>Let the bars cool completely first. Every time we cut into them and they hadn't cooled, the bars fall apart. They taste just as good.. so if you can't wait it really doesn't matter I suppose ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Today is World Kindness Day! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is also Friday the 13th, but I think kindness is much more important to focus on ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Kindness can mean so many things. It can be the smallest and simplest of things, like just saying hi to someone, saying good morning (afternoon), making eye contact, a smile, holding the door open for someone else, and basic manners. Or kindness can be bigger and complex; like going out of your way to help someone, holding back your personal thoughts to not hurt someone else's feelings etc. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You can never underestimate the power of kindness. And likewise-- the power of its absence. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Ever since Eliana started kindergarten, one of our mantras is: "Be kind, Be nice, and Be respectful." I even made her <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2013/08/first-day-of-school.html" target="_blank">first packed school lunch</a> as a reminder to this. As parents we sometimes think of ourselves as record players... repeating the same thing over and over. But this is one thing I don't mind repeating. I say it every morning before she goes on the bus to school.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I know we could all look back at school days and remember those people or incidents that were unkind to us. One thing I've always wanted to instill in my kids is to always be kind to all. Even if you don't agree with someone, even if you aren't the best of friends, you can still be kind. You can still use your manners. There is no joy in hurting someone's feelings. There is no joy in being rude.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was worried if Eliana would remember all her manners and treat everyone kindly, and with that concern came the birth of our mantra:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"Be kind, Be nice, and Be respectful".</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I don't think I can ever talk about being kind <i>too</i> much, but I'll get off my pedestal now and let's move on to food!</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> I packed Eliana a fun lunch to celebrate kindness:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Packed in her <a href="http://planetbox.com/#oid=1059_1" target="_blank">PlanetBox</a> Eliana has cucumbers, carrots, blackberries (with <a href="http://www.allthingsforsale.com/bento-food-pick-chopsticks/1739-japanese-bento-accessory-a-to-z-letter-food-picks-26-pcs--4904705157228.html?aff=creative-food" target="_blank">alphabet bento picks</a>), a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B006LCTP5W/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B006LCTP5W&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=NMQC3N6TNKNTPIBC" rel="nofollow">wowbutter</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B006LCTP5W" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I chose hearts as flowers for the symbolic representation of how one act of kindness can bloom into something amazing, like a friendship or a relationship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Eliana also made a sweet card for her teacher and we gave her a little gift. Just because :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Today I wanted to share something I've been "chewing" on these past few days:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>"Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day" -unknown</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This quote has really meant a lot to me. It is SO easy to point out the bad, or what is wrong with each day. Especially when it is one of <i>those</i> days. One of those days where everything seems to be going wrong. You find yourself in this mindset where one bad thought leads to another.. leads to another and suddenly you are on a downward spiral thinking about every bad thought you've ever had in the past years. By the end of it you are left with only bad thoughts, and it feels like nothing is going right in your life. And while it is SO easy to downward spiral into negativity and focus on what is bad... why can't we do the same for what is GOOD? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I think the extra effort it takes to remember the good is worth it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Even when it feels like there is nothing good in your day, there is. Even if you can't find ten good things. You </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">can</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> find one. One good thing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I encourage you to find and name your one good thing today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I feel like I blinked and October disappeared! </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/search/label/Halloween" target="_blank">Halloween</a> is right around the corner! </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It is one of those holidays that is notorious for candy and sweets. For me it is important to show Eliana how healthy food can be just as fun, and delicious! So I made these simple and healthy Frozen Yogurt Ghosts and Eliana </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">loved</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> them! Since I made a bunch of yogurt ghosts we've been enjoying them all week long! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To make these frozen yogurt ghosts all you need is <b>2 ingredients</b>: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We used Stonyfield French Vanilla Yogurt and Enjoy Life Foods mini chocolate chips (which are peanut and tree nut FREE) ** if you use dairy free yogurt and Enjoy Life chocolate chips this snack will be completely dairy FREE as well!