Despicable Me Minion Lunch

Minions!

Sometimes you make a specific lunch just because your daughter says pretty please :)

Two weeks ago Eliana asked for me to make a Despicable Me Minion Lunch so I obliged.. (yes I know.. late on the sharing again.. seems to be a pattern lately hehe) Since I don't have a cookie cutter that resembled the minions so I used what I had: a circle cookie cutter. 

I could have used the circle cookie cutter and made the minions more oval shaped.. like a football, but Eliana actually enjoyed these just the way they are and they were really so simple to make! And of course you could cut out the shape of your sandwich with a knife or scissors but I prefer the simplicity and ease of using a cookie cutter :)

Both minions are open faced sandwiches: bread, ham and cheddar cheese on top. Each layer was cut with my circle cookie cutter. The glasses were cut from organic fruit leather. Nori would have been closer in color to the actual glasses but Eliana wanted the fruit leather :) The eyes are provolone cheese and mini chocolate chips. Their "hair" chocolate sprinkleswas "glued" on with a little bit of honey. The mouths were drawn with edible food markers.

Because they wear blue I used two blue silicone cups and filled the rest of her lunch in there: Frozen peas and sliced plum.

So honestly I was going to chalk this up as a fail. To me they don't really look like minions at all.. just happy faces. BUT to Eliana they look like the minions and she loved them! She also ate it all.. so I think her opinion matters more ;) I did love how simple they were to make though! We haven't seen Despicable Me 2 yet but we rented the first a few weeks ago and all watched it together! Maybe we'll be going to see the second one soon! :)

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Quick And Easy Bentos

Quick and Easy Mommy & Me bento lunches!

I made these lunches the first week of July and I am just now getting to them! I've been a bit slow this month but I thought I would share these with you today :)

I want to start off by saying that I don't always take pictures every day of our lunches. First because I'm lazy because we are sometimes too hungry and I just make them on the spot and we munch immediately (and that means even cute food that doesn't get blogged sometimes!) And Second they aren't always the most gorgeous detailed super special lunches. But I decided I wanted to share these because they aren't anything super special. I wanted to show you that not every day I make the most detailed fun and creative lunches. Sometimes I need to make lunches really quick because I'm running late. Late like I'm-late-for-my-doctor's-appointment-and-I-should-have-packed-these-last-night late.

I made these two lunches in less than ten minutes total. Including washing and cutting of the fruit. Like I mentioned, I was running out the door because I was running late for an appointment and I realized that I should probably bring lunch in case we got hungry. Especially because my appointment was close to our lunchtime and I had no clue how long we'd be there. Our lunches were basically the same :)

Eliana's lunch:

Eliana's Lunch was in her LunchBots Quad; pretzels, a Babybel cheese, green grapes and strawberries with an elephant bento pick. I used silicone cups to add some color and plus it also means washing the box afterwards is just a simple rinse!

Mommy's lunch:

My Lunch was in an EasyLunchbox. In the top I have green grapes (I get the beat up ones that turn slightly brownish that Eliana won't eat lol) and cut strawberries with a bunny bento pick.  In my silicone cups I had a jalapeño cheese stick cut up and pretzels next to my Soynut butter with honey and cinnamon sandwich. And no. My cheese stick is not moldy. Its just jalapeño pieces. I realized afterwards that probably looks horrible in the photo... but they are really tasty :)

And that's it! SUPER easy. Sometimes you just have to move really quick -- not that I ever know anything about that because we are always on time and this almost never happens (cough cough) but anyways everything worked out and we both enjoyed our lunches! :)

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FunBites Giveaway!

A FunBites Giveaway!!

FunBitesare food cutters that cut your food into perfectly bite sized pieces. With the Cube it you can cut food into 12 small square pieces. With the Luv it you can cut your food into 8 geometric shapes and two mini hearts. With the Triangles you can cut food into 8 small triangles and 2 larger triangles.

You can use the cutters on fruit, veggies, sandwiches, pancakes, pizza etc. The options are endless and the cutters are sturdy and long lasting! I'm doing a giveaway today so that one lucky winner can try all three FunBites cutters! With back to school right around the corner these would be a fun tool to use to make school lunches!

Here are some of the fun food creations I've made with FunBites: 

Using FunBites Cube it:

Here I used the Cube it (my personal favorite FunBites cutter) to make a Fun Lion out of cantaloupe, pineapple, watermelon and bread. For more details see HERE.

Using the FunBites Luv it:

Using the FunBites Luv it I made Eliana a simple lunch surrounded by some heart strawberries and cucumbers. For more details see HERE.

Using FunBites Triangles:

Here I used the FunBites Trianglesand made a giraffe.. although Eliana said it clearly was a dinosaur.. You be the judge! Either way there is a lot of potential to make some fun shapes with this cutter too! :) For more details see HERE.

So if you want to try out the latest FunBites cutter -- and make some giraffe looking dinosaurs -- look no further! ;)

Enter Below for a chance to win!  One reader will win one FunBites Cube it, one FunBites Luv it and one FunBites Triangle cutter! (**Winner will choose which color FunBites Luv it cutter he or she wants**)

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a Rafflecopter giveaway

Giveaway comprises of 3 (three) total FunBites cutters (one of each) for one winner. Winner can choose which color FunBites Luv it he or she desires: red or pink. This giveaway begins on 7/25/2013 and ends 8/1/3013 at 12 am. Winner will be contacted through email and will have 48 hours to respond.  If winner fails to respond within 48 hours I will draw another winner. This giveaway is for U.S. residents only.

**Disclosure: FunBites sent me their new FunBites Triangles for the purpose of a review. They also send me some extra FunBites cutters to do with what I please, so I have decided to have a giveaway!  As always all opinions expressed in this post are my own**