Mold it!

Egg molds create small, fun, shaped boiled eggs.This egg mold tutorial makes it look easy! 

They are cute and at $3 for 2, I'm sure I will get my money's worth!  I am also going to try using them at dinner time for mashed potato. I may use them for freezing small amounts of yogurt too.

I'm sure I'll center many posts around these little guys! Just a shame the two molds are different shapes because I can guarantee my two will both want the same one!

I bought mine on Amazon  http://www.amazon.com/Kotobuki-Plastic-Mold-Rabbit-Bear

--A

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Australian residents try here or here
~J

Pirate Fairy vs Pirate Chicken Lunches

 Avast! It be that time o' year agane when we be channelin' ARRR inner piratical selves fer a bit o' humorous fun! International Talk Like a Pirate Day be one o' me favARRRite excuses t' play wi' th' wee ones' food! I be askin' th'm what might be thar requests fo' t'is yar 'n were met wi' quite th' conundrum!

The elder lass insisted upon a Pirate o' th' Fairy nature so I obliged wi' th' aid o' some FooDoodlers, food picks, and a li'l blue pixie dust!

 O' course thar be mandarin fo' th' scurvy 'n cheese skull & crossbones f'r th' fun o' it. I pillaged th' notion from t'is great blog.

 Th' store be out o' me favourite treasure (chocolate coins) so we made do wi' some rice wheels 'n a blue pixie dust cake.











'n we canne' be forgettin' th' yoghurt for th' li'l lass!

 Th' other wee one requested a piratical chicken! Well now!

Some money bags f'r me treasure, 'n mandarin f'r the scurvy seemed th' obvious additions to th' Yumbox.

 Along wi' some more o' that thur fancy cheese 'n a honey soy chicken wing.

Th' pirate be rice wi' egg yolk 'n a little nori made wi' th' chicken egg old from me treasure chest!

Disclosure: Tis not be a sponsored post. Tis post be written fer Loving Lunches. No product were pillaged fer tis post. All opinions expressed ARRR me own, based on me persARRRnal experience with th' product.

Bunny Lunch with Egg Mould Repurpose

This toddler lunch was all inspired by our humble bunny egg mould.

Leftover pasta with some mini sausage bunnies are separated from mixed vegetables and a 'Bunny Eggy' with a little baran.

Using the egg mould as a stamp, I added a little Bunny love to her sandwich.

I then used the egg mould itself to house some store bought dip and carrot sticks. Again separated with a little baran.

A mandarin and strawberry flower along with some yoghurt are some of my Honey Bunny's favourite sides. And they go well with the milk in her Juice in the Box.

Have you entered to WIN one of FOUR Juice in the Box starer bundles yet? See this previous post for details! Hurry! Ends this weekend!!

Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.

Teddy Bear Toddler Lunch

Have you been getting creative in the kitchen these holidays? Miss M helped me to make some lemon cordial and I sent some to daycare with Honey in her Juice in the Box with this Teddy bear inspired lunch!

Simple side of fruit salad and yoghurt, along with some Teddy-rific mains :-)

I used our CuteZCute original cutter to shape some of our leftover spaghetti marinara. Some of the carrot was also cut with the CuteZCute.

Miss M never really went for eggs but Honey loves her 'Teddy Eggy' (and those Tiny Teddy treat biscuits below it)

Her sandwich today was also made with the CuteZute. I used the bear ears/nose/mouth and the eyes from the cat to make the Teddy extra cute ;-)

For those interested in the lemon cordial, it was based on this recipe by Matt Preston.



What would you pack in your Juice in the Box if you WIN one of the FOUR up for grabs in our current giveaway? Details in this previous post!

Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.

Tinkerbell Tea Party

Our local cinema is great with fundraising! The most popular movies are premiered at a party to raise funds for assorted local groups and schools. Our Gymnastics club scored a double premier of TinkerBell & the NeverBeast and Cinderella. At intermission there was a TInkerBell Tea Party. I thought that was the perfect excuse to do a spot of baking!

These cute little toadstool cakes were a cinch to make.

Basic vanilla sponge

Removed from silicon baking mould.

I used a mini cutter to give a straighter edge to the base

Like so

And trimmed with a knife.

Giving a more toadstool look. In the end I think I gave up as these were so small you couldn't really tell, but in a muffin size I would recommend trimming. Or you could fill your moulds a little more so the mixture naturally overflows in the cooking process.

Add some bright red buttercream icing and some mini marshmallows, et voila!

I also made some sushi bites with nori cuttings.

I was quite proud of my Tinkerbells, what do you think? I think the hardest part was searching for the perfect image to cut.

I think this was my favourite. Adapted from this gorgeous photo.

The rice bites were made using this set of rice moulds.

This was regular rice cooked so it was a little stickier than usual. Some of these bites were plain, others were filled with pre-marinated teriyaki chicken. I love having a skewer or two on hand, they are the perfect size for a few sushi rolls.

Some peas helped to complete Gruff.

Being that it was a double movie premier (and I've always wanted to try) I also made some high-heel cakes.

Mini patty cake/cup cakes with buttercream icing then decorated with a wafer biscuit and a Rondoletti stick held in place with a little more icing.

So simple!

For the Gruff inspired ones I used some black chocolate melts with chocolate icing and topped each with a green M&M. I also used two toned wafer fingers for the heel.

I think my melts were heat affected and they didn't really melt properly making piping them quite interesting. I still think they looked cute though!

I failed miserably at these sunflower balls but still love them. I used a cake pop mould for the yellow chocolate (again heat affected I think - the joys of living in central Queensland. Good thing I had some coconut oil on hand). The truffles are TimTam cheesecake balls rolled in chocolate sprinkles. You can see the Pinspiration for them here.

I was so happy with how my little TinkerBell slippers turned out! And just 3 ingredients! Well, I made the coconut balls with condensed milk & desiccated coconut, but you could quite easily use store bought. 

And Miss M had a great time helping colour the biscuits.

And using a little condensed milk to attach the coconut bites.

I can't remember now why we couldn't make it to the movies that day, but you can see some of the spread in this post from the Club.

Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.

March on Instagram

How are your school holidays treating you? I'm thoroughly enjoying the excuse to unplug and 'relax' a little. Speaking of, there's a game of Ponies & Dragons that's been waiting patiently to be played, so without further ado here's some of what you may have missed on Instagram last month. . .

Details of my tools & toys can be found on this page.

~J

Disclosure: This is not a sponsored post. This post was written for Loving Lunches. No product was received for this post. All opinions expressed are my own, based on my personal experience with the product. This post may contain affiliate links.