**</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1. Line your baking sheet with parchment paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">5. Place yogurt ghosts in the freezer until hard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">7. When your yogurt ghosts are ready peel them off the parchment paper and decorate with melted chocolate and ENJOY!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">That's it! These Frozen Yogurt Ghosts are creative, fun, simple, AND healthy! You can eat them frozen like chips or you can serve with chocolate pudding (or make some chocolate yogurt by adding cocoa powder to vanilla yogurt) if desired.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This ghostly lunch was perfect for today -- it is such a dark and rainy day. I packed blackberries, ghost veggie chips, two frozen yogurt ghosts (stacked on top of each other) in chocolate yogurt, and popcorn in her </span><a href="http://planetbox.com/#oid=1059_1" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: left;" target="_blank">PlanetBox</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">. She loved it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yesterday was Eliana's First day of SECOND grade. WOW. When did that happen?! I feel like the summer went by SO fast, even though at many times it felt so slow. I'm so excited to be starting up this new school year and happy to be making fun lunches again!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I made Eliana a super simple and fun lunch to celebrate her first day. The night before she was saying she was so nervous so I made sure to add this Lunchbox Love note to remind her to do her best! Thankfully once we dropped her off she saw her best friend and met her teacher she completely lost all jitters! She will normally take the bus but on the first day we like to bring her in. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I packed Eliana some <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M97F5SE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00M97F5SE&linkCode=as2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=LA6JCPD4A3QD6GLN">My Super Foods honey cookies</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00M97F5SE" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, kiwi, blueberries, A pencil sandwich and sliced plum. To make the pencil sandwich I just used a knife and cut the bread. On top is cheddar cheese and ham, "glued" on with a little bit of honey. I cut out the word Second out of the cheddar with my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00IE71PNW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00IE71PNW&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=OCDK2F7ZWKWZOTU6">alphabet cutters</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B00IE71PNW" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
set. She also had some Enjoy Life Foods mini chocolate chips in the section underneath her <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00IJBQZ0Q/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00IJBQZ0Q&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=3DVLNJOIC5WGLLVR">Lunchbox Love Note</a>. Her lunch<img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B00IJBQZ0Q" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> was packed in her <a href="http://planetbox.com/#oid=1059_1" target="_blank">PlanetBox</a> :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So all in all, the first day went GREAT! We were ready on time, lunch packed the night before, everything checked and double checked. She came home happy, full of energy, and excited for this new year. It was great! Now the Second Day? That's a <a href="https://instagram.com/p/7K1f5jNPr8/?taken-by=creativefunfood" target="_blank">whole different story</a>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My favorite chapter is of course the <b>FUN</b> bentos. I am all about making fun and creative food! I couldn't wait to recreate some of these fun lunches so I had Eliana go through and pick one. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We ended up picking the shark bento, which we both loved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In this shark bento, inspired by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1462116647/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1462116647&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=ZSHR45WVRULXVCDV">Happy Bento!</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1462116647" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, Eliana has goldfish crackers, homegrown cherry tomatoes (in a silicone cup) and a shark sandwich swimming in a sea of blueberries. The sandwich was ham and cheese, and I used a mini chocolate chip for his eye.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We were really happy with how he turned out! The step by step instructions and photo tutorial really helped and I was able to make him so quickly! Photo tutorials are always such a big help for me. This took about ten minutes (including interruptions from the kiddos and washing the fruit!) </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Eliana LOVED the Shark bento and was already figuring out what we should make next :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The great thing about Happy Bento is that even if you don't have everything exactly the same you can still make the lunch and use it as a source of inspiration. I don't have a lot of the exact cutters, punches, or silicone cups that were used in some of the bentos, but I can easily recreate the lunches using what I have at home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">All in all, this is a great source of bento inspiration! SO happy for you Anna-- Happy Bento! is a wonderful book and an amazing accomplishment! Congratulations on your first book!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><a href="http://www.creative-food.blogspot.com/search/label/St.