Christmas Wreath Pancake Platter

A Christmas Wreath Pancake Platter -- perfect for Christmas morning! :)

The other day I was making shaped pancakes and I had leftover batter.. and why not use it up?! So we made a Christmas Wreath Pancake Platter :)

To make this pancake platter:
First mix up your pancake mix (homemade or boxed.) Mix it well so there are no bumps.  You will only be need to separate the batter into two bowls for the two different colors: one for red, one for green. Once your colored batter is fully mixed, pour it into a squeeze bottle. You will need more green batter than red.

On the skillet (on low heat) draw the outline of a holly leaf (you can do multiple at a time depending on how big your skillet is). Let it cook until it gets all nice and bubbly. Fill in the holly leaves and let it cook. When your holly leaves are mostly cooked, gently flip them over and let them cook on the other side.  For a reference I looked at my mini holly leaf cutter and hand drew my pancakes to look similar. They don't have to be perfect, just as long as they have the right-ish shape!

With the red batter make some simple circles for holly berries. Draw the outline of the bow with the red batter.  Let it cook until it gets all nice and bubbly, then fill in the bow with red batter. Let it cook almost fully before flipping it.

Arrange the holly leaves on a plate like a wreath. Add holly berries and bow to complete the look! Serve with your favorite pancake toppings and some fruit, bacon and/or sausage on the side. 

The different color greens were not because of the poor lighting and picture quality...or because I had to remake green batter three times due to miscalculating and running low on batter, or because I left some on the pan to long due to a forgetful mind and they got crispy and semi-burnt... They were intentionally planned. That's my story and I'm sticking with it. And it actually ended up looking better! ha! Funny how that worked out :)

This would make a fun breakfast for Christmas morning! You could make the pancakes ahead of time and put them in the freezer, only to reheat them on Christmas morning :)

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Rudolph Lunch and a Holiday Blog Hop

♫♪Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Had a very shiny nose...♪♫

Lately I've been singing and listening to Christmas music! I just can't help it -- I love this time of year! Because... (as I sing with a smile hehe).... ♫♪It's the most wonderful time of the year! ♪♫ And this year Eliana is really into the music so it makes it even more fun :)

Rudolph here was inspired by these reindeer cookies I found while browsing Pinterest. 

To make Rudolph you start with a circle cookie cutter.  Our Rudolph is wheat filled with WOWBUTTER (a peanut, tree nut, dairy and gluten free spread) :) 

To make Rudolph's nose I used a mini circle cutter on red bell pepper. His eyes are Enjoy Life Foods mini chocolate chips.  To make the antlers I melted a handful of chocolate chips in a bag and piped out the design by hand. It would be easier and faster to just stick some pretzels on top for the antlers, so we'll do that next time :) We added some cucumber holly leaves surrounding the plate.

We also made Rudolph to go :) Packed in our EasyLunchboxes:

In the main compartment is our cute Rudolph again. Since its all about his red nose, we have them in every compartment! Rudolph had been a wheat/white bread sandwich.  I put the white bread on the bottom (it was the last piece of our loaf.) Surrounding Rudolph are more red noses cut from bell pepper with a mini circle cutter. You can "glue" the pieces down with honey so they stay in place.

In the upper left compartment Eliana had a Red-Nosed cheese ball (babybel cheese)

In the upper right compartment Eliana had cucumber holly leaves on top of cucumber scraps and sliced green bell pepper. The holly berries, aka red noses, are also red bell peppers.

This bento was super simple to make and Eliana asked for more Rudolph lunches! :) I was sick to my stomach yesterday, but today I am feeling much better so she will be getting another Rudolph today too :)

**Today's post is part of a Holiday blog hop! So please click on the image below to see more Holiday Fun Food ideas! Next stop in the hop is my friend Rina of Bento School Lunches!**

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Frosty the Snowman!

♫♪Frosty the Snowman, was a jolly happy soul,

With a corn cob pipe and a button nose, and two eyes made of coal...♪♫

OK... so no corn cob pipe, no button nose and no coal.. 

but somehow this sandwich still reminded me of Frosty! :)

We made Frosty last week -- and he was super easy to make :) To make Frosty all you really need is a circle cookie cutter.  This Frosty is a ham and cheese sandwich, but feel free to choose your preferred fillings :)  Eliana and I cut the bread, cheese and ham with the cookie cutter.  I placed the cheese on top.  For the face Frosty has a carrot nose that I cut with a knife and Enjoy Life Foods mini chocolate chips for his eyes and mouth. The hat is cucumber and the scarf is red bell pepper slices.

Of course the first thing Eliana told me was that Frosty's hat wasn't black. She had no problem eating it though :)

In addition to Frosty, Eliana had some "snow" to eat on the side.

I filled her mini mug (where I found the inspiration for this lunch) with Pirate's Booty.

While we have already had snow three times it never really accumulated. Eliana and Mia love to play in the snow, so they can't wait until we have more snow! Eliana wants so badly to make a snowman, and Mia likes to dive her nose into the snow and roll around in it. They have so much fun in the snow :) 

Me on the other hand... I prefer tropical weather..and no snow. I have to say though...watching Mia and Eliana play in the snow and have so much fun really does put a smile on my face. And I eventually get over the fact that I am freezing and go play with them too :)

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Christmas Tree Bento

I'll take one Christmas Tree... to go please ;)

Eliana and I have been waiting to break out the Christmas gear! I strictly do not do anything Christmas until Thanksgiving is over. I sometimes feel like Thanksgiving gets jipped! After Halloween the stores start to put up Christmas decorations and it can be easy to pass over Thanksgiving. So after our Thanksgiving we helped 'Buelo and 'Buela put up their Christmas Tree so while we made this lunch we were thinking of their tree :) Together we made this simple Christmas Tree bento in our EasyLunchboxes.

In the main compartment she had a Christmas tree sandwich, all pieces cut with a Christmas tree cookie cutter. She chose a ham and cheese sandwich on wheat bread and on top I put a spinach tortilla for the tree.  The Christmas "lights" are red bell pepper, carrots and yellow bell pepper.  The staris cheddar cheese. You can easily "glue" the pieces down with a touch of honey :)

In the upper left compartment Eliana had some vanilla yogurt in a mini-dipper with Christmas Tree sprinkles. The mini dipper is sitting in a silicone cup.

In the bottom left compartment are some cucumber Christmas Trees cut with a mini cutter, sitting on top of cucumber scraps.

Eliana was so happy to help and she loved this lunch! She actually asked for more yogurt so next time I need to double the serving :)

Our bento was inspired by our Christmas Tree Lunch from last year:

Click on the picture or link to see how we made our tree and presents :)

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