FunBites Giveaway Last Day!

Today's your last day to enter our latest competition to win your very own Red Luv-It in this previous post.

To give you a little inspiration, here is a round up of some of my favourite Luv-It creations

from Bentoriffic

from BentOn Better Lunches

from KW Bento Diary

from Veggie Bento

from Mamabelly

from Tiny Princess Lunchbox

from Bento, Monsters

from Zoe's Lunchbox

from Bento for Kidlet

~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 personal experience with the product.

Turbo Lunch

I must admit I'm a little chuffed with how this lunch turned out! We took Miss M (& Honey) to see Turbo the other day and had a great time. What better excuse to create a snail lunch?










We have a pizza scroll snail & a cheerio snail in a garden of lettuce, asparagus, broccoli and tomatoes.















(NB some 'over-ripe' tomatoes as well as 'big red' make an appearance, just like in the movie ^-^)
















You can see the Pinspiration for the cheerio snail here.

I knew I wanted to add something else to the box, but didn't figure out what until I was packing Miss M's snack which included some cheese flowers. Here it all is squished in together :-)














I was really looking forward to making some cute little sushi-sandwich snails like these, but Miss M requested a 'Guy' sandwich instead. 'How on earth am I going to do that?' I thought, then I remembered Robot Squirrel & the Monkeys cheese art tutorial and the light bulb lit.

I used the plane cut out from the sandwich to create the car which I coloured with FooDoodlers and attached sultana tyres. Guy's hair, eyebrows and beard are filled in with nori.

To make my snail scrolls, thaw some puff pastry and spread 2/3 with pizza sauce.

Sprinkle with cheese

Then cut to desired thickness. I did quarters then decided they were too 'tall' and cut them in half again.

Roll from the saucy end (yeah, I said it) and twist the 'head' a little. For the super large scrolls on the right I rolled 4 lengths (half a sheet) of pastry into each scroll.

Bake at 200 degrees C for around 20 minutes until golden.



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

There's only one day left to enter our latest competition to win your very own Red Luv-It in this previous post.

~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 personal experience with the product.

Quick Tiger Sandwich

This week's Flashback Friday is a simple tiger sandwich.

Cut using a 10cm round cutter, mouth & ears are off cuts. Eyes & nose cut using a mini cutter, details in Vegemite.

Are you celebrating World Animal Day?

There's only a few days left to enter our latest competition to win your very own Red Luv-It in this previous post.

~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 personal experience with the product.

FunBites Triangles

Did you hear that FunBites have released a new shape? Well, they released it earlier this year, but I've been a little busy with the whole baby business to get around to posting a review.











As you can see you can quite easily mix & match between these cutters to make the most of your bread. I tend to 'use up' the bottom part of the bread with the triangles or the cubes as they fit so neatly in place. That also means you get a few extra & different shapes to play with.












The unit has the trademark sturdiness of FunBites with that wonderful punch-out piece meaning you're not fishing around for those little morsels. It also relies on that wonderful rocking motion to cut through rather than twisting as most cutters do.








The triangle configuration gives you more efficient use of your desired matter (I must admit I tend to use mostly on sandwiches) than the heart cutter as you can easily re-align & make a second cut, much like the squares.






Loving:

• Dishwasher safe (although hand washing is recommended)
• BPA Free
• Endless possibilites, especially when combined with the Luv It & Cube It
• Standard FunBites features of sturdiness & the popper/punch-out piece
• Suitable to use on a wide variety of foods
• Makes lovely little bite sized pieces, perfect for toddlers (or mummas trying to do things one handed)

Loving a little less, but liveable:

• Hand washing recommended (although they are dishwasher safe)
• The overall size doesn't make complete use of a slice of bread, but it is easy enough to realign & make a second cut
• The actual triangle shapes are not that different from what is in the centre of the Luv-It

Overall:

I do like the Triangles & unless I'm particularly wanting the heart shape or the semi-circles from the Luv-It, I do tend to use the Triangles in preference. If you were in the market for a cutter I would suggest either the Luv-It or the Triangles, not both.

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

There's only a week left to enter our latest competition to win your very own Red Luv-It in this previous post.

~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 personal experience with the product.

Loving Your Feedback

Well it has taken me a while, but I have finally formulated a semi-plan, taking into account all the wonderful feedback you gave me during my One Year Blogiversary Giveaway!










Some of the things you'd like to see more of include:
Recipes (including gluten & lactose free, and budget recipes)
Snack Ideas
Guest Posts
Recipes
Giveaways
Reviews
Videos (eek!)
Tools & Accessories
Recipes
Lots of Pictures
Sandwich Ideas
Warm Lunches
Cold Lunches
Grown Up Lunches
Leftover Lunches
Quick Lunches
More of everything/the same
And even more Recipes!

While I'm not making any promises just yet that I'll be able to deliver all of the above, I'd like to thank you all so much for your great feedback! And as a special thank you, here's a little treat, as requested by KP ;-D

There's only a week left to enter our latest competition to win your very own Red Luv-It in this previous post.

~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 personal experience with the product.