%20Patrick%27s%20Day" target="_blank">St. Patrick's Day</a> is right around the corner! I've always loved the month of March and St. Patrick's Day. I say it every year, but its true! Eliana was due on St. Patrick's Day and it will always be a fun holiday we enjoy together each year. We don't usually go all out for other "smaller" holidays..or even some big ones too. But every March we have certain traditions. First we always get our once a year box of Lucky Charms (I don't ever buy sugary cereal, except this one time a year). Then we usually make (and enjoy) a lot of fun St. Patrick's Day lunches and snacks. Then Eliana gets a little gift (like shamrock necklaces or St. Patrick's Day pencils), even though her birthday is a few days before, and I always wear my lucky shamrock socks that were given to me right before Eliana was born. They are simple and small traditions but I look forward to them every year :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This year we made some simple, easy, and HEALTHY snacks to celebrate St. Patrick's Day! These snacks work great as an after school snack, in addition to a <a href="http://www.creative-food.blogspot.com/2014/03/simple-st-patricks-day-school-lunches.html" target="_blank">school lunch</a>, or as a classroom snack!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For the Green Fruit Salad we took our favorite green fruits and made a fruit salad. I cut up honeydew, kiwi, green grapes and a granny smith apple. You can either toss in lime juice (another green fruit!) or toss apple in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B002YI7J6E/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B002YI7J6E&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=TXTXMGCVDN3BN7NI">Fruit-Fresh</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B002YI7J6E" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You can also stick a cute St. Patrick's day pick in it and make it even more decorative! Please note that the words aren't blurry on each pick.. that is my camera and I didn't realize til we ate it all up and the fruit was gone haha :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To make these Green Fruit Kabobs I layered half of a green grape, a piece of honeydew, kiwi and then the other half of the green grape so that each kabob could stand on its own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Eliana loved having the Green Fruit Salad <i>and</i> a Kabob in her school lunch! She also had cucumber slices and a layered ham and cheese on a spinach tortilla sandwich.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For the Rainbow Fruit Kabobs </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I used my </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006JKA7TO/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B006JKA7TO&linkCode=as2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=TCEEY4KXYFGU3GCL" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Shamrock Cupcake Picks</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B006JKA7TO" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and put cut watermelon, cantaloupe</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> and pineapple on them. I tried to cut each fruit roughly the same, but I just eyeballed it. These could stand on their own too. This was an after school snack for Eliana but Samantha tried to take all the watermelon while I was cutting it.. I'm lucky there was any watermelon left! haha ;) These would also work great in a school lunch; with or without the pick.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">These were such simple, easy, and healthy St. Patrick's Day food ideas that my kids LOVED.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fun food can be daunting if you don't know where to start and <i>looks</i> like it takes a lot of time. It doesn't have to, I promise. I'm all about Simple and EASY Fun food that can be <i>easily recreated</i>. Making school lunch every day can get mundane. You might even find yourself packing the exact same thing day after day because it's what you have in your fridge/pantry (been there, done that!). I decided to put together this round up of lunches to show that with just a few minutes you can add some FUN to your school lunches; and put a smile on your kids' face :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So a few things about these lunches. First thing; every lunch here was made in TEN minutes or LESS. These particular lunches were all captured with my phone right before school and I have previously posted them on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/creativefunfood" target="_blank">Instagram</a>. And, as always, all of these lunches are peanut free and tree nut free.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1. The Last of Everything Lunch</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: inherit;">**Many times grocery shopping is put off til the last minute. I enjoy being creative with using everything up in the pantry! I take it as a challenge to eat out of our pantry and fridge/freezer so that we don't end up wasting food!**</span></div>
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and filled them with blackberries, chocolate soy butter mini sandwiches, sliced plum and a cut up cheese sticks! A cloth napkin and a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00T4ZK46M/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00T4ZK46M&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=VTPPYYP76EATRYVZ">lunchbox love note</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B00T4ZK46M" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A Sheepy Bento for Eliana's school lunch this day. Popcorn (looks like wool right?), sliced plum with a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00DRCZ6KM/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00DRCZ6KM&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=PRZXGLWITE6QKXEG">waving sheep bento pick</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B00DRCZ6KM" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, sliced apple with a sleepy sheep bento pick and two <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00FO0OHAK/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00FO0OHAK&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=RNXRRDBV4Q5UEMBP">CuteZCute Sheep</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B00FO0OHAK" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
