Thursday, October 4, 2012

World Animal Day Hop

The BBFs are at it again.  We are celebrating World Animal Day with a hop of fun animal lunches.  We chose to do a cat lunch because Molly LOVES cats but is allergic to them.  This is our way of letting her have fun with one of her favorite animals.  (Bean likes cats too...especially Hello Kitty!)
Our main entree is a CuteZCute cat sandwich.  We used Peanut Butter and Company's Cinnamon Raisin Swirl peanut butter and some thinly sliced apples for our filling.  YUM!

Our vegetable side is a cucumber "yarn ball".  We used a spiral vegetable slicer (link below) to cut our cucumber into a pasta shape and then curled it all together to make the yarn, because cats like to play with yarn.  

Our fruit side is red grapes, kiwi berries and some apple pieces.  We attempted to make a cat face with the kiwi berries and apple pieces.  There are also a couple of grapes on a cat pick in the main compartment.

Finally, our diary/dessert is vanilla yogurt with a couple of Hello Kitty sprinkles.

I know that Marie always has something fun.  Can't wait to see what she's cooked up over at Healthy Eating Starts at Home.  Hop on over to continue your animal experience!
Japanese Bento Decoration Food Pick Cute Animal 10 pcsJapanese Bento Accessory Food Pick Hat 3D food picks 8 pcs

57 comments:

  1. Your yarn ball and fruit cat are so clever.

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  2. awesome~ love the fruit cats!! and spiral cucumber cutter?! say what?! going on my wishlist pronto!

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    1. You will love it, Michelle. Great for carrots, cucumbers, apples, potatoes, beets and for making zucchini pasta!

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  3. I love your fruit cat and yarn ball. So creative!

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  4. Love all the different kitties! Nice job!

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  5. Love the yarn ball and the cats are adorable!:)

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  6. very cute lunches! The yarn ball and the kitty fruit are great.

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  7. Adorable! Little Miss and I are allergic to cats too, so we stick to Hello Kitty as well ;)
    Love the "yarn ball" so clever!

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    1. Allergies just plain stink!!! Luckily, we've found a way around them!!!

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  8. SUPER cute, my daughter would love this cat lunch!

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    1. Sounds like there will be a cat lunch on your menu very soon, Emily!

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  9. what a great collection of kitty ideas all in one lunch! great job :D

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  10. My daughter loves the Kitty made of grapes, and "needs to have one!". I'm getting a long list of must try lunch items from this blog hop today! Lovely job!

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    1. Thank you Keisha!!! I agree, this hop is full of great ideas!!!

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  11. super cute kitties!! My husband is allergic to cats too, and they are my daughters favorite!! I always have to make cat lunches to compensate :)

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    1. My brother is allergic too and I always wanted a cat but alas, it was never meant to be. :) Cat lunches help us to enjoy them anyway. :)

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  12. your kitties turned out so cute!

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  13. Your kiwi eyed cat is so cute! All your cats are adorable.

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    1. Thank you, Deirdre! Those kiwiberries are so fun...and yummy!

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  14. Love all your cats!! You did a great job!

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  15. Is kitty wearing make-up? lol soooooo adorable :)

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    1. Haha! Maybe a little bit of make-up! Thanks, JeeJee! Couldn't have done it without you and your CuteZCute cutters!

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  16. MEOW!!! love the kiwi eyes! He looks like a sneaky cat!

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    1. Thank you, Erin! The kiwiberries made it so much fun to make!

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  17. We ♥ Hello Kitty!! This would absolutely work for my girl too. Love the use of the hat and bow picks :)

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    1. Sounds like you'll be making something similar soon!!! ☺

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  18. So very cute.. and who knew they made contraption specifically for making yarn balls out of cucumber! Rocks!

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    1. I highly recommend the spiral cutter. You can make fun spirals out of cucumbers, beets, carrots and even apples, plus we make zucchini pasta with it. YUM! Also, you can make spiral fries out of sweet/white potatoes and then just bake them with a little bit of salt. YUM!

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  19. I never thought to make the yarn ball out of cucumber - clever!

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    1. Lise, get the spiral cutter, you won't be disappointed. There are several different gauges on it and it makes veggies even more fun to eat. :)

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  20. Very nice. Your fruit cat is fun and I may have to get the grinder to make cucumber noodles...fun!

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    1. Thanks, Anna! The spiral cutter is TONS of fun with any hard fruit or veggie.

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  21. Love the kitties, esp that cool hip kiwi cat! Love the ball of yarn too. :)

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  22. Such a cute lunch, my son would love this, he too loves cats, but I am the allergic one :-(
    Especially love the fruit cat and the cucumber yarn!

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  23. Super nice lunches! :) Love the yarn idea!

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