wowbutter sandwiches. Packed in a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B006T5BLQM/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B006T5BLQM&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=KZQIZS6YRPIPZABK">LunchBots Quad</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B006T5BLQM" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This Simple Spring lunch full of flowers and ladybugs is perfect to lift your wintertime blues! Packed with a homemade wowbutter granola bar, strawberries, yogurt (in the ladybug container) with nut free granola (in the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00BBKTEDW/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00BBKTEDW&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=2CQJOLGNIA2EEGI5">orange container</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B00BBKTEDW" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sometimes I pack lunch the night before.. Sometimes I am a quick!-rush--and-pack-the-lunch-before-we-leave! kinda gal. This lunch represents the latter. For less than 10 minutes this lunch is not too shabby! A babybel cheese, butterfly crackers, raspberries, blackberries and chocolate soy butter sandwich roll ups packed in Eliana's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B006T5BLQM/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B006T5BLQM&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=JZASDTUE5AGZEV6S">LunchBots Quad</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B006T5BLQM" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I went with a Dolphin theme for lunch this time! Packed in her Easylunchbox she had strawberries (with two <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00IG4DYTG/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00IG4DYTG&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=4RAVS3ZQVYMH26NP"> cute dolphin bento picks</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B00IG4DYTG" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
), yogurt with mini chocolate chips, A wowbutter honey and cinnamon sandwich and dried cranberries (in the little blue container). I used this <a href="http://www.allthingsforsale.com/bento-deco-cutter/2665-japanese-bento-deco-vegetable-cutter-chuboos-animal-4901601449389.html&aff=creative-food" target="_blank">small cutter</a> to make the dolphin bread cutouts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This panda-riffic school lunch was so simple and easy to make! In a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0044R7VUC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0044R7VUC&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=EYZZXOHUOWYJSX3R">LunchBots Trio</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B0044R7VUC" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
Eliana had sliced plum and blackberries with <a href="http://www.allthingsforsale.com/bento-food-pick-chopsticks/1735-japanese-bento-accessory-panda-3d-food-picks-8-pcs-decoration-4904705157433.html&aff=creative-food" target="_blank">cute panda bento picks</a>, slightly overstuffed (whoops!) wowbutter, cinnamon and honey <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00FO0OHAK/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00FO0OHAK&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=3QUMSKBJPL2TGFB5">CuteZCute panda pocke</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B00FO0OHAK" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />t with two fig newton cookies underneath it and a cut up cheese stick. I accidentally overstuffed the sandwich so some wowbutter was coming out of the sides... but that is just a minor casualty in rushing to make this lunch ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This school lunch happened to fall on a Friday. A Fun Froggy Friday Lunch! Strawberries, cucumbers, cheese and wowbutter cinnamon sandwich roll ups on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00M3WWUBU/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00M3WWUBU&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=QVYL3OG2ZDHWEKSQ">froggy picks</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B00M3WWUBU" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, all packed in her Easylunchbox.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is one of my absolute favorite school lunches I've ever made Eliana! <a href="http://www.allthingsforsale.com/bento-deco-cutter/1732-japanese-bento-accessories-vegetable-cutter-flowers-stainless-steel-8pcs-843495005675.html&aff=creative-food" target="_blank">Flower cut</a> cucumbers (with cucumber scraps underneath), a strawberry flower with a blackberry center, babybel cheese <a href="http://www.allthingsforsale.com/bento-food-pick-chopsticks/883-bento-accessories-food-pick-4978446002154.html&aff=creative-food" target="_blank">umbrella</a> and a chocolate soy butter sandwich with cut outs. This was SO simple and quick to make! I'll have to make it again when those April showers come this year! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You'll notice there are some common themes throughout these lunches. I'll explain five of them in more detail :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>One</b>, you will see repeats of my pantry staples: crackers, fresh fruit, cucumbers, cheese sticks, popcorn, bread and nut free spreads. These are things I <i>always</i> have in my fridge or pantry so that putting together a quick fun lunch is possible. These staples will be different for every family based on favorite foods/fruits/vegetables/seasonal availability.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Two</b>, I use fun shaped silicone cups and bento picks. Just sliced cucumber inside a fun shaped silicone cup makes all the difference in presentation! Just adding a panda bento pick to cut strawberries takes one second and it really makes lunch more fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Three</b>, I use sandwich stampers or cookie cutters to make quick designs on the fly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Four</b>, I try to add a daily lunchbox love note. Doesn't really make the food taste better or look more fun but I do try to add one and Eliana loves saving them and reading them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>Five</b>, If I have no idea where to start I go with an overall animal or color theme-- butterflies, frogs, ladybugs, dolphins etc. Once I have the animal/theme down the rest of the lunch comes together quickly!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">These Simple and Fun lunches are EASY to recreate! Your kids can make it with you, or make it themselves if they are old enough! I figure if I have to make her lunch every day I might as well make it FUN! and no. Not every lunch I send to school is fun. I have many times sent in a lunch with no cute shapes or picks because I'm too tired or don't feel like even spending the extra minute doing that. And that is OK too. The <i>important </i>part is providing her with a healthy and nutritious lunch every day :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ever since <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2013/12/annoucement.html" target="_blank">Samantha</a> was born life seems to have slowed down <i>and</i> gone faster all at the same time. I cannot believe how fast this past year has gone! My priorities have become more revolved around her well being in addition to Eliana's and it was a lot to <a href="https://instagram.com/p/toiM1YtPke/?modal=true" target="_blank">juggle</a> for me! and so everything else that was extra went on the back burner.. including fun food. And while I pack Eliana's lunch every day for school, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I have missed making extra fun and special fun food for her. Packing lunch every day can become mundane.. even though we make it fun with cookie cutters. I am so glad I was able to actually photograph this and share it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Today I surprised Eliana with this Lorax Snack for her after school snack and she was SO excited, loved it and gobbled it all up. Her reaction brought me back to why I got into making creative fun food in the first place and it was such a good feeling. I hope to surprise her more often this year :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I used a circle cookie cutter on a sundried tomato tortilla (filled with ham) and made his face with cheddar and provolone cheese. I used two Enjoy Life Foods mini chocoalte chips as his eyes. Cucumber slices and raspberries finished it off. This fun snack was SUPER simple and easy to make! Eliana loved it, and I loved it too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Lately, especially this past week (well and since Sammy was born lol), Eliana's school lunches have been on the <a href="http://instagram.com/p/m0NTIdNPq9/" target="_blank">plain</a> side. Don't get me wrong-- I'm not upset at all about "plain" lunches! I'm happy to feed her fresh, healthy and good food for lunch every day :) However, both of us miss the special fun lunches I used to make more often. So because today is Eliana's last day of school before break I decided to make her an extra special and fun lunch! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And what could be more fun than an <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/search/label/Easter" target="_blank">Easter</a> egg hunt during lunch?! (well.. hopefully this goes well.. and <i>is</i> fun... if not-- I apologize in advance to the lunch monitors haha)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">First I filled her <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004NNUE42/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004NNUE42&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20">yubo</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B004NNUE42" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
lunchbox with fake Easter basket grass. Then I took some plastic eggs (I washed and dried them) and filled them with food for her lunch. Inside she has a chocolate soy butter sandwich (cut with a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0066CIKNA/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0066CIKNA&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20">FunBites</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B0066CIKNA" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
square cutter so they fit inside the eggs), blackberries, goldfish, a cut up cheese stick, dried cranberries and some teddy graham crackers. I also used the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004NNUDJ8/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004NNUDJ8&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20">yubo drink holder</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B004NNUDJ8" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You could fill your eggs with anything, but I would suggest to stay with dry smaller foods. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Other great fun food fillers would be pretzels, grapes, cherry tomatoes, raisins, any dried fruit, nuts (for those of you without nut allergies), baby carrots, celery sticks etc. I just wouldn't pack anything that could leak :) I would also make sure you thoroughly dry your washed fruits and veggies to make sure no water leaks through.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I believe I put 9 eggs in her lunch but there were room for more if you packed it tighter. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If your child has a bigger appetite than my very talkative slow eater you could always do this for half of the lunch and then use one of the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00315HY78/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00315HY78&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20">yubo containers</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B00315HY78" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Eliana was SO excited to bring this lunch that on the way to school she told me she wished it was lunchtime NOW (at 8:00 am) so that she could eat it :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She has school today so I made her this fun lunch! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I made a <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2013/03/birthday-bento-lunch.html" target="_blank">birthday lunch</a> for her birthday last year and she asked for her lunch this year to be similar</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> to that lunch, but with a cupcake instead. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I packed her strawberries (her favorite fruit!), yogurt, and a wowbutter with mini chocolate chip <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0063MKP90/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0063MKP90&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20">cupcake sandwich</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B0063MKP90" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. I "glued" everything with honey.. not sure it will all stick together as well because of all the little pieces but I know she'll love it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Wishing you a wonderful</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> birthday Eliana! I LOVE you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Like I've said <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2014/03/family-fun-magazine-leprechaun-hats.html" target="_blank">before</a>, I <i>LOVE</i> the month of March. Eliana's birthday, the beginning of spring, St. Patrick's day and the color green! </span><a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/search/label/St.%20Patrick%27s%20Day" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">St. Patrick's Day</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> is always one of my favorite holidays to make fun lunches and this year is no different! While I might be a lot more tired this year, due to my adorable almost 3 month old :), I still enjoy making Eliana's lunches fun. However I can't always spend time making them intricate, so I have gone with simple fun ideas that I can put together quickly the night before.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All of Eliana's lunches this week were quick to put together -- 15 minutes or less for each lunch. And that is including washing and cutting of fruits and vegetables, and at least one interruption ;) I took all these pictures with my phone, literally the moment before I put it into Eliana's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DOSUE7E/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00DOSUE7E&linkCode=as2&tag=creafood-20">lunch bag</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B00DOSUE7E" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, pack her backpack and we are out the door! If you follow me on </span><a href="http://www.instagram.com/creativefunfood" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" target="_blank">Instagram</a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">, you may have seen I shared these lunches throughout the week :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On Monday Eliana had green grapes with a clover bento pick, cucumbers, a shamrock sandwich filled with wowbutter and Enjoy Life Foods mini chocolate chips and dried cranberries (in the small green container) packed in her <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004S129AQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004S129AQ&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=M3UIXTV5ILXFHSZV">EasyLunchbox</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B004S129AQ" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I gave her clover cucumbers all week because 1) I had a huge cucumber in the fridge, 2) Eliana loves cucumber, and 3) it is a great fun way to get rid of the peel while making a fun shape :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For Tuesday's school lunch she had cucumbers, cut up cheese sticks with two clover bento picks, goldfish in a mini dipper and a chocolate soy butter sandwich with a shamrock cut out. The bread shamrock cut out was eaten by me.. usually I leave it in the lunch but I was hungry when I was putting her lunch together ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On Wednesday Eliana had green grapes, cucumbers, Lucky Charms cereal, cheese, and crackers, all packed in her EasyLunchboxes :) I only buy Lucky Charms cereal once a year, for right around St. Patrick's day. We barely eat one fourth of the box and then it gets forgotten in the back of the cabinet LOL. But I just <i>have </i>to get it! It is just a fun cereal and treat for this time of year and I know Eliana always looks forward to it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For Thursday's lunch Eliana had cucumbers, Granny Smith apple slices (with the core cut out with a shamrock cutter), and a <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2013/02/lucky-leprechaun-lunch.html" target="_blank">Leprechaun</a> sandwich. The Leprechaun is a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B006LCTP5W/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B006LCTP5W&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=3YA6HFPZIZF2MQ5W">wowbutter</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B006LCTP5W" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
and mini chocolate chip sandwich decorated with cheese and Enjoy Life Foods mini chocolate chip eyes. The hat I cut out of a spinach tortilla and added cheese decorations. I "glued" the pieces together with honey. The Leprechaun has some Lucky charms cereal hidden in the small green container :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">March is one of my favorite months for many reasons.. Eliana's birthday is in March (her due date was <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/search/label/St.%20Patrick%27s%20Day" target="_blank">St. Patrick's Day</a> so we end up enjoying that fun holiday too), Spring starts in March so we can say goodbye (and good riddance to winter), and now I am so excited to tell you that <a href="http://www.parents.com/familyfun-magazine/" target="_blank">Family Fun Magazine</a> asked me if they could feature my Leprechaun hats snack idea in an their <i>March 2014 magazine</i>!!! The month of March is a good one I tell you :D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When Family Fun first asked me if they could feature my idea I of course said YES YES YES!!! (after jumping up and down a million times and doing a happy dance!) I made these <a href="http://www.creative-food.blogspot.com/2013/03/leprechaun-hats.html" target="_blank">leprechaun hat snacks</a> last year for Eliana and she absolutely loved them. I'm so happy that they were such a hit! AND they are even mentioned on the front cover of the magazine!! <i>Somebody PINCH me!!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">And of course if you want to see my post and tutorial for them please click <a href="http://www.creative-food.blogspot.com/2013/03/leprechaun-hats.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>!! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>p.s. Thank you for all the emails and IG comments congratulating me and asking how Samantha and I are doing! :) We are great! It's crazy how much she has grown and changed in only two months. I feel blessed to be able to watch her grow. And while I am trying to keep up with the blog I have found it more important to spend time with her and Eliana rather than posting regularly these past 2 months. I hope to be back soon as Samantha has been getting into a great routine and I feel much more rested. I still make fun lunches for Eliana every day (and try to post them to <a href="http://www.instagram.com/creativefunfood" target="_blank">Instagram</a> when I remember to take a picture lol) but I look forward to making some more fun food creations and sharing with you all soon! ♥ Michelle</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy New Year! I still can't believe it is already 2014. I'm excited to see what this year has in store for us :) I hope you all had a wonderful New Year too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So with <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/search/label/winter" target="_blank">winter</a> here, and no way to avoid it, I made some fun and easy Snowman <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/search/label/pancakes" target="_blank">Pancakes</a> for Eliana! I was inspired by our <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2013/02/nemo-snowman-lunch.html" target="_blank">Nemo The Snowman Sandwich</a> from last year :) I made these pancakes for Eliana back in December, I decided to wait to share these because I knew baby was coming and I wouldn't have as many posts going out, AND we are in the middle of a blizzard today so it is quite fitting to share right now! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you follow me on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/creativefunfood" target="_blank">Instagram</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/creativefunfood" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, you will have known by now that <a href="http://instagram.com/p/iMRIjCtPu0/" target="_blank">baby Samantha</a> has arrived!! She was born exactly a week before Christmas on December 18th! I am so thankful for her health and her life and she has been such a joy! We have been adjusting wonderfully with our newest addition, even with lack of sleep and sickness going around in our house lol :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So-- back to the pancakes! David had made pancakes but there was a little bit of leftover mix, so instead of letting that go to waste I found a way to use it up! To make these pancakes all you'll need is your favorite pancake batter (fully mixed so there are no bumps) and a squeeze bottle to draw on the skillet or griddle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With your skillet, or griddle, on low heat draw the outline of your snowman. Let your outline cook until it gets all nice and bubbly. Then fill in each section of the snowman with the batter. Once the snowman is almost fully cooked, gently flip your <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2013/02/nemo-snowman-lunch.html" target="_blank">snowman</a> so it can cook on the other side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I used a green grape for the hat, mini chocolate chips for the eyes and buttons, apple slices for the nose, scarf and arms and a chocolate sprinkle for the mouth. The "snow" is yogurt :) It was so simple to put together and Eliana loved it! I only did one and then let <i>her</i> decorate the others. I put all the ingredients in small bowls and let her assemble and decorate however she wanted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">With <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/search/label/Christmas">Christmas</a> right around the corner I made these simple Rudolph pancakes for Eliana! I was in a pancake making mood so I figured I'd make some fun shaped ones for her :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">These were really simple. I took my homemade pancake mix and added cocoa powder to add some color and extra flavoring and they came out great!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To make these Rudolph <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/search/label/pancakes" target="_blank">Pancakes</a>:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">First mix up your pancake mix, homemade or boxed. (Mix it well so there are no bumps.) I then added some cocoa powder (didn't measure) and I used that batter to make Rudolph's head. His head is very simple-- just a circle. You can use a squeeze bottle or just simply pour the batter onto your griddle. I made a few pancakes with this batter before making the antlers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To make the antlers darker I added more cocoa powder to the remaining batter. This batter I put into a squeeze bottle and roughly drew out some antlers. To make the antlers you have to </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">draw the outline on the skillet (on low heat) first. Once your outline has cooked a little bit then you can fill in the rest of the shape with the pancake batter. Once your entire pancake shape is almost fully cooked gently flip it so it can cook on the other side.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I used two mini chocolate chips and a Hershey-ets for the nose (peanut free and nut free!) and <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2012/12/rudolph-lunch.html" target="_blank">Rudolph</a> was all set! Eliana LOVED him! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">...And now I have the Rudolph song stuck in my head now... and maybe you do too? You are so very welcome ;) I can't believe Christmas is in ONE WEEK!! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">While I have no fascination, or desire to attempt, the whole Elf on a shelf thing; I do happen to think elves are cute (just not in creepy doll form ;)) I made this cute and simple elf sandwich for Eliana last week and she loved it! Your kiddos could easily make it themselves, it would be a fun <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/search/label/Christmas" target="_blank">Christmas</a> treat!... or your elf on your shelf can make it for them :) I got inspiration from our <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2012/12/santa-bento-lunch.html" target="_blank">Santa</a> we made last year. I swapped out the red bell pepper for the green and made his hat look more like an elf's hat! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To make this elf I made a wowbutter sandwich (with Enjoy Life Foods mini chocolate chips inside) and cut it with my <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0000CFOE4/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0000CFOE4&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20">circle cookie cutter</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B0000CFOE4" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. I made his ears by using a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00E1BTFSW/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00E1BTFSW&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20">heart cutter</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B00E1BTFSW" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To make his elf hat it was really simple--I used a green pepper. Instead of trying to cut out a hat shape, I just used the natural shape of the vegetable and just cut down the ribs of the pepper. I added some cheese decorations to make it look more like a hat, and that was it! Eliana loved him and ate him all up-- she only asked me to cut up the bell pepper after she finished everything else because she wanted to eat it sliced :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This Christmas we'll have a special present under the tree. We'll be adding a new family member. Yes. You read that right. I'm pregnant! I actually am well overdue with this message and kept meaning to post but I never got to it.. I mean only took me <i>38 weeks</i> to mention it! Perhaps due to being so busy and possibly having more anxiety this time around I just never made things official here. But NOW it is official and there is no avoiding it! This baby GIRL is coming out SOON and we are all so excited to become a family of four! (well five if you count our puppy ;) Eliana is thrilled to be a big sister and I'm hoping her little sister decides to come out <i>before</i> Christmas and doesn't leave us all waiting ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To make this cute baby sandwich I just used my circle cookie cutter, mini chocolate chips and molded a tootsie roll for the cheeks and bow. I used an edible food marker to make the mouth. It was really that simple! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But basically this is why the posts have been more sparse. My mind has been completely gone and I forget <i>everything</i>. So I'm sorry if I took longer to email you back, or call you back, or completely forgot altogether. It was not intentional, I promise :) I will still be posting a few things and will have some guest posts after baby is born so I'll still be around, but won't be as present here on the blog the weeks after baby is born. I'm looking forward to meeting her!! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With our first official snowfall today I decided to put my past winter fun food ideas together and share them again! Thankfully we had less than a half of inch of snow with just icy rain and a wintery mix of things falling from the sky. I do <i>not</i> enjoy winter or snow really, so I'm thankful we haven't had a lot of snowfall so far! The thing I <i>do</i> love about this time of season is the colors. I love all the whites and blues and snowflake decorations... I just don't like the cold!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I made this simple Frosty the Snowman Lunch for Eliana last year and she LOVED it. This Frosty was a ham and cheese sandwich topped with cheese. The details were so easy and quick to put together-- check out more <a href="http://www.blogger.com/In%20fact%20we'll%20have%20to%20remake%20him%20this%20winter,%20along%20with%20ALL%20of%20these%20ideas%20because%20she%20loves%20winter%20so%20much!%20:)" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Here I made a simple Snowflake Bento Lunch, packed in our <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B004S129AQ/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B004S129AQ&linkCode=am2&tag=creafood-20&linkId=4ZUPQLFKJAIJZSBA">EasyLunchboxes</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=creafood-20&l=am2&o=1&a=B004S129AQ" height="1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. Eliana had a wowbutter and Honey snowflake sandwich. You can see all the details <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2013/01/snowflake-bento-lunch.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mr. Roly Poly the {peanut free and nut free} Penguin is so simple to make and he loves playing in the popcorn snow! See how to make him <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2013/01/roly-poly-penguin-snack.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We made these simple snowflake cookies with prepurchased peanut free and nut free Enjoy Life Foods Sugar Crisp Cookies and frozen yogurt! See how <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2013/01/simple-snowflake-cookies.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In February this year we were slammed by blizzard Nemo and since we were stuck inside with at least <i>27 inches</i> of snow (yes you read that right. yuck) I made Eliana this cute Nemo the Snowman Lunch :) See more details <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2013/02/nemo-snowman-lunch.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We made this fun dessert last year and it was so simple and easy to make! Simply melt your dark chocolate and your white chocolate with some crushed peppermint candy canes and extract! The mold does all the work for you. See more details <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2012/01/peppermint-snowflake-bark.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This was a <i>very</i> simple snack I made for Eliana. I used Snowflake Ritz Crackers and a snowflake cutter on some pieces of cheese. See the details <a href="http://creative-food.blogspot.com/2012/01/snowflake-snack.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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